2 JULY

1. In the case of creamery butter to which is assigned one or other of the following respective grades and which is allotted points in grading within the range of the following respective grade points under the Dairy Produce Regulations 1938—

(a) For “Finest” grade, 94 points or over, the price of 26.20c per pound;
(b) For “Finest” grade, 93 points or over but under 94 points, the basic price of 26.05c per pound;
(c) For “First” grade, 92 points or over but under 93 points, the price of 25.90c per pound;
(d) For “First” grade, 90 points or over but under 92 points, the price of 25.40c per pound;
(e) For “Second” grade, the price of 24.40c per pound;
(f) For “Third” grade, the price of 21.05c per pound.

2. In the case of whey butter to which is assigned one or other of the following grades under the said regulations—

(a) For “First” grade, the price of 24.40c per pound;
(b) For “Second” grade, the price of 24.05c per pound.

3. Butter shall be packed in boxes each containing a net weight of 56 lb 2 oz of actual butter, excluding wrapping paper.

4. In computing the weight of butter for which payment is to be made by the Board, the weight of all butter comprised in any consignment submitted for grading under the said regulations shall be ascertained as follows:

(a) Each box of butter containing a net weight of 56 lb 2 oz of actual butter, excluding wrapping paper, shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be computed at 56 lb;
(b) The weight of all butter in any such consignment shall be determined on the basis of the weight as ascertained by the grader of the several boxes selected by him for weighing and set out in the grader’s certificate issued in respect of that consignment, and the boxes of butter so weighed shall be taken as fixing the average weight for the whole quantity of butter comprised in such certificate, overweights being averaged with underweights in each such certificate in relation to the prescribed weight of 56 lb 2 oz per box;
(c) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the butter comprised in any grader’s certificate be less than 56 lb 2 oz per box, such deficiency shall be deducted from a weight of 56 lb per box for the purpose of computing payment therefor;
(d) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the butter comprised in any grader’s certificate exceeds the prescribed weight of 56 lb 2 oz per box, then the amount of such excess shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing payment therefor.

5. The prices fixed by the Authority shall not be paid for any butter manufactured otherwise than in compliance with the said regulations.

6. The price to be paid by the Board for any butter which, with the approval or at the request of the Board, is manufactured, prepared, or packed in special containers, or in special quantities, or otherwise in any special manner, shall be the appropriate price payable for that butter as hereinbefore provided, adjusted by such appropriate addition or reduction as corresponds with the additional costs or the reduced costs incurred in such special manufacture, preparation, or packing. Any such approval or request of the Board may include a stipulation limiting the additional costs to be incurred and may dispense with the requirements of paragraphs 3 and 4 hereof, and, in that event, payment shall be made for the actual net weight of the butter exported. The adjustment to prices referred to in this paragraph shall be computed by the Board and the computation of the Board shall be final.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June 1970.

J. T. ANDREWS, Chairman,
Dairy Products Prices Authority.

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

Pursuant to section 3 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Local Authorities Loans Amendment Act 1967), the undersigned Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $
Christchurch Drainage Board: Renewal Loan No. 1, 1970 .......307,400
Coromandel County Council: Whitianga Wharf Extensions Loan 1970 .......7,500
Henderson Borough Council: Development Redemption Loan (B), 1970 .......6,400
Development Redemption Loan (C), 1970 .......6,400
Hutt County Council: Maoribank - Te Marua Water Redemption Loan No. 1, 1970 .......4,500
Pinehaven Sewerage Redemption Loan 1970 .......11,700
Plimmerton-Paremata Sewerage Redemption Loan No. 1, 1970 .......46,000
Wainuiomata Roading Improvement Redemption Loan 1970 .......3,200
Wainuiomata Sewerage Treatment Works Extension Redemption Loan 1970 .......9,500
Nelson City Council: Trafalgar Centre Loan 1970 .......240,000
North Canterbury Electric Power Board: Sub-transmission and Development Loan 1970 .......150,000
Otago Harbour Board: Development Redemption Loan No. 2, 1970 .......50,800
Papatoetoe City Council: New Depot Loan 1970 .......65,000
Southland Catchment Board: Duck Creek Works Redemption Loan No. 2, 1970 .......6,270
Taranaki Harbours Board: Redemption Loan No. 1, 1970 .......124,000
Tararua Electric Power Board: Redemption Loan 1970 .......16,700
Waitemata County Council: Orewa Community Centre Loan 1970 .......76,000
Wellington City Council: Renewal Loan No. 2, 1970 .......95,200

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June 1970.

S. C. PARKER, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

Land Surveyors' Examination, August-September 1970—New Zealand

It is hereby notified for general information that the New Zealand Survey Board will conduct an examination in Laws and Regulations Affecting Surveys for the registration of surveyors commencing at 9 a.m. on Friday, 14 August 1970.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Tuesday, 14 July 1970, and that the examination fee must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms and other particulars may be obtained.

Candidates presenting themselves for examination in any written subject or subjects may present themselves for examination at any Chief Surveyor's office, or at the office of the District Surveyor at Rotorua or Whangarei, or as otherwise directed.

The oral and practical portion of the examination commences at 8.45 a.m., 14 September 1970, and all candidates must sit in Wellington. Applications, on the proper forms, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Monday, 17 August 1970. Plans for this portion of the examination, the certificate, and other evidence required by regulation No. 24 of the Survey Examination Regulations 1962, together with the results of stellar observations and computations, must reach the Secretary not later than Monday, 7 September 1970.

The fees for examination are as follows:

Laws and Regulations ......... 10$
For the oral and practical portion of the examination ......... 20$
For review of examination paper ......... 2$

W. N. HAWKEY, Secretary, Survey Board.

Boundaries of Borough of Thames, County of Thames, and Puriri Riding of Thames County Defined

Pursuant to section 26 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, the Secretary for Internal Affairs hereby defines, as set out in the Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the Borough of Thames, the County of Thames, and the Puriri Riding of Thames County; the boundaries having previously been altered