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Interests of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg entrusted to Belgian Consular Officers in places where there are no Luxembourg Consular Officers.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1922.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that His Excellency the Governor-General has been advised by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies that the interests of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg have been entrusted as from 1st May last to the Belgian Consular Officers in places where there are no Luxembourg Consular Officers.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Meetings of Marlborough Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th November, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Marlborough Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 11th January, 8th February, 8th March, 12th April, 10th May, 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 13th September, 11th October, 8th November, and 6th December during the year 1923.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Otago Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th November, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Otago Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 10th January, 14th February, 14th March, 11th April, 9th May, 13th June, 11th July, 8th August, 12th September, 10th October, 14th November, and 12th December during the year 1923.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Notice making and levying Rates under the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910.

I, DAVID HENRY GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, do hereby make and levy upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated in pursuance to that Act a rate on a graduated scale as specified in the Schedule hereto according to the classification of the land.

The said rates will be payable in one sum on the 1st day of December, 1922, to the Collector of Rates for the Rangitaiki Land Drainage District, at the Chief Drainage Engineer's Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at which office the rate-book will be open for inspection.

A copy of the rate-book may be inspected by ratepayers at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer at Thornton, near Whakatane, at all times at which that office is open for transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

Class A.-On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act : Eightpence and seventy one-hundredths of a penny (8d. and 70/100d.) in the pound.

Class B.-On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act : Fourpence and ninety-eight one-hundredths of a penny (4d. and 98/100d.) in the pound.

Class C.-On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act : One penny and twenty-four one-hundredths of a penny (1d. and 24/100d.) in the pound.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks V, Opoutihi, and V, Otanewainuku Survey Districts, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work-to wit, the construction of a road in Blocks V, Opoutihi, and V, Otanewainuku Survey Districts ; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Omanawa Falls, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 6 acres 0 roods 21 perches.

Portion of Ongaonga No. 1, Blocks V, Opoutihi, and V, Otanewainuku Survey Districts. (S.O. 22032.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D., 54069, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured purple.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 22nd day of November, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Public Works.

Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1922.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officer, at the address set against his name, is hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:-

GEORGE CLINCH, Postmaster, Balclutha.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Telegraphs.

Public Offices closed at Noon on Thursday, the 7th December, 1922.-Electoral and Licensing Polls.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th November, 1922.

IT is hereby notified for general information that, pursuant to section 123 (1) of the Legislature Act, 1908, the offices of the Public Service throughout the Dominion will be closed at noon on Thursday, the 7th December, 1922, the date fixed for the general elections.

W. R. MORRIS,
Public Service Commissioner.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1922.

THE Miro Lodge, No. 79, situated at Raetihi, is registered as a branch of The Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 14th day of November, 1922.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 17th November, 1922.

THE Petone Pioneer Branch No. 3, situated at Petone, is registered as a branch of The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society of New Zealand, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 17th day of November, 1922.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.