JULY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2283 at any time during the first five years of!his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board thinks fit.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.--PATEA COUNTY.--WHAKAI-HUWAKA AND TARUAMOUKA BLOCKS. -- SECOND - CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

Momahaki Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block IV : Area, 1,530 acres. Cash purchase : Total price, £3,520. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £88. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £70 8s.

Taumatamahoe Survey District.

Section 3, Block I : Area, 903 acres. Cash purchase : Total price, £1,520. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £38. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £30 8s.

Situated on the watershed between the Wanganui and Waitotara Rivers. The altitude ranges from about 400 ft. to 2,100 ft. above sea-level. The soil is of good quality, resting mainly on papa formation, though there are outcrops of sandstone on one or two sections. The land is, generally speaking, rough and broken, and the streams are gorgy; but there is sufficient flat or easy land on each section for homestead-sites and horse-paddocks. The forest is heavy, comprising tawa, rata, hinau, a few rimus, tawhiro, and a little birch on the ridges : the undergrowth is thick, comprising karamu, supplejack, &c. The forest is of no value for milling purposes, but there is sufficient durable timber for fencing and general purposes. The block, on the whole, is well watered by branches of the Makakoho, Maungatainoka, and other streams. The access is from Waitotara, which is about thirty-five miles from the nearest point of the block. There is a formed and partly metalled dray-road to within about four miles of the block, the balance is a fair pack-track. It is proposed to construct a bridle-track along the Taunoka Road from Wanganui River near Te Mataha Rapid to end of road-formation. Horse-tracks have been cut by the surveyors when traversing the block. These tracks will be found useful until roads are formed, and selectors will be required to keep these pack-tracks open until other road access is provided.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

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

Members of Scotsburn Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 5th July, 1915. HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint ANDREW SIM and CHARLES JOHN CLAYTON to be a members of the Scotsburn Domain Board, in place of Robert Thew, resigned, and Arthur Joseph Hawdon, retired.

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

High Commissioner for New Zealand appointed.

Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 28th June, 1915. HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased appoint The Honourable THOMAS MACKENZIE to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom under and for the purposes of the High Commissioners Act, 1908 ; to hold the said office from the 22nd day of August, 1915, to the 22nd day of August, 1916.

W. F. MASSEY, Prime Minister.

Member of Otago Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 5th July, 1915. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint CHARLES JAMES INDER to be a member of the Otago Land Board.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Lands.

Native Interpreters appointed.

Native Department, Wellington, 5th July, 1915. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize ERU TURAKITAI COOPER, of Gisborne, and RONGOWHAKAATA HALBERT, of Gisborne, to act as licensed Native Interpreters of the First Grade ; and RUNGA RAUKURA, of Tokaanu, and TURUKI MOANAROA PERE, of Whataupoko, Gisborne, to act as licensed Native Interpreters of the Second Grade under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES, Native Minister.

Sergeant-at-Arms, Clerk Assistant, and Second Clerk Assistant of the House of Representatives appointed.

Legislative Department, Wellington, 1st July, 1915. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint CECIL GREVILLE HORNE, Esq., Commander R.N., to be Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, vice Colonel T. V. Shepherd, resigned ; EDWARD WILLIAM KANE, Esq., to be Clerk Assistant of the House of Representatives, vice A. F. Lowe, Esq. ; WILFRED EFFINGHAM DASENT, Esq., to be Second Clerk Assistant of the House of Representatives vice E. W. Kane, Esq. Appointments to date from the 24th June, 1915.

W. FRASER, Minister in Charge, Legislative Department.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 2nd July, 1915. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint ALFRED LEVAVASOUR DURELL FRASER to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke's Bay, vice L. W. Fowler, resigned.

A. L. HERDMAN, Minister of Justice.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 7th July, 1915. THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:-- HORACE DIXON to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Featherston, as from the 28th June, 1915. WILLIAM PICKERING HOPE to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Porangahau, as from the 28th June, 1915. BEATRICE ELLEN McCLEAN to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Matiere, as from the 2nd July, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT, Secretary.