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No. 63 of 1907. An Act to provide a Superannuation Fund for the Public Service.

No. 64 of 1907. An Act to make Provision for the Establishment of Fire Boards and for the Protection of Life and Property from Fire.

No. 65 of 1907. An Act to make Better Provision for the Regulation and Suppression of Gaming, Betting, and Wagering.

No. 66 of 1907. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law for the Protection of Animals and for the Encouragement of Acclimatisation Societies.

No. 67 of 1907. An Act to amend the Classification of the Government Railways Department.

No. 68 of 1907. An Act to authorise the Construction of certain Railways.

No. 71 of 1907. An Act to amend the Water-supply Act, 1891.

No. 72 of 1907. An Act to provide for the Exchange, Sale, Reservation, and other Disposition of certain Reserves, Crown Lands, other Lands, and Endowments, and to confer certain Powers on certain Public Bodies.

No. 73 of 1907. An Act to amend the Factories Act, 1901.

No. 74 of 1907. An Act to amend the Shops and Offices Act, 1904.

No. 75 of 1907. An Act to amend the Counties Act, 1886.

No. 77 of 1907. An Act to appropriate and apply certain sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and other Accounts to the services of the year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Present Session.

Local Acts.

No. 1 of 1907. An Act to amend the Auckland Hospital Reserves Acts.

No. 2 of 1907. An Act to declare that certain Private Streets and Private Ways in the Borough of Gore are Streets.

No. 3 of 1907. An Act to extend the Provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901, in so far as the same apply to the City of Wellington, and to enable the Wellington City Council to make and levy Rates to secure Special Loans raised for the Purpose of paying off Loans.

No. 4 of 1907. An Act to validate certain Proceedings taken by the New Plymouth Borough Council in respect of certain Special Loans.

No. 5 of 1907. An Act to incorporate the Members of an Association known as the Nelson Institute, and to vest certain Lands and Personal Estate in the Provincial District of Nelson in the same.

No. 6 of 1907. An Act to constitute the Waipukurau County.

No. 7 of 1907. An Act to vest a certain Piece of Land in the Gore Agricultural and Pastoral Association, with Power to sell or otherwise deal with same.

No. 8 of 1907. An Act to empower the Nelson Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to sell a certain Parcel of Land in the City of Nelson upon such Terms and Conditions as it thinks fit, and to apply the Proceeds of such Sale in or towards the Erection of an Old People’s Home in the said City.

No. 9 of 1907. An Act to empower the Council of the Borough of Petone to acquire Land for Waterworks Conservation Purposes.

No. 10 of 1907. An Act to amend the Taranaki Botanic Garden Act, 1876.

No. 11 of 1907. An Act to empower the Wanganui Harbour Board to borrow One Hundred Thousand Pounds.

No. 12 of 1907. An Act to vest certain Reserves in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Levin, and to empower the Council of the said Borough to lease the said Reserves and other Reserves vested in the said Borough.

No. 13 of 1907. An Act to constitute the Whangamomona County.

No. 14 of 1907. An Act to authorise a Grant of Land to the Thames Harbour Board.

No. 15 of 1907. An Act to vest in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Tapanui a certain Hospital Reserve in the Town of Tapanui, and to change the Purpose of that Reserve.

No. 16 of 1907. An Act to authorise the Otago Harbour Board to raise a Loan and to make Provision for the Creation of Reserve Funds.

No. 17 of 1907. An Act to constitute the Waitara Harbour District and to confer certain Powers on the Waitara Harbour Board.

No. 18 of 1907. An Act to provide for the Control and Management of a certain Reserve in the Borough of Hastings known as Cornwall Park.

No. 19 of 1907. An Act to empower the Auckland Harbour Board to convey Little Shoal Bay of the Harbour of Auckland to the Birkenhead Borough for a Public Domain and Park and Recreation-ground.

No. 20 of 1907. An Act to amend the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act, 1900, and the Acts amending the same.

No. 21 of 1907. An Act to grant Further Borrowing-powers to the Greymouth Harbour Board.

No. 22 of 1907. An Act to amend the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885.

No. 23 of 1907. An Act to constitute Part of the Waipawa County a New County.

No. 24 of 1907. An Act to constitute a Harbour Board for the Harbour of Wairau (Marlborough).

No. 25 of 1907. An Act to provide for the Vesting and Control of certain Land at Lower Hutt.

No. 26 of 1907. An Act to constitute the Borough of Waipawa, and to confer certain Powers upon the Council thereof, and for other Purposes.

No. 27 of 1907. An Act to enable the Gisborne Harbour Board to borrow Four Hundred Thousand Pounds.

No. 28 of 1907. An Act to constitute the Makara County.

No. 29 of 1907. An Act to amend the Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1875.

No. 30 of 1907. An Act to consolidate certain Enactments of the General Assembly relating to the Drainage and Sewerage System of Christchurch and Surrounding Districts.

No. 31 of 1907. An Act to constitute a Harbour Board for the Harbour of Whangarei.

Private Acts.

No. 1 of 1907. An Act to vest the Lands and Property now held by the Trustees of Saint Andrew’s Church under the Saint Andrew’s Church (Wellington) Trustees Incorporation Act, 1873, in the Presbyterian Church Property Trustees as incorporated by the Presbyterian Church Property Act, 1885, and to make Further Provisions in relation to such Land and Property.

No. 2 of 1907. An Act to authorise the Dunedin Suburban Gas Company (Limited) to continue to supply Gas to the Boroughs of St. Kilda, Mornington, and Roslyn, and in the Caversham Ward of the City of Dunedin.

No. 3 of 1907. An Act to amalgamate the Porirua and Otaki Trust Properties, and to enable the same to be held and dealt with by the Porirua Trustees for the Purposes of the Establishment and Maintenance of a School or Schools at Otaki or in the Otaki District.

No. 4 of 1907. An Act to amend the Otago Presbyterian Church Board of Property Act, 1906.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

Governor the Right Honourable
Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

Holiday, 25th May, 1908 (Empire Day).

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th May, 1908.

THE following extract from the New Zealand Gazette of the 26th March, 1903, page 858, is republished for general information.

The Government offices throughout the Dominion will accordingly be closed on Monday, the 25th May, 1908, as the 24th May falls on a Sunday this year.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette of 26th March, 1903.]

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1903.

It is hereby notified that in future the 24th May will be observed as a holiday in the Government offices in the colony, and that the said day will be known as “Empire Day.”

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Election of Members of certain Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th May, 1908.

THE following results of the election of members of the undermentioned Fire Boards by fire-insurance companies, having been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, are hereby notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1907.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Dunedin Fire Board—
Henry Donald Stronach, vice F. G. Cray, resigned.

Oamaru Fire Board—
Herbert Maude Roxby, vice F. G. Cray, resigned.

Maori Hill Fire Board—
Henry Donald Stronach, vice F. G. Cray, resigned.