JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(6) tailor, and (7) stationer, within the Borough of Foxton, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

And whereas I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the said trades within the said borough:

Now therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I do hereby direct that on and after the 1st day of July, 1929, all the shops in each of the said trades within the said borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 8.30 p.m., with the following exception—should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe, pursuant to section 14 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Wednesday shall be 5.30 p.m. and the closing-hour on Friday shall be 8.30 p.m.

The notice dated the 25th January, 1907, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st January, 1907, fixing closing-hours of all the shops in the Borough of Foxton and the notice dated the 16th July, 1928, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th July, 1928, fixing the closing-hours of grocers’ shops within the Borough of Foxton shall be and are hereby cancelled in so far as they relate to the shops affected by this notice, as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of June, 1929.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiterers’ Shops within the Combined District of Auckland.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the fruiterers’ shops within the Combined District of Auckland, comprising the City of Auckland, the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, and Takapuna, and the Town Districts of Ellerslie, Glen Eden, New Lynn, and Henderson, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the said combined district be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: During the period from the 15th day of May to the 15th day of October (both days inclusive) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8 p.m., with the following exception—on the working-day immediately preceding a public holiday, there shall be no fixed closing-hour.

And, whereas, I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said combined district:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 1st day of July, 1929, all the said shops within the said combined district shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of June, 1929.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Labour.

Public Trust Office.—Establishment, Alteration, and Reconstitution of Local Districts.

WHEREAS by section 2 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, it is enacted that the Public Trustee may, by notice in the Gazette, from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, and reconstitute local districts for the purposes of the said Act:

And whereas in pursuance of the said power a notice establishing and defining the local districts to be controlled by the several District Public Trustees as set out therein was published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th April, 1922:

And whereas further notices in pursuance of the said power were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd April, 1924, and the 19th November, 1925:

And whereas it has become expedient to establish, alter, and reconstitute the undermentioned local districts.

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the before-mentioned powers, I, John William Macdonald, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby alter and reconstitute the local district controlled by the District Public Trustee at Napier, and establish that controlled by the District Public Trustee at Waipukurau set out hereunder:—

LOCAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER.

The following area has been removed from the control of the District Public Trustee, Napier, and placed under the control of the District Public Trustee at Waipukurau:—

All that area comprising the Waipawa County, the Waipukurau County, and that portion of the Patangata County north of a straight line drawn from the north-east corner of the Weber County to the mouth of the Whangaehu Stream, intersecting Blocks II, III, and IV of the Tautane Survey District.

The local district of Napier will now include the district offices of Hastings and Wairoa.

LOCAL DISTRICT OF WAIPUKURAU.

All that area comprising the Waipawa County, the Waipukurau County, and that portion of the Patangata County north of a straight line drawn from the north-east corner of the Weber County to the mouth of the Whangaehu Stream, intersecting Blocks II, III, and IV of the Tautane Survey District.

The local district of Waipukurau includes the agency at Takapau.

This notice shall operate as from the 1st day of July, 1929.

Given under the hand and seal of the Public Trustee, this 17th day of June, 1929.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Interim Return of Sheep in the Dominion on the 30th April, 1929.—Notice No. Ag. 2828.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th June, 1929.

THE following particulars are published for general information:—

APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION ON THE 30TH APRIL, 1929.

NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION AND EXPORT OF MUTTON AND LAMB FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

• Interim return.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

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

I, WALTER HAROLD FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society, Incorporated, is no longer carrying on its operations and has become defunct, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of June, 1929.

W. H. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.