Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2899

shall be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening on four working-days of the week, at 9 o’clock in the evening on Saturdays, and at 1 o’clock in the afternoon on the statutory half-holiday (except on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the hours of closing shall be as provided in the aforesaid section 3): And whereas the Greytown Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the borough: Now, therefore, I, Richard John Seddon, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of the said Act, do hereby direct that from and after the 1st day of January, 1905, all shops in the Borough of Greytown shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December, 1904.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Approach-roads to Bridge over the Aorere River, near Collingwood.

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 approach-roads to the bridge over the Aorere River, near Collingwood, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office, Collingwood, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, 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 parcels of land required to be taken:—

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21096, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Lands for a Road through Blocks VII., VIII., X., XI., XII., Linkwater Survey District, Picton and Pelorus Road Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain work, to wit, the construction of a road through Blocks VII., VIII., X., XI., and XII., Linkwater Survey District, Picton and Pelorus Road Districts, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice is further given that the plan of the said road, and of the lands so required to be taken, is deposited in the Post-office at Picton, and is there open for inspection. And notice is also hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, 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.

All in the Marlborough Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on a plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Authorising the Laying-off of Maxwell Street, in the Town of Collingwood Extension No. 6, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd December, 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 Maxwell Street, in the Town of Collingwood Extension No. 6, Canterbury 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.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds within the Borough of Nelson and the County of Geraldine.—Notice No. 920.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th December, 1904.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have by special order declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Nelson Borough Council .. .. Fennel.
Geraldine County Council .. .. Ragwort.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £3,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 6th February, 1905, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that