27 MAY

3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on and after the Ist day of April 1971.

SCHEDULE

HASTINGS RIDING

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, Thames County, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the eastern boundary of Block VII, Whitianga Survey District, with the northern boundary of Thames County as described in Gazette, 1970, page 1157, and proceeding southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Block VII and Block XI, Whitianga Survey District, to and up the middle of the Hikuai River to its source; thence generally south-westerly along the summit of the main dividing range to its intersection with the northern boundary of Block I, Tairua Survey District; thence generally westerly along the northern boundary of the said Block I, the northern boundary of Block III, Thames Survey District, the northern and western boundaries of Block II, Thames Survey District, the northern boundary of Block IV, Thames Survey District, to and down the middle of the Tararu Stream to the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Thames as described in Gazette, 1970, page 1157; thence north-westerly along that borough boundary to and generally northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of the Thames County as described in Gazette, 1970, page 1157, to the point of commencement.

PURIRI RIDING

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, in Thames County, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the middle of the Tararu Stream with the north-eastern boundary of Thames Borough as described in Gazette, 1970, page 1157, in Block IV, Thames Survey District, and proceeding up the middle of the Tararu Stream to its intersection with the northern boundary of Block IV, Thames Survey District; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the said Block IV, northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of Block II, Thames Survey District, and easterly along northern boundaries of Block III, Thames Survey District and Block I, Tairua Survey District, to the intersection of the last-mentioned boundary with the summit of the main dividing range (Coromandel Range); thence generally southerly along the summit of that Range passing through Blocks I, V, IX, and XIII, Tairua Survey District, and Blocks I and II, Ohinemuri Survey District, to the source of the Waipaheke Stream in Block II, Ohinemuri Survey District; thence generally westerly and northerly along the southern and western boundaries of the Thames County as described in Gazette, 1970, page 1157, to the point of commencement.

WHANGAMATA RIDING

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, in Thames County, in Block XVI, Tairua Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Otahu River in line with the eastern boundary of Section 15, Block IV, Ohinemuri Survey District, and proceeding northerly to and along that boundary to south-eastern boundary of Lot 1, D.P.S. 11038; thence generally westerly along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Lot 1, D.P.S. 11038, and the last-mentioned boundary produced to the north-western side of No. 25 State Highway; thence generally north-easterly along that roadside to the north-eastern boundary of Section 14, Block XVI, Tairua Survey District; thence north-westerly along that boundary to the south-eastern boundary of Section 19, Block XVI, Tairua Survey District; thence north-easterly along that boundary and the north-western side of No. 25 State Highway to the right bank of the Moana-anuanu River; thence generally northerly, southerly, and westerly along that right bank, the shore of the Whangamata Harbour, the shore of the Bay of Plenty and the left bank of the Otahu River to the point of commencement.

TAIRUA RIDING

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, in Thames County, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the eastern boundary of Block VII, Whitianga Survey District, with the northern boundary of the Thames County as described in Gazette, 1970, page 1157, and proceeding generally easterly, southerly, and westerly along the northern, eastern, and southern boundaries of the Thames County to the source of the Waipaheke Stream in Block II, Ohinemuri Survey District; thence generally northerly along the summit of the main dividing range (Coromandel Range) passing through Blocks II and I, Ohinemuri Survey District, Blocks XIII, IX, V, and I, Tairua Survey District, and Block XI, Whitianga Survey District, to the source of the Hikuai River; thence down the middle of that river to and northerly along the eastern boundary

of the said Block XI and the eastern boundary of Block VII, Whitianga Survey District, to the point of commencement, excluding therefrom the Whangamata Riding as hereinbefore described.

Certified Correct:

C. M. RAINSFORD, Chief Surveyor.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Special Order has been duly made.

G. J. DENNIS, County Clerk.

No. 286

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the book The X Y Z of Love by Inge and Sten Hegeler. Published by McGibbon and Kee Ltd., London.

The Tribunal has considered The X Y Z of Love by Inge and Sten Hegeler. There was no appearance of the applicant. Mr P. J. Downey appeared as counsel for an importer, not the publishers' agent, who had had copies seized by Customs.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

Mr Downey stated that the book had been on sale for some time. He claimed that the approach of the authors was basically factual, advisory, and seriously intended; that the lightness of touch with which the theme was handled was not inappropriate, and that the book was a useful supplement to other acceptable works in this field by the same authors. The cover was not objectionable.

All of this argument we readily accept and we consider the book a valuable one for adult inquirers. It is, however, very explicit about some of the more sophisticated love-making practices and we do not consider it to be in the public interest that young people should be introduced to these too easily.

The Tribunal classify the book as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

17 May 1971.

No. 287–290

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by Murdoch Riley, manager, of Wellington, for decisions in respect of My Carnal Confession by Gerty Agoston, published by Universal Tandem Publishing Co. Ltd., London; The Innocent One by Lisa March, published by Universal Tandem Publishing Co. Ltd., London; Cruel Venus by Victor Rogano, published by Canova Press; and Sex Watchers by Sterling Harkins, published by Ben's Books Ltd., London.

Mr P. J. Downey appeared on behalf of the applicant and made submissions.

DECISIONS OF THE TRIBUNAL

My Carnal Confession

This book by Gerty Agoston was compared by Mr Downey, counsel for the publishers' agent, with an earlier book by the same author which the Tribunal considered in decision No. 183, and proceeded to classify as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 17 years.

Mr Downey submitted that the present book before the Tribunal was of comparable quality. The Tribunal in that earlier decision described that book as "quite well written" and said that parts were "quite amusing". My Carnal Confession does not merit such comments. It is a pretentiously written and tedious story about a couple obsessed with sexual pleasure. The claim made on the cover, "Perhaps the most explicit sexual confession ever made by a woman" is, fortunately, not what the Tribunal has to decide. What it does decide is that in this novel sex is presented in debased rather than in honest terms, and that this is injurious to the public good.

The Tribunal classifies the book as indecent.

The Innocent One

This book is claimed to be the translated memoirs of a Swedish servant girl working for an American family and is offered as a literary discovery, similar to other authentic