Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2613

the said Otago and Southland Districts shall, on and after the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight, be as described and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO DEEDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Dominion of New Zealand bounded towards the north generally by a right line from the northern side of Big Bay to Mount Aspiring; thence by the summit of the Southern Alps to Brodrick's Pass; thence by the Canterbury Deeds Registration District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of the 19th July, 1900, to the mouth of the Waitaki River; thence towards the south-east generally by the ocean to the eastern boundary of Waikawa Survey District; thence towards the west generally by the Waikawa, Mokoreta, Slopedown, Waikaka, Chatton, Wendon, Waikaia, Gap, and Rockyside Survey Districts to the north-eastern corner of Rockyside Survey District and to the south-east corner of Run 323A, in the Lorn Survey District; thence by the said run and the Kingston Survey District to Lake Wakatipu, and along the south-east, south, and western shores of Lake Wakatipu to the Greenstone River, and by that river, a line south-westerly to the south-east boundary of Run 431, in Von Survey District, and by the south-east boundary of Run 431 to the watershed between the sources of the Greenstone River and the Mararoa River; thence by that watershed to David Peaks, by the summit of the watershed between the source of the Greenstone River and the Eglington River, by the summit of the watershed between the Hollyford River and the Eglington River to Mount Anau; thence by the summit of the leading range to Homer's Saddle; thence by the summit of the watershed between the Hollyford River and the Cleddau River to Tutoko Peak; thence by the summit of the leading range to Pembroke Peak; thence by a line along the summit of the watershed between John o' Groat's River and Thurso River to the sea at Stripe Point, about one mile and a half south of the mouth of John o' Groat's River; thence northerly by the ocean to the northern side of Big Bay, the commencing-point: and including the adjacent islands.

SOUTHLAND DEEDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

All that area in the Dominion of New Zealand bounded as follows: Commencing on the north-west at Stripe Point, about one mile and a half south of the mouth of John o' Groat's River; thence generally southerly and easterly by the ocean to the south-east corner of Waikawa Survey District; thence generally northerly and westerly to the commencing-point by the Otago Deeds Registration District above described: including Stewart Island and the adjacent islands.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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“The Public Service Classification Act, 1907.”—Extension of Time for the Employment of a Temporary Officer of the Land and Income Tax Department.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of October, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by subsection two of section sixteen of “The Public Service Classification Act, 1907” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may by Order in Council, in any case in which he considers that the public interest so requires, authorise the temporary employment of any person or any class of persons for a longer period than is permitted by subsection one of section sixteen of the said Act:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the period of the temporary employment of Emily Hyde, employed in the Land and Income Tax Department, should be extended from six months to five years:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorise the temporary employment of the said Emily Hyde, employed in the Land and Income Tax Department, for five years in lieu of six months.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Howell's Point Domain.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of October, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke an Order in Council, dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, delegating powers to the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Riverton as the Howell's Point Domain Board, and doth hereby appoint

THE RIVERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

to be the Howell's Point Domain Board, having, subject to the said Act, control of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, which lands are a public domain, and shall be called the Howell's Point Domain; and also doth hereby appoint Monday, the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at half past seven o'clock p.m., as the time when, and the Borough Council Chambers, Riverton, as the place where, the first meeting of the said Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

HOWELL'S POINT DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, being portion of Sections Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, Block II, and Sections Nos. 46, 47, 48, Block I, Jacob's River Hundred, containing by admeasurement 70 acres, more or less, commencing at a point on the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 49 of said Block I, 3 chains from high-water mark. Bounded towards the north by a right line; thence to a point on the south-eastern boundary of said Section No. 47, 3 chains from high-water mark; thence by a right line to a point on the south-eastern boundary of said Section No. 28, 3 chains from high-water mark; thence by a right line to a point on the north-eastern boundary of said Section No. 26, 3 chains from high-water mark; and thence by a right line to a point on a road forming the eastern boundary of said Section No. 22, 8 chains from high-water mark; thence towards the east by the aforesaid road to high-water mark; towards the south by the high-water mark of Foveaux Strait; and towards the west by Section No. 49 aforesaid to the starting-point.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 35 acres 3 roods 30 perches, more or less, being Section No. 20, Block II, Jacob's River Hundred. Bounded towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 19 and 7 in the said block, 3454 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 8 in the said block, 1003 links; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 9 and 21 in the said block, 3712 links; and towards the south-west by a public road, 1036 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. 1107, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Appointment of Trustees, Palmerston North Rifle Range Reserve.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Defence Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

Captain DAVID PRINGLE, Adjutant, 3rd Regiment, Wellington (Manawatu) Mounted Rifle Volunteers;

Captain JOHN MOUNSEY, Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers;

Captain ROBERT McMURRAY, Palmerston Guards Rifle Volunteers; and

Captain CHARLES WILLIAM PEACH, Manawatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District being portion of Sections Nos. 5, 6, and 7, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District (Borough of Palmerston