Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 491

SCHEDULE

HEREHERETAU No. 2D Block, Opoiti and Nuhaka Survey Districts: Approximate area, 6,144 acres 3 roods 4·5 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1921.

W. H. HERRIES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Native Land to be Crown Land under Section 14 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914.

[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land set out in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

PUKETOTARA NATIVE RESERVE No. 3 (GREY DISTRICT), PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
SECTION 36, Block V .. .. .. 7 1 36
,, 41 ,, .. .. .. 13 0 33
,, 48 ,, .. .. .. 10 0 30

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of February, 1921.

W. H. HERRIES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amending Cook Islands Treasury Regulations.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

I, JOHN RUSHWORTH, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by section thirty-four of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby revoke regulations numbered twenty-eight, twenty-nine, and thirty of the Cook Islands Treasury Regulations, 1916, made by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and gazetted on the twenty-ninth day of the same month, and do make the regulations in the Schedule hereto in lieu thereof; and I do declare that such revocation shall take effect and the regulations hereby made shall come into operation on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

SCHEDULE.

28. It shall be the duty of the Controller and Auditor-General from time to time, at such intervals as he deems necessary, not exceeding in any case one year, to cause an audit to be made of all accounts relating to the receipt, custody, or expenditure of public moneys.

29. It shall be the duty of all officers of the Cook Islands Public Service, and of all other persons whatever, to afford all such information as the Auditor may require touching any public moneys, and any person who refuses such information shall be guilty of an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding £50.

30. The Auditor shall report the result of every audit so made to the Controller and Auditor-General, and also to the Resident Commissioner, who shall forthwith forward such report to the Minister. The cost of every such audit, as certified by the Controller and Auditor-General, shall be paid by the Cook Islands Treasury.

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