Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1151

for the fee-simple of any other land which in his opinion is of approximately equal value, and that such exchange may be made under the provisions of section one hundred and forty-two of the Land Act, 1908 :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the area of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 2 roods 28 perches, more or less, being Section No. 17, Block 1, Lillburn Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a road along the bank of the Waiau River, 434 links, 486·3 links, 642·1 links, and 191·6 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 1022·5 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 3, in the said block, 1382·9 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 23/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 17 acres and 30 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 1, Block 1, Lillburn Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by other part of said Section No. 1, 1521·8 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 1163·7 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 14, in the said block, 1189 links; and towards the west and north-west by other part of said Section No. 1, 132·6 links, 131·9 links, 294·1 links, 435·2 links, and 491·8 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 23/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Consul of Germany at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1912.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King's Exequatur empowering

Eberhard Focke, Esq.,

to act as Consul of Germany at Wellington has received His Majesty's signature.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd March, 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.
Phyllis Stewart .. .. Mangawai.
Arthur Henry Hayman .. .. Kaiapoi.
Robert Martin .. .. Kawakawa.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1912.

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

Name. District.
Walter Wintle .. .. Mangawai.
Thomas Pope .. .. Arrow.
Guy Norman Morris .. .. Cromwell.
William John Kennedy Dougan .. .. Motupiko.
Charles William Ross .. .. Cheviot.
Henry George Youngman .. .. Akaroa.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1912.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Manuel Theodore John

to be a Cadet in the Valuation Department, as from the 15th March, 1912.

D. BUDDO,
Minister in Charge.

Cadet appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1912.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Laurence William Simpson

to be a Cadet in the Valuation Department, as from the 21st February, 1912.

D. BUDDO,
Minister in Charge.

Cadet appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1912.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Archibald Wilson Clulee

to be a Cadet in the Valuation Department, as from the 5th March, 1912.

D. BUDDO,
Minister in Charge.

Appointment of Inspector under Public Health Act and Officer under Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 19th March, 1912.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

John Thomas Hopkins

an Inspector under the Public Health Act, 1908, and an Officer under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908. The appointment dates from the 5th day of February, 1912.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Public Health.

Trustees of Whangamomona Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 21st March, 1912.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of

William Baker,
Robert Edward Shewry,
Edward McCluggage, and
Lawrence Smith

as Trustees of the Whangamomona Public Cemetery.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.