JUNE 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2087

Appointment of Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps
to No. 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th June, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the appointments of the undermentioned officers
of the New Zealand Medical Corps to No. 2 New Zealand
Stationary Hospital (for service abroad), with the ranks
specified against their respective names, and with effect from
12th May, 1915 :—

Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Parkes, M.D., F.R.C.S.,
Edin.
Major Thomas Copeland Savage, F.R.C.S., Eng.
Major Charles Evans Maguire, M.D.C.M.
Captain Fred Thompson Bowerbank, M.D.M.S.
Captain Francis Lidderdale Scott, M.D.M.S.
Captain Thomas Fergus, F.R.C.S., Edin.
Captain Wilfred Stanley Wallis, M.B.C.M.
Lieutenant (Quartermaster) George Purdy.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Penning, Heathcote, and Sea-
view Roads, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 52,
of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th June, 1915.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby
authorize the laying-off of Penning, Heathcote, and Seaview
Roads, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 52, Auck-
land Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead
of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Tainui Road and Laws Street,
in the Town of Oneroa Extension No. 5, of a Width of
not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th June, 1915.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby
authorize the laying-off of Tainui Road and Laws Street,
in the Town of Oneroa Extension No. 5, Auckland Land
District, of a width of not less than 65 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Permit to import Opium.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 11th June, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that a permit
to import opium in forms which though not suitable
for smoking may be made suitable has been granted to the
undermentioned firm, subject to the provisions of the
Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and
the regulations made thereunder :—

FAIRBAIRN, WRIGHT, AND Co., Dunedin.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Customs.

Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native
Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native
Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native
Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Tairawhiti
District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a lease of
Tokomaru G 2B Block, situated in the Provincial District
of Auckland, subject to the same restrictions and to the
same requirements as to confirmation and otherwise as if
the land was not subject to Part XVI of the Native Land
Act, 1909.

As witness my hand this sixteenth day of June, 1915.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block IV, Piopiotea
West Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute
a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road
in Block IV, Piopiotea West Survey District; and for the
purposes of such public work the land described in the
Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is
hereby further given that the plan of the land so required
to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Taringamotu,
and is there open for inspection; and that all persons
affected by the execution of the said public work or by the
taking of the said land should, if they have any well-
grounded objections to the execution of the said public
work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in
writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the
first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public
Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken :
6 acres 0 roods 1·6 perches.
Parts of Ohura South “F” Block 2B No. 1 (Taranaki R.D.).
Situated in Block IV. Piopiotea West Survey District.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37795,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and
thereon coloured pink.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of
June, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice.
Wellington, 16th June, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
the undermentioned gentlemen to be Justices of the
Peace for New Zealand, viz. :—

Alfred Andrewes, Esq., of Opononi, Co. Hokianga.
Robert Dampier Atkinson, Esq., of Seddon, Co. Awatere.
Thomas Shipherd Bassett, Esq., of Onehunga.
William Henry Bedggood, Esq., of Paihia, Co. Bay of Islands.
Isaac Henry Begg, Esq., of Whangaroa, Co. Whangaroa.
Joseph Binney, Esq., of Fairlie, Co. Mackenzie.
Harry Clough Blundell, Esq., of Kawakawa, Co. Bay of
Islands.
Frederick Horton Bright, Esq., of Otaki, Co. Horowhenua.
Arthur Buckley, Esq., of Devonport.
Arthur James Burrows, Esq., of Te Aroha.
William Dutton Burrows, Esq., of Waitoa, Co. Piako.
Robert Carruth, Esq., of Okoroire, Co. Matamata.
William Alexander Nisbet Campbell, Esq., of Kaitaia, Co.
Mangonui.
William Isaac Clark, Esq., of Wellington.
James Clarke, Esq., of New Plymouth.
Frederick Montgomery Clayton, Esq., of Cabbage Bay, Co.
Coromandel.
Robert Samuel Cleave, Esq., of Kerikeri, Co. Bay of Islands.
Thomas Close, Esq., of Raumai, Co. Pohangina.
John Corder, Esq., of Wakapuaka, Co. Waimea.
Arthur Dodson, Esq., of Atawhai, Co. Waimea.
Alfred William Edwards, Esq., of Kaikohe, Co. Bay of
Islands.
Andrew Fraser, Esq., of Paradise, Co. Lake.
Harry James Gawler, Esq., of Pohangina, Co. Pohangina.
Alexander James Geary, Esq., of Feilding.
Frank Herbert Rollins Gorringer, Esq., of Mangaweka, Co.
Rangitikei.
Claude Pettigrew Graham, Esq., of Nelson.
John Sibbald Grieve, Esq., of Waianiwa, Co. Southland.
Sidney Solomon Haigh, Esq., of Mangaweka, Co. Rangitikei.
William Mowat Hannay, Esq., of Wellington.
Edward Montgomery Herrick, Esq., of Weraroa, Co. Horo-
whenua.
Peter Hercus, Esq., of Opawa, Christchurch.
Edward Reuben Benjamin Holben, Esq., of Palmerston North.
Albert George Holland, Esq., of Auckland.
Henry Howard, Esq., of Blenheim.
John Bain Jack, Esq., of Wanganui.
Robert Alexander Law, Esq., of Thames.