FEB. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 533

Certificates of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 9th February, 1925.

It is hereby notified, for public information, that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1923, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD, Minister of Internal Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XV, Wataroa Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block XV, Wataroa Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. 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 Taho, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or 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 area of the piece of land required to be taken : 5 acres 3 roods 17 perches.

Being portion of Section 2374, situated in Block XV, Wataroa Survey District (Westland R.D.). (S.O. 2392.)

In the Westland Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 60767, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 9th day of February, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Public Works

Rangitaiki Land Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 12th February, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and its amendments, to make and levy a rate for the period from the 1st April, 1924, to the 31st March, 1925, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 12th day of March, 1925.

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 at Thornton, near Whakatane, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.— Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour, Wellington, 2nd February, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Wellington Manufacturing Jewellers, Watch and Clock Makers, and Kindred Trades Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 931, situated at Wellington, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

F. W. ROWLEY, Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Gisborne on 25th February 1925.

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 3rd February, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Gisborne on the 25th day of February, 1925, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Gisborne, 1925-4.] JNO. HARVEY, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 73. Applicant: The Gisborne Harbour Board. Name of land : Awapuni lg 2, lg 3, and A lb. Nature of application : For assessment of compensation for 4 acres 2 roods 7 perches of land taken under the Public Works Act, 1908, by the Gisborne Harbour Board.

The Census Statistics Act, 1910.—Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.

Census and Statistics Office, Wellington, 9th February, 1925.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat and oats for the season 1924-25 have been compiled from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information.

Wheat. Oats.

Bushels per Bushels per

District. Acre. Acre.

North Island .. .. 29·98 34·09

Nelson .. .. 28·90 29·93

Marlborough .. .. 30·46 40·46

Canterbury .. .. 31·17 36·61

Otago .. .. 27·70 36·87

Southland .. .. 30·06 42·90

Average (estimated) for the Dominion, season 1924-25 .. 30·62 38·08

Average (actual) for the Dominion, season 1923-24 .. 24·01 30·77

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the Dominion should be approximately 5,000,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 4,174,537 bushels for the season 1923-24.

The percentage of oats threshed for the five seasons ending with 1923-24 was 27·67 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 5,000,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 1,964,511 bushels for the season 1923-24.

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician.