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county) of Helensville, Henderson, Glen Eden, New Lynn, Ellerslie, Howick, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Papakura, Waiuku, Tuakau, Huntly, Leamington, and Matamata.
F. W. FURKERT, Chairman.
Wellington, 31st March, 1931.

Result of Land Surveyors' Examination, March, 1931.
Office of the Survey Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 25th March, 1931.
AT the examination of candidates for registration as a surveyor held in March, 1931, under the Surveyors' Registration Act, 1928, and conducted by the Federated Surveyors’ Boards of Australia and New Zealand, twenty-two candidates presented themselves in New Zealand. Eleven of these candidates succeeded in obtaining passes, as under :-
Clement, Edward William, of Auckland.
Edginton, Bernot Ewart, of Dunedin.
Grant, John Maxwell, of Wellington.
Glanville, Edwin Charles, of Gisborne.
Lindsay, Robert Lang, of Dunedin.
Merton, Charles Lawrence Vincent, of Auckland.
Mawson, Alfred Hubert, of Wellington.
Potts, William Edward, of Dunedin.
Rose, Philip Rex, of Wellington.
Tait, Louis Murdoch, of Auckland.
Wellman, Harold William, of Auckland.
M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Survey Board.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th March, 1931.
THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.
G. P. NEWTON, Under-Secretary.
KIRIKIRIBOA DRAINAGE DISTRICT, COUNTY OF WAIKATO.
Rototuna Subdivision-
Robert Henry Davies.
William Herbert Miers.
John Richard.
Horsham Downs Subdivision-
Samuel Addis Henderson.
Robert McCorquindale.
Komakorau Subdivision-
Vincent Prescott.
(I.A. 19/78/58.)

Applying the Provisions of Section 135 of the Public Works Act, 1928, to the Mangatainoka Bridge.
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 135 of the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 Highway Fund :
And whereas on the 25th of February, 1931, the Board resolved as follows : "That, in terms of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1925, the Hon. Minister of Public Works be recommended to apply the provisions of section 135 of the Public Works Act, 1928, to the Mangatainoka Bridge on the Pahiatua Station Road Main Highway":
Now, therefore, I, William Burgoyne Taverner, Minister of Public Works, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 7, and of every other power in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that the provisions of section 135 of the Public Works Act, 1928, in so far as they provide for the apportionment of cost of construction, shall apply with respect to the apportionment of the cost of construction of the Mangatainoka Bridge on the Pahiatua Station Road Main Highway.
W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Public Works.
Wellington, N.Z., 28th March, 1931.

Justice of the Peace resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th March, 1931.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Andrew Smith, Esquire, of Morrinsville, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Amending Rules of Native Land Court.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of March, 1931.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order that the Rules of Court made on the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and gazetted on the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, be and the same are hereby varied or revoked and new rules made as herein set forth as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.

RULES.

1. RULE 11 is varied by omitting the words "or published in the Kahiti."
2. Rule 12 is varied by omitting the words "in the Kahiti."
3. Rule 13 is varied by omitting the words "by the Chief Judge or the Kahiti."
4. Rule 49 is revoked and the following new rule is made in lieu thereof :—
   "49. An application by the Native Minister to prepare a scheme of consolidation shall be lodged with the Registrar."
5. Rule 56 is varied by omitting therefrom the words "with will annexed."
6. Rule 64 is varied by omitting the figures "23" and substituting the figures "28."
7. Rule 65 is varied by omitting the figures "24" and substituting the figures "29."
8. Rule 68 is varied by omitting the word "amendment" and substituting the word "annulment."
9. Rule 70 is revoked and the following new rule is made in lieu thereof :—
   "70. The Registrar shall cause a minute of an order of adoption under Part IX of the Act to be gazetted."
10. Rule 79 is varied by omitting therefrom the words "published in the Kahiti" and substituting the word "appointed."
11. Rule 97 is revoked and the following new rule made in lieu thereof :—
    "97. The order winding up a body corporate may be in the form No. 49, and notice of the making thereof shall be gazetted."
12. Rule 99 is varied by omitting the words "and notice thereof shall be published in the Kahiti."
13. Rules 115, 135, 138, 151, 152, and 154 are revoked.
14. Rule 125 is varied by omitting the words "otherwise than by leave of the Chief Judge."
15. Rule 126 is varied by omitting the words "six weeks" and substituting the words "two months."
16. Rule 133 is revoked and the following new rule substituted in lieu thereof :—
    "133. Notice of the application for dismissal shall be sent to the appellant."
17. Rule 167 is varied by omitting the word "assigned" and substituting the word "signed."
    C. A. JEFFERY, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.