Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon him by section one hundred and ninety-seven of the Shipping and Seaman Act, 1908, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke clause three of the rules made by the said Order in Council of the eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and doth hereby substitute the following clause therefor, viz. :—

“3. Life-jackets previously passed.—Until 1st January, 1919, any life-jacket which has been previously passed by a Marine Department Surveyor as part of the statutory equipment of a vessel may be accepted as part of the statutory equipment of the same vessel so long as it remains in good condition. On and after that date no life-jacket should be passed unless it complies with the conditions stated in paragraph 2.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Appeal.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1918.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall consist of two Divisions, to be called respectively the First Division and the Second Division of the Court of Appeal; and that each Division shall consist of five Judges of the Supreme Court, to be appointed to that Division by the Governor-General in Council :

And whereas the power conferred by the said Act upon the Governor-General in Council of appointing Judges as members of either Division, or of revoking any such appointment, shall be exercisable on the recommendation of not less than three Judges of the Supreme Court (of whom the Chief Justice shall be one), and not otherwise :

And whereas the Honourable the Chief Justice, the Honourable Mr. Justice Chapman, and the Honourable Mr. Justice Stringer have recommended that the two Divisions of the Court of Appeal shall be constituted as shown hereafter :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

The Honourable Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice ;
The Honourable Worley Bassett Edwards, Judge ;
The Honourable Theophilus Cooper, Judge ;
The Honourable Frederick Revans Chapman, Judge ;
The Honourable William Alexander Sim, Judge ;

to be members of the First Division of the Court of Appeal ; and

The Honourable Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice ;
The Honourable Frederick Revans Chapman, Judge ;
The Honourable John Henry Hosking, Judge ;
The Honourable Thomas Walter Stringer, Judge ;
The Honourable Alexander Lawrence Herdman, Judge ;

to be members of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Boundaries of City of Auckland altered.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1918.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section fourteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying

that part of the Tamaki West Road District in the County of Eden should be excluded from the said road district, and included in the City of Auckland :

And whereas a notice showing the proposed alteration in boundaries of the said borough has been gazetted and publicly notified, and no objections in writing against such alteration have been lodged :

And whereas it is expedient that the said area should be included in the said City of Auckland :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be included in the City of Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of Allotment 34 of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, distant 300 links from the south-eastern corner of that allotment; thence along the eastern boundary of the said allotment bearing 1° 1', distance 1017·23 links, and bearing 3° 24' 30", distance 911·97 links; thence bearing 48° 21', distance 140·73 links; bearing 88° 15' 20", distance 145·19 links; bearing 31° 44' 20", distance 13·41 links; bearing 343° 8' 20", distance 17·81 links; bearing 319° 59', distance 236·48 links; bearing 33° 54' 50", distance 288·85 links; bearing 86° 45', distance 259·73 links; bearing 52° 41' 30", distance 38·46 links; bearing 346° 43', distance 242 links; bearing 24° 1' 30", distance 364·69 links; bearing 78° 29' 40", distance 209·16 links; bearing 143° 44' 30", distance 177·7 links; bearing 61° 23' 30", distance 50·19 links; bearing 10° 34', distance 173·73 links; bearing 18° 41', distance 259·46 links; bearing 62° 35', distance 397·38 links; bearing 109° 40' 40", distance 516·84 links; bearing 84° 55' 30", distance 71·83 links; bearing 22° 34', distance 313·83 links; bearing 321° 21' 10", distance 157·67 links; bearing 347° 24' 30", distance 369·39 links; bearing 67° 15' 20", distance 251·49 links; bearing 113° 16', distance 156·97 links; bearing 47° 49', distance 35·7 links; bearing 6° 50' 20", distance 346·13 links; bearing 70° 52' 50", distance 222·7 links; bearing 121° 27' 40", distance 139·39 links; bearing 66° 13' 30", distance 233·61 links; bearing 32° 36' 30", distance 161·74 links; bearing 4° 14' 20", distance 212·32 links; bearing 63° 40', distance 287·81 links; bearing 92° 38' 40", distance 406·56 links; bearing 61° 46', distance 515·33 links; bearing 16° 32', distance 500·69 links; bearing 95° 26', distance 424·86 links; bearing 133° 25', distance 264·41 links; bearing 73° 7' 40", distance 520·85 links; bearing 135° 4', distance 582·3 links; bearing 204° 25' 30," distance 322·06 links; bearing 175° 13' 20", distance 424·95 links; bearing 150° 21', distance 89·24 links; bearing 109° 20' 30", distance 288·77 links; bearing 146° 42', distance 233·22 links; bearing 199° 9', distance 480·94 links; bearing 274° 51', distance 1112·88 links; bearing 256° 53', distance 130·47 links; bearing 210° 48', distance 87·09 links; bearing 146° 58' 10", distance 171·83 links; bearing 198° 44' 30", distance 297·23 links; bearing 237° 35' 40", distance 368·25 links; bearing 268° 4', distance 165·86 links; bearing 201° 25', distance 106·43 links; bearing 178° 1', distance 1042·72 links; bearing 220° 41', distance 298·1 links; bearing 203° 48', distance 862·89 links; bearing 167° 45', distance 458·82 links; bearing 250° 54' 10", distance 1158·22 links; and bearing 265° 2' 50", distance 2811·5 links, to the place of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Boundaries of Borough of Ohakune altered.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1918.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to the Governor-General, under section fourteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, praying the Governor-General to alter the boundaries of the Borough of