JULY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2083

Hauraki Plains Rating Area.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th July, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, and its amendments, to make and levy a rate for the period from 1st April, 1923, to 31st March, 1924, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act.

The amount of such rate will be payable in one sum on the 8th day of August, 1923.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer’s Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland; and a copy of the same may be inspected at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer, Kerepeehi, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

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Notice making and levying Rates under the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th July, 1923.

I, WILLIAM NOSWORTHY, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, do hereby make and levy upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated pursuant to that Act a rate on a graduated scale as specified in the Schedule hereto according to the classification of the land.

The said rate will be payable in one sum on the 8th day of August, 1923, to the Collector of Rates for the Hauraki Plains Rating 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 Kerepeehi at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

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SCHEDULE.

Class A.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the Appraiser appointed under the said Act: Twopence and twenty-six one-hundredths of a penny (2d. and 26/100d.) in the pound.

Class B.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the Appraiser appointed under the said Act: One penny and twenty-nine one-hundredths of a penny (1d. and 29/100d.) in the pound.

Class C.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the Appraiser appointed under the said Act: Thirty-two one-hundredths of a penny (32/100d.) in the pound.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

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Land Surveyors Examination, September, 1923, Australia and New Zealand.

The Surveyors Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 20th July, 1923.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that the Surveyors Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 17th September, 1923, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, together with plans and field-books, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Thursday, 16th September, and that the examination fee of £1 1s. must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom examination regulations, application forms, and other particulars may be obtained.

The amount of postage must also be remitted if plans and field-books are desired to be returned.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors Board.

Government Buildings, Wellington.

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Officiating Ministers for 1923.—Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1923.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Salvation Army.

Lieut.-Colonel Robert Cameron Henry.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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Officiating Ministers for 1923.—Notice No. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that the names of the following Officiating Ministers have been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request:—

Salvation Army.

Colonel John McInnes.

Captain Victor McInnes.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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The Arms Act, 1920.—Appointment of Authorized Officer.

Police Department,
Wellington, 18th July, 1923.

PURSUANT to the regulations under the Arms Act, 1920, I, Arthur Hobbins Wright, the Commissioner of Police, do hereby appoint the senior member of the Force for the time being in charge of Kerepeehi Police-station to be an authorized officer for the purposes of the said Act.

A. H. WRIGHT, Commissioner of Police.

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Surveyor licensed.

Surveyors Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 4th July, 1923.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that a license under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, has been issued by the Surveyors Board to the following surveyor:—

Thomas William Preston, of Invercargill.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors Board.

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Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth, the gross property in each case being estimated not to exceed £400 in value.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 23rd July, 1923.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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