Nov. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3363

THE previous regulations in so far as they relate to the introduction of potatoes into Western Australia are repealed, and it is declared that the importation of potatoes from any country into Western Australia is prohibited unless—
(1.) They are accompanied by an official certificate, dated and signed by a responsible officer of a Government Department of the country of origin, identifying the potatoes, specifying the quantity, and certifying—
(a.) That at the date of the issue of the certificate they were free from the disease caused by Phytophthora infestans (known as Irish Blight), and from the disease Synchytrium endobioticum (known as potato canker, black scab, warty disease, and cauliflower disease in potatoes);
(b.) That they were grown in the country named;
(c.) That they were grown on premises known after due investigation not to be or to have been during the preceding twelve months infected with either of the said diseases;
(d.) That they were packed in the country of origin in clean new packages.
(2.) The bags, crates, or other packages containing the potatoes are marked on the outside with the name of the country of origin, and with other distinguishing mark or marks.
(3.) The potatoes, after being landed, are planted in quarantine in an approved place, and, after having matured, are, with the product of their cultivation, found, on inspection, to be free from disease.
(4.) The importer enters into a bond in the sum of £50, conditioned that he will pay the cost of inspection of the potatoes and of supervision, and that the potatoes and any parts thereof, and any crop produced therefrom, shall not be dug or removed from the approved place without the written permission of the Chief Quarantine Officer, and that he will give written notice of not less than one week to the Chief Quarantine Officer of his desire to dig the potatoes.

Provided that the Minister may permit potatoes which are certified by a Quarantine Officer to be free from disease to be imported under and subject to such conditions as the Minister may think fit to impose, for use as food.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1911.

THE following results of election of Trustees of Drainage Districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Oruoa Drainage District, County of Manawatu :
William Amon.
Benjamin Gray.
Herbert Hill Hunt.
George Kendall.
George Hay Low.
James Tennant.
William John Thompson.

Aka Aka Drainage District, County of Manukau :
Edwin Thomas Bent.
Samuel Pinder Henry.
Robert Hudson.
George Gage Hull.
James Walters.

Otana Drainage District, County of Manukau :
John Harris.
Charles G. Robertson.
Henzell Hammond.
Fredric Hull.
William Summerville.

South Hautapu Drainage District, County of Waikato :
John McCallion.
Robert Morse.
John Arnold.
Mary Eliza Ewen.
Sarah Ann McCann.

Pyramid Block Drainage District, County of Southland :
Joseph Smaill.
Henry Sydney Jones.
Patrick Murray.
George Lewis Heenan.
Robert Jopp.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1911.

THE Southern Oak Lodge, No. 22, situated at South Invercargill, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland District, New Zealand, of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 8th day of November, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1911.

THE Oak of Waikiwi Lodge, No. 23, situated at Waikiwi, Invercargill, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland District, New Zealand, of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 8th day of November, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1911.

THE Star of Thornbury Lodge, No. 24, situated at Thornbury, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland District, New Zealand, of United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 8th day of November, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 8th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Otago Felt-hatters’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 399, situated at Dunedin, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the notification hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the New Zealand Philanthropic Society is no longer carrying on its operations, and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of November, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.