Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 215

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops within the Borough of Hastings.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all grocers’ shops within the Borough of Hastings, has been forwarded to me desiring that all such shops within the said borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9 p.m.: Provided that should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe, pursuant to section 14 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, Saturday as the statutory closing-day then, and in such case, the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop shall be 5.30 p.m., and the closing-hour on Friday shall be 9 p.m.:

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 borough:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 27th day of February, 1933, all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Hastings shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 2nd August, 1928, fixing the closing-hours of grocers’ shops in the Borough of Hastings, and the notice gazetted on the 23rd January, 1930, prohibiting the sale within the Borough of Hastings of certain goods comprised in the trade of a grocer, shall be and are hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1933.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Labour.

Wheat, Oats, and Barley.—Estimated Yields.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1933.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1932–33 have been compiled from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1932–33 should be approximately 10,000,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 6,582,698 bushels for the season 1931–32.

The area from which oats were threshed for the five seasons ending with 1931–32 averaged 24·28 per cent. of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 4,350,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 2,818,152 bushels for the season 1931–32.

On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain should be approximately 470,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 537,398 bushels for the season 1931–32.

J. W. BUTCHER,
Government Statistician.

Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1933.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th February, 1933.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.

Dusky Sound.—Existence of Shoal.

Position: Lat. 45° 45′·1 S.; Long. 166° 39′·9 E. (approx.).
Details: A depth of 2½ fathoms (4m6) has been found in a position 311°, 3·8 cables from islet close to Porpoise Point.
Charts affected: 719.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1930, p. 336.
Authority: H.M.S. “Dunedin” Remark-book, Dec., 1932.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.

(M. 6/2/2.)

Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1933.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th February, 1933.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.

Napier Approach.—Buoy withdrawn.

Previous Notice: No. 37 of 1932. Details hereby cancelled.
Position: Approx. 018°, 1·7 miles from Ahuriri Bluff Lighthouse. Lat. 39° 27½′ S.; Long. 176° 56′ E. Chart 2513.
Details: The red conical buoy moored in the above position has been withdrawn.
Charts affected: 2513, 2528.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 221, New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 226, and plan of harbour.
Authority: Napier Harbour Board.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.

(M. 3/3/235.)

Officiating Ministers for 1933.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1933.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Free Fundamental Church in New Zealand.
Mr. John Ferguson.

R. P. WARD, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1933.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1933.

IT is hereby notified that the following name of an Officiating Minister has been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request:—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Henare Mangere.

R. P. WARD, Registrar-General.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931.

Ikaroa Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1933.

IT is hereby notified that the order as set out in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land Court, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.

ADOPTING PARENTS: Waina Hape and John Hape. Adopted child: Aneta Renata.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Gisborne on 7th March, 1933.

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 4th February, 1933.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Gisborne on the 7th day of March, 1933, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Gisborne, 1932/33–16.]

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

JNO. HARVEY, Registrar.