Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 865

Opening Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection
by Discharged Soldiers on Optional Tenures.

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, having received
the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as pro-
vided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act,
do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule
hereto, which have been set apart for selection by discharged
soldiers, shall be open for sale or selection by discharged
soldiers on Thursday, the ninth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and eighteen; and also that the lands mentioned
in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be
purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right
of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix
the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied,
or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do
declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased
under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908,
and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and
amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Patangata County.—Tautane Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block III: Area, 608 acres 3 roods 10 perches.
Capital value, £4,420. Occupation right with of purchase
Half-yearly rent, £110 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £88 8s.

Situated nine miles and a half from Porangahau by formed
road, of which about five miles is metalled. Consists of good
hilly faces, with north-westerly aspect; in English grasses,
with patches of mingi scrub. Soil good, fairly well watered.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Good sheep and
cattle grazing country. About 102 chains road and boundary
fencing, valued at £68 15s., included in price of section.

Section 3, Block III: Area, 578 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £4,630. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £115 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£92 12s.

Situated about nine miles from Porangahau by formed
road, of which five miles are metalled. Good hilly country,
south-easterly aspect; in English grasses and scrub, with
about 50 acres of mixed bush. Soil good, fairly well watered.
Altitude, 50 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Well adapted for
sheep and cattle grazing. About 138 chains of internal
fencing, valued at £86 4s., included in price of section.

Section 2, Block IV: Area, 440 acres. Capital value,
£3,740. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly
rent, £93 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £74 16s.

Situated about ten miles from Porangahau by formed road,
about half being metalled. Good hilly country, with northerly
aspect; in English grasses and scrub. Soil good, well watered.
Altitude, from sea-level to 800 ft. Good sheep and cattle
grazing country. Included in price of land are tanks, dam,
dip, yards, value about £40; and 120 chains internal fencing,
valued at £75.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory
Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices
of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

SAMUEL JAMES WILLIAMS,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the
Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Waiuku, is authorized
to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-
hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the
Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand this fifteenth day of March,
one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Member of Lichfield Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th March, 1918.

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

ARTHUR WILLIAM VINCENT, Sen.,

to be a member of the Lichfield Domain Board, in the place
of George Henry Hunt, who has resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Weber Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1918.

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

FINLAY CAMERON

to be a member of the Weber Domain Board, in the place
of Kenneth Forbes Cameron, who has resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Rangiwahia Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1918.

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

FREDERICK JAMES SAYWELL

to be a member of the Rangiwahia Domain Board, in the
place of Joseph Carey, who has left the district.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th March, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

WILLIAM BAKER

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Tauranga, vice G. N. Morris.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1918.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars
of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set
respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
JOSEPH WILLIAM JORDAN .. .. .. Rangiora.
JANE STEWART CLOSS .. .. .. Granity.
JOHN YOUNG CAMERON .. .. .. Lyttelton.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

First Meeting of the Dargaville Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th March, 1918.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act,
1908, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal
Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, hereby appoint the
Dargaville Borough Council Chambers, Dargaville, at 2 p.m.
on Tuesday, the 26th March, 1918, to be the place and date
for holding the first meeting of the Dargaville Fire Board.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.