Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3781

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops (except Fruiterers’) in the Wairewa County, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all shops (except fruiterers’) in the Wairewa County, 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, Thursday, 8 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m.: And whereas the Wairewa County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the Wairewa County:

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 15th day of November, 1915, all shops (except fruiterers’) in the County of Wairewa shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on the 25th day of March, 1915, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the county is hereby cancelled accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of November, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Dates of Meetings of Southland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, been pleased to approve of meetings of the Southland Land Board being held during the year 1916 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 10.45 o’clock a.m. on—

Thursday, 27th January. Thursday, 27th July.
„ 24th February. „ 24th August.
Tuesday, 21st March. „ 28th September.
Thursday, 27th April. „ 26th October.
„ 25th May. Tuesday, 21st November.
„ 22nd June. „ 19th December.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of St. Andrew’s Terrace, Sandwich Road, Braid Road, and Taylor Terrace, in the Town of Frankton Extension No. 34, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1915.

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 St. Andrew’s Terrace, Sandwich Road, Braid Road, and Taylor Terrace, in the Town of Frankton Extension No. 34, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Fixing Date on which Returns under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, are to be furnished to the Woolston Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th November, 1915.

PURSUANT to section 22 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that the returns showing the total gross amount of the premiums received by or due to fire-insurance companies during the year ended 31st December, 1914, within the Woolston Fire District shall be transmitted to the Woolston Fire Board in the manner prescribed by the said section on or before the first day of December, 1915.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Passports for Egypt.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th November, 1915.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that His Excellency the Governor has been advised by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that in future persons desiring to land in Egypt must be provided with passports.

Forms of application for passports may be obtained from the Under-Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, and no passport will be issued until fourteen days from the date of receipt of application have elapsed.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Person to hold License on Behalf of the King appointed.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK JAMES JONES, Esq.,

to be the person to apply for, receive, and hold, on behalf of His Majesty the King, any licenses or other authorities required to be held or exercised in respect of certain water-races, and all other appurtenances used in connection therewith, in the Provincial District of Otago, hitherto held by the Manuka Mining Company (Limited), under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of June, 1915.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 9th November, 1915.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

LEADER RIVER BRIDGE, PARNASSUS.—KAIKOURA ROAD.

Accepted.

Hayward, James, Akaroa .. .. .. 1,347 0 0

Declined.

Hamlyn, Joshua, Parnassus .. .. 1,379 19 0
Pearce, A., and Son, Kaiapoi .. .. 1,498 0 0
McKenzie, R., and Co., Blenheim .. .. 1,563 0 0
O’Donnell, John, Wellington .. .. 1,578 4 0
Fraser, G. M., Huntly .. .. 1,582 2 0
Martin, Peter, Wellington .. .. 1,583 19 6
Hadecke, A., Rangiora .. .. 1,598 14 6
Moloney and Robinson, Wellington .. .. 1,634 5 0
McLean, Donald, and Co., Wellington .. .. 1,642 0 0
Pourie, R., Christchurch .. .. 1,690 0 0
Rhodes, Watson, and Son, Dunedin .. .. 2,073 14 0

Board of Trustees for the Banks Peninsula Rabbit-proof Fencing District elected.—Notice No. 1809.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 8th November, 1915.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer that

H. T. CHAPMAN,
C. W. FIELD,
W. C. FLEMING,
R. GEBBIE,
H. A. NUTT,
J. PARKINSON, and
H. W. PIPER

have been duly elected the Board of Trustees for the Banks Peninsula Rabbit-proof Fencing District, as constituted under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Christchurch City Council.—Notice No. 1811.

Department of Agriculture Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 9th November, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Christchurch City Council has, by special order, declared goats’ rue (Galega officinalis) to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Plants declared by the Halswell County Council to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 1810.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 6th November, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Halswell County Council has, by special order, declared the following plants to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction: Broom, gorse, hemlock.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.