REGISTRATION OF ORCHARDS.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XIII, Issue 4, 20 October 1916, Page 340

REGISTRATION OF ORCHARDS.

The following regulations under . the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, dealing with the registration of orchards, have been issued, and came into force at date of gazetting—sth October, 1916: — 1. For the purposes of these regulations—- “ Director ” means the Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce : “ Fruit-tree ” means any variety of apple, pear, quince, peach, nectarine, plum, cherry, apricot, nut, or citrus tree, or grape-vine : “Occupier” means the occupier within the meaning of the Rating Act, 1908. 2. Every occupier of an orchard shall, within twenty-one days after the publication of these regulations in the Gazette, and thereafter in the month of September in each year, make application to the Director, in or to the effect of the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, for the registration of such orchard, and shall certify whether or not any fruit has been sold from such orchard while occupied by him during the twelve months ended the 31st August preceding. 3. As soon as practicable after, the receipt of any such application the Director shall issue to the applicant, free of charge, a certificate of registration in respect of such orchard, in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto. ' 4. Forms of application ' for registration of an orchard shall 'be obtainable from the Director, or from any District Agent or Orchard Instructor of the Department of Agriculture, .Industries, and Commerce. 5. Nothing in these regulations shall apply to such orchards as are nurseries within the meaning of the said Act, or to any orchard unless the same is used for the growing of fruit-trees as defined by clause 1 of these regulations. Form No. 1, referred to in Regulation 2, is drafted as follows Application for Registration of an Orchard. Name of applicant : . Address of applicant : Situation of orchard : At or near (Section No. , Block No. > , in the >• Survey District). Area of orchard : acres [or Number of trees grown : ]. To the Director of the Horticulture Division, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington. I hereby apply, in pursuance of the regulations under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, for the registration of the above-described orchard, of which I am the occupier. I hereby certify that during the time such orchard was occupied by me in the twelve months ending 31st August last [no] fruit was sold therefrom. [Signature and Date.}