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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 grass, or
other specially inflammable material without taking such precautions
as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA CONSERVANCY
Kaingaroa-Rotorua Fire District
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, Tauranga, Matamata,
Taupo, Rotorua, and Whakatane Counties, containing approximately 1,340,000 acres, and bounded generally as follows : Commencing at Awakaponga Railway-station on the East Coast Main Trunk Railway ; thence generally in a south-westerly direction along the north-western side of a public road and the north-western side of the Rotorua-Whakatane Road to the western boundary of Whakatane County ; thence southwards by that boundary to the northern boundary of permanent State forest (Gazette, 1931, page 3412); thence in an easterly direction by the boundary of the permanent State forest aforesaid and the Pokairoa Stream to the Rangitaiki River; thence proceeding generally southward along the left banks of the Rangitaiki and Whirinaki Rivers to a point on the left bank of the last-named river, situated 40 chains eastward of the right bank of the Rangitaiki River; thence generally southward along a line parallel to and situated 40 chains to the eastward of the right banks of the Rangitaiki and Whaeo Rivers to the Mangaretu Stream ; thence southward along the said stream and the eastern boundaries of Heruiwi No. 4 Nos. 2 and 1 to Trig. Station Tiri Tiri ; thence along the south-eastern boundary of Heruiwi No. 4A No. 1 ; thence southward and westward along the eastern and southern boundaries of Pukahunui No. 2 to an angle in the boundary about 80 chains north-west of a road; thence westward along a straight line for a distance of about 90 chains to Trig. Station No. 52 (Kokomoka) in Block XIII, Heruiwi Survey District ; thence in a south-westerly direction along a straight line to Trig. Station No. 50 (Omeruiti) in Block VII, Maruanui Survey District ; thence in a westerly direction along a straight line to Trig. Station 48A in Block VI, Maruanui Survey District; thence along a straight line to Trig. Station Wairangi in Block VII, Waitahanui Survey District ; thence in a north-westerly direction along a straight line between Trig. Station Wairangi aforesaid and Trig. Station No. 45 in Block XIII, Tauhara Survey District, to the National Park - Taupo State Highway ; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern side of that road to the Hinemaiai Stream, and by that stream to the shores of Lake Taupo ; thence proceeding generally northerly and easterly along the shores of Lake Taupo to the eastern boundary of Whangamata No. 1 Block ; thence generally in a northerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Whangamata Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks, the eastern and northern boundaries of the Tatua Fire District (Gazette, 1936, page 169), the south-eastern and north-eastern and western boundaries of the Tokoroa Fire District (Gazette, 1936, page 169); thence northwards and westwards by the eastern and northern boundaries of the Maraetai Fire District (Gazette, 1936, page 169), to Arapuni Lake; thence in a northerly direction by Arapuni Lake to the Arapuni-Putaruru Main Highway; thence in an easterly direction by the north side of the Arapuni-Putaruru Main Highway and the north side of the Auckland-Rotorua Railway Reserve to the Ngongotaha Stream, and by that stream to the shores of Lake Rotorua ; thence northwards and eastwards by the shores of Lake Rotorua to the Ohau Stream ; thence generally in a northerly direction by that stream to the Te Ngae - Paengaroa Main Highway, and by the western side of that highway to the East Coast Main Trunk Railway Reserve; thence in an easterly direction by the south side of the aforesaid railway reserve to the point of commencement : excepting therefrom the Whakarewarewa Fire District (Gazette, 1922, page 2960), Rotoehu Fire District (Gazette, 1945, page 488), Tahorakuri Fire District (Gazette, 1936, page 169), and Tauhara Fire District (Gazette, 1939, page 182). As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 47/49, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1946.

B. ROBERTS,

For the Commissioner of State Forests.

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

Notice as to an Area in the Auckland Land District declared to be a
Fire District
WHEREAS by section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, as amended by section 6 of the Forests Amendment Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Commissioner of State Forests, on application by any owner or occupier of land, may constitute by notice in the Gazette such land and any other land as a fire district for the purpose of securing the safety from damage by fire of any trees on any private or other lands of an area of not less than 200 acres : And whereas Timberlands Woodpulp Extended, Limited, is the owner of certain lands in the Whakatane County exceeding the said area : And whereas Whakatane Paper Mills, Limited, for and on behalf of the said owner, has made application to me dated 25th of February, 1946, for the constitution of a fire district: And whereas it appears expedient to grant the application:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the Auckland Land District, the area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared by me to be a fire district, to be known as the “Whakatane Fire District,” for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked); and, with respect to the fire district constituted as aforesaid, I do further specify the period from the 1st day of October in any year

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to the 15th day of April in the following year, inclusive, 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
Whakatane Fire District
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, Whakatane County, containing approximately 161,000 acres, situated in Rotorua, Rangitaiki Upper, Ruawahia, Rangitaiki Lower, and Galatea Survey Districts, and bounded generally as follows: Towards the east by the Rangitaiki River; towards the south by the Pokairoa Stream and permanent State forest (Gazette, 1931, page 3412); towards the west by the western boundary of Whakatane County; towards the north-west by the north-western side of the Rotorua-Whakatane Road and by the north-western side of a public road to Awakaponga Railway-station; and towards the north-east by the south side of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway Reserve. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 39/3, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1946.

B. ROBERTS,

For the Commissioner of State Forests.

(S.F. 12/8/2/10.)

Industrial Man-power Emergency Regulations 1944.—Revocation of Declaration of Essential Industry No. 6 and Amendments
IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 11 of the Industrial Man-power Emergency Regulations 1944, the Minister of Industrial Man-power doth hereby revoke the Declaration of Essential Industry No. 6, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8 of 22nd January, 1942, together with the amendments thereto, as notified in the—
New Zealand Gazette No. 36 of 9th April, 1942.
New Zealand Gazette No. 42 of 3rd June, 1943.
New Zealand Gazette No. 66 of 25th October, 1945.
New Zealand Gazette No. 76 of 6th December, 1945.
New Zealand Gazette No. 79 of 13th December, 1945.
New Zealand Gazette No. 80 of 19th December, 1945.

Dated this 28th day of February, 1946.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Industrial Man-power.

NOTE.—This revocation affects all Hospital Boards and public and private hospitals and hospitals and theurapeutic institutions subsidiary thereto operated by State Departments, except in respect of every voluntary aid.

Industrial Man-power Emergency Regulations 1944.—Revocation of Declaration of Essential Undertakings No. 161 and Amendments
IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 11 of the Industrial Man-power Emergency Regulations 1944, the Minister of Industrial Man-power doth hereby revoke the Declaration of Essential Undertakings No. 161, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 56 of 30th August, 1945, together with the amendments thereto, as notified in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65 of 18th October, 1945, and No. 5 of 31st January, 1946.

Dated this 28th day of February, 1946.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Industrial Man-power.

NOTE.—This revocation affects the operations of all institutions as defined in the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, being carried on by the Mental Hospitals Department; and operations of all institutions as defined in the Prisons Act, 1908, and the Prevention of Crime (Borstal Institutions Establishment) Act, 1924, being carried on by the Justice Department.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan
Wellington, 25th February, 1946.
THE following notice, received by the Right Hon. the Minister of Finance from the Mayor of Wanganui City, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

WANGANUI CITY COUNCIL
Notice of Result of Poll
PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the City of Wanganui taken on the 16th day of February, 1946, on the proposal of the Wanganui City Council to borrow the sum of £61,000, for the purpose of the carrying-out of improvements, renewals, and extensions of various main sewers and outfalls in the city, and providing all materials, appliances, and other matters and things necessary for such purpose—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 519
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was .. 153
Informal votes .. .. .. .. .. 6
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of February, 1946.

W. J. ROGERS, Mayor.