to and along the south-western and south-eastern boundaries
of that block and the southern and north-eastern boundaries
of Rau-o-te-huia Block to Tawa Stream, along the left bank
of that stream and the north-eastern boundary of Part D
of Taiwhakarewakauri Block to the Paeroa-Thames Road,
across that road to the south-western corner of Taiwhakare-
wakauni A Block and along the south-western boundary of
that block to a point distant 1360 links from its south-eastern
corner; thence along a right line to a point on the southern
boundary of that part of the eastern portion of Hararahi No. 1
Block, shown on Land Transfer plan No. 2720A, distant
27 chains from the Paeroa-Thames Road; thence westerly
along the said southern boundary for a distance of 940 links;
thence along a right line to a point on the northern side of
the road forming the northern boundary of Aorangi Block,
distant 850 links from the south-eastern corner of Te Arero-o-
huatata No. 2 Block, across that road to the north-western
corner of Aorangi B Block, along the western and southern
boundaries of that block, the southern boundaries of Aorangi
C and D Blocks, by the eastern boundary of Te Puru-o-te-rangi
No. 2 Block, crossing the rifle range to Te Huruhuru No. 2A
Block; thence along the northern and north-western bound-
aries of that block and the north-western boundary of Te
Huruhuru No. 2c Block, and that boundary produced to the
middle of a public road; thence along the middle of the road
forming the north-eastern boundaries of Te Huruhuru No. 2D
and Pukerimu No. 2 Blocks to a point in line with the south-
eastern boundary of the latter block; thence to and along
the south-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned block and
its production to the middle of the Ohinemuri River, and
along the middle of that river to a point in line with the
south-eastern boundary of parts of Ikutaratara and Murao-
teahi Blocks, shown on plan No. 2031, deposited in the
office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland; thence
along a right line to and by that boundary and its production
to the Paeroa-Waihi Railway Reserve, and by that railway
reserve to the northern boundary of Papaturoa Block; thence
across the railway reserve and along the northern boundary
of the said Papaturoa Block and its production to the middle
of the Ohinemuri River;] thence northerly along the middle
of that river to a point in line with the middle of the proposed
new cut, known as Pereniki's; thence to and along the
middle of the said proposed new cut and its continuation to
the middle of the Ohinemuri River; and thence again;
northerly along the middle of that river and the Waihou
River to the place of commencement.

SECON D SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY OF OHINEMURI.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards
the north-east by the sea from the mouth of the Otahu River
to the mouth of the Waihi River; thence towards the south-
east by a right line to the summit of Te Aroha Mountain ;
thence towards the south by a right line running due west
to the confiscation boundary-line being the eastern boundary
of Waikato County; thence towards the west generally by
the eastern boundary of that county to a point due west of
the confluence of the Hikutaia River with the Waihou River;
and thence towards the north by a right line to the confluence
of the said rivers, a line along the middle of the said Hikutaia
River to the source nearest to the source of the Otahu River,
a right line to the source of the said Otahu River, and a line
along the middle of that river to the sea, the place of com-
mencement; excepting the Boroughs of Waihi and Paeroa.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

By-laws of the Mosgiel Borough Council confirmed under the
By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th August, 1915.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of by-laws made by the Mosgiel Borough Council
on the 10th day of August, 1914.

G. W. RUSSELL.
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came
into force on the 1st day of November, 1914.

Dated this 29th day of August, 1915.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

First Meeting of the Woolston Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1915.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act,
1908, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal
Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, hereby appoint
the Woolston Borough Council Chambers, Woolston, at 8
p.m. on Thursday, the 16th September, 1915, to be the place
and date for holding the first meeting of the Woolston Fire
Board.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops in the Borough
of Te Awamutu, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all shops in the Borough of Te
Awamutu, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops
in the borough shall be closed as follows : During the months
of January, February, March, April, September, October,
November, and December, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs-
days, and Fridays at 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 p.m.; during
the months of May, June, July, and August, on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and Satur-
days, 9 p.m.: And whereas the Te Awamutu Borough Council
has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the borough
of Te Awamutu:

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 13th
day of September, 1915, all shops in the Borough of Te
Awamutu shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of September, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Butchers' Shops in the
Borough of St. Kilda, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the butchers' shops in the
Borough of St. Kilda, has been forwarded to me, desiring
that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the
evening of working-days as follows: Subject to the closing
at not later than I p.m. for the statutory weekly half-holiday
under sections 11 and 18 (b), Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays, 5.30 p.m., Saturdays, 6 p.m.: Provided
that (l) in the case of any shopkeeper whose shop is closed
on Saturday for the statutory half-holiday, the hour of
closing on the preceding Friday shall be 9 p.m.; (2) on the
day immediately preceding any day which is generally ob-
served as a public holiday, the closing-hour shall be 6 p.m.,
excepting that on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and the
Thursday before Good Friday, the closing-hour shall be
9 p.m.: And whereas the St. Kilda Borough Council has
certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a
majority of the occupiers of all the butchers' shops within
the Borough of St. Kilda:

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 13th day
of September, 1915; all butchers' shops in the Borough of
St. Kilda shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of September, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native
Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native
Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native
Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Waiariki
District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a lease of
Ngapeke No. 5b Block, containing 81 acres, situated in the
Tauranga Survey District, subject to the same restrictions
and to the same requirements as to confirmation and
otherwise as if the land was not subject to Part XVI of
the Native Land Act. 1909.

As witness my hand this 7th day of September, 1915.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.