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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 22

Surveyor registered.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 22nd March, 1933.
NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 18 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, that the following person has been registered as a surveyor under the said Act.
The particular section of the Act under which the surveyor is registered is shown under the heading of qualifications.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
Name.
Qualifications.
Address:
Organ, William Stirling Maxwell
Section 6 (1) (a)
Lands and Survey Department, Wellington.
(L. and S. 17/163.)
Making and levying General Rates.-Poukawa Drainage Area.
By-laws of the Taihape Fire Board approved.
I, ETHELBERT ALFRED RANSOM, Minister of Lands,
in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the
Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, do hereby
make and levy on the unimproved value of all land within
the Poukawa Drainage Area, constituted under the said Act,
the general rates described in the Schedule hereto, such rates
being for the purpose of covering for the period from the
lst day of April, 1932, to the 31st day of March, 1933, the
cost of administration of the said Act including the maintenance
of works constructed under that Act in the said area, and
l direct that the said rates shall be payable in one sum on
the 30th day of March, 1933, to the Collector of Rates, Lands
and Survey Department, Post-office Buildings, Napier. The
rate-book is kept at the office of the Collector of Rates aforesaid,
where it is available for inspection at all times at which that
office is open for the transaction of public business.
SCHEDULE.
Class A.-On the unimproved value of all land classified
as Class A by the person appointed to classify lands under
section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928 :
Fourpence and thirty-one one-hundredths of a penny (4.31d.)
in the pound.
Class B.-On the unimproved value of all land so classified
as Class B : Seventy-two one-hundredths of a penny (0.72d.)
in the pound.
Class C.-On the unimproved value of all land so classified
as Class C : Fourteen one-hundredths of a penny (0.14d.) in
the pound.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of March, 1933.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 15/86.)
Notice of Special Rates made and levied under the Swamp
Drainage Act, 1915, and Amendments.-Poukawa Drainage
Area.
WHEREAS I, Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, Minister of
Lands, acting in pursuance of the powers vested in
me by the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments,
have this day made and levied on the unimproved value of all
land within the Poukawa Drainage Area the special rates on
the graduated scale set out in the Schedule hereto, such rates
to be annually recurring rates to be levied year by year until
the moneys in respect of which they were made are paid off :
Now, therefore, it is hereby notified that in respect of the
financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1933, the
rates set out in the Schedule hereto will be payable on the
30th day of March, 1933, and in respect of every future
financial year rates levied will be payable on the 30th day of
August in such year :
Notice is also given that the special rates are payable at
the office of the Collector of Rates, Lands and Survey Depart-
ment, Post-office Buildings, Napier, and that the rate-book is
kept at the office of the Collector of Rates aforesaid, where it is
available for inspection at all times at which that office is
open for the transaction of public business.
SCHEDULE.
Class A.-On the unimproved value of all lands classified
as Class A by the person appointed to classify lands under
section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928 :
Thirty-nine pence and twenty-nine one-hundredths of a
penny (39.29d.) in the pound.
Class B.-On the unimproved value of all land so classified
as Class B : Sixpence and fifty-five one-hundredths of a
penny (6.55d.) in the pound.
Class C.-On the unimproved value of all land so classified
as Class C : One penny and thirty-one one-hundredths of a
penny (1.31d.) in the pound.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of March, 1933.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 15/86)
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1933.
PURSUANT to section 60 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926,
I, James Alexander Young, Minister charged for the
time being with the administration of the Fire Brigades Act,
1926, do hereby notify that the by-laws made by the Taihape
Fire Board, and dated the 10th day of March, 1933, have
been approved.
J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/73/1.)
Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its Amend-
ment, fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiterers' Shops within
the Combined District of Petone and Lower Hutt.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded
to me from the occupiers of fruiterers' shops within the
Combined District of Petone and Lower Hutt, comprising the
Boroughs of Petone and Lower Hutt, pursuant to section 32
of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22 :
And whereas I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Labour, am
satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a
majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said
combined district :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I do
hereby direct that on and after the 1st day of April, 1933,
during the period from the 1st April to the 31st October in
each year (both dates inclusive) all the said shops in the said
combined district shall be closed in the evening of working-
days as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays at 8 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays at 11 p.m.,
with the following exception-in the evening of the working-
day immediately preceding each of the following days, viz.,
Good Friday, Anzac Day, and the Sovereign's Birthday, the
closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 10th
July, 1919, fixing the closing-hours of fruiterers' and green-
grocers' shops in the Borough of Petone shall be and is hereby
cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of
this notice.
Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of March, 1933.
ADAM HAMILTON,
Minister of Labour.
Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its Amend-
ment, prohibiting the Sale within the Borough of Petone of
certain goods comprised in the Trade of a Fruiterer.
WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of
the occupiers of all the fruiterers' shops within the
Borough of Petone, has been forwarded to me, desiring that
the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a fruiterer-
namely, fresh fruit, preserved fruit (other than jam) and
vegetables-be prohibited during such time as the said shops
are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices
Act, 1921-22 :
And whereas I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Labour, am
satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the said
trade within the said borough, and that the signatures to such
petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said
shops within the said borough :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act,
I do hereby direct that on and after the 1st day of April, 1933,
during the period from the 1st April to the 31st October in
each year (both dates inclusive) the sale of the said goods
within the Borough of Petone shall be and is hereby prohibited
as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs-
days after the hour of 8 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays
after the hour of 11 p.m., with the following exception-on
the working-day immediately preceding each of the following
days, viz., Good Friday, Anzac Day, and the Sovereign's
Birthday, after the hour of 11 p.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of March, 1933.
ADAM HAMILTON,
Minister of Labour.