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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 7th July, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registers of New Zealand 5½, 5¼, and 5⅛ per cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th February, 1932, 15th August, 1933, and 15th February, 1937, will be closed from the 1st August to 15th August, 1931 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Finance.

Rangitaiki Land Drainage.—Notice of making and levying Rates.

I, ETHELBERT ALFRED RANSOM, Minister of Lands, in the exercise of powers conferred upon me by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and its amendments, do hereby make and levy on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act the general rates to meet maintenance costs (less subsidy) for the period 1st April, 1931, to 31st March, 1932, as described in the First Schedule hereto; and the special rates to meet interest on capital for the period 1st April, 1931, to 31st March, 1932, as described in the Second Schedule hereto.

The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on the 17th July, 1931.

The rate-book of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer’s Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, and a copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer, at Thornton, near Whakatane, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
GENERAL RATES.

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, twopence and three-tenths of a penny (2·3d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, one penny and fifty-three one-hundredths of a penny (1·53d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, seventy-seven one-hundredths of a penny (0·77d.) in the pound.

Class D: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class D, twenty-five one-hundredths of a penny (0·25d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
SPECIAL RATES.

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, twopence and forty-six one-hundredths of a penny (2·46d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, one penny and sixty-four one-hundredths of a penny (1·64d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, eighty-two one-hundredths of a penny (0·82d.) in the pound.

Class D: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class D, twenty-seven one-hundredths of a penny (0·27d.) in the pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of July, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

[L. and S. 15/11/108.]

Meetings of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th July, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 54 of the Land Act, 1924, approved of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board meeting for July, 1931, being held on the 23rd idem in lieu of the 9th idem as published on page 3216 of the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd October, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/2.)

Classification of Roads in Cheviot County.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Transport Department Act, 1929, and the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1927, and their amendments, I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Transport, do hereby declare that the roads described in the Schedule hereto and situated in the Cheviot County, shall belong to the respective class of roads shown in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
CHEVIOT COUNTY.

Roads classified in the Third Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry (other than a multi-axled motor-lorry) which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 6½ tons, or any multi-axled motor-lorry which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 8 tons.

Campbell Road.
Cheviot—Gore Bay Road.
Cheviot—Mina Road.
Gower Road.
Hurunui Road.
Kaiwara Road.
Leader—Mendip Road.
Long Valley Road.
Mendip Road.
Munro Road.
No. 101 Main Highway—Picton—Bluff.
Parnassus Loop Road.
Sinclair Road.
Sister’s Road.
Smith’s—Phoebe Road.
Station Road.
Waiau East Road.
Waiau West Road.
Ward Road.

Roads classified in the Fourth Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry (other than a multi-axled motor-lorry) which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 4½ tons, or any multi-axled motor-lorry which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 6½ tons.

Brophy’s Road.
Bruce Road.
Campbell Road.
Cat Hill Road.
Caverhill Road.
Conway Flat Access Road.
Darroch’s Road.
Downs Road.
Elthelton—Hurunui Road.
Factory Road.
Ferniehurst Road.
Foster’s Road.
Homestead Road.
Leamington Road.
Limestone Road.
Macfarlane’s Access Road.
McMillan Road.
McQueen’s Road.
Munro Road.
Port Road.
Stocker’s Road.

Roads classified in the Fifth Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry (other than a multi-axled motor-lorry) which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 2½ tons, or any multi-axled motor-lorry which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 4½ tons.

Eggleston Road.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of July, 1931.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/18/136.)

Mourea Development Scheme.

Office of the Native Minister,
Wellington, 9th July, 1931.

WHEREAS 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 the Native land or land owned by Natives described in the Schedule hereto: Notice of the Native Minister’s intention so to do is hereby given and published in accordance with the said subsection (3), and attention is drawn to paragraph (f) of 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