FEB. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 415

Notice making and levying Rates under the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910.

I, ALEXANDER DONALD McLEOD, Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, do hereby make and levy a special rate to meet interest and sinking fund on capital upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated in pursuance of that Act, on a graduated scale, as specified in the Schedule hereto according to the classification of the land.

The said rates will be payable in one sum on the 1st day of March, 1928, to the Collector of Rates for the Rangitaiki Land Drainage District at the Chief Drainage Engineer's Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at which office the rate-book will be open for inspection.

A copy of the rate-book may be inspected by ratepayers at the office of the Land Drainage Engineer at Thornton, near Whakatane, at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, ninety-seven one-hundredths of a penny (97/100ths d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, sixty-five one-hundredths of a penny (65/100ths d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, thirty-two one-hundredths of a penny (32/100ths d.) in the pound.

Class D: On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class D by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, eleven one-hundredths of a penny (11/100ths d.) in the pound.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks VII, VIII, and XI, Selwyn Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Dunsandel, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work, or 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.

Approximate Areas of the Pieces of Land required to be taken. Being Portion of Situated in Block Coloured on Plan. A. R. P. 1 2 29·9 R.S. 9280 and 9281 .. XI Pink. 2 3 8·4 R.S. 8835 .. .. VII & XI Yellow. 1 0 38·3 R.S. 8835 .. .. VII & VIII Purple. 0 3 35 5 R.S. 10710 .. .. VIII Orange. 0 0 20·0 R.S. 10710 .. .. ,, Blue. 0 2 20·9 R.S. 14212 .. .. ,, Sepia. 0 1 39·9 R.S. 25898 .. .. ,, Blue. 0 2 20·0 R.S. 9452 .. .. ,, Orange. 1 1 0·6 R.S. 9107 and 9025 .. ,, Purple. 0 3 37·0 R.S. 8804 and 8803 .. ,, Pink.

Situated in Selwyn Survey District. (Canterbury R.D.). (S.O. 1201.)

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 70676, 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 9th day of February, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/14/101/6.)

Applying the Provisions of Section 119 of the Public Works Act, 1908, to the Hurunui River Bridge on the Christchurch-Blenheim, via Parnassus, Main Highway.

WHEREAS it is provided by section 7 of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1925, that the Minister of Public Works may, on the recommendation of the Main Highways Board (hereinafter referred to as "the Board"), by notice in the Gazette, declare that the provisions of section 119 of the Public Works Act, 1908, in so far as it provides for the apportionment of the cost of construction of any bridge forming part of a main highway shall apply with respect to the apportionment of the cost of construction of any bridge forming part of a main highway in so far as such cost is not provided for out of the Main Highways Account: And whereas on the 1st February, 1928, the Board resolved as follows:

"That, in accordance with the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1925, The Hon. Minister of Public Works be recommended to apply the provisions of section 119 of the Public Works Act to the Hurunui River Bridge on the Christchurch-Blenheim, via Parnassus, Main Highway":

Now, therefore, I, Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 7, and of every other power enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that the provisions of section 119 of the Public Works Act, 1908, in so far as they provide for the apportionment of the cost of construction shall apply with respect to the apportionment of the cost of construction of the Hurunui River Bridge on the Christchurch-Blenheim, via Parnassus, Main Highway.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of February, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1928.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officer, at the address set against his name, is hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:

Alfred Pellow, Postmaster, Paeroa.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Telegraphs.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th February, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:

Omana Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Pukehuia.

Dated 16th September, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th February, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldier of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power:

Private L. G. Hamilton, Central Depot, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 3rd February, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Plumbers Registration Act, 1912.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE, PLUMBERS BOARD EXAMINATION, 28TH AND 29TH OCTOBER, 1927.

THE following candidate, having passed the examination of the Plumbers Board of New Zealand, held on the 28th and 29th October, 1927, his name has been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of sections 8 and 17 (b) of the Act:

Reg. No. Name. 1856 .. .. .. Newland, Peter Harry.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.