JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1923

shown below, and with effect from the 10th day of March, 1908, and 17th June, 1908, respectively :—

No. 1 Battalion, Auckland Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
A Company, King’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
B Company, King’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
C Company, King’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
with headquarters at Auckland, and with effect from 10th day of March, 1908.

No. 2 Battalion, Auckland Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
A Company, Auckland Grammar School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
B Company, Auckland Grammar School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
C Company, Auckland Grammar School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
D Company, Auckland Grammar School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
with headquarters at Auckland, and with effect from 17th June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Woodend Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907, the appointments of Trustees to the Woodend Rifle Range Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 83 of 14th September, 1905, as from 2nd July, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Revocation of Warrant of Dismissal of Volunteer from New Zealand Defence Forces.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the Warrant relative to the dismissal from the New Zealand Volunteer Defence Forces of

No. 283, Sergeant-Major WILLIAM TALBUT, Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 3, dated 16th January, 1908, and with effect from 16th December, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Geraldine Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907, the appointments of Trustees to the Geraldine Rifle Range Reserve published in the New Zealand Gazette Nos. 95 of 2nd November, 1905, and 50 of 13th June, 1907, as from 4th July, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Fixing Date on which Returns under the Fire Brigades Act, 1907, are to be furnished to Gisborne and Greymouth Fire Boards.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th June, 1908.

PURSUANT to section 22 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1907, it is hereby notified that the returns showing the total gross amount of the premiums received by or due to fire-insurance companies during the year ended 31st December, 1907, shall be transmitted to the Gisborne Fire Board and the Greymouth Fire Board, in the manner prescribed by the said section, on or before the 31st day of July, 1908.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Hastings Borough.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th July, 1908.

PURSUANT to section 176 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the areas described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said areas may be excluded from the Borough of Hastings and included in the County of Hawke’s Bay. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREAS PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF HASTINGS AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY OF HAWKE’S BAY.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District bounded towards the north-west by the north-western boundary of Section No. 3 and part of the north-western boundary of Section No. 2, Block XV, Heretaunga Survey District; thence towards the north-east by the present north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Hastings to Pakowhai Road; thence towards the south-east by Pakowhai Road to the southernmost corner of Section No. 18, Block XV aforesaid; and thence towards the south-west by the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 18, 9, 6, and 3, Block XV aforesaid, to the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District bounded towards the north-west by part of the north-western boundary of Section No. 20 and the north-western boundary of Section No. 19, Block XV, Heretaunga Survey District, from the north-western corner of the Borough of Hastings to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, and 29, Block XV aforesaid, to Maraekakaho Road; thence towards the south-east by Maraekakaho Road to the present south-western boundary of the Borough of Hastings; and thence towards the south-west by the said south-western boundary of the Borough of Hastings, to the place of commencement.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Fire Boards under the Fire Brigades Act, 1907.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th July, 1908.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected to be members of the following Fire Boards constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1907.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Gisborne Fire Board :—
Appointed by the Governor—
John Townley.

Elected by fire-insurance companies—
Alexander Francis Kennedy.
George Laurence Evans.
John Coleman.

Elected by Gisborne Borough Council—
John Willson Bright.
William Douglas Lysnar.
William Pettie.

Greymouth Fire Board :—
Appointed by the Governor—
Jesse Steer.

Elected by fire-insurance companies—
John James Jeffray Mallard.
William Devenish Meares.
Jacob Theodore Skoglund.

Elected by Greymouth Borough Council—
Thomas Eldon Coates.
Henry Bignell.
John Jackson.

Dannevirke Fire Board :—
Elected by the Dannevirke Borough Council—
Hans Madsen Ries.

Dunedin Fire Board :—
Elected by fire-insurance companies—
Henry Donald Stronach.

Hawera Fire Board :—
Elected by the Hawera Borough Council—
Henry William Sutton.