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90 chains internal fence, £272 ; Section 37, 54 chains boundary fence, £54 ; Section 42, 142 chains boundary fence and 33 chains internal fence, £208 ; Section 44, 32 chains boundary fence and 124 chains road and internal fence, £280 ; Section 46, 62 chains boundary fence and 42 chains internal fence, £146 ; Section 47, 126 chains boundary fence, £126 ; Section 52, 96 chains boundary fence, £96 ; Section 61, 82 chains boundary fence, £82.

Special Condition.—Successful applicants will be required to fence all main and road drains to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands before any stock is placed on the land.

Matamata County.—Patetere North Survey District.—Selwyn Settlement.

| 121 | VII | 1,032 0 0 | 1,380 | 31 1 0 |
| 1 | VIII | 951 0 0 | 1,260 | 28 7 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,161 0 0 | 1,560 | 35 2 0 |
| 3 | " | 1,243 0 0 | 1,660 | 37 7 0 |

Sections lie from four to six miles north-east of Putaruru Township and railway station, two miles and a half by metalled road, balance in course of formation.

Section 121.—Undulating to broken land in fern and tea-tree. Light sandy soil of inferior quality, resting on sandstone; watered by Waihou River across fishing reserve. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,000 ft.

Section 1.—Very broken country, about 200 acres mixed bush, containing some rimu and kahikatea, with thick undergrowth of ferns and supplejack. Light sandy soil of inferior quality, on sandstone formation; watered by small springs and lagoon. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,000 ft.

Section 2.—Undulating to broken land in fern and tea-tree. Light sandy soil of inferior quality, resting on sandstone; watered by Waihou River across fishing reserve. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,000 ft.

Section 3.—Very broken country, about 40 acres light bush; balance fern and tea-tree. Light sandy soil of inferior quality, on sandstone formation; watered by Waihou River across fishing reserve and by small springs. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,000 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of January, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting the Control of the Bridges over the Waiwera and Makarau Rivers and the Approaches thereto in the Rodney County Council, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby direct that the bridges over the Waiwera and Makarau Rivers and the approaches thereto (as more particularly described in the Schedule hereto) shall on and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Rodney County Council.

And, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers aforesaid, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining the said bridges and approaches thereto, whether heretofore incurred since the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, or hereafter to be incurred, shall be borne by the Rodney County Council and the Waitemata County Council in the following proportions—viz., the Rodney County Council shall pay half and the Waitemata County Council shall pay half of such cost respectively.

And I do further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Waitemata County Council shall be paid from time to time, in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said County Council, within a period of one month after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Rodney County Council; and also such payments shall be made to the Clerk of the Rodney County Council for and on behalf of the Waitemata County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge situated in the Auckland Land District, on the boundary of the Rodney and the Waitemata Counties, where the main Devonport to Warkworth Road crosses the Waiwera River, adjoining Allotment 110, Parish of Waiwera, Block III, Waiwera Survey District, together with the approaches thereto, and known as the Waiwera Bridge.

That bridge situated in the Auckland Land District, on the boundary of the Rodney and the Waitemata Counties, where the main Helensville to Port Albert Road crosses the Makarau River, adjoining Makarau No. 3A No. 2 Block, in Block II, Kaipara Survey District, together with the approaches thereto, and known as the Makarau Bridge.

As the sites of the said bridges and approaches are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 53475 and 53476 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 Governor-General, this 25th day of January, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Consul-General appointed for the Netherlands.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th January, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been advised by the Consul-General for the Netherlands at Melbourne that

P. A. VAN BUTTINGHA WICHERS, Esq.,

has been appointed Consul-General for the Netherlands at Melbourne for Australia and New Zealand.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul-General of Latvia appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th January, 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

EDWARD BIRIN, Esq.,

to act as Consul-General of Latvia in London has received His Majesty’s signature.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under Animals Protection Act appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th January, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

PHILIP HENRY SHERRATT, of Wharekopae,

to be Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the East Coast Acclimatization District.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WYVERN WILSON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Christchurch, Avon, and Lyttelton, vice S. E. McCarthy, Esq., S.M., retired.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

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

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable FREDERICK THOMAS POOL

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Cheviot, on and from the 3rd day of December, 1921, vice Constable W. Pender, transferred.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court appointed at Taihape.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th January, 1922.

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

HENRY HECTOR SCOTT

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Taihape, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of January, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.