Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1905

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Lands in the Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, on the 16th October, 1894, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated June, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD THROUGH MANGAMAKO NATIVE RESERVE, APITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

All in the Wellington Land District; as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked 164, deposited in the district office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

Dated this 7th day of December, 1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road in Block VII., South Molyneux District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Block VII., South Molyneux District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Glenomaru, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned hereunder :—

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1895.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1897, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be George Eliot’s “Romola” and Shakespeare’s “Tempest.”

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of November, 1895. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—On the whole showery weather during this month, the maximum rainfall recorded on the 6th, 1·160in.; a few fine days in middle and end of month. Prevailing N.W. wind, and strong on 9th, 10th, and 11th, otherwise moderate. Maximum temperature in shade, 73°·8; minimum, 42°·2. Mean temperature of dew-point, 47°. Mean humidity, 71. Snow on hills on 28th, and sleet on 26th. Slight earthquake on 9th at 3 a.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Swine-fever.—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “swine-fever” exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr. J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,” hereby declare such lands to be an infected place from which no swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—Notice No. 422.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,” hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected