SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3563

Declaring Westmere and Virginia Lakes, County of Wanganui,
to be Sanctuaries for Imported and Native Game.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito
Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby notify and declare Westmere and Virginia
Lakes, in the County of Wanganui, and an area of ten chains
surrounding the said lakes, to be sanctuaries for the purposes
of the said Animals Protection Act; and that no imported
or native game shall be taken or killed on the said lakes and
the said area of ten chains surrounding same.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fifteenth day of September, one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notifying Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section
of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-seventh day
of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, as
the time at which the lands described in the Schedule
hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby
fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as
those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SUBURBAN LAND.

Southland County.—Town of Woodend.

Weighted with valuation for improvements as follows:
Section 2, Block VII, £290. Section 3, Block VII, £2 10s.
Section 6, Block VII, £10. Section 3, Block VIII, £295.
Mostly level land; good soil, on gravel formation. All
the sections are accessible by good gravelled roads.

RURAL LAND.

Southland County.—Wakaiia Survey District.

Section 44A, Block VIII: Area, 14 acres 3 roods 20 per-
ches; upset price, £105.

Weighted with £16, valuation for 32 chains post-and-wire
fence along road on south-east boundary.

Good agricultural soil, on gravel formation, being mostly
flat open river land; access by good metalled road, and
distant about a mile and three-quarters from Switzers
Railway-station and Waikaiia Township.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fifteenth day of September, one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Consul-General of the United States of America at
Auckland appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand 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

JOSEPH I. BRITTAIN, Esquire,

to act as Consul-General of the United States of America
at Auckland has received His Majesty's signature.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of Chili at Christchurch appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand 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

J. MONTGOMERY, Esq.,

to act as Consul of Chili at Christchurch has received His
Majesty's signature.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908,
appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 15th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred by
section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

CHARLES GABRIEL ALLEN,

of Lower Hutt, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II
of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Waitahuna Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

DAVID MURDOCK

to be a member of the Waitahuna Domain Board, in the
place of William John Livingston, resigned.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of Matire Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

THOMAS TAYLOR and
CHARLES HENRY MCKINDER

to be members of the Matire Domain Board, in the place
of Alfred Reginald Moore and Douglas Charles Morpeth,
resigned.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Member of Otekaike Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act,
1908, been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL VAILE

to be a member of the Otekaike Domain Board, in place of
James Henry Hoskin, resigned.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.