May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1277

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Wellington 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 the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

-DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, being Sections 548 and 550, Town of Carnarvon.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, being Sections 541 and 553, Town of Carnarvon.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 6th day of May, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Additional Regulation for the Conduct of Legal Business.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 11th May, 1922.

REGULATION No. 7 of the Regulations for the Conduct of Legal Business, dated the 27th day of May, 1903, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th day of June, 1903, is hereby revoked, and the following regulation is made in lieu thereof:-

PRISONERS COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE.

Crown Solicitors will appear on behalf of the Crown when prisoners committed under section 176 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, are brought before the Court for sentence. The fee for such appearance will be one guinea for each prisoner, irrespective of the number of charges; but when more than one prisoner is presented on the same charge, a fee of one guinea only will be allowed.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Approved in Council,

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

Appointment of Honorary Forest Rangers.

State Forest Service,

Wellington, 11th April, 1922.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that

ERNEST VALENTINE SANDERSON, Settler, Lower Hutt, WILLIAM PARRANT, Meat Grader, Lower Hutt, FREDERICK GEORGE HADFIELD, Sheep-farmer, Awaiti, JOHN WILLIAM FLOWERS, Sheep-farmer, Puramahoi, ROBERT EDWARD CLONSTON, Bainham, and EDWARD BATES LONGFORD, Farmer, Bainham, have been appointed Honorary Rangers for the purposes of the States Forests Act, 1921-22.

R. HEATON RHODES, Commissioner of State Forests.

Appointment of Consul of the United States at Auckland recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 24th April, 1922.

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 provisionally, pending the receipt of the King's Exequatur, the appointment of

K. DEG. MACVITTY, Esq., as Consul of the United States at Auckland.

R. H. RHODES, For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul-General for Japan at Sydney appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 6th May, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King's Exequatur empowering

Mr. EISAKU SUZUKI

to act as Consul-General for Japan at Sydney, with jurisdiction over New Zealand, has received His Majesty's signature.

R. HEATON RHODES, For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Dannevirke Fire Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 6th May, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

J. McMILLAN, Esq., of Dannevirke, as Government Representative on the Dannevirke Fire Board.

R. HEATON RHODES, For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 6th May, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

NORMAN ROBERT CLELAND

to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board, as from the 12th July, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Member of Wellington Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 6th May, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

CHARLES MCINTYRE

to be a member of the Wellington Land Board, as from the 29th May, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,

Wellington, 9th May, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

DAVID ORMSBY

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Maniapoto, vice Te Ngoi Maika.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Teacher's Certificate under the Education Act, 1914, cancelled.

Education Department,

Wellington, 8th May, 1922.

IT is hereby notified that the teacher's certificate under the Education Act, 1914, issued to

JOHN HENRY TRIMMER

has been cancelled.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.