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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 9

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities me hereto enabling, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purposes of that Act by the Borough of Ashburton, and the Town Districts of Hampstead and Tinwald (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Thursday to be the day on which all shops in the said district shall be closed as provided by that Act.
Dated this 1st day of February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads in Nuhaka No. 2 Block, Hawke’s Bay Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were duly taken and laid off on 30th July, 1901, through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated 27th February, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.
Dated this 3rd day of February, 1904.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notification of Settlement of Claims for Compensation under “The Mining Act, 1898.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1904.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 240th section of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is hereby notified that the claims for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto, in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 15th day of January, 1903, declaring the Grey River, with its tributaries, in the Land Districts of Nelson and Westland, to be watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, have been settled, and all further claims and remedies in respect of the said Proclamation are barred, as provided by the said Act.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

Authorising the Laying-off of Neeve Road, Town of Taradale Extension, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th January, 1904.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Neeve Road, in the Town of Taradale Extension, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st February, 1904.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt of £5 10s., with the following request in writing, without date or signature, in an envelope addressed to “The Secretary, Treasury Department, Wellington”:
“J. B. Heywood, Esq.—Please acknowledge receipt of the enclosed conscience money (£5 10s.) in next issue N.Z. Gazette, and oblige.”

JAS. B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 735.]

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 634, on the west side of York Street, in the Township of Picton and Provincial District of Marlborough. The owner is Richard Nicholls, described as of Picton, hotelkeeper, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:
Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”
Dated this 28th day of January, 1904.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee,