Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 101

Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, 1925.

NAMES REMOVED FROM THE REGISTERS.

IN accordance with section 24, subsection (2), of the Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, 1925, a return for the quarter ending 31st December, 1930, showing the names and addresses of persons whose names have been removed from the registers kept pursuant to the Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, is published for general information.

NAMES REMOVED FROM REGISTER OF INSPECTORS OF ELECTRICAL WIRING.

Jupp, George McDermid. Late Inspector for Thames Valley Electric-power Board. Address : Care of Central Electric-power Board, Hamilton.

NAMES REMOVED FROM REGISTER OF ELECTRICAL WIREMEN.

French, Ernest Samuel. Address : 239 Esplanade, Petone.

NAMES REMOVED FROM REGISTER OF WIREMEN'S LIMITED REGISTRATION.

De Laney, Ernest. Address : Tawa Street, Woburn, Lower Hutt.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1931.

W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Public Works.

[NOTE.--Addresses have been brought up to date as far as possible from the information available.]

Including additional Land in the Horohoro Development Scheme.

Office of the Native Minister,
Wellington, 7th January, 1931.

WHEREAS notice was published in the Gazette and Kahiti of the 12th December, 1929, that the Native Minister has decided to apply the provisions of subsection (3) of section 23 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1929, to Te Rimu-Horohoro and other blocks of Native land, or land owned by Natives, in the Waiariki Native Land Court District : And whereas the Native Minister has now decided that the Native land or land owned by Natives set out in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of the said section 23, and shall be included in and form part of the Horohoro Development Scheme. Notice of the Native Minister's intention is hereby given and published in accordance with the said subsection (3), which provides that no owner shall, except with the consent of the Native Minister, be entitled to exercise any rights of ownership in connection with the land affected so as to interfere with or obstruct the carrying-out of any works undertaken or to be undertaken under the said subsection (3).

SCHEDULE.

Rotomahana - Parekarangi No. 6A, Section 2, No. 4B No. 1A No. 1A .. .. .. .. A. R. P. 39 2 10

Rotomahana - Parekarangi No. 6A, Section 2, No. 4B No. 1B No. 2 .. .. .. 919 1 22

Waipapa Whatapo (part) .. .. .. 90 3 37

Total .. .. 1,049 3 29

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Rates of Exchange for Customs Purposes.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1931.

IT is hereby notified for public information that, in pursuance of section 121 of the Customs Act, 1913, as amended by the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, the Minister of Customs has declared that, on and after the 1st day of February, 1931, the rates of exchange for ascertaining for duty purposes the values of goods imported from the countries mentioned in the following table shall, until further notice, be taken at the respective rates shown therein.

Country. Monetary Unit. Rate of Exchange.

Austria .. Schilling .. 34.58 to £.
Czecho-Slovakia .. Koruna .. 164.25 to £.
Poland .. Zloty .. 43.38 to £.

E. D. GOOD,
Acting-Comptroller of Customs.

School Colours.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1931.

THE following school colours have been registered in accordance with the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th August, 1915.

Scots College.

Colours : Union Jack red, light grey, and black.

T. B. STRONG, Registration Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th January, 1931.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

Rangitoto Beacon : Alteration in Light.

Position : Lat. 36° 47' S., Long. 174° 49½' E. (approx.).
Abridged Description : Fl. R. ev. 12 secs., 68 ft. 12 M. [U].
Alteration : The character of the light has been altered from occulting red every ten seconds to flashing red every twelve seconds thus : Flash, 3 secs.; eclipse, 9 secs.
Charts affected : 1896—2543.
Publications : Admiralty List of Lights, Part 6, 1930, No. 3318, New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1931, page 155, No. 17, and page 198.
Authority : Auckland Harbour Board, 29/12/30.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 3/3/169.)

Result of election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th January, 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.

Reporoa Drainage District, Counties of Rotorua and Taupo—
Roland Cargill Brown.
Lloyd John Craig.
Bert William Frus.
Thomas Hugh Lewis.
Hugh Desmond Wilson.

(T.A. 19/10/68.)

The Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poisons for the Taranaki District as on the 31st December, 1930.

Abram, Herbert John, Devon Street, New Plymouth.
Allen, R., chemist's assistant, Waitara.
Austin, John Blyth, Devon Street, New Plymouth.
Avery, W. J. R., storekeeper, Mahoenui.
Barclay, J. and C., Kapuni.
Barclay, John, Okaiawa.
Bassett, E. J., storekeeper, Hurleyville.
Beckbessinger, Ernest, McLean Street, Waitara.
Blennerhassett, Arthur Harold, 69 Devon Street, New Plymouth.
Boyes, W. F., care of Farmers' Union Trading Company (Limited), Hawera.
Boyle, William, Manutahi.
Broad, Arthur George, Box 98, New Plymouth.
Brown, William Alexander, Broadway, Stratford.
Bullock, Ralph Tom, Princes Street, Hawera.
Burgess, Fraser, and Co., Currie and Gill Streets, New Plymouth.
Bush, F. S., care of Farmers' Co-operative Society, Eltham.
Button, Edwin Thomas Ernest, McLean and Queen Streets, Waitara.
Callander, Leslie, Central Store, Kaupokonui.
Callander, William Gordon, McLean Street, Waitara.
Campbell, Malcolm James, High Street, Hawera.
Carter and Co., Manutahi.
Caveney, William George, care of John Feaver, Opunake.
Central Co-operative Store Company, Broadway, Stratford.
Chinery, P. W., High Street, Eltham.
Chivers, Edgar Osmond (Chivers and Co.), Okaiawa.
Chong, C. S., Manaia.
Chong, Gerald M., United Friendly Societies' Dispensary, Devon Street, New Plymouth.
Christie, R. H. (M.P.S.), Public Hospital, New Plymouth.
Chroall, Charles, Mahoenui.
Clark, Cecil James, Inglewood.