and its production across the railway reserve to the middle
of the Taupiri Road; thence north-easterly along the middle
of that road to a point in line with the northern boundary
of Section 150; thence to and along that boundary and the
northern boundaries of Sections 159, 176, and 185, and the
production of the last-mentioned to the middle of a road;
then south-westerly along the middle of that road to its
junction with a road along the northern boundary of Sec-
tion 171; thence south-easterly along the middle of that
road and south-westerly along the middle of a road along the
south-eastern boundaries of the said Sections 171 and 172,
and its production to the left bank of the Waikato River;
thence south-easterly along that bank to the south-eastern
boundary of a ballast reserve; thence south-westerly along
that boundary and the south-eastern boundary of Suburban
Section South No. 101 to the middle of a road along its
southern boundary; thence north-westerly along the middle
of that road to the south-eastern boundary of Section 111;
thence along that boundary and the northern boundary of
the said Sections 111 and 110 and the production of the last-
mentioned boundary to the eastern boundary of Section 109A;
thence southerly along that boundary to the right bank of
the Waipa River; thence north-westerly along that bank to
a point in line with the southern boundary of Allotment 40B,
Parish of Waipa; thence to and along that boundary to the
eastern boundary of a State forest reserve, and northerly
along that boundary to the point of commencement.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-law of the Havelock North Town Board confirmed under
the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th December, 1919.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of the water by-law made by the Havelock
North Town Board on the 12th day of September, 1919.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the above-written water by-law, and declare that the same
came into force on the 1st day of October, 1919.

Dated this 5th day of December, 1919.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-law of the Havelock North Town Board confirmed under
the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th December, 1919.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of the cemetery by-law made by the Havelock
North Town Board on the 12th day of September, 1919.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the
above-written cemetery by-law, and declare that the same
came into force on the 1st day of October, 1919.

Dated this 5th day of December, 1919.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Saddlers', Harness-makers',
and Cover-makers' Shops in the Borough of Oamaru, under
the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) saddler, (2) harness-maker, and (3) cover-maker in
the Borough of Oamaru, has been forwarded to me, desiring
that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the
evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 5.30 p.m., with the
following exceptions—(1) when any day is generally observed
as a holiday in the district, any shop that is closed at not
later than 1 o'clock on that day and that is usually closed
for the statutory half-holiday on another day of the week
may remain open on the latter day until the hour fixed by
the notice for the day on which the holiday is observed;

(2) should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisi-
tion (pursuant to section 11 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act,
1908) observe Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then
and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such
shop shall be 5.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Oamaru Borough Council has certified
that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of
(1) saddler, (2) harness-maker, and (3) cover-maker within
the Borough of Oamaru:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of
Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices
Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 15th day
of December, 1919, all the shops in each of the trades of
(1) saddler, (2) harness-maker, and (3) cover-maker in the
Borough of Oamaru shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December, 1919.

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

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers' Shops in the Borough
of Palmerston North, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops in the Borough
of Palmerston North, has been forwarded to me, desiring that
all such shops shall be closed in the evening of working-days
as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 6 p.m., with the following
exceptions—(1) should the occupier of any shop affected by
this requisition observe, pursuant to section 11 (2) of the
Shops and Offices Act, 1908, Saturday as the statutory clos-
ing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Wednesday
shall be 5.30 p.m. and on Friday shall be 6 p.m.; (2) should
the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe,
pursuant to section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908,
any of the days therein mentioned other than Wednesday
as the statutory closing-day in any week, then and in such
case the closing-hour on Wednesday in any such week shall
be 5.30 p.m., and if such day should fall on Saturday the
closing-hour on Friday in any such week shall be 6 p.m., and,
further, if such special day should fall on Friday the closing-
hour on Saturday for those shops that are usually closed for
the half-holiday on Saturday shall be 6 p.m.; (3) subject to
exception (5) hereof, the working-days (other than the days
observed as the statutory closing-day) in the period from the
20th day of December to the 30th day of December (both
days inclusive), when the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.;
(4) Thursday and Friday of Spring Show week, when the
closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (5) the working-day immedi-
ately preceding Christmas Day and the working-day immedi-
ately preceding New Year's Day, when the closing-hour shall
be 10.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Palmerston North Borough Council has
certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a
majority of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops within the
Borough of Palmerston North:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of
Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices
Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 18th day
of December, 1919, all grocers' shops within the Borough of
Palmerston North shall be closed as follows: On Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on Satur-
days at 6 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) should the
occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe,
pursuant to section 11 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908,
Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case
the closing-hour for any such shop on Wednesday shall be
5.30 p.m. and on Friday shall be 6 p.m.; (2) should the
occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe,
pursuant to section 19 of the above-mentioned Act, any of
the days therein mentioned other than Wednesday as the statu-
tory closing-day in any week, then and in such case the
closing-hour for any such shop on Wednesday in that week
shall be 5.30 p.m., and if such day should fall on Saturday
the closing-hour for any such shop on Friday in that week
shall be 6 p.m., and, further, if such special day should fall
on Friday the closing-hour on Saturday in that week for
shops that are usually closed for the half-holiday on Satur-
day shall be 6 p.m.; (3) subject to exception (5) hereof, the
working-days (other than the days observed as the statutory
closing-day) in the period from the 20th day of December
to the 30th day of December (both days inclusive), when the
closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (4) Thursday and Friday of
Spring Show week, when the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m. ;
(5) the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day
and the working-day immediately preceding New Year's Day,
when the closing-hour shall be 10.30 p.m.