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a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

5. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprising the County of Coromandel and Gannet Island.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Area, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 2, excepted from the open season wherein imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed:—
Gannet Island.

As witness my hand this 9th day of May, 1924.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs

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Notice respecting Proposed Waihopai River District, Borough of Invercargill and County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs.
Wellington, 10th May, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a river district under the said Act, by name the Waihopai River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said river district which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED WAIHOPAI RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the south-west corner of Lot 21, Burton Township, proceeding in a northerly direction along the eastern side of the railway reserve to the northern boundary of Lot 14, Block IX, Collingwood Township; thence easterly along the last-named boundary to a public road; thence by a right line across that road; thence by the southern side of Charles Street and the production thereof to the eastern side of North Road; thence northerly by that road to the northern boundary of Lot 7 shown on plan No. 17 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Invercargill; thence easterly by that boundary to the western boundary of Lot 9 of said plan No. 17; thence northerly by the last-named boundary to a public road; thence easterly by the southern side of that road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 21 of said plan No. 17; thence southerly by the eastern boundary of said Lot. 21, for a distance of 1,500 links; thence due east by a right line across a one-chain road and through Section 10, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred, to the western boundary of Section 9, Block IV aforesaid; thence southerly by the last-mentioned boundary for a distance of 600 links; thence due east through Sections 9, 8, 7, 6 of Block IV aforesaid to a public road; thence south-easterly and easterly by the south-western and southern sides respectively of said public road to the north-eastern corner of Section 6, Block V, Invercargill Hundred, and by a right line to the north-western corner of Section 16, Block V aforesaid; thence north-easterly by the north-western boundary of said Section 16 and southerly by the eastern boundary of that section and the production thereof to the south-eastern side of a public road; thence north-easterly generally by that road to the northern corner of Section 12, Block VI, Invercargill Hundred; thence south-easterly and southerly by the north-eastern and eastern boundaries respectively of said Section 12 to a public road; thence by the western side of that road to the southernmost corner of Section 80, Block VIII, Invercargill Hundred; thence by a right line across a public road to the south-eastern corner of Section 73, Block VIII aforesaid; thence westerly by the northern side of a public road to the western boundary of Section 1 of 7, Block VIII aforesaid; thence northerly by the last-mentioned boundary and the production thereof across a road to the south-western corner of Section 6, Block VIII aforesaid; thence westerly generally by the northern and north-eastern sides of a public road to the western boundary of Section 1, Block VII, of Invercargill Hundred; thence northerly by the last-mentioned boundary to the production of the southern boundary of Lot 27 shown on plan No. 112 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Invercargill; thence westerly to and by the northern side of a public road
to the westernmost corner of Lot 1 shown on said plan No. 112; thence north-westerly by the production of the north-eastern side of a public road across the railway reserve and a road to the south-eastern boundary of Block III, Kennington Township; thence south-westerly by the south-eastern boundary of said Block III, to the north-eastern boundary of Lot 2 of Block II, Kennington Township; thence north-westerly by the last-named boundary and the north-eastern boundary of Lot 4, Block II aforesaid, to a public road; thence south-westerly by the south-eastern boundary of that road to the north-western corner of Lot 34 of Block I of said Kennington Township; thence south-easterly by the north-eastern side of a public road to the south-western corner of Lot 1 of Block I aforesaid; thence south-westerly by the north-western side of a public road to the south-western corner of Section 25 of Block II, Invercargill Hundred; thence north-westerly by the south-western boundary of said Section 25 and by part of the south-western boundary of Section 21 of Block II aforesaid to the north-western side of a public road; thence south-westerly by that road-side to the south-western corner of Section 18, Block II aforesaid; thence north-westerly by the south-western boundary of said Section 18 to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Section 12, Block II aforesaid; thence south-westerly by a right line to and by the south-eastern boundaries of said Section 12 and Sections 11 and 10, Block II aforesaid, to the south-western corner of the last-named section; thence north-westerly by south-western boundary of said Section 10 to the south-eastern corner of Section 9, Block II aforesaid; thence south-westerly and north-westerly by the south-eastern and south-western boundaries respectively of said Section 9 to the south-eastern corner of Section 2, Block II aforesaid; thence south-westerly and north-westerly by the south-eastern and south-western boundaries respectively of said Section 2 to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 5, shown on deposited plan No. 2104; thence westerly by a right line to and by the southern boundaries of said Lot 5 and Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1 shown on said plan No. 2104 to the south-western corner of the last-named lot; thence due west by a right line to the eastern boundary of Section 36, Block I, Invercargill Hundred; thence southerly, westerly, and northerly by the eastern, southern, and western boundaries respectively of said Section 36 to a point due east of and in the production of the north side of Albert Street; thence due west by a right line to the western boundary of Section 26, Block I aforesaid; thence northerly by that boundary to the south-eastern corner of Lot 8, Block IX, Gladstone Township; thence westerly by the southern boundaries of said Lot 8 and Lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, all of Block IX aforesaid, by a right line across a public road to and by the southern boundaries of Lots 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, all of Block VIII, Gladstone Township, and by the production of the last-named boundary to the western side of Russell Street; thence southerly by the said Russell Street to the southernmost corner of Lot 7, Block I, Gladstone Township; thence westerly generally by the southern boundaries of said Lot 7 and Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and by the production of the southern boundary of the last-mentioned lot to the western side of North Road; thence southerly by the western side of said North Road to the northern side of Filleul Street; thence westerly by said Filleul Street to the point of commencement.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Borough of Roxburgh.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Roxburgh, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows—On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9 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 said shops within the said borough:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 19th day of May, 1924, all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Roxburgh shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 5th May, 1920, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Borough of Roxburgh, is hereby cancelled insofar as it relates to the shops affected by this notice as from the date of coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of May, 1924.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

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