Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3145

Rangitaiki Land Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th November, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and its amendments, to make and levy a special rate to meet interest and sinking fund on capital for the period from the 1st April, 1926, to the 31st March, 1927, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act.
The amount of such rate shall be payable on the 8th day of December, 1926, in one sum.
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.

Meetings of Hawke's Bay Land Board.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 54 of the Land Act, 1924, approved of meetings of the Hawke's Bay Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 13th January, 3rd February, 10th March, 7th April, 12th May, 9th June, 14th July, 11th August, 8th September, 13th October, 10th November, and 8th December, during the year 1927.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Nelson Land Board.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has in pursuance of section 54 of the Land Act, 1924, approved of meetings of the Nelson Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, 13th January, 10th February, 10th March, 7th April, 12th May, 9th June, 14th July, 11th August, 8th September, 13th October, 10th November, and 8th December, during the year 1927.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges, Eskdale to Waikoau Section, East Coast Main Trunk Railway.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, I, William Nosworthy, Minister of External Affairs, acting for Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, do hereby order and declare that the regulations, scale of fares, rates, and charges for passengers and goods, and the conditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on the Eskdale to Waikoau Section of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway prior to its being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall be as set forth in the Schedule hereto, such regulations, scale, and conditions to come into force on the 4th day of November, 1926.
SCHEDULE.
THE regulations, scale of fares, rates and charges, and the conditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on the Eskdale to Waikoau Section of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway prior to its being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall, mutatis mutandis, be the same as the following parts or portions of the parts of the regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges for the New Zealand Government Railways fixed to take effect on and from the 31st day of August, 1925, by the Minister of Railways as published by the Government Printer by authority in form of a handbook (which is hereinafter referred to as "the Tariff"), and relating to passenger fares and coaching and goods rates, as altered and added to from time to time by publication in the New Zealand Gazette as hereinafter mentioned, namely :-

1. Part I of the Tariff, Regulations 1 to 38, pages 1 to 29, except Regulations 3 and 4, 9 to 20, 22 and 23, and 25 to 31, all inclusive.

2. Part II of the Tariff, Regulations 1 to 24, pages 35 to 51 inclusive.

3. Part III of the Tariff, pages 54 to 85 inclusive.

4. Part V of the Tariff, pages 109 to 139 inclusive.

5. Part VII of the Tariff, Regulations 1 to 10, pages 148 to 154 inclusive, except the definition of "Department" contained in Regulation 1.

6. The alterations to the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force upon the New Zealand Government Railways as published in the New Zealand Gazettes of the 3rd and the 17th September, 1925, the 1st and the 22nd October, 1925, the 5th and 19th November, 1925, the 3rd and 23rd December, 1925, the 4th February, 1926, the 4th March, 1926, the 29th April, 1926, the 6th and 20th May, 1926, 8th July, 1926, 19th August, 1926, and the 9th September, 1926, affecting the parts of the Tariff hereinbefore mentioned.

7. Where the words mentioned in the first column below appear in the parts of the Tariff or alterations thereto hereinbefore mentioned, the words in the second column below shall be read in lieu thereof:-
   First Column.
   Department .. .. Public Works Department.
   Board of Management of the New Zealand Government Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Railways Secretary, Public Works Department.
   District Manager .. .. District Engineer.
   Railway or Railways .. Public Works.
   Minister .. .. Minister of Public Works.
   Given under my hand at Wellington, this 28th day of October, 1926.
   W. NOSWORTHY,
   For Minister of Public Works.
   (P.W. 6/127.)

Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges, Wairoa to Waikokopu Branch of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, I, William Nosworthy, Minister of External Affairs, acting for Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, do hereby order and declare that the regulations, scale of fares, rates, and charges for passengers and goods, and the conditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on the Wairoa to Waikokopu Branch of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway prior to its being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall be as set forth in the Schedule hereto, such regulations, scale, and conditions to come into force on the 4th day of November, 1926.
SCHEDULE.
THE regulations, scale of fares, rates and charges, and the conditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on the Wairoa to Waikokopu Branch of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway prior to its being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall, mutatis mutandis, be the same as the following parts or portions of the parts of the regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges for the New Zealand Government Railways fixed to take effect on and from the 31st day of August, 1925, by the Minister of Railways as published by the Government Printer by authority in form of a handbook (which is hereinafter referred to as "the Tariff"), and relating to passenger fares and coaching and goods rates, as altered and added to from time to time by publication in the New Zealand Gazette as hereinafter mentioned, namely :-

1. Part I of the Tariff, Regulations 1 to 38, pages 1 to 29, except Regulations 3 and 4, 9 to 20, 22 and 23, and 25 to 31, all inclusive.
2. Part II of the Tariff, Regulations 1 to 24, pages 35 to 51 inclusive.
3. Part III of the Tariff, pages 54 to 85 inclusive.
4. Part V of the Tariff, pages 109 to 139 inclusive.
5. Part VII of the Tariff, Regulations 1 to 10, pages 148 to 154 inclusive, except the definition of "Department" contained in Regulation 1.
6. The alterations to the scale of fares, rates and charges in force upon the New Zealand Government Railways as published in the New Zealand Gazettes of the 3rd and the 17th September, 1925, the 1st and the 22nd October, 1925, the 5th and 19th November, 1925, the 3rd and 23rd December, 1925, the 4th February, 1926, the 4th March, 1926, the 29th April, 1926, the 6th and 20th May, 1926, 8th July, 1926, 19th August, 1926, and the 9th September, 1926, affecting the parts of the Tariff hereinbefore mentioned.