Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1803

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF SOUTHLAND.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, bounded: Towards the north by Lake County and Vincent County respectively, as described in the First Schedule to the Counties Act, 1876; from Hummock Peak on the eastern boundary of Wallace County to the north-western corner of Tuapeka County; towards the east generally by Tuapeka County and Clutha County, as described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 30th December, 1882, page 1955, and the New Zealand Gazette of the 6th February, 1913, page 451 respectively; towards the south generally by the ocean; towards the west generally by Wallace County, as described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th August, 1938, page 1767, excepting therefrom the City of Invercargill, the Boroughs of South Invercargill, Bluff, Winton, Gore, and Mataura, and the Town Districts of Lumsden and Wyndham.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE WAIHOPAI RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF SOUTHLAND.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, being part of the Southland County, and bounded: Towards the north generally by the Awarua Riding from the eastern boundary of the City of Invercargill to the middle of the Mataura River, as described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 17th March, 1938, page 488; towards the east generally by the middle of the Mataura River; towards the south generally by the ocean; towards the west generally by the ocean and the New River Estuary to a point in line with the southern boundary of the City of Invercargill; thence easterly to and along the southern boundary of the said City to the north-western corner of the Borough of South Invercargill; thence south-easterly, north-easterly, south-easterly, easterly, northerly, westerly, and northerly along the boundary of the said Borough to the boundary of the City of Invercargill; thence easterly generally, northerly, easterly, and north-easterly along the boundary of the said City, excepting therefrom the Borough of Bluff.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/5/36.)

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22.—Prohibiting the Sale within the Borough of Thames of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Thames, has been forwarded to me desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist—namely, smoking requisites—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 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, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 19th day of August, 1940, the sale of the said goods within the said borough shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the hour of 6 p.m., and on Fridays after the hour of 9.30 p.m., with the following exception: On the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and on the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day the sale of the said goods is not prohibited until after the hour of 11 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of July, 1940.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Roads of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Tui Extension No. 78 affecting part Allotments 53 and 54, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, Block IV, Titirangi Survey District, Auckland Land District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the proposed road shown thereon as Tansley Avenue should be of the width of 66 ft.:

Now, therefore, I, Frank Langstone, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (1) of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of Tansley Avenue of a width of not less than 40 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.

Given under my hand, this 30th day of July, 1940.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 25/340.)

Poukawa Drainage Area.—Notice of Intention to make and levy General Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th July, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, to make and levy on the unimproved value of all land within the Poukawa Drainage Area the general rates described in the Schedule hereto, such rates being for the purpose of covering for the period from the 1st day of April, 1940, to the 31st day of March, 1941, the cost of administration of the said Act, including the maintenance of works constructed under that Act in the said area.

The amount of such rates (together with the annually recurring special rates already made and levied) will be payable in one sum on the 30th day of August, 1940.

The valuation-roll of the area is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, Post-office Buildings, Napier, and may be inspected at all times at which the 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, ninepence and ninety-four one-hundredths of a penny (9·94d.) in the pound.

Class B.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class B, one penny and sixty-six one-hundredths of a penny (1·66d.) in the pound.

Class C.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class C, thirty-three one-hundredths of a penny (0·33d.) in the pound.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/86/1.)

Land in the Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 26th July, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/3.)

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands,

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