western corner of part Section 505, running thence in a north-easterly direction for a distance of fifty chains, all situated in Block IX, Waiohine Survey District, also that part of the Featherston South Road commencing at the north-east and north-west corners of Sections 60 and 61 respectively, running thence in a south-westerly direction to the north-east and north-west corners of Sections 396 and 465, all situated in Block IV, Wairarapa Survey District, to be closed for traffic, except with the consent of the military authorities, from the date of the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated the 18th day of January, 1916.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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 lease of Waimana No. 1c No. 1A No. 2 Block, containing 226 acres 2 roods, 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 11th day of April, 1916.
W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

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 Section 27, Lot 260A, Parish of Waimana, containing 1 rood 13 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 11th day of April, 1916.
W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

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 No. 1c No. 3 Block, containing 100 acres, 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 11th day of April, 1916.
W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

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 No. 1b No. 6 Block, containing 142 acres 2 roods 20 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 11th day of April, 1916.
W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

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 Tumu-Kaituna No. 8b No. 4A Block, containing 38 acres 3 roods, 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 11th day of April, 1916.
W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 7th April, 1916.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Thames, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.
THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Notice of Result of Poll on Loan Proposal.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Thames taken on the 23rd day of March, 1916, on the proposal of the Thames Borough Council to borrow the sum of £5,500 for the purposes following :-
(a.) The repayment of the deficiency on the Electric Lighting Loan Account advanced from Revenue Account £ s. d. 675 3 6
(b.) The repayment of the cost of extensions to the electric-lighting service advanced from Revenue Account .. 1,685 6 4
(c.) The purchase and installation of hydro-electric plant and further extensions to the electric-lighting service .. 3,139 10 2
Total .. .. .. £5,500 0 0
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 240. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 36. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 24th day of March, 1916.
HENRY LOWE,
Mayor.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN,
Returning Officer.

Notice to Importers of Sardines.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that owing to a judgment of the Divisional Court of the High Court of Justice of Great Britain it has become unlawful to apply the term "sardine" to any fish other than the immature pilchard. Norwegian brisling or sprats cannot be described as sardines, and importers are warned that on and after the lst day of October, 1916, no fish wrongly labelled or described as sardines will be permitted to be imported into New Zealand.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.
Members of the Egmont National Park Board appointed.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 5th April, 1916.
THE following gentlemen have been appointed members of the Egmont National Park Board by the respective local bodies, in terms of the Egmont National Park Act, 1900 :-
WILLIAM ANDREW COLLIS, Esq., representing New Plymouth Borough Council.
JAMES ROBERT HILL, Esq., representing Taranaki County Council.
THOMAS RHEESE ANDERSON, Esq., representing Stratford County Council.
ROBERT McKINNEY MORISON, Esq., representing Stratford Borough Council.
ARTHUR SIDNEY TONKS, Esq., representing Hawera County Council.
CHARLES GOODSON, Esq., representing Hawera Borough Council.
THOMAS BUDDLE CRUMP, Esq., representing Eltham Borough Council.
PAUL WILLCOX, Esq., representing Egmont County Council.
HENRY KITCHINGMAN, Esq., representing Opunake Town Board.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts.