Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 147

Agreement for Grant of Right of Way in favour of James Kinna Stewart, of Helensville, Settler, over Land in Kaipara Survey District taken for the Purposes of a Quarry assented to.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the 9th day of October, 1935, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71 of the 17th day of the same month, all that piece of land containing 1 acre 1 rood 15·4 perches, being portion of Makarau No. 4A Block, Block II, Kaipara Survey District, was taken for the purposes of a quarry :

And whereas James Kinna Stewart, of Helensville, Settler, was entitled to compensation for his freehold interest in the said area of 1 acre 1 rood 15·4 perches :

And whereas the Minister of Public Works agreed to grant to the said James Kinna Stewart, of Helensville, Settler, a right of way over the aforesaid area of 1 acre 1 rood 15·4 perches as part satisfaction of the compensation aforesaid, and to provide a sum of money in satisfaction of the residue of the said compensation :

And whereas the said James Kinna Stewart, of Helensville, Settler, agreed to accept such grant and sum of money in satisfaction of the said compensation :

Now, therefore, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Public Works, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of section 97 of the Public Works Act, 1928, that I assent to the above agreement.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of January, 1936.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 54/603.)

Agreement for Grant of Right of Way in favour of David Prouse, of Palmerston North, Farmer, over Land in Waihou Survey District taken for the Purposes of a Drain assented to.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the 21st day of September, 1935, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of the 26th day of the same month, all that piece of land containing 8 acres 2 roods 31·9 perches, being portion of part Te Awaiti No. 1A No. 2B Section 2B, Block XV, Waihou Survey District, was taken for the purposes of a drain :

And whereas by a Proclamation dated the 21st day of September, 1935, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of the 26th day of the same month, all that piece of land containing 2 acres 3 roods 24 perches, being portion of part Te Awaiti No. 1A No. 2B Section 2B, Block XV, Waihou Survey District, was taken for the purposes of a road :

And whereas David Prouse, of Palmerston North, Farmer, was entitled to compensation for his freehold interest in the said areas of 8 acres 2 roods 31·9 perches and 2 acres 3 roods 24 perches :

And whereas the Minister of Public Works agreed to grant to the said David Prouse, of Palmerston North, Farmer, a right of way over the aforesaid area of 8 acres 2 roods 31·9 perches as part satisfaction of the compensation aforesaid, and to provide a sum of one hundred and fifteen pounds nineteen shillings and elevenpence in satisfaction of the residue of the said compensation :

And whereas the said David Prouse, of Palmerston North, Farmer, agreed to accept such grant and sum of money in satisfaction of the said compensation :

Now, therefore, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Public Works, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of section 97 of the Public Works Act, 1928, that I assent to the above agreement.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of January, 1936.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 48/569.)

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds within the Rangiora County.—(Notice No. Ag. 3357.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th January, 1936.

THE following special order made by the Rangiora County Council on the 11th day of January, 1935, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Rangiora County Council resolves and declares by way of special order that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being the plants mentioned in the First and Second Schedules of the said Act) are noxious weeds within the Rangiora County :—

Blackberry.
Californian or Canadian thistle.
Ragwort or ragweed.
Sweetbrier.
Bathurst burr.
Hemlock.
Fennel.
Ox-eye daisy.

Importation of Meat into the United Kingdom.—(Notice No. Ag. 3358.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th January, 1936.

WITH reference to Notice No. Ag. 3212, dated 13th September, 1934, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 20th day of the same month, at page 2975, relative to the importation of meat into the United Kingdom pursuant to the Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 7 Order, 1934, it is hereby notified for public information that it has been decided to change the form of the brand to be applied to meat exported from the Dominion to the extent of requiring that instead of the word “Zealand” being applied in line with the word “New” it shall be imprinted immediately below in the following manner :—

NEW
ZEA LAND

Licensees of meat-export slaughterhouses and controlling authorities of public abattoirs where slaughtering of stock for export is carried on are hereby notified that arrangements have been made for the approved brown branding fluid to be supplied in future on requisitions placed with the Director, Live-stock Division, Department of Agriculture (private bag), Wellington, C. 1.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Notice as to an Area in Southland Land District declared to be a Fire District.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 29th January, 1936.

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, and section 6 of the Forests Amendment Act, 1925, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared by me to be a fire district, and I do further specify the period from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of March in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations, or any land-clearing operations, or grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

Seaward Bush Fire District.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing approximately 1,854 acres, situated in Block XXII, Invercargill Hundred, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at the north-western corner of Section 84, Block XXII aforesaid; thence in a north-easterly direction along the north-western boundaries of Sections 84, 85, 86, and 40; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of Section 40 aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Section 89, Block XXII aforesaid; thence south-easterly along the western boundary of a public road and that boundary produced to the southern boundary of Mason’s Road; thence easterly along the southern boundary of Mason’s Road; thence southerly and westerly along