SEPT. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2585

That, for the purpose of section one hundred and twenty-seven of the Land Act, 1908, the said land shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land”:

That after the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board thinks fit.

SCHEDULE.

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

Wanganui County.—Ngamatea Survey District.

Exempt from Rent for Four Years.

SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block XI: Area, 898 acres 2 roods; capital value, £2,700; half-yearly rent, £108.

Good healthy pastoral land, comprising part of the Taonui and Parapara Blocks. Situated between the Mangawhero and Wangaehu Rivers, about forty-one miles from Wanganui via Kakatahi; thirty-five miles metalled dray-road, six miles formed road, not metalled. Hilly land, steep on road frontage, practically all in native bush. Good soil, on clay and papa formation. Forest medium to heavy; consists of tawa, hinau, &c., with some ratas and pines and the usual undergrowth.

Indifferently watered on road frontage, and well watered at back by running stream and springs.

NOTE.—Some fencing has been erected by adjoining owners, and incoming lessees will be liable for half value thereof.

The eastern boundary of the land is subject to alteration in order to provide a better fencing-line.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 25th day of August, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Warrant authorizing the Featherston County Council to construct Seven Bridges on the Rimutaka Hill Road and also to improve the Rimutaka Hill Road, and apportioning the Cost.

ROBERT STOUT.

Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize the Featherston County Council to construct the seven bridges on the Rimutaka Hill Road and also to improve the Rimutaka Hill Road, such road and bridges being more particularly described in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby declare that the cost thereof, less such contribution (if any) as may be made thereto by the Government of New Zealand, shall be borne by the Featherston County Council, the Wairarapa South County Council, the Masterton County Council, the Masterton Borough Council, the Carterton Borough Council, the Featherston Borough Council, the Greytown Borough Council, the Martinborough Town Board, and the Castlepoint County Council in the following proportions—namely, the Featherston County Council shall pay fifty-three per cent. of such cost, the Wairarapa South County Council shall pay fifteen per cent. of such cost, the Masterton County Council shall pay eleven per cent. of such cost, the Masterton Borough Council shall pay nine per cent. of such cost, the Carterton Borough Council shall pay three per cent. of such cost, the Featherston Borough Council shall pay three per cent. of such cost, the Greytown Borough Council shall pay two and a half per cent. of such cost, the Martinborough Town Board shall pay two per cent. of such cost, and the Castlepoint County Council shall pay one and a half per cent. of such cost respectively.

And I do hereby further direct that any contributions hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Wairarapa South County Council, the Masterton County Council, the Masterton Borough Council, the Carterton Borough Council, the Featherston Borough Council, the Greytown Borough Council, the Martinborough Town Board, and the Castlepoint County Council shall be paid from time to time, in the proportions hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said Councils and Town Board within a period of one month after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Featherston County Council, and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the Clerk of the Featherston County Council for and on behalf of the said Councils and Town Board.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those seven bridges situated on the Rimutaka Hill Road, and also all that portion of the Rimutaka Hill Road situated between the boundaries of the Featherston Borough and the Hutt County. As the sites of the said bridges and the said portion of road are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 48567 and 48568 respectively, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 26th day of August, 1920.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Whakaronga Drainage Board Trustees appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

WILLIAM ERNEST BYERS, Esq.,
STEPHEN ROBERT LANCASTER, Esq.,
JOSEPH ALEXANDER McLEAVEY, Esq.,
JAMES HENRY SHEPHARD, Esq., and
ARTHUR ERNEST SLY, Esq.,

all of Whakaronga. Farmers, to be members of the Board of Trustees of the Whakaronga Land-drainage District.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st August, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 44 of the Animals Protection Act, 1908, appointed

HERBERT WILLIAM CUFFE,

of Kawhia, to be a Ranger under that Act for the Acclimatization District of Auckland.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointments by the Public Service Commissioner.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th August, 1920.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

THOMAS MORGAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Reefton, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of August, 1920.

THOMAS MORGAN

to be Clerk of the Warden’s Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Reefton, in the Westland Mining District, constituted under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of August, 1920.

ARTHUR LEONARD BERRY

to be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths, Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Taihape, as from the 1st day of September, 1920.

ALEC DAVIES

to be a Surveyor of Ships under the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 24th day of July, 1920.

RUPERT GARFIELD POULTON

to be Vaccination Inspector for the district of Christchurch, as from the 12th day of August, 1920.

FRANK EVANS

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Auckland East, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, and Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Auckland, as from the 1st day of September, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Crier of Supreme Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st September, 1920.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

ALEXANDER JURISS

to be Crier at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of August, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.