Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3929

Opening National-endowment Land in Auckland Land District for Selection.

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 shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANGONUI COUNTY.—MAUNGA-TANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 9, Block III: Area, 258 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £260. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Weighted with £235, valuation for improvements comprising iron whare, 30 acres felled and grassed, and fencing.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Steep country, 30 acres felled and grassed, balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, taraire, puriri, totara, &c., with moderately thick undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, kiekie, &c.; clay soil of second-class quality on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about nine miles from Mangonui by formed road.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Polling-places for the Palmerston Electoral District appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Legislature Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish all existing polling-places, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be the polling-places in the said Electoral District of Palmerston.

SCHEDULE.

PALMERSTON ELECTORAL DISTRICT.

His Majesty’s Skating-rink, George Street, Palmerston North (principal).

The Public School, Campbell Street, Palmerston North.

” Terrace End, Palmerston North.

” College Street East, Palmerston North.

Marquee, corner of Fritz Street and Featherston Street, Palmerston North.

The Public School, College Street West, Palmerston North.

Church of England Sunday School, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North.

The Public School, Longburn.

” Bunnythorpe, Kairanga Road West.

” Kelvin Grove.

” Stoney Creek.

” Aokautere, Fitzherbert East.

Nathan’s Bachelors’ Quarters, Bunnythorpe.

Mr. Oliver’s House, Napier Road, Ashhurst.

The Public School, Linton.

” Tiritaea, Fitzherbert.

” Tiakitahuna.

Mr. C. Alve’s House, Rangitane.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister

Polling-places for the Wellington South Electoral District appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Legislature Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish all existing polling-places, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be the polling-places in the said electoral district of Wellington South.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON SOUTH ELECTORAL DISTRICT.

Newtown Library, Revans Street (principal).

St. Thomas’s Schoolroom, Riddiford Street.

Congregational Sunday School, Constable Street.

Masonic Hall, Adelaide Road, Berhampore.

The Churchroom, Palm Grove.

Tabernacle of the Church of God, Tasman Street.

Mr. Wells’s Painters Shop, Hankey Street.

Fullford’s Hall, Brooklyn.

Mrs. Ryan’s Post-office Store, Vogeltown.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister.

Appointment of Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain at Wellington recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

ALEXANDER KENNETH SCOBIE MACKENZIE, Esq.,
as Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain at Wellington.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

NOTE.—Published in substitution of notice in New Zealand Gazette No. 144, of the 31st October, 1918.

Appointments in High Commissioner’s Office.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th December, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint, under section 9 of the High Commissioners Act, 1908, the following persons as Clerks in the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, as from the date specified opposite the name of each respectively:—

Name. Date of Appointment.
S. R. Skinner .. .. .. 17th July, 1910.
L. E. Kaenel .. .. .. 1st October, 1910.
S. C. Manhire .. .. .. 29th January, 1911.
W. Logie .. .. .. 15th May, 1911.
F. Worrall .. .. .. 3rd September, 1911.
C. A. Bunn .. .. .. 8th September, 1911.
J. J. Manhire .. .. .. 18th April, 1912.
J. J. Rathbone .. .. .. 6th May, 1912.
C. A. Row .. .. .. 5th July, 1913.
A. J. Jackson .. .. .. 1st November, 1914.
J. Balfour .. .. .. 1st November, 1914.
A. W. Palmer .. .. .. 1st November, 1914.
W. G. Chambers .. .. .. 1st November, 1914.
G. T. Godfrey .. .. .. 1st November, 1914.
C. A. Knowles .. .. .. 13th June, 1915.
F. A. J. Godfrey .. .. .. 27th June, 1915.
A. A. Rayner .. .. .. 6th September, 1915.
W. T. Sears .. .. .. 3rd October, 1915.
L. A. Walters .. .. .. 4th January, 1916.
E. N. White .. .. .. 19th April, 1916.
V. G. Housden .. .. .. 1st June, 1916.
F. G. Ford .. .. .. 6th June, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Mount Wellington Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th December, 1918.

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

PETER MALONE

to be a member of the Mount Wellington Domain Board, in the place of George Henry Kay, who has retired.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.