FEB. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 135
Approval of Testing Officers under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940.
IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve, until further notice, of the persons named in the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officers under the said regulations.
SCHEDULE.
Robert Lawrence Bell, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. James Richard Blackwell, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. Leighton George William Corbett, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. John Henry Donovan, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. William Harry Douglas, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. Harold Keith Gray, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. Sydney Francis Head, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. Leonard Cameron McLaughlin, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department. George Taylor Stevenson, Traffic Inspector, Transport Department.
Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of February, 1943. JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Transport. (TT. 9/4/3.)
Auckland Abattoir District extended.—(Notice No. Ag. 4002.) Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Wellington, 15th February, 1943. PURSUANT to section 15 (7) of the Meat Act, 1939, notice is hereby given that— (1) The abattoir established and maintained by the Auckland City Council has, by agreements made between the said Council and each of the local authorities named in the First Schedule hereto, been made available for the whole or part of the respective districts of the said local authorities set forth in the said Schedule ; (2) The Auckland Abattoir District as affected by the said agreements shall comprise all that area described in the Second Schedule hereto ; and (3) The Auckland City Council shall be the controlling authority of the abattoir for the purposes of the Auckland Abattoir District described in the said Second Schedule.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
| Date of | Name of Local Authority. | Area for which Abattoir |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agreement. | | available. |
| 25/11/41 | Northcote Borough Council | The whole district. |
| 15/12/41 | New Lynn Borough Council | “ |
| 26/12/41 | Takapuna Borough Council | “ |
| 17/9/42 | Howick Town Board | “ |
| 13/1/42 | Henderson Town Board | “ |
| 17/9/42 | Glen Eden Town Board | “ |
| 9/12/41 | Panmure Township Road Board | “ |
| 24/11/41 | Manurewa Borough Council | “ |
| 16/12/41 | Manukau County Council | The ridings of Mangere and Papatoetoe. |
SECOND SCHEDULE. DESCRIPTION OF AUCKLAND ABATTOIR DISTRICT. ALL that area for the time being comprised in the city of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, One Tree Hill, Newmarket, Onehunga, Otahuhu, Takapuna, Northcote, New Lynn, Manurewa, the town districts of Henderson, Glen Eden, and Howick, the road districts of Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, and Panmure Township, and the ridings of Mangere and Papatoetoe in the County of Manukau. J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.
The Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940.—Notice fixing Prices of certain Grades. Office of the Minister of Marketing, Wellington, 8th February, 1943. PURSUANT to Regulation 5 : 1 of the Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940, I hereby fix the following prices per loose bushel to be paid by the Marketing Department for lemons delivered to the Department during the undermentioned period. The prices of Preferred Commercial Grade and Commercial Grade are fixed on a basic rate of $4 .8 d$. loose bushel. Period of delivery (both days inclusive): 1st February to 28th February, 1943 :- s. d. Loose packed fresh lemons, Preferred Commercial Grade $9 \quad 6$ Loose packed fresh lemons, Commercial Grade ... $8 \quad 0$ Loose packed fresh lemons, First-grade Peel ... $4 \quad 9$ Loose packed fresh lemons, Second-grade Peel ... $3 \quad 2$ Loose packed fresh lemons, Juice Grade ... $1 \quad 7$ J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Marketing
Hauraki Plains Drainage District.-Penalty on Overdue Rates. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 9th February, 1943. IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926, the ratepayers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ending 31st March, 1943 , unpaid on 15th March, 1943. Rates may be paid at any money-order office, or to the Collector of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland C. 1. J. G. BARCLAY, For the Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 15/13/154.)
Waihi Swamp-drainage Area.-Penalty on Overdue Rates. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 9th February, 1943. IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, the ratepayers within the Waihi Rating Area are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ending 31 st March, 1943, unpaid on the 15 th March, 1943. Rates may be paid at any money-order office, or to the Collector of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland C. 1. J. G. BARCLAY, For the Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 15/24/1.)
Rangitikei Drainage District.-Penalty on Overdue Rates. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 9th February, 1943. IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and its amendments, the ratepayers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ending 31st March, 1943, unpaid on 15 th March, 1943. Rates may be paid at any money-order office, or to the Collector of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland C. 1. J. G. BARCLAY, For the Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 15/11/108.)
Wheat, Oats, and Barley.-Estimated Yields. Census and Statistics Department, Wellington, 16th February, 1943. THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1942-43 have been compiled from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information.
| District. | Wheat. | Oats. | Barley. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Bushels per | Bushels per | Bushels per |
| | Acre. | Acre. | Acre. |
| North Island | 38 | 45 | 38 |
| Marlborough | 38 | 35 | 39 |
| Nelson | 30 | 36 | 35 |
| Canterbury | 36 | 45 | 40 |
| Otago | 42 | 48 | 39 |
| Southland | 41 | 57 | 51 |
| Average (estimated) for the Dominion | 37 | 49 | 39 |

The above estimates may be compared with last season's actual average yields, which were: Wheat, 33.61 bushels; oats, 48.66 bushels; and barley, 35.99 bushels. In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1942-43 should be approximately 10,500,000 bushels, as against an ascertained yield of 8,671,244 bushels for the season 1941-42. The area from which oats were threshed last season represented 25 per cent. of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain would be approximately 2,900,000 bushels, as against a yield of 3,444,812 bushels for the season 1941-42. On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain would be approximately 1,150,000 bushels, as against 1,296,630 bushels for the season 1941-42. J. W. BUTCHER, Government Statistician.
Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Charles Earnshaw White, of the Public Trust Office, Wellington, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Palmerston North, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked. Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of February, 1943. W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.