DEC. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3205 Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law, Southland County Council. IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much off the By-law made by the Southland County Council on the 10th day of November, 1922, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Southland County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General. W. FRASER, For Minister of Internal Affairs. Notification of Approval of Rules, Nelson Acclimatization Society. Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 13th December, 1922. PURSUANT to the provisions of section 25 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I hereby notify that a copy of rules made by the Nelson Acclimatization Society on the 24th day of May, 1922, has been forwarded to me, and was approved on the 13th day of December, 1922. WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs. Meetings of North Auckland Land Board. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th December, 1922. HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the North Auckland Land Board being held at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, during the year 1923 on Wednesday, the 24th January, 21st February, 21st March; Thursday, the 26th April; Wednesday, 16th May, 13th June, 11th July, 8th August, 5th September, 3rd October, 31st October, 28th November, and 12th December. W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands. Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Jewellers' Shops in the City of Christchurch. WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the jewellers' shops in the City of Christchurch, 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, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., Fridays 9 p.m., with the following exceptions, (1.) During the months of November and December, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m.; (2.) When a shop is closed and no assistants are employed, during the whole of Friday in any week, the closing-hour on the preceding Thursday shall be 9 p.m. ; (3.) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, any day other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day in any week, the hour of closing on Saturday for such shop shall, subject to exception (1) hereof, 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 jewellers' shops within the City of Christchurch : Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 21st day of December, 1922, all the jewellers' shops within the City of Christchurch shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions, (1.) During the months of November and December the closing-hour on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays shall be 6 p.m. (2.) When a shop is closed and no assistants are employed during the whole of Friday in any week, the closing-hour on the preceding Thursday shall be 9 p.m. (3.) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, any day other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day in any week, the hour of closing on Saturday for such shop shall be 6 p.m. during the months of November and December, and 5.30 p.m. during the other months of the year. The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of 28th August, 1919, fixing the closing-hours of watchmakers and jewellers' shops in the City of Christchurch is hereby superseded, in so far as it relates to the shops affected by this notice, as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice. Dated at Wellington this 1st day of December, 1922. W. FRASER, for Minister of Labour. NOTE.-It will not be lawful for the occupier of any shop affected by this notice to keep his shop open after 6 p.m. on Thursday pursuant to exception (2) above, unless previous notice in writing of his intention to do so is given to the Inspector of Factories. Notice of Intention to take Land in Block II, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, for the Better Disposal of Crown or Other Land within the District defined by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910. NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the better disposal of Crown or other land within the district defined by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Te Teko, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections 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 areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:- A. B. P. 1 0 32 Portion of Section 158; coloured pink. 0 1 6 132A purple. 0 0 12 132A purple. 0 3 20 132A purple. Situated in Matata Parish, Block II, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 22356.) In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55613, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned. As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1922. W. FRASER, for Minister of Public Works. Branch of Friendly Society registered. Friendly Societies Department, Wellington, 5th December, 1922. THE Loyal Manurewa Lodge, No. 9427, situated at Manurewa, is registered as a branch of The Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 5th day of December, 1922. WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Registrar of Friendly Societies. Branch of Friendly Society registered. Friendly Societies Department, Wellington, 5th December, 1922. THE Loyal Tuakau Lodge, No. 9430, situated at Tuakau, is registered as a branch of The Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 5th day of December, 1922. WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Registrar of Friendly Societies. Branch of Friendly Society registered. Friendly Societies Department, Wellington, 5th December, 1922. THE Loyal Papakura Lodge, No. 9431, situated at Papakura, is registered as a branch of The Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 5th day of December, 1922. WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Registrar of Friendly Societies.