Special Order passed by the Bay of Islands County Council declaring Solanum auriculatum to be a Noxious Weed.— Notice No. Ag. 2473.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th February, 1925.

THE following special order made by the Bay of Islands County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.
That pursuant to the powers conferred upon it by sections 4, 5, and 6 of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, this Council do now make a special order declaring the plant mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Act in the Bay of Islands County.

Schedule.
Solanum auriculatum (woolly nightshade).
The above special order was passed on the 11th December, 1924, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting on the 15th January, 1925.

Special Order passed by the Waitomo County Council declaring Broom, Foxglove, and Gorse to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2474.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th February, 1925.

THE following special order made by the Waitomo County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT this Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the Third Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908) are noxious weeds within the County of Waitomo.

Schedule.
Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).
Gorse (Ulex europœus).
The above special order was made by the Waitomo County Council at a special meeting held on Friday, 12th December, 1924, and was duly confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Council held on Friday, the 13th February, 1925.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Registers.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with the provisions of section 30 (3) of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914. the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto will, unless cause to the contrary be shown, be struck off the Registers of Mining Privileges at the expiration of three months from the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

Amendment to the Regulations under the Public Service Act, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him by the Public Service Act, 1912 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor-General in Council, doth hereby, in respect of the regulations made under the said Act on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and the amendments thereof made from time to time under the provisions of the said Act, make the amendment shown in the Schedule hereto.
Such amendment shall have effect from and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATION 56 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—
“56. The Commissioner may, subject to Departmental convenience, grant to officers who are required to perform military service under the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, leave of absence for the purpose of attending compulsory camps and compulsory courses of military instruction.
“Leave of absence granted in pursuance of this regulation shall not be deducted from the officer's annual leave.”
As witness my hand this 17th day of February, 1925.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Public Service Commissioner.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves of the foregoing regulation.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
Approved in Council this 23rd day of February, 1925.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.