JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2083

Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by section 6, sub-section (1), of the Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927, I, Harry Atmore, Minister of Education, do hereby notify that the All Saints' Children's Home, Pascal Street, Palmerston North, has been registered as a Children's Home as from the date hereof.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of June, 1931.
HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.
Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Waitaki County.(Notice No. Ag. 2979.)
Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 7th July, 1931.
THE following special order made by the Waitaki County Council on the 26th day of June, 1931, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.
A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.
SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Waitaki County Council 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) is a noxious weed within the County of Waitaki.
SCHEDULE.
African Boxthorn (Lycium Horridum).
Dumping Duties under Section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921.
Customs Department, Wellington, 6th July, 1931.
IT is hereby notified for public information that, owing to the abnormal economic conditions at present existing, the Minister of Customs has decided, in the meantime, to cancel the notification respecting dumping duties which was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 6th July, 1922.
In future, the Minister reserves the right until further notice to impose dumping duty (where leviable) under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, on goods of a class or kind produced in New Zealand, immediately upon the importation of the same without further notice.
In the administration of the provisions of the section referred to every endeavour will be made to cause as little inconvenience as possible to importers and others concerned.
GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.
Mining Privilege Struck off Register.
Mining Registrar's Office, Blenheim, 2nd July, 1931.
NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 188 of the Mining Act, 1926, I have this day struck off the Register the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereunder.
A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
No. 542 (B). Date : 14th July, 1926. Nature of privilege : Water-race. Locality : Dismal Creek. Holder : Frederick Buchanan.
The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925.- Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.
Department of Labour, Wellington, 7th July, 1931.
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Dunedin Gardeners and Forest Labourers' Industrial Union of Workers, Registered Number 1060, situated at Dunedin, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 22 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.
W. NEWTON, Registrar of Industrial Unions.
The Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908.
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 2nd July, 1931.
IN pursuance of section 58 of the Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908, a synopsis of the business of the under-mentioned insurance associations as on 31st March, 1931, based on statements deposited by those associations in the office of the Public Trustee, is hereby published :-
WELLINGTON FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
| Assets | £ | s. | d. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cash in hand and in bank | 1,364 | 1 | 1 |
| Loans and investments | 10,100 | 0 | 0 |
| Outstanding premium notes | 63,695 | 4 | 2 |
| Other assets | 115 | 6 | 8 |
Liabilities-
Policies in force ... ... ... 1,116,075 0 0
Existing claims
Reserves ...
Income-
Premium notes ... ... ... 6,792 8 9
Interest ... ... ... 517 17 3
Other income
Expenditure-
Losses ... ... ... 4,194 14 2
Expenses ... ... ... 315 14 6
Reinsurance ... ... ... 797 5 1
Other payments and expenditure ... 1,282 17 10
TARANAKI FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
Assets-
| Cash in hand and in bank | £ | s. | d. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2,794 | 8 | 2 |
| Loans and investments | 19,560 | 0 | 0 |
| Outstanding premium notes | 65,236 | 9 | 0 |
| Other assets | 294 | 6 | 10 |
Liabilities-
Policies in force ... ... ... 1,110,373 0 0
Existing claims ... ... ... 2,380 14 5
Reserves ... ... ... 738 11 9
Income-
Premium notes ... ... ... 6,395 14 2
Interest ... ... ... 965 10 2
Other income ... ... ... 796 5 4
Expenditure-
Losses ... ... ... 3,359 3 4
Expenses ... ... ... 804 12 9
Reinsurance ... ... ... 652 3 1
Other payments and expenditure ... 2,176 12 2
OTAGO FARMERS' UNION MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
| Assets | £ | s. | d. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cash in hand and in bank | 732 | 4 | 6 |
| Loans and investments | 14,692 | 10 | 6 |
| Outstanding premium notes | 99,200 | 12 | 3 |
| Other assets | 3,007 | 10 | 11 |
Liabilities-
Policies in force ... ... ... 4,241,419 0 0
Existing claims ... ... ... 126 3 2
Reserves ...
Income-
Premium notes ... ... ... 16,034 0 7
Interest ... ... ... 898 0 3
Other income ... ... ... 53 3 9
Expenditure-
Losses ... ... ... 7,265 5 3
Expenses ... ... ... 7,599 13 3
Reinsurance ... ... ... 1,741 8 10
Other payments and expenditure ... 101 5 10
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.
Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, 1925.
LOST AND DESTROYED REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.
NOTICE is hereby given that it has been reported to the Electrical Wiremen's Registration Board that the undermentioned registration certificates have been lost or destroyed :-
ELECTRICAL WIREMEN.
B1282. Carpenter, Sydney, issued 28/9/26.
B 817. McDowall, Hector Alexander, issued 26/7/26.
Any person making illegal use of any registration certificate is liable to a penalty of £20.
P. H. GWYNN, Registrar.