Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2167

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Rural Land.

Situated on the eastern bank of the Kawakawa River, a little over a mile from Opua by tidal water. Broken land, covered with tea-tree.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PAREMOREMO PARISH.

M. 86 | .. | 19 2 36 | 20 0 0

Situated about six miles from Birkenhead by good road. Broken land, covered with short tea-tree scrub. Heavy clay soil, on sandstone formation. Water can be obtained by sinking.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved for a Library-site in the Town of Dunkeld, Otago Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of “The Land Act, 1908,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for a site for a public library.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 10 perches, more or less, being Section No. 6, Block XXIII, Town of Dunkeld. Bounded towards the north-east by Eastferry Street, 125 links; towards the south-east by Crown lands, 250 links; towards the south-west by Crown lands, 125 links; and towards the north-west by Section No. 2 of the aforesaid block, 250 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 53998/27, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Ao:ea District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said land, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Waitohu Survey District, containing 107 acres 2 roods, more or less, being the land known as Waiorongomai No. 7A, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 29th day of January, 1908, subject to the restriction that the land comprised therein shall be “inalienable, except by lease for a period not exceeding twenty-one years.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL HENRY FOX

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate Plains.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Land Purchase Officer appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWIN BOLD, Esq.,

to be Land Purchase Officer in the Public Works Department, as from 1st July, 1908.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Public Works.

Appointment in the Department of Roads.

Department of Roads,
Wellington, 6th August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DOMINICK STACK

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Roads, as from 1st May, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Members of the Waikokopu Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 5 of “The Waikokopu Harbour Board Act, 1902,” of “The Harbours Act, 1908,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed

JAMES LLEWELLYN BOWEN,
WILLIAM ALFRED MCKAIN,
CHARLES EDWARD STEWART,
GEORGE WALKER, and
GEORGE CANNING ORMOND

to be members of the Waikokopu Harbour Board. These appointments are for a period of two years from the 1st July, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR.