Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 805

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 39152, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured purple.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its amendments, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 1st day of April, 1916.

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

SEASON TICKETS.

Insert—
16A. The currency of all season tickets (other than school) issued after the 31st day of March, 1916, will commence on the first day and expire on the last day of a calendar month only.

The currency of all quarterly school season tickets, free school season tickets, and technical school season tickets issued after the 31st day of March, 1916, will expire on the last day of June, September, December, or March.

Free passes, season, or school tickets do not entitle the holders thereof to travel by special or excursion trains, except when the ordinary trains are suspended.

Scholars and students holding school season tickets, free school season tickets, or school-boarders’ tickets will be required to travel in the carriages set apart for them; and tickets must be endorsed as available only for such carriages when so set apart.

Cancel Regulation No. 39.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

PICTON SECTION.

Through booking between Wellington or the Port (Nelson) and stations on the Picton Section:—

Cancel—
s. d.
Clover-seed, per bag .. .. .. .. 1 6
Rabbit-skins, undumped, per bale .. .. 4 0

Insert—
Grass-seed (other than clover), per bag .. .. 1 6
Clover-seed, per bag .. .. .. .. 2 0
Rabbit-skins, undumped, per bale .. .. 4 6

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Insert—
Distillate (as benzine). Class.
Earthenware ducts, N.Z. manufacture (for use in laying telegraph cables). Consigned direct from maker’s factory. Owner’s risk .. .. Q

Cancel—
Gasoline and gasogen. Double rate. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. A

Insert—
Gasoline and gasogen. Rate and a half. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. A

Insert—
Molasses fodder, N.Z. manufacture .. .. E
Motor-body hoods, unfoldable. Owner’s risk. Double rate. (Minimum charge as for 5 cwt.). Special goods .. .. .. .. A
Motor-body hoods, folded. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. A

As witness my hand this 14th day of March, 1916.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

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 sale of Waimana Lot 260A Section 24 Block, containing 27 perches,

situated in the Provincial District of Auckland, 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 2nd day of December, 1915.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

[Note.—Published in lieu of notice appearing on page 4005 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 141, of the 9th December, 1915.]

Correspondence prohibited under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

WHEREAS I, Joseph George Ward, the Postmaster-General of New Zealand, have reasonable ground to suppose that the companies named in the Schedule hereto are engaged in communications of a nature injurious to the public safety and the effective conduct of the military and naval operations of His Majesty during the present war:

Now, therefore, I do hereby, in pursuance of clause 2 of the War Regulations of the 17th day of December, 1914, order that no postal packet or telegram addressed to or intended for the companies named in the Schedule hereto shall be forwarded or delivered by the Post Office or transmitted by telegraph.

Dated this 7th day of March, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

C. ILLIES AND COMPANY, Japan.
YAMANAKA AND COMPANY, Japan.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Superintendents of Mercantile Marine appointed to hold Preliminary Inquiries into Shipping Casualties.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th March, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that under the provisions of section 234 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin have been appointed to hold preliminary inquiries into shipping casualties as from the 1st April, 1916.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Marine.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Hampden Borough Council.—Notice No. 1824.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 11th March, 1916.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hampden Borough 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: Gorse, broom.

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

Election of Member of Auckland Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1916.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, I, Harry May Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands, as Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Auckland Land Board, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 8th day of March, 1916, to be as follows:—

Grundy, Henry .. .. .. 471
Trounson, James .. .. .. 874

Total number of valid votes .. .. 1,345
Number of votes rejected as informal .. .. 80

1,425

And I do hereby declare that JAMES TROUNSON, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Auckland Land Board as from the 17th day of March, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Returning Officer.