Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 481

Special Order made by the Franklin County Council merging Paparata Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st February, 1915.

THE following special order, made by the Franklin County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Franklin County Council hereby makes a special order to abolish the Paparata Road District and merge the same in the county as from 31st March, 1915. The said special order to be submitted for confirmation at the ordinary meeting of the Council on the 14th January, 1915.

I hereby certify that the above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Franklin County Council held on 25th November, 1914, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on 14th January, 1915.

J. T. STEMBRIDGE,
County Clerk.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1915.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of by-laws made by the Petone Borough Council on the 16th November, 1914.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 25th day of November, 1914.

Dated this 3rd day of February, 1915.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Town District, Lumsden, County of Southland.

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

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, under the Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a town district under the said Act, by name the Town District of Lumsden. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said town district which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED TOWN DISTRICT OF LUMSDEN.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the main Lumsden-Kingston Road near road-peg No. IV (the said point being distant 1744·4 links measured along the centre of said road from its intersection with the southern boundary of Section No. 61, Block I, Hokonui Survey District), and proceeding thence by a right line south-easterly to a point on the eastern side of the road intersecting Section No. 153 of the said Block I, and distant 250 links along said side of road from its intersection with the southern boundary of said Section No. 153; thence southerly along the eastern side of the last-mentioned road, across Run Street, and along the eastern side of Hill Road to the northern side of Down Street; thence again south-easterly along the said side of Down Street to the eastern side of Plantation Street; thence south-westerly along the said side of Plantation Street to the south-west corner of Lot 1, Block XXXIII, L.T. Plan No. 77; thence again south-easterly along the southern boundary of said Lot No. 1 and of Lots Nos. 2, 3, and 4 of the said Block XXXIII, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence again south-westerly across a road, by the north western boundary of Lots Nos. 54 and 53 of the said L.T. Plan No. 77, and a line in continuation of the same across Flora Road; thence north-westerly along the southern side of Flora Road to the eastern boundary of the cemetery reserve adjoining Block I, Town of South Lumsden; thence again southerly by the last-mentioned boundary and the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned township to the northern side of Kent Street; thence westerly along the said side of Kent Street, across Lancaster Street, by Section No. 5, Block VI, Town of South Lumsden, by the western boundary of Section No. 4 of the said Block VI to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of Section No. 5, Block V, Town of South Lumsden; and thence by a right line to and by the last-mentioned section and its northern boundary-line produced to the left bank of the Oreti River; and thence northerly along the said bank of the Oreti River to a point in line with the middle of Vaga Street; thence easterly along the middle of Vaga Street to the middle of the main Lumsden-Kingston Road; and thence again northerly along the middle of the last-mentioned road to the point of commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Restrictions governing the Introduction of Dogs from New Zealand into Great Britain.—Notice No. 1772.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 30th January, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that advice has been received, from the British Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, that dogs from New Zealand will be admitted into Great Britain on the following conditions:—

1. An imported dog shall not be landed in Great Britain unless its landing is authorized by a license of the Board previously obtained. Application for such license shall be made in the proper form, particulars of which may be obtained from the Director of the Live-stock and Meat Division, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington. The dog must be landed at approved veterinary premises, and the application must name the premises proposed, and the carriers by whom the animal is to be conveyed there. The license will contain approval of the premises and carriers, and also the conditions subject to which it is issued.

2. A dog brought from New Zealand in a vessel coming to Great Britain without calling at any port en route, or calling only at ports on the direct homeward route, will be released from quarantine by a special order of the Board immediately after the arrival of the dog at the veterinary premises specified in the landing license; provided that the dog is then free from any suspicion of rabies, and that a certificate has been furnished to the Board from the master of the vessel to the effect that the dog was not landed at any place en route to Great Britain and was not brought into contact with any dog other than one carried in the vessel from New Zealand.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for R. C. Culver, Sydney.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in advertising the treatment of diseases of the sexual organs, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

R. C. CULVER, Room 5, 192 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

Dated this 29th day of January, 1915.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.