Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2997

as required by the Defence Department, are published for general information:

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

• Accepted for rifle-oil. † Accepted for mineral jelly.

Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 10th October, 1912.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Claremont Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from 29th June, 1912.

SCHEDULE.

CLAREMONT SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,336 acres 2 roods 20 perches, more or less, situate in Blocks XIV and XV, Pareora Survey District, and II and III, Otaio Survey District, being Rural Section 27743, also parts of Lots 1 and 2 on deposited plan No. 2628, comprising Rural Sections 5828, 15861, 15894, 16043x, 28536, 29243, 34307, 35623, and 35624, and parts 3276, 8864, 15857, 15857x, 15858, 15859, 15863, 15864, 16043, 16089, 16090, 16091, being all the land shown on certificate of title, Volume 276, folio 35, District Lands Registry Office, Christchurch; and as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 19434, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Wentworth Avenue, in the Town of Otahuhu Extension No. 14, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th October, 1912.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Wentworth Avenue, in the Town of Otahuhu Extension No. 14, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Tawhiri and Tawa Roads, in the Town of Resubdivision of Part of Town of St. George, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th October, 1912.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Tawhiri and Tawa Roads, in the Town of Resubdivision of part of Town of St. George, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics. — Appointing Enumerators under the Census and Statistics Act, 1910.—Notice No. 1653.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 14th October, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Census and Statistics Act, 1910, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Agriculture, hereby appoint the following officers of the Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce to be Enumerators for the districts specified:—

SPICER, JOHN EDWARD DIGGLE, Auckland,
the Counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Coromandel, Manukau, Franklin, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Opotiki, Tauranga, Piako, Waipa, Matamata, Kawhia, Whakatane, part of Rotorua, Awakino, Waitomo, East Taupo, West Taupo, and Ohura.

PHILPOTT, ARTHUR COLIN, Napier,
the Counties of Waiapu, Waikohu, Cook, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, Woodville, Weber, and Pahiatua.

HOOPER, RICHARD HENRY, Wanganui,
the Counties of Clifton, Kaitieke, Whangamomona, Taranaki, Waimarino, Stratford, Egmont, Rangitikei, Waitotara, Eltham, Waimate, West Patea, Hawera, Wanganui, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Oroua, Manawatu, and Kairanga.

WYNARD, WILLIAM THOMAS, Wellington,
the Counties of Akitio, Horowhenua, Eketahuna, Masterton, Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, Featherston, Hutt, Makara, Collingwood, Sounds, Takaka, Waimea, Marlborough, Awatere, and Kaikoura.

ROWDEN, ARTHUR EDWARD, Christchurch,
the Counties of Amuri, Cheviot, Waipara, Tawera, Ashley, Kowai, Oxford, Rangiora, Eyre, Selwyn, Waimairi, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, Ashburton, Mackenzie, Geraldine, Levels, Waimate, Halswell, Ellesmere, Paparua, Malvern, Springs, and Heathcote.

MILLER, WALTER, Dunedin,
the Counties of Waitaki, Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Taieri, Tuapeka, Peninsula, Bruce, and Clutha.

SINCLAIR, DONALD, Invercargill,
the Counties of Southland, Lake, and Wallace.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.—Prescribing the Manner in which the Account under the Census and Statistics Act, 1910, shall be taken.—Notice No. 1654.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 14th October, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Census and Statistics Act, 1910, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Agriculture, hereby prescribe that the collection of the returns in connection with the account referred to in section 28 of the said Act shall be carried out by post or by Sub-Enumerators, and shall commence on the 20th day of October, and continue from day to day until the 31st day of the same month, unless sooner completed.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Taranaki County Council.—Notice No. 1660.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 15th October, 1912.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Taranaki County Council has, by special order, declared foxglove to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the County of Taranaki.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.