25 NOVEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Land in North Auckland Land District Forfeited

PURSUANT to section 146 of the Land Act 1948, notice is hereby given that the Land Settlement Board, with the approval of the Minister of Lands, has by resolution declared the under-mentioned lease forfeited, and that the land is thereby reverted to the Crown.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1971.

R. J. MACLACHLAN, Director-General of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 9/3614; D.O. RLF. 204)

Price Order No. 2180 (Raw Tobacco Leaf)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following price order:

1. (a) This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2180 and shall come into force on the 26th day of November 1971.
   (b) Price Order No. 2113* is hereby revoked.

2. In this order-
   "Flue-cured leaf" means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least 3 successive days immediately after picking for the purpose of yellowing, fixing colour, drying, and drying mid-ribs;
   "Air-dried leaf" means leaf other than flue-cured leaf;
   "Raw tobacco" means unmanufactured tobacco and includes the leaves and stems of the tobacco plant before they have passed through any process of manufacture other than curing;
   "Sale" includes a contract for sale, agreement to sell, and offer for sale; "purchase" includes a contract for purchase, agreement to purchase, and offer to purchase; and "sale" and "purchase" include barter and exchange.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies with respect to all raw tobacco leaf grown in New Zealand during the 1970-71 season: Provided that the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper to do so and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, exempt any such tobacco from the operation of this order.

FIXING AVERAGE PRICES OF RAW TOBACCO LEAF TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The average price to be paid by any tobacco manufacturer for raw tobacco leaf to which this order applies shall be not less than-
   (a) For flue-cured leaf-(i) hanked: 72c per pound
   (ii) loose: 70c per pound
   (b) For air-dried leaf-(i) hanked: 68c per pound
   (ii) loose: 66c per pound

(2) For the purpose of this clause the weight of any raw tobacco leaf shall be deemed to be its weight at the time and place of delivery by the grower to the manufacturer or to his agent in the district in which it is grown: Provided that the manufacturer may reject leaf in accordance with the provisions of the agreement between the grower and the manufacturer which relate to the moisture content of tobacco leaf at the time of its delivery to the manufacturer.

5. No raw tobacco shall be sold by the grower thereof or purchased from him at less than 20c per pound free on board ship Motueka or Nelson in the case of tobacco grown in the Nelson Provincial District, and in the case of tobacco grown in any other district at less than 20c per pound free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is grown.

6. No raw tobacco shall be sold by any person other than the grower thereof or purchased from such other person at less than 20c per pound free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is, at the time of sale thereof, being held or stored.

7. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of clauses 5 and 6 hereof, the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper so to do, authorise the sale and purchase of tobacco at a price less than the price fixed by either of those clauses.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of November 1971.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of-
[L.S.]
S. T. BARNETT, President.
A. G. RODDA, Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.
(I. and C.)
*Gazette, 28 August 1969, Vol. II, p. 1625

Maori Land Development Notice

WHEREAS by virtue of the notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto the land described in that notice was declared to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953; and whereas it is desired to release that land from the provisions of the said Part XXIV:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby gives notice as follows.

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development Notice Hamilton 1971, No. 31.

2. The notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto is hereby revoked.

3. The land described in the Second Schedule hereto is hereby released from the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Date of Notice Reference Registration No.
17 September 1946 Gazette, No. 65, 19 September 1946, p. 1278 K. 30747

SECOND SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that piece of land described as follows:
A. R. P. Being
40 3 0 Sections 8 and 12, Block VI, Kawhia North Survey District. All certificate of title, Volume 781, folio 133.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of November 1971.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs:
E. W. WILLIAMS,
for Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs.
(M. and I.A. H.O. 62/26, 15/2/3; D.O. 23/194)