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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th March, 1927.

HEREBY acknowledge receipt of an amount of £50
forwarded as conscience-money by a person unknown
to the Land and Income Tax Department, Wellington.
A. D. PARK,
Acting Secretary to the Treasury.

Result of Election of Members of Mangawara River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th March, 1927.

THE following result of election of members of the Mangawara River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.
G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

Mangawara River District, Counties of Waikato, Ohinemuri, and Piako—
Central Subdivision—
Carter, Walter Stephen.
Green, Cyril Cousin.
Thompson, William David.
Eastern Subdivision—
Lionel R. Reid.
Lower Subdivision—
Harvey, John Graham.
Law, James.
McCallum, Richard Hamilton.
Tauhei Subdivision—
Houghton, Roland Paul.
Sheath, James.

Amendment of Rules made by the Court of Arbitration on the 30th Day of June, 1914, under Section 104 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, in respect of Applications for Interpretation of Awards and Industrial Agreements.

THE rules made by the Court of Arbitration on the 30th day of June, 1914, for the guidance of Clerks of Awards Inspectors of Awards, and parties to awards and industrial agreements, in respect of applications for interpretation of awards and industrial agreements, are hereby amended in manner following:—

1. Rule 2 is hereby amended by deleting the following words : “ No filing fee shall be payable in respect of any such application by an Inspector of Awards.”
2. Rule 3 is hereby amended by deleting the following words : “ and the party filing the same shall pay to the Clerk of Awards a filing fee of 3s. in respect of each application so filed.”
3. All references to filing fees in the footnotes to the prescribed forms are deleted.
   Dated this 10th day of January, 1927.
   F. V. FRAZER, Judge.

Notice to make Returns of Land under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above Act and the regulations made thereunder, every person and company within the meaning of the said Act, whether a taxpayer or not, being owner of land in New Zealand, is hereby required to make and furnish to me, in the prescribed form, returns of such land as at 12 o’clock noon on the 31st day of March, 1927.
If the total unimproved value of the land of any person or company, as assessed under the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, does not exceed £500, a return of land need not be furnished.
And, further, notice is hereby given that such returns shall in all cases be delivered at or forwarded to the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, in the Government Buildings at Wellington, on or before the 8th day of April, 1927.
A. E. FOWLER,
Commissioner of Taxes.

NOTE.—Forms of return may be obtained at any postal money-order office; they will not be sent to taxpayers from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes unless written application is made for them.
SPECIAL NOTE.—Any person failing to furnish a return at the prescribed time is liable to a penalty up to £100.

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Customs Tariff Commission, 1926-27.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1927.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Tariff Commission appointed to report on the revision of the Customs tariff will commence its sittings at Invercargill, in the Land Board Room, Government Buildings, on Thursday, 24th March, 1927, for the purpose of hearing evidence from persons desiring to make representations respecting the Customs tariff.
It is desired that persons intending to appear should previously notify the Chairman of the Tariff Commission at the above-mentioned address, and should arrange with the Collector of Customs, Invercargill, as to the time at which the evidence will be heard.
GEO. CRAIG, Chairman.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1927.

THE Loyal Takapau Lodge, No. 9543, situated at Takapau, Hawkes' Bay, is registered as a branch of The Hawke's Bay District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 14th day of March, 1927.
R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1927.

THE Ngatoa Rebekah Lodge, No. 54, situated at Hikurangi, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 14th day of March, 1927.
R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Election of Producers' Representative, Northern (Kauri-Gum) Electoral District.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th December, 1926.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Kauri-gum Control Act, 1925, and the regulations made thereunder, I, David Smith, Returning Officer for the election of producers' representative of the Northern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 15th December, 1926, to be as follows:—
Matutinovich, Steve
McDougall, Ernest
Wrathall, Richard Theophilus
Informal

and I do hereby declare that Ernest McDougall, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected Producers' Representative for the Northern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District.
DAVID SMITH,
Returning Officer,
Southern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District.

Election of Producers' Representative, Southern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th December, 1926.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Kauri-gum Control Act, 1925, and the regulations made thereunder, I, David Smith, Returning Officer for the election of producers' representative of the Southern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 15th December, 1926, to be as follows:—
Bellingham, Edward John
Davidson, Christopher
Prescott, John Henry
Informal

and I do hereby declare that Christopher Davidson, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected Producers' Representative for the Southern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District.
DAVID SMITH,
Returning Officer,
Northern (Kauri-gum) Electoral District.