30 SEPTEMBER THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2239

Plants Declared Noxious under the Noxious Weeds Act
1950 in the Thames-Coromandel District (No. 1525 Ag.
12/10/4/1)

Pursuant to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture and
Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish-
eries Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act
1950, the following Special Order, made by the Thames-
Coromandel District Council on the 28th day of July 1976,
is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

That pursuant to the powers and authorities vested in it
by the Counties Act 1956, the Noxious Weeds Act 1950,
and all other powers and authorities in any way enabling
it, the Thames-Coromandel District Council hereby resolves
by way of Special Order as follows:

That all previous resolutions passed by the Thames County
Council and the Coromandel County Council for the pur-
pose of declaring specified plants to be noxious weeds in
the respective Counties, shall be revoked;

That the following plants, mentioned or included in the
First Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, are hereby
declared to be noxious weeds within the Thames-Coromandel
District:

Australian sedge (Carex longebrachiata).
Barley grass (Hordeum murinum).
Bathurst bur (Xanthium spinosum).
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum).
Common broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Cut-leaved psoralea (Psoralea pinnata).
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha and Crataegus monogyna).
Hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Milk thistle or variegated thistle (Silybum marianum).
Mist flower or Mexican devil (Eupatorium adenophorum).
Nassella tussock (Nassella trichotoma).
Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum).
Star thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa).
Sweet brier (Rosa eglanteria).
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).
Welted thistle (Carduus crispus).
Winged thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus and Carduus pycno-
cephalus).
Woolly nightshade (Solanum auriculatum).

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of August 1976.

J. YUILL,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed under the Noxious Weeds
Act 1950 in the County of Inglewood (No. 1539 Ag.
12/10/4/3)

Pursuant to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture and
Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950,
the following special order made by the Inglewood County
Council on the 13th day of July 1976 is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

That, pursuant to section 3 (3) of the Noxious Weeds Act
1950, the Inglewood County Council resolves by way of special
order that the following additional plant be declared a noxious
weed within the County of Inglewood:

Thorn apple (Datura stramonium).

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 1976.

J. YUILL,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

Pursuant to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the under-
signed 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
$

Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority:
Redemption Loan No. 23, 1976 200,000

Eketahuna County Council:
Water Supply Loan 1976 7,000

Housing for the Elderly Loan 1976 10,500

Lyttelton Harbour Board:
Redemption Loan No. 11, 1976 269,580

Oxford County Council:
Rural Housing Loan 1976 39,000

Southland County Council:
Rural Housing Loan No. 12, 1976 60,000

Taihape Borough Council:
Waterworks Improvement Loan 1976 150,000

Waimairi County Council:
Avonhead Riding Works Loan 1976 19,000

Waipara County Council:
Rural Housing Loan No. 10, 1976 80,000

Greta Valley Township Land Purchase Loan 1976 30,000

Wellington City Council:
Arlington Apartments (Stage 1) Supplementary
Loan 1976 228,500

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of September 1976.

S. A. McLEOD, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.

Temporary Protection of Industry

The Emergency Protection Authority has reported, in terms
of section 10b of the Industries Development Commission
Act 1961 and its amendments, concerning the following goods:

Liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks of Tariff item
73.24.000.

In this report the Emergency Protection Authority con-
cluded that urgent action is not necessary to protect the
New Zealand industry producing these goods. The Govern-
ment has accepted this report and the rates of duty for
Tariff item 73.24.000 remain unchanged.

J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

Customs Tariff Review Programme

Notice is hereby given that submissions relating to the
Tariff Chapters, listed in the Schedule below, are required
not later than 31 October 1976.

Submissions should be forwarded to the Comptroller of
Customs, Private Bag, Wellington.

J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

SCHEDULE

SECTION XIX
ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS THEREOF

93 Arms and ammunition; parts thereof.

SECTION XX
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

94 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress
supports, cushions, and similar stuffed furnishings.

95 Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material.

96 Brooms, brushes, feather dusters, powder-puffs, and sieves.

97 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts thereof.

98 Miscellaneous manufactured articles.

SECTION XXI
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS’ PIECES, AND ANTIQUES

99 Works of art, collectors’ pieces, and antiques.

Customs Notice—Exchange Rates

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Customs Act 1966,
that the following exchange rates to the New Zealand dollar
relate to imported goods shipped from the country of export
on and after 1 October 1976: