Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 655

Board of the said Tahunanui Town District has made application that the said town district shall not form part of the County of Waimea, being the county within the boundaries of which it is situated :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Town Boards Amendment Act, 1908 (No. 2), and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that, on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, the Tahunanui Town District shall not form part of the County of Waimea.

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

Extension of Commission regarding Railway Facilities at Palmerston North.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY, Esquire, of Wellington ; JAMES MARCHBANKS, Esquire, of Wellington ; and ALFRED HENRY MILES, Esquire, of Wellington : Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and issued under my hand and the public seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report respecting the sufficiency and suitability of the facilities now existing at Palmerston North for the conduct of the business of the Government Railways Department, and what alterations (if any) are required therein ; and, using all diligence, you were required to report to me, under your hands and seals, not later than the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters :

And whereas it is expedient to extend the scope of the said inquiry in manner hereinafter appearing :

And whereas it is also expedient to extend the time within which you were required to report as aforesaid in manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby direct that your powers and functions under the said Warrant are hereby extended, and shall be deemed to include the power to inquire into the following matter, namely :—

Whether it is desirable and expedient and warranted in and by the public interest that any deviation of the Wellington—New Plymouth Railway should be made between Paekakariki and Marton ; and, if so, between what points such deviation should be made.

And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby extend the time within which you are required to report to me, under your hands and seals, your opinion on the matters specified in the said Warrant and in this Warrant to the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission as extended by these presents.

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 Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1921.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Railways.

Approved in Council.

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

Amending the Survey Regulations under the Land Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section three of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the survey regulations under the said Act made by Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and amended by Warrants dated the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

SCHEDULE.

CLAUSE 1 of the said regulations is hereby amended as follows : By deleting the proviso added thereto by Warrant dated the 22nd day of April, 1918, and amended by Warrant dated the 16th day of December, 1919, and substituting the following :—

“Provided that the rates specified in Schedules (a), (b), and (c) may be increased by an amount not exceeding 40 per cent. if in the opinion of the Chief Surveyor of the district such increase is warranted.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of March, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Amending a Warrant notifying Lands in the Auckland Land District under Section 127 of the Land Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section five of the Land Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant dated the ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twelfth day of the same month, page 2381, declaring certain lands in the Auckland Land District to be subject to the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-seven of the Land Act, 1908, in so far only as the said Warrant relates to the exemption from payment of general rates.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of March, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Auckland Land District for other Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-two of the Land Act, 1908, as amended by section six of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1920, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land of equal value described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of land described in the Second Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 0 roods 11·2 perches, more or less, being Section 5, Block XI, Waitoa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section 1, Block XI aforesaid, 1021·1 links ; towards the south-east by Whakahoro Road, 500·2 links ; towards the south-west by Section 4, Block XI aforesaid, 1007 links ; and towards the north-west by Section 3, Block XI aforesaid, 500 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 2 acres, more or less, being Section 9, Block XI, Waitoa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a public road 100 links wide, 333·3 links ; towards the south-east and south-west by Section 10, Block XI aforesaid, 600 and 333·3 links respectively ; and towards the north-west by a public road 100 links wide, 600 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of March, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.