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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1907.

ALTERATION OF CHANNEL AT HOKIANGA RIVER ENTRANCE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th March, 1907.

THE Harbourmaster at Hokianga reports that in recent soundings he found only 3½ fathoms in main channel at three-quarter flood, and 4½ fathoms in new channel. Owing to long spell of easterly winds main channel has shifted northward, rendering leading-lights useless for the present. Incoming vessels should pay strict attention to the semaphore.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2525 and 1091A; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. vii, page 235.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all the Shops in the County of Kiwitea under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the County of Kiwitea, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the county shall be closed at 6 p.m. on four days in the week—viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays—at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 1 o’clock p.m. on Wednesdays (the weekly half-holiday); Christmas and New Year’s Eves to be excepted, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m., or when Christmas and New Year’s Days fall on Monday the closing-day on the preceding Saturday shall be 11 p.m.: And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the county:

Now, therefore, I, James Carroll, acting for and on behalf of 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 25th day of March, 1907, all the shops in the County of Kiwitea shall be closed in accordance with this requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice exempting Bakers’ and Confectioners’ Shops, and fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ and Hairdressers’ Shops, in the Borough of Foxton.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 25th day of January, 1907, and gazetted on the 31st day of January, 1907, 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 section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified as required by those sections, did direct that from and after the 4th day of February, 1907, all shops in the Borough of Foxton should be closed at 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; at 10 p.m. on Saturdays; and at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays (the weekly half-holiday): And whereas by like requisitions, duly made and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary the said notice by exempting bakers and confectioners, and by fixing the closing-hours for tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops, as set out in the Schedule of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisitions, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 25th day of March, 1907, bakers and confectioners shall be exempted, and all tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops shall be closed at 8 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; 1 p.m. on Wednesdays; and 10.30 p.m. on Saturdays.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Labour.

Notifying Land in Wellington Land District subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 7th March, 1907.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Hawtrey Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

HAWTREY ESTATE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 180 acres 2 roods 26 perches, more or less, and being parts of Sections 13 and 16, Porirua District, Block XI, Belmont Survey District. Bounded toward the north-east by Section 18; toward the south-east by the Porirua and Old Porirua Roads; toward the south-west by the Township of Johnsonville; toward the north-west by Section 105, Ohariu District, to the point of commencement: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19316, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Warwick Road, in Karamu Township, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 19th February, 1907.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Warwick Road, in the Township of Karamu, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Easter Holidays.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Friday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 30th days of March, and Monday, the 1st day of April, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Memorandum to Receivers of Public Moneys.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st March, 1907.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury accounts of the current financial year, ending on Saturday, the 30th March, receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for a special period to end on Thursday, the 28th instant (the following days being public holidays), and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General immediately after the close of the bank on that date.

The account for the special period is to include all receipts after bank hours on Saturday, the 23rd March, and the whole of the subsequent transactions up to the time when the bank closes on Thursday, the 28th instant.

Officers who render four-weekly accounts will close them on Thursday, the 28th instant, and include therein all transactions from the closing of the bank on the 2nd March.

If any bank receipts for moneys paid in on or before the 28th instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been posted, receivers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first account for the new year shall be for the period ended Saturday, the 6th April, and is only to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the date of rendering the previous account.

The first four-weekly account to be rendered by officers authorised to account four-weekly shall be for the period ended Saturday, the 27th April.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

The foregoing instructions are also to apply to deposits and law trust accounts.

ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.