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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 147

OFFICES—continued.

Office.
District.
Date.

POST-OFFICES CLOSED.

Ethelton .. .. .. .. .. .. Christchurch .. .. 18 June, 1918.
Fitzherbert West .. .. .. .. .. Wellington .. .. 16 July, "
Harewood .. .. .. .. .. .. Christchurch .. .. 1 "
Matauri Bay .. .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 10 April, "
Motatau .. .. .. .. .. .. " .. .. 25 February, "

MONEY-ORDER OFFICES AND POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS OPENED.

Motuhora .. .. .. .. .. .. Gisborne .. .. 8 September, 1918.
Pukeatua .. .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 1 "

MONEY-ORDER OFFICE AND POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK CLOSED.

Konini .. .. .. .. .. .. Wellington .. .. 2 July, 1918.

TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.

Muriwai Beach .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 26 August, 1918.
Pukewaro .. .. .. .. .. .. Christchurch .. .. 15 "

• No post-office.

TELEPHONE-OFFICE CLOSED.

Ngaroto .. .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 23 May, 1918.

TELEPHONE BUREAUX OPENED.

Muriwai Beach .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 26 August, 1918.
Pukewaro .. .. .. .. .. .. Christchurch .. .. 15 "

TELEPHONE BUREAU CLOSED.

Ngaroto .. .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 23 May, 1918.

TELEPHONE EXCHANGES OPENED.

Kopaki .. .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. 19 August, 1918.
Kumeu .. .. .. .. .. .. " .. .. 19 "

Estimated Areas under Wheat and Oats, Season 1918-19.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1918.

As was done in 1916 and in 1917, cards were sent out by post to grain-growers throughout the Dominion, asking them to state what areas they had sown or proposed to sow in wheat and oats this season.

The subjoined estimates are based on the figures obtained by a tabulation of the cards returned.

WHEAT AND OATS.—ACTUAL AREAS 1917-18, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN 1918-19.

Wheat. Oats.
Acres. Acres.
Areas, 1917-18: For threshing .. 280,978 156,202
For chaffing, &c. .. 2,258 311,316

Total harvested .. 283,236 467,518
Not harvested.. .. 2,835 20,658

Grand totals .. .. 286,071 488,176

Areas, 1918-19 (estimated) :—
North Island .. .. .. 5,360 51,800
South Island .. .. .. 220,000 408,800

Total .. .. .. 225,360 460,600

Growers were this year asked, in addition to areas, to state varieties of wheat sown or intended to be sown, and the following table gives a summary of results in cases where varieties were specified :—

Tuscan or Long-berry. | Hunter's (Varieties). | Velvet or Pearl. | Total Specified Varieties.
Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres.
North Island .. 1,065 | 737 | 41 | 1,843
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland .. 1,103 | 329 | 49 | 1,481
Canterbury .. 73,552 | 18,493 | 9,350 | 101,395
Otago and Southland .. 8,885 | 4,257 | 6,059 | 19,201

Dominion .. 84,605 | 23,816 | 15,499 | 123,920

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. 1941.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 5th November, 1918.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM THOMAS

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Point Chevalier Road District; the appointment to date as from the 21st October, 1918.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Surveyor licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 26th October, 1918.

It is hereby notified for general information that a license under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, has been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyor :—

Surveyor. Address.
JOHN ALEXANDER HUAI VIVIAN .. Auckland.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 67 of 1918.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th November, 1918.

The following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London; the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo; and the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

ENGLAND.

SOUTH COAST.—ANVIL POINT.—WRECK SOUTHWARD OF.

Position (approximate).—At a distance of about 5½ miles southward from Anvil Point. Lat. 50° 30′ 9″ N., long. 1° 55′ 8″ W.

Description.—A sunken wreck, with wreckage attached.

Note.—The year date “(1917)” is to be inserted against this wreck on the charts.