Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Borough of Marton.—Notice No. Ag. 2723.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th June, 1928.

T HE following special order, passed by the Marton Borough Council on 30th April, 1928, and confirmed on 28th May, 1928, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, pursuant to the provisions of sections 4 and 5 (c) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Marton Borough Council hereby, by special order, declares the following plant enumerated in the Third Schedule to the said Act—viz., Hemlock (Conium Maculatum) to be a noxious weed within the Borough of Marton; and that this special order shall take effect on the 1st day of July, 1928.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration revoking the Dissolution of a Society.

I, HAROLD BEANLAND WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that the declaration made on the 28th day of October, 1926, dissolving the Ruakaka Public Hall Association (Incorporated) was made in error, and the said declaration is accordingly hereby revoked in pursuance of section 28, subsection (3), of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland, this 11th day of June, 1928.

H. B. WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, LEONARD GRAY TUCK, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Otago Taxi Owners' and Drivers' Association (Incorporated) has no assets and has ceased carrying on operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Dunedin, this 31st day of May, 1928.

L. G. TUCK, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

The Education Board of the District of Otago.—Election of Member for the Urban Area.—Extraordinary Vacancy.

IN accordance with the Second Schedule to the Education Act, 1914, it is notified that Mr. William Robert Brugh has been duly elected as a member of the Education Board of the District of Otago for the Urban Area.

The numbers of valid votes recorded in favour of the respective candidates were as follows :--

Brugh, William Robert ... 99
Somerville, James Cleland Hall ... 53

Total valid votes, 152 ; informal votes, nil.

G. W. CARRINGTON, Returning Officer.
Education Office, Dunedin, 29th May, 1928.

Certificates of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 9th June, 1928.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1923, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

M. POMARE, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

• Previously gazetted as Juromovic, Stipe.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to Administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 12th June, 1928.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.