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remainder scrub and flax with scattered grass in places. Soil fair quality, very good on river-flats; fairly well watered by Ranger’s Creek.

Section 7s.—About 70 acres flat open country in grass; remainder generally undulating bush country, but steep and rough in places. Soil generally fair quality; well watered by permanent streams and Woolley River.

Section 8s.—About 200 acres river-flat of generally good quality, but stony in places; remainder from flat to undulating bush country. Soil poor on hills.

Section 9s.—All flat; about 15 acres bush; remainder open, generally swampy. Soil very good quality; well watered.

Section 10s.—All flat; about 25 acres bush, remainder open land in inferior grass. Soil generally good; well watered.

Section 11s.—All flat; about 10 acres bush, remainder open country in inferior grass. Soil generally good; fairly well watered.

Section 12s.—All flat; about 20 acres bush, remainder open country in inferior grass and rushes. Soil generally good; fairly well watered.

Section 13s.—All flat; about 8 acres bush, remainder partly open land and partly swamp. Soil generally good open land in inferior grass and rushes; indifferently watered by small stream.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The settlement comprises an area of 8,114 acres, situated on the Maruia River, the main portion being on the eastern bank of the river.

The property has been for many years successfully worked by Messrs. Walker Brothers as a cattle and sheep run. A large proportion of the area is capable of great improvement in the way of draining and bushfelling, &c.

The access to the settlement is either by way of Murchison or Reefton, the distance from Murchison to the most northerly section being thirty-three miles, and the section at the southern end about two miles from the formed road to Reefton, which is forty miles distant.

The main road from Murchison is being improved up to the homestead, and will be formed and improved up to the southern end of the block.

The Telegraph Department is at present constructing a telephone-line right through the property. The forest is principally red and brown birch, with some kahikatea in gullies, the scrub being generally horopito, fuschia, broadleaf, five-finger, &c. The altitude ranges from 1,040 ft. to 2,263 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of July, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Trustee of the New Plymouth Savings-bank appointed.

The Treasury, Wellington, 29th July, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

FRED CORNELIUS JAMES BELLRINGER, Esq.,

to be a trustee of the New Plymouth Savings-bank.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Finance.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th July, 1921.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

EDGAR DEAR, of Rongotea,
ALEXANDER McLEOD, of Featherston, and
JOHN KEITH JACKSON, of Wainui,

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act.

F. H. D. BELL, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Acting Chinese Consul in Western Samoa.

Department of External Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

MR. PAN CHENG-FOU

as Acting Chinese Consul in Western Samoa.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of External Affairs.

Clerk of Magistrate’s Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

CONSTABLE ALBERT JOHN JACKSON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Morrinsville, vice Constable B. O’Brien, and to be Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Morrinsville, vice R. Lloyd, on and from the 23rd day of July, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1921.

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

PETER CARL WEENINK

to be an Inspector of Factories for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1908, as from the 27th day of July, 1921.

T. MARK, Acting Secretary.

Inspectors for the Purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1921.

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

MATTHEW ROBERT FINDLAY,
JAMES FLEMING,
WILLIAM BROWN MANNING, and
DAVID SAMUEL ANGUS WEIR

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of July, 1921.

T. MARK, Acting Secretary.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1921.

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

PATRICK CASSIDY

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of July, 1921.

T. MARK, Acting Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1921.

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

ERIC GEORGE RHODES

to be Deputy Registrar at Wellington of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of July, 1921.

T. MARK, Acting Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1921.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Edward Nathan Falck .. .. Wyndham.
Edwin Gordon Palmer .. .. Matiere.
Cecil Gordon Browett .. .. Dipton.
Henry John Dovalosky .. .. Mangapehi.
Herbert Alley .. .. Wellington.
Edward Emberite Burgess .. .. Springburn.
John Thomas Williams .. .. Devonport.*

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.