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northern boundary-lines of the said part Section 52 and eastern side of the road forming the western boundary-lines of other part of the said Section 52 and Sections 37, 38, and 39, Motoa Block, in the Township of Foxton, and the aforesaid roadside produced to the Manawatu River; thence by the said river to the southernmost corner of Section 73, Motoa Block, in the Township of Foxton; thence by the south-eastern and north-eastern boundary-lines of the said Section 73 and the north-western and northern boundaries of Section 84 of the aforesaid Motoa Block to the Manawatu River; again by the aforesaid river to its intersection with the southern boundary-line of Subdivision 5A 1c, Himatangi Block; thence by the said southern boundary-line of Subdivision 5A 1c and the southern and western boundary-lines of Subdivision 5A 1B, the southern and western boundary-lines of Subdivision 4A No. 2, the western and northern boundary-lines of Subdivision 4A No. 1, the western boundary-line of Subdivision 3A No. 3A, the southern, western, and northern boundary-lines of Subdivision 3A 2B No. 1, the western and northern boundary-lines of Subdivision 2B 1c 2, the western and northern boundary-lines of Subdivision 2A 8c, the western and northern boundary-lines of Subdivision 1B, the western and northern boundary-lines of Section 336, Township of Carnarvon, Block III, Mount Robinson Survey District, the western boundary-line of Subdivision 1A, Puketotara Block, and the southern and western boundary-lines of Subdivision B No. 3, Rangitikei-Manawatu Block, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned subdivision; thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Subdivision part 2B No. 2, Mangawhero Block; thence by the western boundary-lines of Subdivisions part 2B No. 2 No. 1, No. 3A, and No. 3B of the said Mangawhero Block; thence towards the west by the southern boundary-lines of Allotments 74 and 75 on plan No. 518 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence towards the north and north-east generally by the road forming the western boundary-lines of Allotments 75, 84, 85, and 86 on the said plan No. 518, and by the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned allotment to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence towards the west by a right line to and by the northern side of the road forming the southern boundary-line of Section 3, Mangawhata Settlement, Block XV, Te Kawa Survey District; thence towards the north by the western boundary-line of the said Section 3, and again towards the west and north-west generally by the southern boundary-line of Section 1, Mangawhata Settlement, and the road forming the western boundary-line of the said Section 1, and thence by the road forming the southern boundary-line of Allotment 99 on plan marked No. 517 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; again towards the north-east by the western boundary-line of the said Allotment 99; thence towards the west by the southern boundary of Allotment 101 to its westernmost corner; thence towards the north-east generally by the road forming the western boundary-lines of Allotments 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 on the said plan No. 517 to the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned allotment; thence towards the south-east by the road forming the eastern boundary-line of the aforesaid Allotment 105 to Sluggish Creek; again towards the north-east generally by the said Sluggish Creek to the road forming the northern boundary-line of Allotment 37 on plan marked No. 514 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence by a right line across that road to the south-western corner of Allotment 25 on the aforesaid plan No. 514; again towards the north-east by the road forming the western boundary-lines of Allotments 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, and 20A to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned allotment, the place of commencement.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Otekaike Drainage District, County of Waitaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th February, 1922.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Otekaike Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed exclusion which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE OTEKAIKE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Otekaike River in line with the south-western boundary of Section 46A, Otekaike Settlement, and proceeding thence along the said left bank to the northern boundary of Section 32A; thence westerly along that boundary to Otekaike Road, and northerly along the eastern side of said road to the north-eastern boundary of Section 42A; thence south-easterly along that boundary to the left bank of the Otekaike River, and north-easterly along said left bank to railway-line; thence easterly southerly, and north-westerly generally along the boundary of the Otekaike Drainage District as defined in the New Zealand Gazette, 1917, page 3177, to the point of commencement.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Cambridge and Leamington.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Cambridge and Leamington, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Borough of Cambridge and the Town District of Leamington, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Cambridge and Leamington.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February, 1922.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Taumarunui and Manunui.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Taumarunui and Manunui, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Borough of Taumarunui and the Town District of Manunui, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Taumarunui and Manunui.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February, 1922.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Gisborne and Mangapapa.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Gisborne and Mangapapa, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Borough of Gisborne and the Town District of Mangapapa, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Gisborne and Mangapapa.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February, 1922.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the combined district of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Borough of Otahuhu and the Town District of Papatoetoe, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February, 1922.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.