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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

term not exceeding twenty-one years, and no such lease shall contain or be made subject to any proviso, agreement, or condition for renewal thereof.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

GEO. FOWLDS,
For Native Minister.

Regulations for conducting the Survey of Land in New Zealand amended.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908,” the Surveyors’ Board doth hereby revoke clause 67 of the Regulations for conducting the Survey of Land in New Zealand, made on the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and doth hereby make the following clause in lieu thereof:—

67. Measured lines are to be drawn in red, calculated lines in black, with figures in red and black respectively. Bush-lines cut but not chained are to be drawn in red, the linkages in black. All lineal dimensions are to be in links and decimals. Observed bearings are to be written in blue, and those calculated in black. New pegs must be shown by small red circles; an old peg, when adopted but not found, by a small black circle; an old peg, when found, by a small black circle filled solid; an old peg renewed, by a red circle enclosing a small black circle; a post, by a small solid black square; an iron tube or spike, by a small blue circle. Water to be coloured Prussian blue, roads burnt sienna, bush green. Hills to be shaded in light Indian ink. Adopted prior-survey data must be shown in black, and noted as such with the official number of the original plan. (See Appendices 10 and 11.)

WILLIAM C. KENSINGTON,
Chairman, Surveyors’ Board.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Dated at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

In pursuance of the provisions of “The Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves of the foregoing regulation.

Approved in Council, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister of Agriculture appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. THOMAS MACKENZIE

to be Minister of Agriculture, in place of the Right. Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., who has resigned that office.

By command.

H. C. WATERFIELD,
Private Secretary.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Woodlands Drainage Board.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS BAKER INSOLL, of Hamilton East,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Woodlands Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1908”; also to appoint Wednesday, the 2nd day of June, 1909, to be the date, and the Waikato County Council Chambers, Grey Street, Hamilton, to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Wednesday, the 9th day of June, 1909, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and the hour, and the offices of the Waikato County Council, Grey Street, Hamilton, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
FRANK KINGSTON HYDE .. .. Kaponga.
JAMES CHARLES MCCARTHY .. Mount Grey.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
RICHARD ALLAN .. .. .. Charleston.
JOHN HEATON VON STURMER .. .. Drury.
WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN YOUNG STEWART .. Whakatane.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

A Trustee, Auckland Savings-bank appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MITCHELL MCLACHLAN, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Trustee of the Auckland Savings-bank.

J. G. WARD.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

ROBERT ARTHUR KERR,

lately Assistant Post-office Messenger at Christchurch.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Member of Westland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN SAMUEL LANG

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland, as from the 10th day of May, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Westland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

MICHAEL POLLOCK

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland, as from the 13th day of May, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.