962
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 22

Opening Town Lands in Westland Land District for Selection
on Renewable Lease.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John
Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that
the town lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the
fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
twelve, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule;
and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased
under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF RUNANGA.

Weighted with £2, valuation for clearing.

| 4 | X | 0 1 1 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 |
| 5 | " | 0 1 1 | 80 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| 10 | " | 0 1 1 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
| 7 | XI | 0 1 1 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 8 | " | 0 1 1 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 3 | XIII | 0 1 1 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 5 | XV | 0 1 1 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Weighted with £45, valuation for house and clearing.

| 5 | XVIII | 0 1 1 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
| 10 | " | 0 1 1 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Weighted with £1, valuation for clearing.

| 10 | XIX | 0 1 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 7 | XXI | 0 1 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Weighted with £1 10s., valuation for clearing.

| *10 | XXI | 0 1 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 13 | " | 0 1 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Weighted with £7, valuation for clearing.

| 4 | XXIX | 0 1 7 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| 1 | XXX | 0 0 32 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 9 | " | 0 0 27 | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Weighted with £210, valuation for house and clearing.

| 13 | XXXVII | 0 0 26 | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

• National endowment.

Runanga Township is situated adjacent to the State Coal-mine, four miles from Greymouth, with which it is connected by railway. The whole of the streets in the township have been formed and gravelled.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Auckland Land District
for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land
for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder,
Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land de-scribed in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection
on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-second day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at the rental
mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare
that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the
provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—PUTA-RURU VILLAGE.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

Altitude, about 525 ft. above sea-level. Level land, in native grass. Soil of a light sandy nature. Situated about 20 chains from Putaruru Railway-station by good road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Counties of
Geraldine, Levels, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM JOHN PARDY
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, for the Counties of Geraldine, Levels, and Mackenzie, and the Boroughs of Geraldine, Temuka, and Timaru, vice Constable Donald Archibald MacLean.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Vice-Consul in Charge of the Italian
Consulate-General, at Melbourne, recognized.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

CAVALIERE G. FERRANDO
as Vice-Consul in Charge of the Italian Consulate-General at Melbourne.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons 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.
ALEXANDER HAZLETON .. Rangiora.
ARTHUR WOLLESTON PYM HEWITT .. Taupo.
DAVID WILSON .. Ormondville.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Kohukohu Town
District, County of Hokianga.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR AUGUSTUS POTTER,
of Kohukohu, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Commissioners of the Town District of Kohukohu, County of Hokianga, as constituted