SCHEDULE.

All in the Southland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
A. W. HOGG,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers' Shops in the Borough of Petone under the Shops and Offices Act.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops in the Borough of Petone, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the hours hereafter mentioned shall be fixed as the closing-hours for all such shops on the days specified within the borough—i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6 p.m.; Wednesday at 1 p.m.; and Saturday at 9 p.m. And whereas the Petone Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the grocers doing business in the Borough of Petone:
Now, therefore, I, Alexander Wilson Hogg, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from and after the 24th day of May, 1909, all the grocers' shops in the Borough of Petone shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of May, 1909.
A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ and Hairdressers’ Shops in the County of Waitomo under the Shops and Offices Act.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops in the County of Waitomo, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the county shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 10.30 p.m.; and Thursday, the statutory half-holiday, at 1 p.m.: And whereas the Waitomo County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops in the County of Waitomo:
Now, therefore, I, Alexander Wilson Hogg, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from and after the 24th day of May, 1909, all tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops in the County of Waitomo shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
The notice gazetted the 31st day of May, 1906, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the county, is hereby varied accordingly.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of May, 1909.
A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Shops in the Ohakune Town District under the Shops and Offices Act.
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 within the town district shall be

closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 o'clock p.m.; on Thursdays at 1 o'clock p.m.; and on Saturdays at 9.45 p.m.: And whereas the Ohakune Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all shops within the Ohakune Town District:
Now, therefore, I, Alexander Wilson Hogg, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from and after the 24th day of May, 1909, all shops in the Ohakune Town District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of May, 1909.
A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Tenders.
Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1909.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.
R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.
OREPUKI-WAIATU RAILWAY.-ERECTON OF TUATAPERE STATION BUILDINGS.
Accepted.
Shields and Andrews, Invercargill ... £4,462 11 7
Declined.
Metcalfe and Gough, Invercargill ... £4,696 0 0
Bone, E. W., Orepuki ... £4,794 10 0
Hamilton and Davey, Invercargill ... £4,986 0 0
Henderson and Gerrie, Dunedin ... £5,080 0 0
McKinnon and Hamilton, Dunedin ... £5,271 19 3
Petersen, J. P., Invercargill ... £5,549 0 0
Morris, Henry, Invercargill ... £5,560 8 6
Anderson, W. J., Dunedin ... £5,584 6 6
Smith Bros., Invercargill ... £5,600 1 6
Robson and Crawford, Dunedin ... £5,793 7 9
Meikle, Robert, Dunedin ... £5,879 0 0
Walker, John, and Son, Invercargill ... £5,931 5 0
Rhodes, Watson, and Son, Dunedin ... £5,971 11 0
Harris and Sims, Invercargill ... £6,846 0 0
Lawrence, G., Dunedin ... £6,490 10 5

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.
Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th May, 1909.
THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Judea Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908.”
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.
Judea Drainage District, County of Tauranga:
George Hamilton-Grapes.
Ernest Edward Denham.
Charles MacNaughton.
David Taylor.
Walter Bell.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.-Notice No. 22.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1909.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intitled "The Marriage Act, 1908," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:-
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. William Wilson Ewart.
Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Edward Joseph Drohan.
W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.