Jan. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 75

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 9th January, 1922.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Ellerslie Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

ELLERSLIE TOWN BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Ellerslie Town District taken on the 14th day of December, 1921, on the proposal of the Ellerslie Town Board to borrow a sum not exceeding £2,000 for the purpose of the equipment of the volunteer fire brigade, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 168, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 28 ; informal, 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of December, 1921.

D. A. MOORE, Chairman.

By-laws of the Kaikohe Town Board confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1922.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws, made by the Kaikohe Town Board on the 10th day of September, 1920.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws, and declare the same came into force on the 18th day of September, 1920.

Dated this 9th day of January, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws, Ohura County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1921.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, to approve of so much of the by-laws made by the Ohura County Council on the 21st day of September, 1921, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws. Waikato County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th December, 1921.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, to approve of so much of the by-laws made by the Waikato County Council on the 29th day of September, 1921, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Two Extraordinary Vacancies on Wanganui Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1922.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, William Downie Stewart, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, the 20th January, 1922, to be the date for holding the election of two members of the Wanganui Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancies caused by the resignations of Messrs. W. E. A. Gill and Gordon Reid.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Meetings of Wellington Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th December, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Wellington Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Government Life Insurance Buildings, Wellington, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 25th January, 22nd February, 29th March, 26th April, 31st May, 28th June, 26th July, 30th August, 27th September, 25th October, 29th November, and 20th December during the year 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th January, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Ngatapa Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Whenuanui. Dated 25th November, 1921.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Hokianga Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Rawene. Date of acceptance, 9th December, 1921.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of an Officer of the New Zealand Permanent Forces as Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st December, 1921.

THE following is a copy of a despatch received by His Excellency the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for the Colonies :—

“Downing Street, 1st November, 1921.

“My Lord,—In reply to Your Excellency’s despatch No. 169, of the 25th August, I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Powles, C.M.G., D.S.O., as Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty in succession to Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor, K.C.M.G., with effect from the 25th August, 1921.

I have, &c.,

WINSTON CHURCHILL.

“Governor-General His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., &c.”

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

The Shops and Offices Act, 1908—Amended Notice specifying the Combined District of Auckland.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 10 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby specify that the Combined District of Auckland comprises the City of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, and Takapuna, and the town districts of Ellerslie, Glen Eden, and New Lynn.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Waihi Borough Council.—Notice No. 2131.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th January, 1922.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Waihi Borough 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.