Jan. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 75

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th January, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

IAN SIMSON SIMSON

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of Hawke’s Bay.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Ellesmere Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Thomas Douds. Date of resignation, 29th October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteers dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 50, “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal of

No. 154, Sapper ROBERT HEIGHWAY, and
No. 168, Sapper WILLIAM MORROW TAYLOR,

both of No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers, they having been convicted at Auckland of an offence against the civil law, and sentenced to imprisonment for three years and two years respectively. Dismissal to date from the 21st November, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Mounted Rifle Volunteers.—Headquarters transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of headquarters of the Piako Mounted Rifle Volunteers from Waihou to Te Aroha, and with effect from 12th December, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Oamaru Drill-shed Reserve.—Appointment of Trustees.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” of the appointment of

Brevet-Colonel ALFRED WILLIAM ROBIN, C.B., New Zealand Militia. Officer Commanding Otago District;
Lieut.-Colonel ALFRED HEADLAND, V.D., 3rd Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers; and
Captain JOHN MEGGETT FORRESTER, Queen’s Rifle Volunteers (Oamaru),

to be Trustees of the Oamaru Drill-shed Reserve.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds within the Borough of New Plymouth, the Ohinemuri County, and the Elliot Road District.—Notice No. 930.

Department of Agriculture.
Wellington, 16th January, 1905.

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.
New Plymouth Borough Council Bathurst burr, dock, fennel, gorse, ox-eye daisy, and ragwort.
Ohinemuri County Council Gorse, Bathurst burr, and ragwort.
Elliot Road Board Gorse, ragwort, broom, ox-eye daisy, and Bathurst burr.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Special Order made by the Springs Road Board, County of Selwyn, making By-law.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1905.

THE following special order, made by the Springs Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

THE SPRINGS ROAD BOARD.

Grass-seed By-law.

A BY-LAW of the Body Corporate called the Inhabitants of the Springs Road District, made on the 13th Day of January, 1905, to regulate the Cutting of Grass-seed on the Roads of the District.

In pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon and vested in them by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and its amendment, and “The Public Works Amendment Act, 1904,” and every other power them hereto enabling, the inhabitants of the Springs Road District do hereby, by special order, make and ordain this by-law.

1. The short title of the by-law shall be “The Grass-seed By-law.”

2. In this by-law—
   “Board” means the Springs Road Board :
   “Chairman” means the Chairman for the time being of the Springs Road Board :
   “Clerk” means the Clerk for the time being of the Springs Road District.

3. No person shall, at any time after the coming into operation of this by-law, at any period of the year cut for seed any grass then growing upon any of the roads in the Springs Road District, under the control of the Springs Road Board, without the previous consent in writing of the said Board under the hand of the Chairman or Clerk thereof.

4. No person shall hereafter, at any period of the year, cut for any purpose whatsoever any grass then growing upon any of the roads in the Springs Road District, under the control of the said Board, without the previous consent in writing of the said Board under the hand of the Chairman or Clerk thereof.

5. Any person committing a breach of sections 3 or 4 of this by-law shall for every such breach be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

6. The Board shall be, and is hereby, empowered to cut, reap, harvest, thresh, sell, and dispose of all grass for seed, or, if it shall think fit, to sell and dispose of the right to cut and harvest all grass for seed for the time being growing upon any of the roads in the said district under its control to any person or persons whomsoever, and either by public auction, public tender, or private treaty, and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as it shall think fit.

7. All moneys received by the said Board from the sale and disposition of the said grass for seed, or the right to cut and harvest such grass-seed as aforesaid, shall belong to and form part of the Road Board Fund.

8. This by-law shall come into operation upon its being gazetted.

[Springs Road District,
Seal of the Inhabitants of the.]

Sealed with the common seal of the inhabitants of the Springs Road District, this 13th day of January, 1905, in the presence of—

JOHN WOLFE, Chairman.
E. V. PALMER, Member.
HENRY NEALE, Clerk.

I, Henry Neale, Clerk to the Springs Road Board, hereby certify that the foregoing by-laws are a true copy of a