River, and down the middle of that river to the coast; thence southerly along the sea-coast to the Kaiwhata River, up the middle of that river to the eastern boundary of Section 5, Block IV, Kaiwhata Survey District, along the eastern boundaries of Sections 5, 7, and 9, the northern boundaries of Section 9 and Small Grazing-run No. 48, the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 1 and 2, Block IV, Wainuioru Survey District, to the Ruamahanga River, down the middle of that river and the middle of the Wainuioru River to the south-eastern boundary of Section 76, Block XIV, Otahoua Survey District; thence north-easterly along that boundary and north-westerly along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 76, 77, 62, and 54 to the western boundary of Lot 4 on deposited plan 1569; along the western boundaries of Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1 on said plan 1569, along the eastern boundaries generally of Te Kahu Block, to and along the south-western boundary of the area shown on deposited plan A/2010 to the Pohatu River; thence along the south-western boundaries generally of Patukawa Nos. 2 and 3 Blocks and of Pukemokimoki Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks to the Taueru River; thence down the middle of that river, and up the middle of the Ruamahanga River, up the middle of the Waingawa River to its source; thence due west to the point of commencement: excluding therefrom the Borough of Masterton.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF TE WHITI RIDING.-COUNTY OF MASTERTON.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of Gordon Street and Te Ore Ore Road; thence easterly along that road and the Masterton-Taueru Road to the north-eastern corner of Section 5, Block VI, Otahoua Survey District; thence along the eastern boundary-line of the said Section 5 to the Taueru River; thence to and down the middle of that river to the county boundary; thence generally south-westerly and north-westerly along the county boundary to a point in line with the western boundary of Section 50, Block IV, Tiffin Survey District; thence to and along that boundary to the north-western corner of the said Section 50; thence along the road forming the northern boundary of the said Section 50 to the Wellington-Wairarapa Railway line; thence northerly along that railway-line to the boundary of the Borough of Masterton, hereinbefore described; thence easterly and northerly generally along the borough boundary to the intersection of Te Ore Ore Road and Gordon Street, the place of commencement.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

(L.A. 19/1/226.)

Notifying Land in Southland Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 30th June, 1930.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I hereby notify that the undermentioned land, being the land known as Brydone Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act, as from 29th March, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.-BRYDONE SETTLEMENT.

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 355 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section 15E, Edendale Settlement, Block IX, Lindhurst Hundred, bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-west corner of Section 23E, Edendale Settlement; thence in a north-easterly direction along a railway reserve to the south-western corner of Section 10E, Edendale Settlement, 5255 links; thence in a south-easterly direction along the south-western boundary of said Section 10E to a river-bank road reserve, 5354·7 links; thence in a south-easterly and south-westerly direction generally along the said river-bank road reserve to the north-eastern corner of the aforementioned Section 23E, 7100 links; thence in a north-westerly direction along the north-eastern boundary of said Section 23E to the point of commencement, 6744·7 links. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L. and S. 21/149/554, deposited under No. 2398 in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 21/149/554.)

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 Tawa Extension No. 12, affecting parts of Sections 43 and 45, Porirua Registration District, in Block VII, Belmont Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the proposed road shown therein should be of the width of 66 ft.: Now, therefore, I, Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, 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 40 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 16th day of July, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 25/266.)

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Castlepoint County.(Notice No. Ag. 2909.)

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 16th July, 1930.

THE following special order, made by the Castlepoint County Council on the 30th day of May, 1930, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Castlepoint County Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that the plant mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being a plant mentioned in the Second Schedule to the said Act, as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) be and is hereby declared to be a noxious weed in the County of Castlepoint within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

Penny royal (Mentha pulegium).

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers' Shops within the Borough of Rotorua.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops within the Borough of Rotorua, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the said borough 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 exceptions—(1) In the evening of the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day, and in the evening of the working-day immediately preceding New Year's Day, the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (2) should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition 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 on Friday 8.30 p.m.; (3) when Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, or the birthday of the reigning sovereign falls on a day upon which any shop may remain open until 8.30 p.m. in accordance with this requisition, then, and in such case, the closing-hour for such shop on the working-day immediately preceding such day shall be 8.30 p.m. And whereas I, Sydney George Smith, 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 borough:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 11th day of August, 1930, all the grocers' shops within the Borough of Rotorua shall be closed accordingly.

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

S. G. SMITH, Minister of Labour.