Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 929

Revoking Appointment of Post Officers to take Statutory Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1916.

IN pursuance of powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph George Ward, the Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant issued under the authority conferred by subsection (2) of section 9 of the said Act, dated the 18th day of June, 1913, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd day of July, 1913, in so far as it appoints the following Post officers to take statutory declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers; and do hereby order that, except as altered by this Warrant, the said Warrant of the 18th day of June, 1913, shall continue in full force and effect:—

H. W. HARRINGTON, Inspector of Telegraph Offices.
T. AITKEN, Assistant Postmaster, Auckland.
F. S. STOKES, Assistant Postmaster, Dunedin.
G. F. FURBY, Assistant Inspector of Post-offices, Christchurch.
C. C. HALLIDAY, Postmaster, Feilding.
C. J. NORTON, Postmaster, Ashburton.
J. R. WOON, Chief Clerk, Chief Post-office, Wanganui.
J. OWENS, Postmaster, Taihape.
J. AITKEN, Postmaster, Reefton.
J. MELTON, Chief Clerk, Chief Post-office, Napier.
R. CROW, Sub-Telegraph Engineer, Wellington.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 29th March, 1916.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Eureka Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

EUREKA DRAINAGE BOARD.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers in that portion of the Eureka Drainage District known as the Special-rating Area No. 2, taken on the 24th day of March, 1916, upon the proposal of the Eureka Drainage Board, to borrow the sum of £500 for the purpose of constructing and improving a main outlet drain, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 10, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

THOMAS CLARKIN,
Chairman, Eureka Drainage Board.

T. B. INSOLL,
Returning Officer.

Articles prohibited to be imported to the United Kingdom.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 30th March, 1916.

IT is notified for general information that Proclamations have been issued by the Imperial Government prohibiting the importation to the United Kingdom, except under license of the Board of Trade, of the undermentioned goods.

Licenses will in general be granted only in respect of goods on the way to the United Kingdom or actually purchased at the date of the Proclamation.

All materials for the manufacture of paper, including wood pulp, esparto grass, and linen and cotton rags.

Paper and cardboard, including strawboard, pasteboard, millboard, and wood-pulp board.

Manufactures of paper and cardboard.

All periodical publications exceeding sixteen pages in length imported otherwise than in single copies through the post.

Tobacco unmanufactured and manufactured, including cigars and cigarettes.

Furniture woods, hardwoods, and veneers.

Stones.

Slates.

Canned, bottled, dried, and preserved fruits, except currants.
[NOTE.—This does not apply to such fruits which are the produce of British possessions.]

Motor-car chassis, motor-cycles, parts and accessories (other than tires) of motor-cars and motor-cycles, with the exception of motor-car chassis, accessories, and parts which are at present exempted from import duties under section 13 (4) of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915 (Imperial).

Musical instruments, including gramaphones, pianolas, and other similar instruments, and accessories or component parts and records therefor.

Spirits and strong waters of all kinds except brandy and rum.

Baskets and basketware, except baskets and basketware of bamboo.

Cement.

Chinaware, earthenware, and pottery, not including cloisonne wares.

Cotton yarn.

Cotton piecegoods and cotton manufactures of all kinds, except hosiery and lace.

Cutlery.

Fatty acids.

Furniture manufactured by joinery and other wood manufactures, except lacquered wares.

Hardware and holloware.

Oilcloth.

Soap.

Toys, games, and playing-cards.

Wood and timber of the following kinds: Beech, birch, elm, and oak.

Woollen and worsted manufactures of all kinds, except yarns.

A. M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Woodville County Council.—Notice No. 1825.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1916.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Woodville 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: Goat’s rue and St. John’s wort.

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

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Leamington Town District Board.—Notice No. 1827.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 24th March, 1916.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Leamington Town District Board 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, foxglove, ox-eye daisy, burdock, hakea, gorse, St. John’s wort.

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

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VII, Waipakura Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block VII, Waipakura Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Wanganui, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P.
0 3 0, portion of Te Tuhi No. 5 Block; coloured blue.
4 0 10 Te Rimu Block; coloured yellow.

Situated in Block VII, Waipakura Survey District.