Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3055

ing to the public, and is not under the control of an association, society, or club whose membership is composed of a section of the community only; that the information hereinafter furnished by me in the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the abstract of accounts is a true statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year herein specified; that the whole of the subsidy received during the year was expended in the purchase of books for the library; [and that by the rules of the library it is open to the public free of charge].

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

[Signature.]

Declared at , this day of , 191 , before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 2s. 6d.]

[NOTE.—The words relating to last year’s subsidy and to free admission may be struck out if they are not applicable. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary for Education, Wellington, and from the Secretary of any Education Board.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Education.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Sefton Street, in the Town of Te Awamutu Extension No. 5, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th 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 Sefton Street, in the Town of Te Awamutu Extension No. 5, 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 Blackburn, Irvine, Rhode, Myrtle, and Lemon Streets, in the Town of Frankton Extension No. 20, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th 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 Blackburn, Irvine, Rhode, Myrtle, and Lemon Streets, in the Town of Frankton Extension No. 20, 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 Waitemata Road, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 35, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th 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 Waitemata Road, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 35, 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 Alice, Green, and Grace Streets, in the Town of Frankton Extension No. 24, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th 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 Alice, Green, and Grace Streets, in the Town of Frankton Extension No. 24, 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 Hooper and Wilson Streets, in the Town of Mildura Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th 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 Hooper and Wilson Streets, in the Town of Mildura Extension No. 1, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Taranaki County Council.—Notice No. 1662.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1912.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Taranaki County Council has, by special order, declared gorse and ox-eye daisy to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Taranaki County.

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

Varied Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Boot and Shoe Retailers’ Shops in the City of Auckland under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all shops in which boots, shoes, and slippers are sold by retail in the City of Auckland, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the following hours shall be gazetted as the hours of closing for all such shops, namely: 6 o’clock p.m. on four days in the week, 1 o’clock p.m. on the day of the statutory half-holiday, 9.30 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays, 11 o’clock p.m. on the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, and 9 o’clock p.m. preceding Anniversary Day, Good Friday, King’s Birthday, and Labour Day. The following days shall be observed as entire holidays: New Year’s Day, 2nd January, Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, King’s Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day:

And whereas the Auckland City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all boot and shoe retailers’ shops in the City of Auckland:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that, from and after the 28th day of October, 1912, all boot and shoe retailers’ shops in the City of Auckland shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on the 25th January, 1906, fixing the closing-hours of retail bootmakers’ shops is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of October, 1912.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Examination-sheds appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by the Customs Law Act, 1908, I, Francis Marion Bates Fisher, the Minister of Customs, do hereby revoke and annul Minister’s Order numbered 533 of the 14th day of February, 1896, and published in the Gazette of the 26th day of February, 1896, and do hereby appoint that the undermentioned buildings shall be places where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing thereof, namely:—

WHARF SHEDS, NAPIER, viz.:—

A shed marked “L” situated on Glasgow Wharf, Napier, and divisions 1 and 2 of a shed marked “B” situated on Iron Pot Quay, Port Ahuriri.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1912.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs

Minister’s Order No. 1024.]