Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the
City of Christchurch.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th May, 1922.
PURSUANT to section 132 of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition in
accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-
fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule
hereto, being part of the City of Christchurch, has been
presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, praying
that the said area may be excluded from the said city and
included in County of Heathcote. 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. Such objections or
petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister
of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CITY OF
CHRISTCHURCH.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on
the north-west generally by Long Street, Ferry Road, and
Dyer’s Street from the Heathcote River to the Canal Reserve,
and on the north-east, east, and south by the present bound-
ary of the City of Christchurch.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Town District of Rawene, County
of Hokianga.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th May, 1922.
IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the
Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in
the Schedule hereto may be constituted a town district
under the said Act, by name the Town District of Rawene.
All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any
written objections to or petitions against the constitution
of the said district which they desire to make within one
month from the first publication of this notice, such objec-
tions or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal
Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED RAWENE TOWN
DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded
on the west by the Omanaia River, on the north by the
Hokianga River, on the east by the Waima River and Okura
Creek, and on the south by White’s Old Land Claim.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Shooting Season for Imported Game (Sambur or Ceylon Deer),
Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kairangi, Rangitikei, and
Horowhenua.
IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, William Downie
Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby notify that the following imported game
—viz., Sambur or Ceylon deer—may be taken or killed within
the counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, Rangitikei, and
Horowhenua (hereinafter called the said district), subject to
the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. SUCH deer may be taken or killed within the said district
   from the 1st day of June, 1922, to the 31st day of July, 1922,
   both days inclusive.
2. A license to take or kill such deer may be issued to any
   person applying for same on payment of the sum of £2, and
   the secretary of the Wellington Acclimatization Society, or
   any person authorized by such secretary in that behalf, is
   hereby authorized to sign and issue such licenses.
3. The form of license shall be as prescribed in the Sche-
   dule hereto, and shall be subject to the provisions of the said
   Act and regulations made thereunder.
4. No licensee shall be allowed to take or kill more than
   two stags or bucks of not less than six points and one hind;
   and not more than one license to take or kill such deer shall
   be issued to any one person.
5. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either
   himself or any attendant he may have with him.
6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any such deer or portion thereof.

SCHEDULE.
No.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Sambur or Ceylon
Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of two
pounds (£2), is hereby authorized to take or kill Sambur or
Ceylon deer (two stags or bucks and one hind) within the
counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, Rangitikei, and
Horowhenua from the 1st day of June, 1922, to the 31st
day of July, 1922 (both days inclusive), subject to the pro-
visions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22,
and the regulations made thereunder.
This license shall not authorize the holder thereof to take
or kill deer on lands actually and exclusively used by any
registered acclimatization society for acclimatization pur-
poses, or on any sanctuary or public domain.
Dated this day of , 19 .
Secretary, Wellington Acclimatization Society
[or Person authorized to issue Licenses].
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 10th day of
May, 1922.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th May, 1922.
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.
Manawatu Drainage District, County of Kairanga—
David Collis.
John Collis.
Arthur Lancaster.
Niels Peter Nielsen.
David Prouse.
Patrick James Small.
Edward Wood.
Result of Election of Members of Inch-Clutha River and
Drainage Board.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th May, 1922.
THE following result of an election of members of the
Inch-Clutha River and Drainage Board has been
received from the Returning Officer, and is published in
accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amend-
ment Act, 1913 :—
ANDERSON, Peter.
BELL, Adam James.
MOSLEY, John.
MOSLEY, Oliver.
RENTON, Alexander.
RUTHERFORD, Albert Outram.
G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.
Notice fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Hairdressers’ and (2) To-
bacconists’ Shops in the Borough of Hamilton, under the
Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist in the Borough of
Hamilton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such
shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of work-
ing-days as follows : Subject to closing at not later than
1 p.m. on the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
at 8.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 11 p.m., with the following
exceptions—(1) should the occupier of any shop affected by
this requisition observe, pursuant to the Shops and Offices
Act, Friday as the statutory closing-day, the closing-hour on
Saturday for any such shop shall be 11 p.m. ; and (2) on the
last working-day preceding Christmas Day and the last
working-day preceding New Year’s Day the closing-hour
shall be 11 p.m. :
And whereas, I, George James Anderson, Minister of
Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition
represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each