Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th May, 1930.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Auckland City Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

CITY OF AUCKLAND.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the city of Auckland was taken on the 30th day of April, 1930, on the proposal of the Auckland City Council to borrow the sum of £115,000 for the purpose of providing drainage in portions of the city, including the Avondale Area. The number of votes recorded for and against the proposal were as follows :—

Votes recorded for the proposal, 2,234; votes recorded against the proposal, 980; informal, 80.

I therefore declare that the foregoing proposal was carried.

GEO. BAILDON, Mayor.

Result of Election of a Member of the Auckland Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th May, 1930.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Auckland Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926.

Auckland Fire Board: Clinton Irving McKean.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 11/5/6.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Minister of Lands, it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Enner Glynn, affecting part Section 16, Suburban South, in Block IV, Waimea Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that Scotia Street shown therein should be of the width of 66 ft. :

Now, therefore, I, George William Forbes, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (1), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of not less than 50 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.

Given under my hand, this 21st day of May, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 25/1129.)

Surveyor's Registration.—Eighth Supplementary List.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th May, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 18 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, that the following persons have been registered as surveyors under the said Act.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

† Baber, Arthur Edward, Stafford Road; Artarmon, Sydney, New South Wales.
† Bailey, Frederic William, 6 Landscape Road West, Mount Eden, Auckland.
Cooper, Bertrand, Batu Gajal, Perak, Federated Malay States.
† Macpherson, Duncan, State Forest Service, Palmerston North.
† Reardon, Charles William, Wellington.

All surveyors who are registered as licensed surveyors by the Surveyors' Board as at 31st December, 1928, are entitled to registration under section 7 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, upon application to the Secretary of the Survey Board.

It is particularly requested that any change of residence, or any inaccuracy in the list, whether by omission or otherwise,

be communicated without delay to the Secretary, Survey Board, Government Buildings, Wellington.

The dagger (†) signifies that the surveyor holds a Land Transfer license from the Surveyor-General.

(L. and S. 17/163.)

Surveyor's Registration.—Ninth Supplementary List.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th May, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 18 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, that the following persons, who have obtained certificates of competency after examination in accordance with the rules of the Survey Board, have been registered as surveyors under the said Act.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Finlayson, Eric George, 96 Harbour Terrace, Dunedin.
Hall, Harry Gardner, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland.

All surveyors who are registered as licensed surveyors by the Surveyors' Board as at 31st December, 1928, are entitled to registration under section 7 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, upon application to the Secretary of the Survey Board.

It is particularly requested that any change of residence, or any inaccuracy in the list, whether by omission or otherwise, be communicated without delay to the Secretary, Survey Board, Government Buildings, Wellington.

(L. and S. 17/163.)

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, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the Town Districts of Ellerslie, Glen Eden, Henderson, and Papatoetoe, 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 in each year on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8 p.m., with the following exception—on the working-day immediately preceding a day generally observed in the district covered by this notice as a whole 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 2nd day of June, 1930, all the said shops within the said combined district shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of May, 1930.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—This notice is in substitution for the notice gazetted on the 20th June, 1929, fixing the closing-hours of fruiterers' shops in the combined district of Auckland.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting the Sale within the City of Auckland of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Fruiterer.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the fruiterers' shops within the City of Auckland, has been forwarded to me desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a fruiterer—namely, fruit and vegetables—be prohibited during such time as the said shops are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

And whereas I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the trade of a fruiterer within the said city, and that the signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said city:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 2nd day of June, 1930, the sale of the said goods within the City of Auckland