Dec. 17.]

Gorge Road; thence northerly along the Orari Gorge Road
to the road forming the southern boundary of Rural Section
27547; thence along that road to the Orari River; thence
by a right line across that river to the road forming the southern
boundary of Rural Section 32299; thence along that road,
and the road forming the southern boundaries of Rural Sections
28615 and 28572 to the Geraldine—Peel Forest Road; across
that road and along the road forming the northern boundary
of Rural Section 32091; thence along that road to Peel Street,
Arundel Township; thence along Peel Street to Bridge Street
and along Bridge Street to the Rangitata River, the place
of commencement.

RICHARD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill
Extraordinary Vacancy on the Gisborne Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th December, 1925.
PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules
made thereunder, I, Richard Francis Bollard, being the
Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do
hereby appoint Thursday, the 24th December, 1925, to be
the date for holding the election of one member of the
Gisborne Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies con-
cerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary
vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. L. P. Clarke.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of the Boundaries of
the City of Wanganui.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th December, 1925.
IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to
His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described
in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the City of
Wanganui and included in the County of Wanganui. All
persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written
objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of
boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month
from the first publication of this notice, such objections or
petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CITY OF
WANGANUI.
ALL that area of land situate within the boundaries of the
City of Wanganui as at present constituted containing approximately 434 acres, and being Sections 65 and 66 and
parts of Sections 44, 60, 61, 62, 64, 78, 79, and 80, Left Bank,
Wanganui River. Bounded as follows: Commencing at a
point on the existing boundary of the City of Wanganui at
the north-eastern corner of Lot 9 on deposited plan 902;
thence westerly along the existing boundary of the City of
Wanganui to the north-western corner of part Lot 31 on
plan A/1074; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of
part Lot 1 on deposited plan 853 to the No. 3 Line of Road;
thence southerly in the same alignment to the south side of
the No. 3 Line of Road; thence westerly along the southern
side of the No. 3 Line of Road to the north-eastern corner of
Lot 1 on deposited plan 1320; thence southerly along the
eastern boundary of the said Lot 1 on deposited plan 1320
to the south-eastern corner of the same Lot 1 on deposited
plan 1320; thence westerly along the southern boundary of
Lots 1 to 6 (inclusive) on the said deposited plan 1320 to the
eastern side of the No. 3 Line of Road; thence southerly
along the eastern side of the No. 3 Line of Road to the northern
side of Turoa Road; thence along the northern side of Turoa
Road to the northern boundary of Lot 12A on deposited plan
1872; thence westerly, southerly, and south-easterly along
the boundary of the said Lot 12A to the south-eastern corner
of the said Lot 12A; thence southerly along the western
boundary of Lot 1 on deposited plan 1954 to a point on the
same boundary 751.3 links north of the northern side of the
No. 2 Line of Road; thence easterly by a right line parallel
to the No. 2 Line of Road to meet the existing boundary of
the City of Wanganui; thence generally northerly along the
existing boundary of the City of Wanganui to the point of
commencement. As the said area of land is more particularly
shown coloured in outline blue on the plan thereof deposited
in the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

A. D. McLEOD,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Extradition Treaty with Finland.

Police Department,
Wellington, 7th December, 1925.
THE following despatch and enclosure received from His
Majesty's Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs are
published for general information.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

DESPATCH.
New Zealand.
Dominions No. 436.
Sir,—With reference to my telegram of the 19th September,
I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the
information of your Ministers, copies of an extract from the
London Gazette of the 22nd September, containing a notification that the Treaty with Finland of the 30th May, 1924, for
the Extradition of Criminals has been made applicable to
the Commonwealth of Australia (including for this purpose
Papua and Norfolk Island), the Dominion of New Zealand,
the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, and India, as and from the 14th September, 1925.

I have, &c.,
L. S. AMERY.
Governor-General His Excellency Sir Charles Fergusson,
LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., &c.

Extract from London Gazette, 22nd September, 1925.
Foreign Office, 14th September, 1925.
WHEREAS by the "Finland (Extradition) Order in Council,
1925," it was provided that from and after the 23rd day of
May, 1925, the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906, should apply
in the case of Finland under and in accordance with a Treaty
concluded on the 30th day of May, 1924, between His Majesty
and the President of the Republic of Finland :
And whereas it was further provided by the said Order in
Council that the operation of the said Acts should be and
remain suspended within the self-governing Dominions hereinafter named—that is to say, the Commonwealth of Australia
(including for this purpose Papua and Norfolk Island), the
Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the
Irish Free State, and Newfoundland, and India, until notification should have been made in the London Gazette that the
Treaty had been made applicable thereto, and that on such
notification being made in respect of any such Dominion or
India the said Acts should apply in such Dominion or India
in the case of Finland under and in accordance with the said
Treaty as from the date of the said notification :
Now, therefore, I, the Right Honourable Joseph Austen
Chamberlain, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, do hereby notify that the said Treaty has
been made applicable to the Commonwealth of Australia
(including for this purpose Papua and Norfolk Island), the
Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the
Irish Free State, and Newfoundland, and India, as and from
the present date, viz.: the 14th day of September, 1925.

AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.

Varying Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting the Sale in the Borough of Hamilton of certain Goods
comprised in the Trade of a Grocer.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops within the
Borough of Hamilton, has been forwarded to me, desiring
that the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
4th December, 1924, prohibiting the sale in the Borough of
Hamilton of goods comprised in the trade of a grocer, be
varied as follows—(1) By deleting the words “on Fridays
after the hour of 6 p.m.” and substituting therefor the words
“on Fridays, after the hour of 8.30 p.m.” ; and by providing that (2) on the evening before Good Friday and on
the evening before Anniversary Day, Anzac Day, or King’s
Birthday, whenever any of these holidays falls on a Friday,
the said goods may be sold until the hour of 8.30 p.m. :
And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the signatures to such petition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the
said borough :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act,
I do hereby direct that the notice dated the 26th November,
1924, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th
December, 1924, prohibiting the sale in the Borough of
Hamilton of certain goods comprised in the trade of a grocer
shall be and is hereby varied as from the 21st day of December,
1925 (1) by deleting the words “on Fridays after the hour
of 6 p.m.” and substituting therefor the words “on Fridays