Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3155

Trustee of the Eastern Pohangina Rabbit District elected.—
Notice No. Ag. 2602.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 27th October, 1926.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Eastern Pohangina Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

Richard Port

has been elected a trustee of the said district, vice Henry William Smart, resigned.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of the Wangaehu Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2605.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 28th October, 1926.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Wangaehu Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

James Allison,
David Lang Blyth,
James Craig,
Duncan Mackintosh,
Duncan Gordon McLachlan, and
Henry Maris Nash

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of the Mangapiko Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2606.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th October, 1926.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Mangapiko Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

Horace F. Hughes,
Miles Jukes,
Duncan G. Maclean,
William J. Mills,
Alexander A. Rose, and
William J. Woolston

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of the Rangitoto Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2607.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th October, 1926.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Rangitoto Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

Alexander Winks Amon,
Kenneth Waring Dalrymple,
Robert Julian Kirk Gray,
Loftus Manuel Richards,
William John Simpson,
Richard Henry Trotter, and
Horace Wilson

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Special Order passed by the Whangaroa County Council declaring certain Plants to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2603.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th October, 1926.

THE following special order passed by the Whangaroa County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Whangaroa County 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 of the said Act as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious weeds within the County of Whangaroa.

SCHEDULE.

(1.) Psoralea pinnata (cut-leaved psoralea).
(2.) Melianthus major (Cape honey-flower).

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, and Potatoes (Season 1926–27).

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1926.

AS in previous years cards were sent out by post to grain-growers and to potato-growers throughout the Dominion, asking them to state what areas they had sown or planted or intended to sow or plant in wheat, oats, and potatoes this season.

WHEAT AND OATS.—FINAL AREAS, 1925–26, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1926–27.

Areas, 1926–27 (estimated) :—

| North Island | 3,500 | 35,000 |
| South Island | 218,500 | 370,000 |
| Totals | 222,000 | 405,000 |

Particulars as to varieties of wheat sown or intended to be sown were again asked for. The following table gives a summary of results in cases where varieties were specified :—

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results :—

POTATOES.—FINAL AREA, 1925–26, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1926–27.

• On the average of the last five seasons (viz., 5·55 tons per acre) the total estimated yield from this area should approximate 135,975 tons, as against 143,781 tons last season. It may be well to note that only holdings of 1 acre and over outside borough boundaries are covered by these figures. In the case of potatoes a fair amount is undoubtedly grown on the smaller holdings and on holdings situated within boroughs.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.