2876
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Racecourse on any day other than Saturday the sale of the said goods is prohibited on that day after the hour of 8 p.m.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of November, 1923.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Shops in the Hauiti Riding of the Uawa County.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Hauiti Riding of the Uawa County has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the riding be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m.; and Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Provided that should any shop affected by this requisition observe Saturday as the statutory closing-day pursuant to the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, then and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop shall be 5.30 p.m., and on Friday 8 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 within the Hauiti Riding of the Uawa County:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 3rd day of December, 1923, all the shops within the Hauiti Riding of the Uawa County shall be closed accordingly.
The notice gazetted on the 4th June, 1920, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Uawa County is hereby superseded, insofar as it relates to the shops affected by this notice, as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.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 21st day of November, 1923.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Shops in the Tolaga Riding of the Uawa County.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Tolaga Riding of the Uawa County has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the riding be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Provided that should any shop affected by this requisition observe Saturday as the statutory closing-day pursuant to the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, then and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop shall be 5.30 p.m., and on Friday 8 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 within the Tolaga Riding of the Uawa County:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 3rd day of December, 1923, all the shops within the Tolaga Riding of the Uawa County shall be closed accordingly.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th June, 1920, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Uawa County is hereby superseded, insofar 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 21st day of November, 1923.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice as to an Area in Marlborough Land District declared to be a Fire District.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 21st November, 1923.

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendations of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared by me to be a fire district; and I do further specify the period from the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of March in the following year (inclusive), as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a forest officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a forest officer.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 44,650 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, Heringa Survey District, and Blocks I, IX, X, XIII, XIV, Wakamarina Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at a point on the Rai Saddle on the Nelson-Blenheim Road, and running in a southerly direction generally along the western boundary of State Forest No. 11 to the source of the Heringa Stream, by the aforesaid stream to its junction with Pelorus River; thence by the last-mentioned river to the north-western corner of Block X, Heringa Survey District; thence due south to the south-western corner of Block X aforesaid; thence due east by the southern boundary of Blocks X, XI, Heringa Survey District, and Block XIII, Wakamarina Survey District, to the intersection with the western boundary of Section 4, Block XIII, Wakamarina Survey District; thence running in a southerly direction generally by the aforesaid boundary to the Wakamarina River; thence running in a northerly direction generally by the said river to the north-eastern corner of Section 51, Block X, Wakamarina Survey District; thence by the northern boundary of Section 51, Block X aforesaid, and continuing in a north-westerly direction to the south-eastern corner of Section 6, Block X, Wakamarina Survey District; thence generally by the north-western boundaries of Sections 69, 70, Block X, Wakamarina Survey District, to the western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence in a westerly direction by the northern boundaries of Sections 3, 9, 8, Block IX aforesaid, the south-east corner of Section 18, Block IX, Wakamarina Survey District; thence in a northerly direction by the eastern boundaries of Sections 18, 21 of 19, 64. and 30, Block IX, Wakamarina Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence due west by the northern boundaries of Section 30, Block IX, Wakamarina Survey District, and Sections part 73, 6 of 73, to the north-western corner of Section 6 of 73, Block VIII, Heringa Survey District; thence running in a south-easterly direction generally by the north-eastern boundaries of Section 26, part 1 of 26, Block VIII aforesaid, to the Pelorus River; thence running in a westerly direction generally by the said river to the easternmost corner of Section 11, Block VII, Heringa Survey District; thence in a northerly direction generally by the eastern boundaries of Sections 8 and 3, Block VII aforesaid, and Section 7, Block IV, Heringa Survey District; thence running in an easterly direction generally by the southern boundaries of Sections 5 and 4, Block IV, Heringa Survey District, to the south-west corner of Section 4, Block V, Heringa Survey District; thence running in a northerly direction generally by the eastern boundaries of Section 4, Block IV, Heringa Survey District, and Sections 5, 25, 29, 51, 45, and 47, Block V, Heringa Survey District, and Section 2, Block I, Heringa Survey District, and Crown land, Blocks I and II, Heringa Survey District, to the eastern corner of the said Crown land; thence in a south-easterly direction generally by the south-western boundaries of Sections 36 and 49, Block I, Wakamarina Survey District, to the Rai River; thence by the said river to its junction with the Ronga River; thence by that river to the northern corner of Section 45, Block I, Wakamarina Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction by the northern boundary of Section 45, Block I aforesaid, to the eastern boundary of State Forest No. 11; thence due north by the last-mentioned boundary, for a distance of 4,000 links; thence due west, for a distance of 8,000 links, to the western boundary of State Forest 11; thence in a south-westerly direction generally by the boundary of the aforementioned State forest to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 103/2, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Commissioner of State Forests.

Surveyors licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 19th November, 1923.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that licenses under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyors:—
Campbell, John William, of Morrinsville,
Ballantyne, Garth Carsley, of Auckland,
Griffiths, William Ewart, of Auckland,
Murray, Andrew, of Wellington.
M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.