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eastern boundary of Section 65, Block IX aforesaid, across the said road and along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 65, 66, and 67, the south-western boundary of the said Section 67, and that boundary produced across a road and railway reserve to the easternmost corner of Section 77, along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, and 82, across a road, along the northern boundary of Section 9 and the eastern boundary of Section 6 to its north-eastern corner; thence along the southern side of a road to and across Stanley Road, along the north-eastern side of that road to and along the south-eastern side of the road forming the north-western boundary of Lot 5 of Section 12 to a landing reserve, along part of the south-western boundary of that reserve, along its south-eastern boundary and that boundary produced to the middle of the Waihou River, along the middle of that river to a point due west of the southernmost corner of Lot 5, Te Ruakaka Block; thence due east 3,000 links; thence due north to a point due west of the south-western corner of Lot 2 of the said Te Ruakaka Block; thence due east and across the railway to the said south-western corner and northward along the railway to Section 31, Block IX, aforesaid, along the southern boundary of that section to and across the Thames–Te Aroha Road and along the southern side of Tui Road to Section 117, along the western and northern boundaries of that section and the last-mentioned boundary produced to the boundary between Blocks IX and X, Aroha Survey District; thence along the boundary between the said Blocks IX and X to the easternmost corner of Section 14H and along the south-eastern boundary of that section to the present boundary of the Borough of Te Aroha; and thence along the north-eastern, northern, and western boundaries of that borough to the place of commencement.

G W. RUSSELL.
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th January, 1917.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand—No. 881.)
Downing Street, 6th November, 1916.

My Lord,—With reference to my despatch, Honours, of the 30th January, 1914, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of a document notifying that the Right Honourable W. F. Massey has been sworn of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.

I have, &c.,
A. BONAR LAW.

Governor His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O., &c.

ENCLOSURE.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of October, 1916.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

This day the Right Honourable William Ferguson Massey, Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand, having been appointed a Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council on the 21st day of January, 1914, was, by His Majesty’s command, sworn, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th January, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HORACE TIPPATT PARRY

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Buller, vice Michael McCarthy.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Official Assignee resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th January, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOHN BANGHAM RICHARDS

of his appointment as Deputy Official Assignee at Stratford.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Treasurer of Niue appointed.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 10th January, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH PATRICK MCMAHON-BOX

to be Treasurer of Niue, vice H. G. Cornwall, Esq., as from 1st December, 1916.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Waihou, Short, and Raratuna Streets, in the Town of Turua Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th December, 1916.

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 Waihou, Short, and Raratuna Streets, in the Town of Turua Extension No. 1, Auckland 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 Davis Street, in the Town of Gisborne Extension No. 32, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th December, 1916.

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 Davis Street, in the Town of Gisborne Extension No. 32, Hawke’s Bay 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 Ascot Street and Old North Road, in the Town of Balmoral Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th December, 1916.

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 Ascot Street and Old North Road, in the Town of Balmoral Extension No. 1, Canterbury Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Meetings of Nelson Land Board.

Wellington, 5th January, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Nelson Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 11th January, 8th February, 8th March, 12th April, 10th May, 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 13th September, 11th October, 8th November, and 13th December during the year 1917.

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