SEPT. 23] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE Approval of Safety Glass in Terms of the Traffic Regulations 1936, Amendment No. 1 IN terms of Regulation 10 of the Traffic Regulations 1936, as amended by Regulation 6 of the Traffic Regulations 1936, Amendment No. 1, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve as being of safety type the glass of the kind or make described in the Schedule hereto. SCHEDULE "Veracotex." Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1948. F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport. Exemption Order under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of clause (1) of Regulation 7 of the said regulations, so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:- A motor-driver's licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to the person described in Column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of his employment on a farm or market-garden of the respective employer described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose. COLUMN 1 (Driver). Wallace Graham McDonald … … … … Father. COLUMN 2 (Employer). Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of September, 1948. F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport. Statutory Regulations 1940, Serial number 1940/73, page 211. Amendment No. 1: Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/101, page 199. Amendment No. 2: Statutory Regulations 1945, Serial number 1945/199, page 527. Amendment No. 3: Statutory Regulations 1947, Serial number 1947/112, page 440. Amendment No. 4: Statutory Regulations 1947, Serial number 1947/182, page 619. The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.-Notice Declaring Land Taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies: And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of a discharged serviceman: And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 18th day of August, 1948, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within any further time allowed by the Court: And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty's Forces or in any British ship : Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and hereby specifies the 23rd day of November, 1948, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King. SCHEDULE AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT ALL that parcel of land situated in Block II, Puniu Survey District, containing by admeasurement ten (10) acres three (3) roods thirteen and six-hundredths (13·06) perches, more or less, being part of Allotments 238 and 239, Parish of Mangapiko, and being the balance of the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 515, folio 59 (limited as to parcels), (Auckland Registry). As witness my hand, this 21st day of September, 1948. C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands. (I. and S. 36/1444/1686.) Cancellation of Teacher's Certificate and Registration as a Teacher IT is hereby notified that the Teacher’s Certificate and registration as a teacher of John Goodlet Pryde is cancelled under the provisions of section 17 of the Education Amendment Act, 1924. A. F. McMURTRIE, Acting-Director of Education. Abstract of Railways Working Account FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 21ST AUGUST, 1948 REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. NET REVENUE. £ § £ North Island main line and branches 673,709 780,066 -106,357 South Island main line and branches ... 395,317 479,207 -83,890 Nelson 1,186 2,834 -1,648 Total railway operation 1,070,212 1,262,107 -191,895 Miscellaneous and subsidiary services 236,658 217,580 19,078 Total 1,306,870 1,479,687 -172,817 1ST APRIL, 1948, TO 21ST AUGUST, 1948 REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. NET REVENUE. £ £ £ 3,641,946 4,091,030 -449,084 2,163,814 2,416,044 -252,230 6,278 14,266 -7,988 5,812,038 6,521,340 -709,302 1,210,113 1,089,581 120,532 7,022,151 7,610,921 -588,770 ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC Four-weekly Year to Date. Period. Passenger 196,221 984,970 Parcels, luggage, and mails 41,228 211,079 Goods 812,580 4,503,895 Labour and demurrage 20,183 112,094 Total railway operation 1,070,212 5,812,038 Passengers 1,768,522 10,023,193 Live-stock Tons 33,708 252,175 Timber 59,869 293,049 Other goods 598,129 3,217,692 Total goods 691,706 3,762,916 Road Motor Services- Passengers No. 1,706,197 8,981,562 Revenue £ 138,527 705,519 ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE Maintenance— Way and works 213,388 1,093,747 Signals and electrical appliances 47,025 178,070 Rolling stock 312,379 1,514,639 Transportation- Locomotive 293,431 1,643,876 Traffic 354,437 1,884,255 General charges 12,920 63,079 Superannuation subsidy 28,527 143,674 Total operating expenditure 1,262,107 6,521,340 Net operating loss 191,895 709,302 Total railway operating revenue 1,070,212 5,812,038 Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1948 £77,089,031