Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2851

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 53138, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 29th day of November, 1921.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Clifton County Council.—Notice No. 2109.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Clifton County Council has, by special order, declared barberry (Berberis vulgaris) to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Featherston Borough Council.—Notice No. 2110.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 28th November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Featherston Borough Council has, by special order, declared gorse (Ulex europæus), broom (Cytisus scoparius), hemlock (Conium maculatum), and fennel (Fœniculum vulgare) to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Cook County Council.—Notice No. 2111.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 28th November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Cook County Council has, by special order, declared hawthorn to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Prohibiting the Importation into Australia from New Zealand of Plants and Parts of Plants (including Fruit) and certain Seeds.—Notice No. 2114.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that advice has been received from the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia that owing to the existence of pear blight or fire blight (Bacillus amylovorus) in New Zealand, the importation into Australia from the Dominion of all plants and part of plants (including fruit) is prohibited; provided that agricultural seeds, grass-seeds, vegetable-seeds, and flower-seeds may be imported, subject to the exception of the seeds of any plant of the family Rosaceæ and the seeds of any fruit tree.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Declaring certain Trades to be Offensive Trades under the Health Act, 1920.—(H. 54.)

Department of Health,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that His Excellency the Governor-General has declared the following trades to be offensive trades within the meaning of the Health Act, 1920:—

Slaughtering of animals for any purpose other than human consumption.

Fish-cleaning.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Health.

Officiating Ministers for 1921.—Notice No. 36.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1921.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah.

The Reverend Te Puea Te Ao Marama.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1921.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Otaua Drainage District, County of Franklin—
Harry Albert Gurney.
Frederic Hull.
Sydney Sellars.
William Lashford West.
Hugh Henry Wright.

Surveyors licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 26th November, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that licenses under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyors:—

Alcock, Norman Forrest.
Bedlington, Keith Lewis.
Chadwick, William Arthur.
Clark, Eric Raymond.
Cox, Trevor Wakeford.
Harris, Harold Wilson.
Heather, Duncan Stanley Burgoyne.
Jackson, Charles Herbert.
Martin, George Ivan.
McCaw, Douglas.
McLaren, Andrew Dishington.
McMillan, Thomas Scott.
Milward, George Robert.

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

Notice to Mariners.—No. 68 of 1921.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1921.

THE following information regarding an amendment to “The Coast and Harbour Lights Law, 1900,” on the subject of Kingston being made a free port of call, has been received by the Marine Department from the Governor of Jamaica, and is published for the information of shipowners and mariners:—

“1. This Law may be cited as the Coast and Harbour Lights Amendment Law, 1921, and shall be read and construed as one with ‘The Coast and Harbour Lights Law, 1900 (Law 8 of 1900),’ hereinafter referred to as the Principal Law.

“2. (1.) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Principal Law contained, steamers plying regularly from New Zealand, Australia, or Tasmania to the Atlantic via Jamaica, and steamers belonging to the Canadian Government merchant marine, shall be exempt from the payment of any dues payable thereunder for the years nineteen hundred and twenty-one, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

“(2.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to authorize the refund of any dues which have been paid in respect of any steamers mentioned in the immediately preceding subsection during the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and such refund shall be made on his authority.”

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

New Zealand Clearing Office Announcement.—Property, Rights, and Interests in Austria or Hungary of British Nationals.

BRITISH nationals residing in New Zealand who have claims in respect of the liquidation of or damage inflicted upon their property, rights, and interests in Austria or Hungary by the application of exceptional war measures, measures of transfer, or measures of execution, are hereby notified that full particulars thereof should be forwarded as early as possible to the Controller of the New Zealand Clearing Office, Public Trust Office, Wellington.

Claims must be submitted by the 15th December, 1921.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee,
As Controller, New Zealand Clearing Office.