3702
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 147

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

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

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-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, 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.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Forest Hill Hundred.

SECTION 470, Block XV: Area, 32 acres 1 rood 8 perches; upset price, £50.

Weighted with £38, valuation for timber.

Town of Lochiel.

Section 4, Block III: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 22 perches; upset price, £65.

Section 5, Block III: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 22 perches; upset price, £65.

Section 6, Block III: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 2 perches; upset price, £60.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands

Opening National Endowment Land in Southland Land District for Selection by Discharged Soldiers on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto, which has been set apart for selection by discharged soldiers, shall be open for selection by discharged soldiers on renewable lease on Wednesday, the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.—Jacob’s River Hundred.—Otago Mining District.

SECTION 25, Block XVII: Area, 207 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £260. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Altitude from 60 ft. to 70 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and hilly, mostly covered with mixed bush. Soil good in places, on sandstone and diorite formation; broken and peaty towards the water-race; well watered by small streams. Access by roughly formed road. Distant four miles from Longwood Railway-station, and about same distance from Oraka Township. Will be eventually suitable for pastoral or dairying purposes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of State Forests appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Sir FRANCIS HENRY DILLON BELL, K.C.M.G., K.C.,

to be Commissioner of State Forests.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor-General.

Administrator of the War Regulations of the 6th August, 1918, known as the Timber Regulations, appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Sir FRANCIS HENRY DILLON BELL, K.C.M.G., K.C., Commissioner of State Forests,

to be the member of the Executive Council for the time being charged with the administration of the War Regulations of the 6th day of August, 1918, known as the Timber Regulations.

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister.

Appointment of Acting Consul-General of Denmark for Australia and New Zealand recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Consul-General of Denmark at Melbourne of

POUL JORGEN HOLDENSON, Esq., K.D.,

as Acting Consul-General of Denmark for Australia and New Zealand.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GEORGE LEWIS HEWITT, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Oroua, vice E. Page, Esq., S.M.; and

EDWARD PAGE, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waipawa, vice R. W. Dyer, Esq., S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th October, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable CHARLES PETERSEN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Waikouaiti on and from the 29th day of July, 1918, vice Constable J. J. Hodgson, transferred; and

Constable JOHN WILLIAM KENNEDY

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Oka-rito on and from the 8th day of October, 1918, vice Constable T. G. Flewellen, transferred.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Members of Purangi Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th November, 1918.

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

RICHARD MOUNSEY,
BERNARD JOSEPH FABISH, and
NORMAN BAILEY FLETCHER

to be members of the Purangi Domain Board, in the place of George William Arthur Wilkes, Herman Sander, and Burton John Field, who have left the district.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.