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And whereas by section 133 of the said Act it is enacted that the operation of any such regulation may, if so provided therein, be wholly suspended until they are applied by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to any part of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, James Alexander Young, Minister of Health, in exercise of the power and authority given by the said regulations and by section 133 of the said Act, do hereby apply the said regulations to the

County of Ashburton,
County of Waimairi,
Borough of Geraldine,
Borough of Greymouth, and the
Borough of Rotorua,

and do hereby declare that this notice shall take effect on the 1st day of February, 1927.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Plumbers Registration Act, 1912.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE, PLUMBERS BOARD EXAMINATION, 29TH AND 30TH OCTOBER, 1926.

THE following candidate having passed the examination of the Plumbers Board of New Zealand, held on the 29th and 30th October, 1926, his name has now been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of sections 8 and 17 of the Act:—

Reg. No.: 1787; Name: Clark, James.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks X, Wharekawa, and IV, Piako Survey Districts, for the more effective carrying-out of the Drainage or other Works authorized by the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, to take the land described in the schedule hereto for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage or other works authorized by the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Waitakaruru, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections 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.

(S.O. 23380.) Auckland R.D.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 67755, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1927.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 48/399.)

Public Trust Office.

CLOSING OF AGENCY AT TAKAKA.

IT is notified for public information that the agency of the Public Trust Office formerly in existence at Takaka has been closed, and business will be transacted from the Nelson office.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of January, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed

Archibald Cecil Dick,

of the Public Trust Office, Wellington, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Hawera, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters, and all previous appointments in this behalf are hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of January, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Customs Tariff Commission, 1926-27.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 12th January, 1927.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Tariff Commission has been asked or proposes to take evidence concerning the articles set out in the Schedule hereto.

This list is supplementary to the preliminary list published in the New Zealand Gazette of 9th December, 1926.

It will be understood that the Commission does not bind itself to take evidence concerning or to consider only the article or articles mentioned in these lists.

GEO. CRAIG, Chairman.

SCHEDULE.

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF ARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE TARIFF COMMISSION HAS BEEN ASKED OR PROPOSES TO TAKE EVIDENCE.

Air-compressors.

Cabinets for wireless apparatus.

Cheese bandages and caps.

Dyes.

Fireworks: Crackers for orchardists’ use.

Fruits, fresh: Cherries.

Furs, made up.

Grinding-machines, emery and similar.

Hats and caps.

Insecticides for agricultural purposes—
Atomized sulphur.
Lime-sulphur solutions.

Jaw crushers.

Mops, polishing, of calico.

Motor-car bodies.

Oils, lubricating.

Paints: Dry oxide (Spanish).

Therapeutic glandular preparations.

Tires, rubber.

Towels.

Twine, manila.

Wire netting.

Engineers Registration Act, 1924.

EXAMINATIONS, MAY, 1927.

ENTRIES for the next examinations, in accordance with the regulations issued under section 16 of the above Act, close on 31st January, 1927. Entrance forms received after that date cannot be considered.

Entrance forms will be supplied on request to the Registrar, Engineers’ Registration Board, Wellington. Applicants should state whether they require forms for Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.

Syllabus of examination can be obtained on payment of 1s.

Civil Engineering candidates are notified that after this year, Electricity and Magnetism will be an additional compulsory subject in Section A, and Theory of Machines will be the alternative subject to Theory of Structures in Section A. The subject Applied Chemistry will be added to Section B.

Unless applications for registration have already been considered by the Board, all applications for examinations should be accompanied by an application for registration made out on the proper form, or by a letter giving full details of the candidate’s training and experience.

Examination fee must also accompany entrance form.

W. L. NEWNHAM, Registrar.