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the said Act, by name the drainage district of Wakapuaka. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said drainage district which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be adressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF WAKAPUAKA.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Section IV, Suburban North District (Block V, Wakapuaka Survey District), and proceeding thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of that section and its production across the main road; thence along the watershed through Sections 23 and 22, Suburban South District, passing through Trig. Station Sub. 3 and Section I, Square 23, to its southernmost corner; thence along the southern boundary of Section 6 to Trig. Station Sub. 4, and southerly along the watershed to Trig. Station C; thence along the southern boundary of Section 30, Square 23, to Trig. Station Sub. Bc, and along a right line to a point on the watershed where it is intersected by the production of the south-western boundary of Section 77, Suburban North District; thence along the watershed to the main road at the Gentle Annie Saddle; thence along a right line to the south-western corner of Section 69, Suburban North District, and along the south-eastern boundary of Section 68 to its north-eastern corner; thence along a right line to the easternmost corner of Section 73, Square 23, and along the western boundary of that section to the northernmost corner; thence north-easterly to an iron pipe 63 links distant on the Native reserve boundary, and north-westerly along that boundary for a distance of 44 chains; thence along the watershed through Section VI, Suburban North District, to the north-eastern corner of Section 35, and through Sections VI and 36 to the shore of the Tasman Bay; thence south-westerly along the Boulder Bank to the point of commencement.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Poverty Bay River District.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th November, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Poverty Bay River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice.

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SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE EXCLUDED FROM POVERTY BAY RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, in the Borough of Gisborne, bounded by a line commencing at the point where the eastern boundary of the Poverty Bay River District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1912, page 2593, intersects the right bank of the Taruheru River, and proceeding thence south-westerly along said rivers district boundary to the northern boundary of Lot E of Matawhero B Block, and thence westerly, northerly, and easterly along the borough boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1918, page 162, to the point of commencement.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Revival of Treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th November, 1920.

THE following extract from the London Gazette No. 31991, of the 23rd July, 1920, is published for general information.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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REVIVAL OF TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GERMANY.

Foreign Office, June 25, 1920.

In accordance with Article 289 of the Treaty of Versailles of the 28th June, 1919, notice was given to the German Government on 25th June, 1920, that the following bilateral treaties between the British Empire and Germany are revived from the date of this notice :—

I.—Extradition.

(a.) Treaty signed in London on the 14th May, 1872, between Great Britain and Germany for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals.

(b.) Treaty signed in Berlin on the 17th August, 1911, relating to the extradition of fugitive criminals between certain British Protectorates and Germany.

II.—Parcel Post.

Agreement signed in London on the 3rd November, 1894, and in Berlin on the 14th November, 1894, between the British and German Post Offices concerning the exchange of parcels by parcel post; with the modifications subsequently effected directly between the respective postal administrations, including the exchange of notes between those administrations dated respectively the 24th January, 1920, and the 6th February, 1920, in regard to the method of settlement of accounts.

III.—Money Orders.

(a.) Agreement signed in London on the 9th January, 1908, and in Berlin on the 8th February, 1908, between the Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Post Office of the German Empire for the exchange of money orders, including the modification effected by exchange of notes between the British and German postal administrations dated respectively the 24th January, 1920, and the 6th February, 1920, in regard to the method of settlement of accounts.

The use of the words “German Protectorates” and “German Postal Agencies in foreign countries” in Articles 1, 5, 8, and 17 is contrary to the stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles. These words are therefore not included in the revival, and must be regarded as excised from the agreement.

(b.) Arrangement between the Money Order Department of the Government of India and the Post Office Department of the German Empire, signed in Berlin the 20th May, 1880, and in Simla the 22nd June, 1880, for the exchange of money orders.

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Statistics in relation to Wheat and Oats.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th November, 1920.

The Government Statistician, Wellington.

IN pursuance of section 3 of the Census and Statistics Amendment Act, 1915, I, George James Anderson, the Minister of Internal Affairs, do hereby direct you to collect statistics in relation to stocks of wheat and oats in the hands of farmers, and in relation to areas sown or intended to be sown in wheat and oats, as prescribed in regulations under the Census and Statistics Act, 1910, dated the 5th day of November, 1920.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law.—Awakino County Council.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th November, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of the Counties Act, 1908, that so much of the by-laws made by the Awakino County Council, and sealed on the 26th day of June, 1920, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Awakino County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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By-laws of the Te Aroha Fire Board.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1920.

THE following by-laws, made by the Te Aroha Fire Board, are published in accordance with the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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TE AROHA FIRE BOARD BY-LAWS.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in it in that behalf by section 43 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, the Te Aroha Fire Board hereby makes the following by-laws :—