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the period so appointed, or within such extended period as the; Board may allow in. that behalf, the Board may, if it thinks fit, cancel the permit. (4.) On the cancellation of any permit as afeiresaiel the' Minister may make such adjustment (if any) as he' thinks fit with respect to the quantities of timber required to be. reserved For use, in New Zealand from other sawmills. 4. After a notice' has be'em given fixing the quantity of timber of any kinel or grade required to be reserved from any sawmill for use in New Zealand, it shall not be lawful for any person (whether a sawmiller eir not) to export sawn timber eif that kind or grade, being the production eif that sawmill (whether produced before or after the delivery of the notice), except pursuant to a permit issued in that behalf by the Board of Trade. 5. (I.) Every person who, after the commencement of this Order in Council, proposes to export any timber of a kind or grade to which a notice under the principal regulations applies shall produce to.the Collector of Customs at the port of shipment thee permit to export such timber, and shall furnish to the Collector— (a.) Particulars as to the quantity, kind, and grade of timber proposed to be exported ; (b.) Particulars as to the sawmill at which the; timber was produced ; and (c.) A declaration under the Customs Act, 1913, that the proposed export is in conformity with the Timber Regulations and with the permit of the Board of Trade. (2.) The Collector eif Customs shall thereupon endorse on the permit particulars as to the quantity, kind, and grade eif timber exported, the date of the shipment, the name and address eif the shipper and the name of the vessel, and shall them return the permit to the shipper. 6. All permits heretofore issued by a, Collector eif Customs under the principal regulations and before, the commencement of this Orde;r in Council shall be deemed for all purposes to have been issued by the Board of Trade under these regulations. 7. Clauses 6 and 7 of the principal regulations are hereby revoked.