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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction :—

African boxthorn (Lycium horridum).
Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum).
Burdock (Arctium, any species).
Capeweed (Cryptostemma calendulacea).
Dock (Rumex, any species).
Elderberry (Sambucus niger).
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).
Giant burdock (Arctium majus).
Gorse (Ulex europaeus).
Goat’s rue (Galega officinalis).
Hakea (Hakea acicularis).
Hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Kangaroo acacia (Acacia armata).
Lupin (Lupinus luteus).
Ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum).
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).
Penny-cress or Canadian stinkweed (Thlaspi arvense).
Periwinkle (Vinca major).
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum or H. humifusum).
Tauhinu or New Zealand cotton-wood (Cassinia leptophylla).
Thistles: Any species of Carlina (stemless thistle), Carduus (common plume or Scotch thistle), Cnicus (woolly-headed thistle), Centaurea (star thistle), Silybum (milk thistle).
Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum).
Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare).
Wild borage (Echium violaceum).
Wild turnip (Brassica campestris).
Winged thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus).
Spiderwort (Leycesteria formosa).

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

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Lumsden Town Board.—Notice No. 1879.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 16th April, 1917.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Lumsden Town Board has, by special order, declared the following weeds to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction :—

Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Gorse (Ulex europaeus).

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

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th April, 1917.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Lower Hutt, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that on the 12th day of April, 1917, a proposal was submitted by the Lower Hutt Borough Council to the ratepayers of the Borough of Lower Hutt for raising a special loan of £4,000 for the purpose of the development of its waterworks undertaking, by making certain additions to plant, providing additional wells, extending reticulation of streets, erection of buildings, and for engineering and other contingencies relating thereto; and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 103; against, 84.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 13th day of April, 1917.

H. BALDWIN, Mayor.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Hokianga Boxing Association is no longer carrying on its operations and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of April, 1917.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 33 of 1917.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th April, 1917.

THE Auckland Harbour Board has notified that the beacons on the Motuihi Reef and Brown’s Island Reef, which were washed away during the cyclone in February last (see Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1917) have been replaced.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 43.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 34 of 1917.

RANFURLY BANK OFF EAST CAPE SHOALING.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th April, 1917.

CAPTAIN BALDWIN, master of the s.s. “Koromiko,” reports, whilst in the vicinity of Ranfurly Bank off East Cape during foggy weather on 23rd March, that he took several casts of the lead, and got 10½ fathoms of water, this being the least depth.

The chart of the “Penguin” survey in 1903–4 gives a least depth of 14 fathoms on the Ranfurly Bank:

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2527 and 3500; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iv, page 119.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 35 of 1917.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—FOG-SIGNAL, WESTERN TIDE-DEFLECTOR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th April, 1917.

THE Auckland Harbour Board has notified that an 11 in. electrically driven bell has been erected on the northern end of the Western Tide-deflector to take the place of the fog-signal which was washed away during the cyclone in February last (see Notice to Mariners No. 12, of 26th February, 1917).

This bell will be ready for use on and after Thursday, 19th April.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 1896 and 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 38; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1917, page 245.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 36 of 1917.

TOKOMARU BAY HARBOUR.—WAIMA COVE CONSIDERABLY SILTED UP.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th April, 1917.

THE Tokomaru Harbour Board has notified that owing to recent heavy floods the Waima Cove, Tokomaru Bay, has considerably silted up, especially on east side of Waima Wharf.

All soundings taken since 1st March show about 5 ft. to 6 ft. less water on east side, 2 ft. less water on west side of wharf, and practically no change in soundings off end of wharf and channel leading into wharf.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2527 and 3500; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iv, page 121; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1917, page 429, and plan facing page 428.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.