Dec. 18.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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proposal of the Rodney County Council to borrow £5,000 for the purchase of machinery and roadmaking-plant, and the formation and metalling of roads in the Arai Riding,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 36; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 18; informal, nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Warkworth this 6th day of December, 1924.

F. HODGSON, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Constitution of New County in Waimea County.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th December, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been received, signed by not less than one-half of the ratepayers in the Wangapeka and Motupiko Ridings of the County of Waimea, praying that the said ridings may be excluded from the said county and constituted a new county.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge in writing any objections to or petitions against the proposed constitution of such new county which they desire to make, within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

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

Notification of Approval of Amended Rules, North Canterbury Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th December, 1924.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 25 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I hereby notify that a copy of amended rules made by the North Canterbury Acclimatization Society on the 11th day of November, 1924, has been forwarded to me and was approved on the twelfth day of December, 1924.

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

Meetings of Canterbury Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Canterbury Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 21st January, 18th February, 18th March, 15th April, 20th May, 17th June, 15th July, 19th August, 16th September, 21st October, 18th November, and 9th December, during the year 1925.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Special Order made by the Balclutha Borough Council declaring that Canadian or Californian Thistle and Ragwort shall be deemed not to be Noxious Weeds. Notice No. Ag. 2446.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 15th December, 1924.

THE following special order made by the Balclutha Borough Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT Canadian or Californian thistle and ragwort are hereby declared not to be noxious weeds within the Borough of Balclutha.

The above special order was made at a special meeting of the Balclutha Borough Council on the 27th February, 1924, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting on the 25th March, 1924.

Supplementary Graded List of Primary-school Teachers, 1924.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th December, 1924.

THE following list of teachers is issued under the authority of the Minister of Education, in accordance with the requirements of the Education Act. The list contains the names of—

(a.) Certified teachers not previously graded;

(b.) Teachers whose grading has been altered as the result of correction in marks, or change in certificate;

(c.) Teachers who have qualified for a certificate or for promotion in certificate, but who are not yet graded;

(d.) Teachers to whom licenses to teach have been issued.

In accordance with clause 18 (2) of the Regulations for the Grading of Primary-school Teachers this list becomes part of the General Graded List issued on 17th April, 1924.

JNO. CAUGHLEY, Director of Education.