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(c.) Particulars as to the minimum quantity (if any) of timber of the same kind or grade as the timber proposed to be; exported, fixed with the sawmill£at which suchjtimber was or is to be produced, for the period comprising the date of shipment, and for all preceding periods ; (d.) A declaration under the Customs Act, 1913, that the minimum quantity or minimum quantities so fixcei have; been disposed of, or have beenJjYluly reserved for use in New Zealand, at a price not exceeding the maximum price (if any) for the time being fixed under the Regulation of Trade and. Commerce Act, 1914, or that security has been duly given to the satisfaction of the Minister in Charge for the reservation of such minimum quantity or minimum quantities as aforesaid ; anel (e.) Such other particulars as may be required to satisfy the Collector that the timber proposed to be exported may be lawfully exported pursuant to these regulations. (2.) On any application for the issue of a permit under this regulation the Collector of Customs shall issue the same if he is of opinion that the; provisions of these regulations have been complied with, and not otherwise. 8. (1.) Every person carrying on business as a sawmiller or as an exporter of sawn timber, and every person requiring supplies of sawn timber for the purposes of any business carried on by him, shall from time; to time make to the Minister in Charge, or to the Board of Trade, such returns as to his business as the; Minister or Beiard of Trade; may from time; to time require for the purposes of this Order in Council, such returns to be' verified by statutory declaration if and so far as tire Minister or the Board so requires. (2.) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the Minister or the Board of Trade may require any sawmiller or exporter of sawn timber, oi any person requiring supplies of sawn timber tor the purposes of his business as aforesaid, to furnish returns as to his business for any period subseepient to the 31st day of March, 1915. 9. The Minister in Charge may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any kind or grade of timber from the operation of these regulations, and may in like manner revoke any such notice. Part 111. —War Regulations, 10. Every persem shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accoreiingly, who — (a.) Fails to make any return or to furnish any particulars required from him pursuant to these regulations ; (b.) Makes any such return which is false in any respect; or (c.) Makes any false representation for the purpose of obtaining a permit under these regulations. APPENDIX B. AMENDMENT OF TIMBER REGULATIONS. (Gazette, 20th February, 1919.) 1. In these regulations " the principal regulations " mean A the hereinbefore-recited regulations of the 6th day of August, 1918. 2. (1.) Before finally determining with respect to any sawmill the quantity of sawn timber of any kind or grade required for use in New Zealand in any period, pursuant to clause 5 of the principal regulations, the Minister, or the Board by the direction of the Minister, may give to the proprietor or manager of the sawmill a provisional notice setting forth — (a.) The quantity of such timber proposed to be required for use in New Zealand ; and (b.) The quantity of such timber proposed, to be made available for export from. New Zealand. (2.) A. notice under the last preceding subclause shall require the proprietor or manager ofjdie; sawmill to which it relates te> furnish to the Board within fourteen days, or such longer period be appointed in that behalf, particulars as to the quantity of timber (being the production of the sawmill during the period to which the notice relates) that is intended to he exported. (3.) On receipt of such particulars, or if such particulars are not received by the Board within the time limited in that behalf, the Minister shall proceeed to determine, with respect to the several sawmills affected, the quantity of timber required to be reserved for use in New Zealand pursuant to clause 5 of the principal regulations, and in such determination shall have regard to the returns furnished under this clause. 3. (1.) As soon as practicable after the Minister has fixed, with respect to any sawmill, the quantity of sawn, timber of any kind or grade that may be use in New Zealand in any period, the Board of Trade may issue a permit authorizing the New Zealand of any sawn timber produced at the sawmill during that period in excess of the quantity so required for use in New Zealand. (2.) A permit under this clause may authorize the export of a definite quantity of timber, or may authorize in general terms the export of a specified percentage of the timber produced at the sawmill during the perioei to which the permit relates. (3.) The, if it thinks fit, on the issue of any permit as aforesaid, or at any time thereafter, fix a period within which the same must be exercised, and if the permit is not exercised within