year as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person,
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 land-
clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable
material without taking such precautions as may be prescribed
by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA CONSERVANCY

Rotoehu Fire District

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, Tauranga, Rotorua,
and Whakatane Counties, containing approximately 38,700 acres,
situated in Blocks VI, IX, X, and XI, Waihi South Survey District,
Block IV, Rotoiti Survey District, and Blocks I, II, III, V, VI,
and VII, Rotoma Survey District, and bounded generally as follows:
Towards the north by part of Section 8, Block V, Waihi South
Survey District; towards the west by the Pongakawa River;
towards the north-west by Pukehina B Block; towards the north-
east and north by Lot 1 on L.T. plan 11802, being part of Section 3,
Block VI, Waihi South Survey District: again towards the north
by the crossing of a public road and by Section 3s, Hereford Park
Settlement; towards the south-east by Lot 7 on L.T. plan 15136,
being part of Section 4, Block VI, Waihi South Survey District;
again towards the north by Lots 7 and 6 on L.T. plan 15136 afore-
said, and by a right line across a road to the Waitahanui River;
towards the north-east by the Waitahanui River and the Whaka-
haupapa Stream; towards the east by the Whakahauapapa Stream
and the eastern side of the Pukemaku Road, the crossing of Whaka-
haupapa Road, and by the eastern side of a public road forming the
western boundary of Sections 18 and 12, Block VII, Rotoma Survey
District; towards the south by the crossing of a public road and by
the southern side of a public road traversing Section 16, Block VI,
Rotoma Survey District; towards the west by part of Te Rotoiti
No. 10 Block; towards the south-west by Te Rotoiti No. 10 and
No. 9 Blocks, the shore of Roto Ehu, Lot 1 on L.T. plan 11082,
being part Te Rotoiti No. 6 and 7c Blocks, and by Te Rotoiti No. 5B
Block; towards the north-west and south-west by Te Rotoiti
No. 5A Block, and by a right line to the western side of the Kaiko-
kopu Road; towards the west by the western side of the Kaikokopu
Road; towards the north-east by the crossing of the said road
and part Section 1 on L.T. plan 13806, Block I, Rotoma Survey
District; towards the west by the Pongakawa River; towards
the south by part Section 1 (310 acres), Block I, Rotoma Survey
District, and by a right line to the western side of the Kaikokopu
Road; and towards the west by the western sides of Kaikokopu
Road and Bush Road. As the same is more particularly delineated
on plan No. 31/8, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest
Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of May, 1945.

C. F. SKINNER, Commissioner of State Forests.

(S.F. 12/8/2/9.)

Including Additional Land in the Waihi-Pukawa Development Scheme

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act,
1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the land
described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said
Act, and to be included in the Waihi-Pukawa Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Aotea Native Land Court District,
containing 882 acres 1 rood, more or less, situate in Blocks I and IV,
Puketi Survey District, and called or known as Pukawa 3D 3.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May, 1945.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs--

G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.
(N.D. 1/3/57.)

Including Additional Land in the Korohe Development Scheme

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act,
1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the land
described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said
Act, and to be included in the Korohe Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Aotea Native Land Court District con-
taining 183 acres 3 roods 27 perches, more or less, situate in Block XI,
Puketi Survey District, and called or known as Hautu 2B 1B 2A
No. 1.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of May, 1945.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs--

G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.

(N.D. 1/3/53.)

Including Additional Land in the Hauraki Development Scheme

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act,
1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the land
described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said
Act, and to be included in the Hauraki Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Waikato-Maniapoto Native Land
Court District, containing 102 acres 1 rood 13 perches, more or less,
situate in Blocks IV, VIII, and IX, Wairoa Survey District, and
called or known as Mataitai C Block.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May, 1945.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs--

G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.
(N.D. 1/2/39.)

Excluding Land from the Waitomo Development Scheme

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby
revokes, so far as it affects the lands described in the Schedule hereto,
a certain notice dated the 1st day of December, 1936, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 84 of the 10th day of the same month
at page 2408, whereby the said land was, inter alia, declared to be
subject to Part I of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936, and
such land is hereby excluded from the Waitomo Development
Scheme.

SCHEDULE

THE following lands situate in the Waikato-Maniapoto Native Land
Court District:

Block. Survey District. Area.
Tapuiwahine A1 Orahiri 74 3 11
,, A2 Otanake 76 2 0

151 1 11

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of May, 1945.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs--

G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.
(N.D. 1/2/35.)

Excluding Land from the Pihama Development Scheme

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby
revokes, so far as it effects the land described in the Schedule hereto,
a certain notice dated the 23rd day of March, 1938, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 26 of the 31st day of the same month
at page 827, whereby the said land was, inter alia, declared to be
subject to Part I of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936, and
such land is hereby excluded from the Pihama Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of Native land in the Aotea Native Land Court Dis-
trict containing 600 acres 3 roods 30·3 perches, being Subdivision A
and part Subdivision D of Sections 1 and 2, Block II, Ueo Survey
District, and being all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 91, folio 6.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1945.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs--

G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.

(N.D. 1/5/15.)

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

Wellington, 3rd May, 1945.

THE following notice, received by the Minister of Finance from
the Mayor, Borough of Riccarton, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

BOROUGH OF RICCARON

Electric Extensions Loan, 1944 (£22,000)

PURSUANT to section 13 (1) of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926,
and section 32 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, I hereby
give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of
Riccarton, taken on the 14th day of April, 1945, on the proposal
of the Riccarton Borough Council to borrow the sum of £22,000,
for the purpose of the extension and improvement of the electrical
system of the Riccarton Borough Council--

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was . . 312
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was . . 82

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

H. S. S. KYLE, Mayor.