Result of Election of a Member of the Auckland Fire Board by
Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th November, 1932.
THE following result of the election of a member of the
Auckland Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has
been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is
notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades
Act, 1926 :-

Auckland Fire Board : C. H. Wyatt.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 11/5/6.)

Government Bonus on Deer-skins to be discontinued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th November, 1932.
IT is hereby notified that the bonus being paid on deer-skins
is being discontinued, and no bonus will be paid on
deer-skins received after the 21st December, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/36/95.)

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Oroua
and Sluggish-River Drainage Districts, County of Manawatu.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1932.
IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the
Land Drainage Act, 1908, and amendments, praying that the
area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from
the Oroua Drainage District and included in the Sluggish
River Drainage District.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any
written objections to or petitions against the proposed
alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one
month from the first publication of this notice, such objections
or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE OROUA DRAINAGE
DISTRICT, COUNTY OF MANAWATU.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded by a
line commencing at the north-western corner of Subdivision 24
of Section 346, Township of Carnarvon, Block V, Kairanga
Survey District, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly
direction along the north-eastern boundary of the said Sub-
division 24 and the north-eastern boundaries of Lots 5, 4, 3,
and 1 on plan 6360, deposited in the office of the District Land
Registrar at Wellington, to the north-eastern corner of the
last-mentioned lot; thence in a south-westerly direction along
the north-western side of the public road forming the south-
eastern boundaries of Lots 1 and 2 on the aforesaid plan 6360,
to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence
in a south-easterly direction by a public road and by the north-
eastern boundary of Section 1s, Kopane Settlement, to its
north-eastern corner; thence in a south-westerly direction
by the eastern boundaries of Sections ls, 2s, 3s, and 4s, the
crossing of a public road, 8s, 9s, 10s, and 11s, Kopane Settle-
ment, and the production of the eastern boundary of the
said Section 11s to a point in the middle of the Oroua River ;
thence down the middle of the Oroua River to a point in line
with the southern side of the public road forming the south-
western boundary of Section 12s, Kopane Settlement; thence
to and along the southern side of that road to the north-
western corner of a Cemetery Reserve, being part Section 384,
Township of Carnarvon, as shown on plan marked A/3014,
deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at
Wellington; thence in a north-easterly direction across the
aforesaid road to the south-western corner of Lot 14 on
plan 2932, deposited as aforesaid, and thence by the north-
western boundary of the said Lot 14, and the north-western
and northern boundaries of Lot 13, and the north-western
boundary of Lot 12 on the said plan 2932, to the north-
western corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence in a north-
easterly direction by the north-western boundary of Sub-
division 24 of Section 346, Township of Carnarvon, to the
north-western corner of the said Subdivision 24, the place of
commencement.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 19/140/78.)

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the
Town District of Tuakau.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-day
in the Town District of Tuakau was duly taken under
the authority of section 20 of the Shops and Offices Act,
1921-22, on the 21st day of September, 1932 :

And whereas the Clerk of the Town District of Tuakau
has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such
poll were in favour of the appointment of Wednesday as the
statutory closing-day in the said town district;

Now, therefore, I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Labour,
in pursuance of section 20 of the Shops and Offices Act,
1921-22, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory
closing-day in the said town district as from the day of the
date hereof.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of November, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Labour.

Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th November, 1932.
THE following results of the elections of trustees of
drainage districts have been received from the Returning
Officer, and are published in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

MALCOLM FRASER, Under-Secretary.

Tahuhei Drainage District : Counties of Waikato and Piako—
Samuel Andrew Ferguson.
John Munro Noble.
James Smith.
William Frederick Stark.
Herbert John Valintine.
(I.A. 19/78/16.)

Eltham Drainage District : Counties of Eltham and Stratford—
John (Maata) Campbell.
Walter Charles Clement.
John Cocker.
Michael Peter O'Connor.
Henry Alfred Wood.
(I.A. 19/78/2.)

Akaaka Drainage District : County of Manukau—
Raymond Hosking Garland.
George Arthur Hill.
William Hosking.
Thomas Patrick McNamara.
Charles Francis Shepherd.
(I.A. 19/78/15.)

Te Puke Drainage District : County of Tauranga—
Alfred James Collins.
Arthur Berkeley Morton.
Norman William MacDonald.
James Warrington Rogers.
(I.A. 19/78/47.)

Hokio Drainage District : County of Horowhenua—
Cyril Bartholomew.
Lindsay Graham McDonald.
William Curran Hannan.
Clifford Bishop Hayes.
Thomas Gaius Vincent.
(I.A. 19/78/73.)

Netherton Drainage District : County of Hauraki Plains—
Northern Subdivision—
Alfred John Young.

Awatiti Subdivision—
Frederick Thomas Victor Johnson.
Lionel Charles Sanderson.

“H” Drain Subdivision—
William Harold Cheale.
Alfred Tom Vowles.
(I.A. 19/78/75.)

Hautapu Drainage District : County of Waikato—
John William Bartlett.
George William Simpson.
Horace Albert Watkins.
Ernest James White.
William Harold Whewell.
(I.A. 19/176.)