Nov. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2263

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Stokes Valley Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.

Dated 30th September, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th November, 1932.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service—

Richard Edgar Williams,

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Hauraki, for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 21st day of October, 1932.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Approving of Testing Officers under the Motor-drivers Regulations, 1931.

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations, 1931, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Transport, do hereby approve, until further notice, of the persons named in column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officers under the said regulations for the local authorities described in column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH.

Column 1. Column 2.
Hastings .. Crawford, A. C., Borough Officer, Hastings.

COUNTY.

Mangonui .. Mackenzie, A. F. M., County Officer, Kaitaia.
Matamata .. Lee, R., Putaruru.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of November, 1932.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/4.)

Poukawa Drainage Area.—Notice re Classification of Lands.

WHEREAS in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, I, Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, Minister of Lands, did appoint Thomas Muirhead Crawford to examine and classify lands in the Poukawa Drainage Area, constituted under the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915 :

And whereas the classification has been made by the said Thomas Muirhead Crawford, and the list setting forth such classification has been signed by me :

Now, therefore, pursuant to subsection (3) of the said section 3 I hereby give notice that the said classification list so signed by me will be open for inspection at the Opapa Post-office from the 17th day of November, 1932, to the 8th day of December, 1932, both days inclusive.

Any person aggrieved by such classification may appeal against the same on the ground that the land of the appellant or any other land in the drainage area has not been fairly classified in accordance with the benefit received or likely to be received from the construction of the works authorized by the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, or has not been classified.

Notice of appeal setting out the grounds thereof must be given to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Hastings on or before the 15th day of December, 1932, and a copy of such notice of appeal must, on or before the last-mentioned date, be lodged at the head office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington.

The appeal will be heard by a Magistrate, at such convenient time and place as he appoints, of which fourteen days’ notice will be given to the appellant.

For the information of owners and occupiers of land in the drainage area, the allocation of the unimproved values, determined under the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, to areas classified as Classes A, B, and C, has been shown on the classification list. Any inquiry in regard to these values should be made of the Valuer-General, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of October, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/86.)

Poukawa Drainage Area.—Proposed Apportionment of Rates.

IN pursuance of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, I, Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, Minister of Lands, hereby give notice that for the purpose of providing the amounts required to meet the special annually recurring rate and the general rate authorized to be made and levied by section 2 of the said Act, I propose to impose rates on the several classes of lands in the Poukawa Drainage Area as constituted under the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, in such proportions that the rates in the pound (£1) shall be in the ratio as follows :—

On the lands in Class A, thirty ; on the lands in Class B, five ; on the lands in Class C, one.

Any person desiring to object to the division of the rates on the lands in the said area in the above proposed proportions must give notice in writing of such objection, addressed to the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, on or before the 15th day of December, 1932.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of October, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/86.)

Members of the West Waikato Rabbit Board elected.—Notice No. Ag. 3075.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1932.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer for the purposes of the first election of members of the West Waikato Rabbit Board established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that—

John Bones,
Robert Fisher,
Robert Dougald Fisher,
William Imes Taylor, and
James Coates Wallis,

have been duly elected as members of the said Board.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Revoking the Notice prescribing the Amount of Special Orchard-tax payable in the Wairarapa Commercial Fruitgrowing District.—Notice No. Ag. 3076.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsection (3) of section 4 of the Orchard-tax Act, 1927, I, Charles Edward de la Barca Macmillan, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby revoke the notice prescribing the amount of special orchard-tax payable by the occupier of every orchard within the Wairarapa Commercial Fruitgrowing District, given under the hand of the Minister of Agriculture on the 23rd day of November, 1931, and published in the Gazette on the 26th day of the same month at page 3399, and do hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect on the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of November, 1932.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Special Order made by Awatere County Council declaring Sections 121 and 131, Counties Act, 1920, not to apply to that Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1932.

THE following special order made by the Awatere County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931.

ADAM HAMILTON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/207/17.)

AWATERE COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Awatere County Council held on Thursday, the 4th day of August, 1932, the following resolution was passed and will be submitted for confirmation at the ordinary meeting of the Council to be held on Thursday, the 8th day of September, 1932, at the County Office, Seddon.

The Resolution.

That in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931, the Awatere County Council, by way of special order, declares that sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act, 1920, shall not apply to the Council.

I hereby certify that the above “ Special Order ” has been duly made.

15th October, 1932.

J. H. WOOLLEY, County Clerk,