Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3319

Authorising the Laying-off of Balfour and Lansdowne Streets, in the Town of Bayswater, of a Width of not less than 66 ft. each.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 18th December, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, Joseph George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Balfour and Lansdowne Streets, in the Town of Bayswater, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. each, instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Authorising the Laying-off of Stephen Road, in the Town of Brixton Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 20th December, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, Joseph George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Stephen Road, in the Town of Brixton Extension No. 1, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Meetings of Southland Land Board.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th December, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1908,” approved of meetings of the Southland Land Board being held at the District Lands Office, Invercargill, during the year 1910 on Thursday, 27th January; Thursday, 24th February; Monday, 21st March; Thursday, 28th April; Thursday, 26th May; Thursday, 23rd June; Thursday, 28th July; Thursday, 25th August; Thursday, 22nd September; Thursday, 27th October; Tuesday, 22nd November; and Thursday, 22nd December.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Meetings of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 16th December, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1908,” approved of meetings of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board being held at the District Lands Office, Napier, on the second Friday in each month, and at the Local Lands Office, Gisborne, on the first Monday after the second Friday in the months of January, April, July, and October.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Notice to Mariners No. 108 of 1909.

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DISCHARGE-PIPES.—NELSON HARBOUR.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th December, 1909.

THE Nelson Harbour Board notifies that discharge-pipes have been placed 280 ft. in a northerly direction from the north end of the Railway Wharf at Nelson across the channel leading to Lukin’s Wharf, and that they lie 2 ft. from the bottom. A beacon, from which a light is shown at night, has been placed at the end of the pipes. Masters of vessels are warned against passing between the beacon and the wharf.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 3232; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. vi, pages 188–91; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” pages 165–67.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Shops in the Ohakune Town District under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Ohakune Town District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the town district shall be closed at 10 o’clock every evening, and 10.30 on Saturday evenings: And whereas the Ohakune Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Ohakune Town District:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that, from and after the 27th day of December, 1909, all the shops in the Ohakune Town District shall be closed at 10 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at 10.30 p.m. on Saturdays; the statutory half-holiday is on Thursdays, from 1 p.m.

The notice gazetted on the 20th May, 1909, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Ohakune Town District, is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Spreydon Road District under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Spreydon Road District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all grocers’ shops in the Spreydon Road District shall be closed on four nights of the week at 8 p.m., and on the statutory half-holiday at 1 p.m., and on Saturday at 10.30 p.m.: And whereas the Spreydon Road Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Spreydon Road District:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that, from and after the 27th day of December, 1909, all the grocers’ shops in the Spreydon Road District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on the 10th June, 1909, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops in the Spreydon Road District, is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

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CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister of Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely:—

Port of Nelson.

The warehouse known as

J. H. COCK AND CO.’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Minister’s Order No. 531, of the 5th day of February, 1896.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 918.]

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Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

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CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” I, the Minister of Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the undermentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Nelson.

Portion of an iron and wood building, roofed with slate, situate on Section 1104a, Borough of Nelson, and having a