ORCHARD-TAX ACT REGULATIONS.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XIII, Issue 4, 20 October 1916, Page 339

ORCHARD-TAX ACT REGULATIONS.

The following regulations under the Orchard-tax Act, 1916, have been issued :—• 1. For the purposes of these regulations—- “ Federation ” means the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation (Limited) : “ Director ” or “ Assistant Director ” means the Director or Assistant Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce. 2. The moneys paid to the Federation pursuant to the said Act may be utilized for all or any of the following purposes : (a.) The establishment and maintenance of the registered office of the Federation: (b.') The payment of salaries and travelling-expenses of officers in the employ of the Federation : (c.) The purchase of orchard requisites required by the Federation for testing purposes: (d.) The investigation, testing, and opening-up of new markets for the export of fruit: , . (e.) The organization and improvement of local fruit-markets: (/.) The defraying of expenses in connection with executive meetings of the Federation and the annual conference of fruitgrowers : Provided that the general policy of the Federation in relation to the matters referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this clause must receive the written approval

of the Minister of Agriculture before any expenditure of moneys paid to the Federation under the said Act is incurred in respect thereto.

3. All books necessary for keeping an account of moneys received and expended by the Federation under the said Act and these regulations shall be kept at the registered office of the Federation, and shall be open at all times for inspection by a duly authorized Government officer. All such books shall be carefully and correctly kept in a form to be approved by the Director, and an audited balance-sheet for the preceding year shall be furnished to the Director not later than the 30th day of April in each year. 4. (a.) In the event of a dispute arising as to the boundaries or area of any orchard for the purpose of the said Act, the Director, or other duly authorized officer acting on his behalf, shall determine such boundaries or area, and his determination shall be final.

(ft.) For the purpose of determining the area of any orchard the Director, or such other duly authorized officer, may order a survey to be made at the expense of the occupier.

5. All moneys due under the said Act shall be payable at any money-order post-office in the Dominion.

6. The Director, or in his absence the Assistant Director, shall have the right to be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Federation; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Federation, or other officer acting in that capacity, to give to the Director or Assistant Director reasonable notice of every such meeting.