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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS ... 1311, 131 BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ... 1330 CROWN LANDS NOTICES ... 1323

LAND— Allocating, reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road ... 1302 Altering the Boundaries of Land Districts 1304 Authorising Exchange of a Reserve ... 1305 Authorising the Laying-off of Streets of a Width of 66 ft. ... 1321 Consenting to closing Road . 1303 Declaring Portion of Road to be a County Road ... 1304 Exempting Street from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act .. 1303 For Selection on Renewable Lease ... 1308 Members of Assessment Courts appointed ... 1303 Members of Drainage Board appointed .. 1303 Modifying Deposited Plan of Native Township .. 1310 National Endowment, for Selection ... 1307 Native, declared to be Crown Lands .. 1299 Notice under the Unclaimed Lands Act ... 1322 Powers delegated to Scenic Board ... 1310 Proclaiming and closing Roads ... 1301 Recreation Reserve brought under the Public Domains Act ... 1305 Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native 1309 Taieri Drainage Board: Appointment of Returning Officer and Notice re Members ... 1310 Taken for a Gravel-pit ... 1302 Vesting a Reserve ... 1305 LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES ... 1331 MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES ... 1327 MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS ... 1312 MINING NOTICES ... .. 1330 MISCELLANEOUS Approving and Appointing a Bonding Warehouse 1319 Authorising Construction of Bridge, and Appropriating the Cost ... 1309 Banks Peninsula Rabbit-proof Fencing District: Prescribing Number of Ratepayers of which the Board of Trustees shall consist, &c. . 1311 Despatch: Acts assented to 1314 Exempting certain Shops from Requisition fixing Closing-hours 1320 Exempting Warehouse from Duty ... 1302 Female Official Visitor to H.M. Prison resigned .. 1311 Fixing Closing-hours of Shops ... 1320 Holiday: Empire Day ... 1315 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act: Cancellation and Proposed Cancellations of Registry 1323 Notice of Election of Members and Chairman of Board of Conciliation ... 1322 Notice to Local Authorities in re Loans . 1318 Notices of Half-holiday for Boys and Women 1320 Notices to Mariners 1319 Population of the Dominion ... 1322 Post-offices opened, &c. ... 1317 Proposed Loan ... 1319 Result of Election of Members of certain Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies .. 1315 Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse 1319 Revoking Order in Council prohibiting the Removal of Potatoes from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands ... 1302 Special Orders ... 1318 Surveyors licensed ... 1323 Tenders for Bicycles ... 1321 Trustees of Volunteer Drill-shed Reserves appointed 1306 Validating an Irregularity in Voting-paper .. 1304 Validating Public Notification in connection with a Loan ... 1304 Vesting Control of Bridge, and apportioning Cost of Maintenance ... 1309 Warden appointed ... 1306 NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES ... 1326 PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS ... 1332 By Authority : JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.