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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiterers' and Greengrocers' Shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the fruiterers and greengrocers' shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the riding shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: 9 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 11 p.m. on Saturdays:

And whereas the Waipawa County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of all the fruiterers and greengrocers' shops within the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa 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 28th day of June, 1915, all fruiterers and greengrocers' shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists and Druggists' Shops in the Borough of Lyttelton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists and druggists' shops in the Borough of Lyttelton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evenings of working-days as follows: Monday, 8 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 p.m.; Thursday, 8 p.m.; and Friday, 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Lyttelton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists and druggists' shops within the Borough of Lyttelton:

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 June, 1915, all chemists and druggists' shops in the Borough of Lyttelton shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

NOTE.—On the statutory half-holiday these shops may reopen from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notifying Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 18th June, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Sherenden Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from the 1st March, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

SHERENDEN SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 10,315 acres 2 roods 26 perches, more or less, exclusive of roads, being part of Tunanui Block, part Block 30, Okawa Crown-grant District, and part Rural Section 26, Block IV, Matapiro Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by Lot 1, D.P. 1781, and Lot 1, D.P. 2062, for 20029 links; thence towards the east generally by public road; thence towards the north generally by main Napier-Patea coach-road, by Lot 1, D.P. 1008, for 6516·8 links, and by stream; thence towards the south-west by said Lot 1, D.P. 1008, for 13447·2 links; thence towards the north-west by public road; thence towards the north-east by public road and by Lot 1, D.P. 1008, for 4341·7 links; thence towards the south-east generally by Mangatarata Stream, by part Rural Section 26, Block IV, Matapiro Survey District, and part Block 30, Okawa Crown-grant District, for 9422·1 links, by stream, and by Lot 2, D.P. 2917, for 9017·5 links; thence towards the east generally by Mangatarata Stream; thence towards the south generally by Okawa Stream; thence towards the west by Tunanui Homestead Block, D.P. 2766, for 4889·3 links; thence towards the south-west generally by main Napier-Patea coach-road; thence towards the south-east by Tunanui Homestead Block, D.P. 2766, for 2401·4 links, and by stream; thence towards the north-east generally by Tunanui Homestead Block, D.P. 2766, for 6147·5 links; thence towards the south generally by Okawa Stream, by Muriwhenua Block, and Lot 1, D.P. 2317, for 5794·1 links, by Waitara Stream, by Kikowhero Stream, and by Lot 2, D.P. 2368, for 16836·5 links; and towards the west by Lot 1, D.P. 1870 (Otamauri Block), for 21592·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19436, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 21st June, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Lake Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from 31st March, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

LAKE SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, in Blocks X, XI, and XVI, Howard Survey District, containing by admeasurement 10,678 acres 0 roods 33 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a road along the left bank of the Buller River; towards the west generally by the right bank of the Howard River; towards the south generally by a road and Sections 9 of Block X, 1 of Block XV, a road, and a right line across Maud’s Creek; towards the south-west by the right bank of the said creek; towards the south-east by a road, Section 4 of Block XV, a road, a right line across Maggie’s Creek, a road, and again by Section 4 last mentioned; again towards the south-west by the said Section 4; towards the south-east by Section 3 of Block XVI; again towards the south-west by Sections 3 and 4 of the said block; again towards the north-west by the last-mentioned section; again towards the south-west, west, south, and south-east by Crown land and a right line across Speargrass Creek; and again towards the south-east generally by Crown land and Scenic Reserve No. 11 (in red): as the same is delineated on the plan marked 19451, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Bonus for the Production of Mineral Phosphate.—Notice No. 1785.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1915.

THE following bonus is hereby offered for the discovery and working within the Dominion of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral phosphate, viz.:

£1,000 if on land on which the Crown is entitled to such deposits;

£500 if on other land.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid:—

1. That no fertilizer containing material from the deposit, or from any deposit in the neighbourhood, has been placed upon the market previous to the date hereof.

2. That the raw material is reasonably accessible and can be worked at a profit.

3. That a committee to be appointed by the Minister of Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to warrant payment of the bonus; provided that if a small deposit is discovered a proportion of the bonus offered will be paid on and in accordance with the recommendation of the committee.

4. That the fertilizer made from the phosphate can be disposed of at a price which will allow of its being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes.