Members of the Foxton Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th June, 1922.
THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or
elected to be members of the Foxton Fire Board,
constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908:-
Appointed by the Governor-General-
John K. Hornblow.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies-
D. J. Bews.
F. G. Cray.
E. C. Rowe.
Elected by the Foxton Borough Council-
John Chrystall.
Robert Bryant.
Arthur Nalder Smith.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

First Meeting of the Foxton Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th June, 1922.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act,
1908, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal
Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, hereby appoint
the Foxton Hall, Foxton, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the 5th
July, 1922, to be the place, time, and date for holding the
first meeting of the Foxton Fire Board.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Regulations for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization
District (Rotoiti Red Deer Area).

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, do hereby notify that
the following imported game-viz., red deer-may be de-
stroyed in that part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District
known as the Rotoiti Red Deer Area, which comprises all
that land commencing at the Kaituna River at Lake
Rotoiti; thence by the river to its intersection with the
Tauranga County boundary, by that boundary and a right
line in an easterly direction to the Tarawera River; thence
by the Tarawera River to the bridge at the intersection of
the Te Teko-Rotorua Road; thence by that road to the
shore of Lake Rotoiti, and by the northerly shore of that
lake to the place of commencement at the Kaituna River:
excepting therefrom an area of one mile radius from the
Okere Power-station, which is a sanctuary for all native and
imported game.

REGULATIONS.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the regulations
   made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, dated 20th
   January, 1922, the General Manager of the Department
   of Tourist and Health Resorts, or any person or persons
   duly authorized in writing by such General Manager, may,
   during the period hereinafter mentioned, destroy red deer of
   either sex and of any age which, in the opinion of the said
   General Manager or of the said authorized persons, should
   be destroyed either by reason of age, deformity, or any other
   reason.

2. Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid from the date
   hereof to the 30th September, 1922 (both days inclusive).

3. A return shall be furnished to the Minister of Internal
   Affairs by the said General Manager within one calendar
   month after the expiry of the aforesaid period, and such
   return shall state the number and sexes of all red deer so
   destroyed as aforesaid, the dates, and name of person by
   whom and the locality in which the deer were destroyed.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or any portion thereof.

5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the pro-
   visions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not
   exceeding f20.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 26th day of
June, 1922.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd June, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Council of the Borough of Hamilton, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough
of Hamilton taken on the 16th day of June, 1922, on the
proposal of the Hamilton Borough Council to borrow the
sum of £12,000 for the following purpose-for the purchase,
construction, erection, and fitting of electric lines, machinery,
lamps, meters, fittings, and appliances for distributing and
measuring electricity, and for supplying electricity to con-
sumers, and for the purpose of the Council and for lighting
streets-the number of votes recorded for the proposal was
134, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal
was 69; total number of voters, 203.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of June, 1922.
JOHN R. Fow, Mayor.

Cancellation of Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all the Shops
in the Borough of Morrinsville, under the Shops and Offices
Act, 1921-22.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops within the Borough
of Morrinsville, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the
notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th July,
1917, fixing the closing-hours of all the shops in the Borough
of Morrinsville be cancelled:

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 within
the Borough of Morrinsville:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that the notice
published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th July, 1917,
fixing the closing-hours of all the shops in the Borough of
Morrinsville shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date
of the publication hereof.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June, 1922.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all the Grocers' Shops in the
City of Nelson, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops in the City
of Nelson, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such
shops in the city be closed in the evening of working-days
as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, at
5.30 p.m., Fridays at 6 p.m. with the following exception-
should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition
observe, pursuant to section 14 of the Shops and Offices Act,
1921-22, Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in
such case the closing-hour on Wednesdays shall be 5.30 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 grocers' shops
within the City of Nelson:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and
after the 6th day of July, 1922, all the grocers' shops within
the City of Nelson shall be closed accordingly.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
28th July, 1921, fixing the closing-hours of grocers' shops in
the City of Nelson is hereby cancelled as from the date of
coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of June, 1922.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all the Grocers' 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 grocers' shops in the
Borough of Hamilton, has been forwarded to me, desiring