APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 897

22. The lessee or licensee shall have no right to cut or use any timber upon the land leased or occupied by him.

23. Should any portion of the purchase-money for any flax, or any instalment of rent for any land, leased or licensed under these regulations not be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district in which is situated the flax or land so disposed of at the due time appointed for payment, the Commissioner shall notify the lessee or licensee so in arrear, and if the amount then due shall not be paid within fourteen days from the issue of such notice the Board shall have power to forfeit the lease or license in respect whereof the money is due, and all moneys paid thereunder prior to the date of such forfeiture, and no appeal shall lie from the action of the Board in so doing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Laboratory Assistant resigned.—Notice No. 1288.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th March, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

HERBERT ROBERT SEDDON

has resigned from the position held by him as a Laboratory Assistant in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture), as from 31st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Cadet resigned.—Notice No. 1289.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th March, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

PETER EDWARD NEILSON

has resigned from the position held by him as a cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture), as from 31st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The OTAMATEA COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Paparoa,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, under the provisions of “The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908,” in lieu of the place previously appointed.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 27th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ERNEST WILLIAM PENHALLURIACK

to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1908.” The appointment is dated the 10th day of March, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Disbandment and Re-formation of Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with section 6 of “The Defence Act, 1908,” of the disbandment of the

College Rifle Volunteers (Auckland),

and to approve that they be re-formed into a Cycle and Signalling Company, with headquarters at Auckland, and with effect from 9th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Election of Members of Fire Boards by Insurance Companies.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st March, 1909.

PURSUANT to “The Fire Brigades Act, 1908,” and the rules made thereunder, it is hereby notified that an election by the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand of three members of the undermentioned Fire Boards will be held on Monday, the 17th day of May, 1909, in the manner prescribed by the said Act and rules:—

Auckland Fire Board.
Whangarei Fire Board.
New Plymouth Fire Board.
Hawera Fire Board.
Feilding Fire Board.
Palmerston North Fire Board.
Masterton Fire Board.
Petone Fire Board.
Dannevirke Fire Board.
Gisborne Fire Board.
Christchurch Fire Board.
Greymouth Fire Board.
Hokitika Fire Board.
Oamaru Fire Board.
Dunedin Fire Board.
Maori Hill Fire Board.
Milton Fire Board.
Lawrence Fire Board.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Melville, Glyn, and Co., Paris.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the company whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of “The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,” that no money-order in favour of the said company shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said company (either by its own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to such address without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

MELVILLE, GLYN, AND CO., 3 Rue de la Bourse, Paris.

Dated this 26th day of March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Authorising the Laying-off of Bracken Avenue, in the Township of Alburnia Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th March, 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 Bracken Avenue, in the Township of Alburnia Extension No. 2, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Argyle Street and Station Terrace, in the Township of Clonbern Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than 66 ft. each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th March, 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 Argyle Street and Station Terrace, in the Township of Clonbern Extension No. 2, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. each, instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.