New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 40

Page 1365

✨ Government Appointments and Land Notices

May 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1365

the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint, as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the special districts set opposite the name of each respectively.

SCHEDULE.

Name.	Special District.
Arthur Pyne O’Callaghan	City of Christchurch and Borough of Sumner.
Samuel Henry McCallum	Matakoe Road District.
William Duncan ..	County of Westland and Borough of Hokitika.
William A. Neale ..	County of Wairoa and Clyde Town District.
Robert Grigor ..	Clinton Town District.
Arthur James ..	Borough of Taihape.
Arthur Bignell ..	Gonville Town District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Inspector under “The Scaffolding Inspection Act, 1906,” appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Scaffolding Inspection Act, 1906” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint Inspectors of Scaffolding to carry out the provisions of the said Act, and define the district within which each Inspector shall exercise his functions:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby appoint

EDWIN JAMES GILBERT STRINGER

to be an Inspector of Scaffolding under the said Act; and do hereby declare that the district within which he shall exercise his functions shall comprise Christchurch, Woolston, Sumner, Lyttelton, New Brighton, and the Road Districts of Riccarton, Spreydon, Halswell, Templeton, Heathcote, and Avon.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

J. A. MILLAR.

Declaring Road-lines through Land in the Plunket Settlement to be closed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General from which it appears that the roads described in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused, and that they intersect land acquired under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and are not suitable for the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of section sixty-nine of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads hereinafter described, and I do hereby declare that they shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

PLUNKET SETTLEMENT.

Approximate Area of the Roads hereby closed.	Adjoining or intersecting Original Section.	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of	Shown on Plan marked	Coloured on Plan
A. R. P.
4 0 36	Adjoining Original Section No. 50 ..	IV	Awamoko ..
5 0 16	Intersecting " Sections Nos. 40 and 50 ..	"	" ..
2 0 0	" " Section No. 51 ..	"	" ..
1 2 24	" " " No. 51 ..	V	" ..
9 1 28	" " Sections Nos. 21 and 22 ..	"	" ..
1 1 8	" " Section No. 21 ..	"	" ..
0 0 12	" " " No. 21 ..	"	" ..
1 1 15	" " " No. 21 ..	"	" ..
0 1 18	" " " No. 21 ..	"	" ..
0 0 31	Adjoining " " No. 28 ..	"	" ..	S.G. 19360/25 ..	Green.
0 2 30	" " " No. 29 ..	"	" ..
0 2 0	Intersecting " " No. 10 ..	"	" ..
0 0 20	" " " No. 10 ..	"	" ..
12 3 34	" " Sections Nos. 25 and 26 ..	VII	" ..
3 1 28	" " Section No. 19 ..	"	" ..
5 3 2	Adjoining " " Sections Nos. 1, 8, and 9 ..	IX	" ..
1 0 16	" " Section No. 4 ..	"	" ..

All in the Otago Land District: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1907, No 40

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🗺️ Appointment of Members of Assessment Courts under Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated1 April 1907
KeywordsAssessment Courts, Government Valuation of Land Act, Court members, Land valuation, Christchurch, Westland, Wairoa, Taihape
👱🏽 Names

7 names identified

Arthur Pyne O’Callaghan, Appointed Assessment Court member
Samuel Henry McCallum, Appointed Assessment Court member
William Duncan, Appointed Assessment Court member
William A. Neale, Appointed Assessment Court member
Robert Grigor, Appointed Assessment Court member
Arthur James, Appointed Assessment Court member
Arthur Bignell, Appointed Assessment Court member

👩‍💼 Officials

Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Appointment of Inspector under Scaffolding Inspection Act

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated24 April 1907
KeywordsScaffolding Inspection Act, Inspector appointment, Christchurch, Canterbury districts
👱🏽 Names

Edwin James Gilbert Stringer, Appointed Inspector of Scaffolding

👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee Baron Plunket, Governor
J. A. Millar

🗺️ Closing Road-lines in Plunket Settlement

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated24 April 1907
KeywordsLand for Settlements Consolidation Act, Road closure, Plunket Settlement, Otago Land District
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee Baron Plunket, Governor
Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

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