JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2335
each year the closing-hour on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednes-
days, and Thursdays shall be 8 p.m., and the closing-hour
on Fridays and Saturdays shall be 11 p.m. :
And whereas the Petone 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) fruiterer and (2) greengrocer within the Borough of Petone :
Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister
of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and
Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the
16th day of July, 1919, all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) fruiterer and (2) greengrocer in the Borough of Petone
shall be closed accordingly.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of July, 1919.
W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.
Permit to import Opium.
Customs Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 1919.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that a permit
to import opium in forms which though not suitable
for smoking may be made suitable has been granted to the
undermentioned Board, subject to the provisions of the
Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and
the regulations made thereunder:
Nelson Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, Nelson.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.
Articles prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom.
Customs Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 1919.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that a Pro-
clamation has been issued by the Imperial Government
prohibiting the importation into the United Kingdom, except
under license of the Board of Trade, of the undermentioned
goods :--
Chemicals of all descriptions.
Electrical goods, including electrical plant and ma-
chinery of all kinds and insulating materials of all
descriptions.
Scientific, mathematical, and optical instruments.
Tungsten powder and ferro-tungsten.
Application for licenses are to be addressed to the Con-
troller, Department of Import Restrictions, 22 Carlisle Place,
Westminster, London, S.W. 1.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.
Regulations under the Distillation Act, 1908.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
in me for this purpose vested by sections 10 and 118
of the Distillation Act, 1908, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur Mielziner
Myers, Minister of Customs, do hereby make the following
regulations under the Distillation Act, 1908.
REGULATIONS.

1. No person to whom a permit or license to keep and use
   a still has been issued under sections 10 and 118 of the
   Distillation Act, 1908, shall make, or permit to be made, any
   alteration in or addition to such still without the permission
   of the Chief Inspector of Distilleries.
2. Every still for which a permit or license has been issued
   as aforesaid, and the premises upon which it shall be used,
   shall at all times be open to the inspection of an officer of
   Customs, or other person deputed for the purpose by an
   Inspector of Distilleries.
3. Every still licensed as aforesaid, which is to be used for
   the distillation of ethers or chemical compounds of which
   spirits form a part, shall, when not in use, be kept under the
   Crown lock, or shall be otherwise secured to the satisfaction
   of an Inspector.
4. No person shall, without the permission of an Inspector
   or of an officer of Customs, remove any lock or break any
   seal, or remove or in any way interfere with any device or
   means adopted for the security of any still licensed as afore-
   said.
5. Every person to whom a license to keep and use a still
   has been issued as aforesaid shall include in the bond to be
   entered into by him under section 11 of the Distillation Act,
   1908, a condition that these regulations shall be complied
   with so far as they apply to the still which such person has
   been licensed to keep.
6. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing regulations,
   the Chief Inspector of Distilleries may exempt any person
   holding a license as aforesaid under the Distillation Act, 1908,
   from any provision of such regulations.
   Given under my hand at Wellington this 7th day of July,

7. ARTHUR M MYERS,
   Minister of Customs.
   Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
   Wellington, 4th July, 1919.
   THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
   Council of the County of Waipa, is published in accordance
   with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
   ARTHUR M. MYERS,
   Acting Minister of Finance.
   WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.
   PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
   I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the
   Newcastle Riding of the County of Waipa taken on the
   26th day of June, 1919, on the proposal of the Waipa County
   Council to borrow the sum of £16,000 for metalling roads in
   the Newcastle Riding for the first time, the number of votes
   recorded for the proposal was 89, and the number of votes
   recorded against the proposal was 18.
   I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
   Dated this 30th day of June, 1919.
   ROBT. FISHER, Chairman.
   Result of Election of Members of River Board.
   Department of Internal Affairs,
   Wellington, 1st July, 1919.
   THE following result of election of members of a River
   Board has been received from the Returning Officer,
   and is published in accordance with the provisions of the
   River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.
   J. HISLOP,
   Under-Secretary.
   Matau River District, County of Bruce-
   Peter McSkimming, junior, Joseph Smith, Murdoch Tosh,
   David Scott, Jasper Clark, James Rutherford, and
   George Aitchison.
   New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917, Section 19.-
   Prescribing Fees.
   The Treasury,
   Wellington, 4th July, 1919.
   NOTICE is hereby given that the Minister of Finance
   has prescribed the following scale of fees under sec-
   tion 19 of the New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917 :-
   SCALE OF FEES.
   For certified copies of entries in Register
   For application of transfer
   For certificate of title
   For stock certificates : For every £100, or an aliquot
   part thereof, expressed in such certificate
   For inscribing the amount of a stock certificate : For
   every £100 expressed in such certificate
   Marking transfer
   s. d.
   2 6
   5 0
   2 6
   1 0
   1 0
   1 0
   G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
   Secretary to the Treasury.
   Soldiers' Property Boards of Trustees cancelled.
   National Efficiency Board,
   Wellington, 7th July, 1919.
   IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the
   Minister of Defence has cancelled the appointment of
   the following Soldiers' Property Boards of Trustees, namely :--
   The Felix Baker Soldiers' Property Board of Trustees,
   as gazetted on the 18th day of June, 1918.
   The John Lorrett Soldiers' Property Board of Trustees,
   as gazetted on the 6th day of April, 1918.
   WILLIAM FERGUSON,
   Chairman.