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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 52

undergrowth, the balance being open fern land ranging
from level to broken and undulating, the soil being of a
sandy nature resting on volcanic cement. The section is
poorly watered by springs and creek.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this fifteenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands

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
Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty, at the rental mentioned in the said
Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be
leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

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

Tauranga County.—Aongatete Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block I: Area, 452 acres; capital value, £230;
half-yearly rent, £4 12s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Broken land,
about 200 acres light bush, comprising manuka, tawa, rewa-
rewa, and a few puriri trees, with thick undergrowth of
scrub, supplejack, &c. Soil poor clay, on sandstone forma-
tion; well watered by small streams. Distant about two
miles and a half from Aongatete Butter-factory, about one
mile of which is coach-road, balance rough dray-road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this twenty-fifth day of May, one thou-
sand nine hundred and twenty.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

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
Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty, 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.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block IX: Area, 244 acres; capital value, £480;
half-yearly rent, £9 12s.

Section 3A, Block IX. Area, 200 acres; capital value,
£400; half-yearly rent, £8.

Section 3B, Block IX: Area, 200 acres; capital value,
£400; half-yearly rent, £8.

Section 3C, Block IX: Area, 200 acres; capital value,
£400; half-yearly rent, £8.

The sections, which have an elevation of 1,800 ft. to 1,900 ft.
above sea-level, are situated about two miles and a half
from Mamaku Railway-station by road, the greater part
of which has been formed, and provision is being made for
the construction of the unformed portions. The land is
level generally, and more or less covered with heavy forest
and dense undergrowth; but the milling-timber has been
removed. The bush carries a fair quantity of cattle feed,
the soil being of a very fair quality resting on soft rock and
pumice formation. There is no permanent water on the
sections.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this fifteenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 21st May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Constable JOHN FITZGIBBON,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer
under the Arms Act, 1908.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister in Charge of Police.

Appointment of Acting Vice-Consul of Sweden at Wellington
recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified that he has recognized the appointment by
the Acting Vice-Consul of Sweden at Wellington of

Mr. CHARLES MOORE BOWDEN

as Acting Vice-Consul of Sweden at Wellington during the
temporary absence from Wellington of the Acting Vice-
Consul.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Act appointed for
Auckland District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

FREDERICK JACKSON,
SAMUEL GREGORY,
JEAN LE TRACY,
PETER PARRY, and
MATTHEW WELSH

to be Rangers under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for
the Auckland Acclimatization District.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed for
Rotorua District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

WI PARATENE

a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the
Rotorua Acclimatization District.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed for
Opotiki District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

GEORGE LYSAGHT

a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the
Opotiki Acclimatization District.

W. H. HERRIES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

THOMAS FAIRHALL

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under the
Weights and Measures Act, 1908.

G. J. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to reappoint

JAMES FLEMING

to be a member of the Southland Land Board.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.