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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges of a loan of £1,200, authorised to be raised by the Pahiatua Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the construction of water-supply works, £200, and drainage-works, £1,000, the said Pahiatua Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ¼d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Borough of Pahiatua, comprising part Block VIII, Mangahao Survey District—bounded on the north by Sections 10 and 11, Block VIII, Mangahao Survey District; on the south by Tiraumea and Hall’s Roads; on the east by Sections 12, 18, and 22, Block VIII, Mangahao Survey District; and on the west by the Mangatainoka River—and being the whole of the Borough of Pahiatua: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st days of February and August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off; and that the interest shall be at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum.

And it is further notified that a special meeting of the Pahiatua Borough Council was held in the Borough Council Chambers, Pahiatua, on Friday, the 16th day of March, 1906, at 7.30 p.m., at which the above resolution was confirmed.

D. CREWE,
Mayor.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Te Aroha.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 13th day of June, 1905, and gazetted on the 15th day of June, 1905, the Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified as required by that section, did direct that from and after the 19th day of June, 1905, all shops, except those specified in clause (a) of section 15 of the Act, in the Borough of Te Aroha should be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon on Thursdays, and at 10 o’clock in the evening on Saturdays: And whereas by a like requisition, duly made and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary the said notice by further exempting hairdressers from closing:

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred by the above-mentioned section, I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 1st day of April, 1906, the requisition shall accordingly not apply to hairdressers.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of March, 1906.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Hairdressers’ and Tobacconists’ Shops in the Borough of Waihi under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers’ and of all the tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Waihi, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 8 p.m., Wednesdays at 1 p.m. (the weekly half-holiday), and Saturdays at 10.30 p.m.: And whereas the Borough Council of Waihi has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the hairdressers’ and a majority of the tobacconists’ shops in the borough:

Now, therefore, I, Richard John Seddon, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 2nd day of April, 1906, all hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Waihi shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1906.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Scenery Preservation in the Town Belt, New Plymouth, Taranaki County.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” to take land for a certain public work, to wit, the purpose of scenery preservation, and for the purpose 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 land so required to be taken is deposited in the Survey Office at New Plymouth, 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 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.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at New Plymouth, in the Taranaki Land District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1906.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

WAIPARA–CHEVIOT RAILWAY.—ERECTION OF STATION BUILDINGS AT WESTLANDS.

Accepted.

Forbes, R. A., Tai Tapu .. .. .. £ s. d.
1,130 0 0

Declined.

Petersen, J. P., Invercargill .. .. .. 1,389 0 0
Ballantine, T., Christchurch .. .. .. 1,474 14 3

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1906.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

BLENHEIM–WAIPARA RAILWAY.—HOG SWAMP BRIDGE.—SUPPLY OF IRONBARK TIMBER.

Accepted.

Allen Taylor and Co. (Limited), Sydney .. £ s. d.
536 7 7

Declined.

Pike, E. D., and Co., Sydney .. .. .. 565 5 5
Fraser and Co., Grafton, New South Wales .. 588 16 9
Flannery, W., and Co., New South Wales .. 624 2 10

Notice to Mariners No. 20 of 1906.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th March, 1906.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

CHINA SEA.

BANKA STRAIT.—TANJONG KALIAN.—ALTERATION IN LIGHT.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 53 (1903) of 1904, the