Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 731

Excess Insurance Company (Limited).
Farmers' Co-operative Fire and Marine Insurance Association of New Zealand (Limited).
Guardian Assurance Company (Limited).
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company (Limited).
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company (Limited).
National Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited).
New Zealand Insurance Company (Limited).
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.
Northern Assurance Company (Limited).
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society (Limited).
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Limited).
Phoenix Assurance Company (Limited).
Queensland Insurance Company (Limited).
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation of London.
Royal Insurance Company (Limited).
South British Insurance Company (Limited).
Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited).
State Fire Insurance Office.
Sun Insurance Office.
Union Assurance Society (Limited).
United Insurance Company (Limited).
Victoria Insurance Company (Limited).
Yorkshire Insurance Company (Limited).
Hawke's Bay Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association.
Otago Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association.
Taranaki Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association.
Wellington Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association.

Result of Election of a Member of the Hawera Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1917.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Hawera Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Hawera Fire Board—
Edward Percy Webster, vice Harry Stocker, deceased.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Pah Road, Margaret Road, and Gifford Street, in the Town of Papatoetoe Extension No. 17, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th February, 1917.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Pah Road, Margaret Road, and Gifford Street, in the Town of Papatoetoe Extension No. 17, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Haig Street, in the Town of Awanui Extension No. 3, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th January, 1917.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Haig Street, in the Town of Awanui Extension No. 3, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Raureka and Brooklands Streets, in the Town of Hastings Extension No. 22, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th January, 1917.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Raureka and Brooklands Streets, in the Town of Hastings Extension No. 22, Hawke's Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice as to Statutory Closing-day under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Invercargill, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Boroughs of Invercargill and South Invercargill, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Invercargill.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Statutory Closing-day under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Petone and Lower Hutt, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Boroughs of Petone and Lower Hutt, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Petone and Lower Hutt.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Statutory Closing-day under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Gisborne and Mangapapa, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Borough of Gisborne and the Town District of Mangapapa, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Gisborne and Mangapapa.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Labour.

Members of Court of Arbitration appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 19th February, 1917.

ON the recommendation of industrial unions of employers His Excellency the Governor has appointed

WILLIAM SCOTT (of Dunedin), Member, and
WILLIAM PRYOR (of Wellington), Acting Member,
of the Court of Arbitration.

On the recommendation of industrial unions of workers His Excellency the Governor has appointed

JOHN ALEXANDER McCULLOUGH (of Christchurch), Member, and
MICHAEL JOHN REARDON (of Wellington), Acting Member,
of the Court of Arbitration.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Appointment of Members of Workers' Dwellings District Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by subsection (2) of section 6 of the Workers' Dwellings Amendment Act, 1914, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, do hereby revoke the appointments of Harry Lundius, of Wanganui (Crown Lands Ranger), and Joseph Bell Smith, of Petone (Crown