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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 61

Population of the Dominion.*

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 30th June, 1922.

• Subject to revision. † Including crews.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1922.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Public Trust Office.—Alteration and Reconstitution of Local Districts.

WHEREAS by section 2 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, it is enacted that the Public Trustee may by notice in the Gazette from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, and reconstitute local districts for the purposes of the said Act : And whereas, in pursuance of the said power, a notice establishing and defining the local districts to be controlled by the several District Public Trustees as set out therein was published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th April, 1922 : And whereas it has become expedient to alter and reconstitute the undermentioned local districts :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the before-mentioned powers, I, John William Macdonald, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby alter and reconstitute the local districts controlled by the District Public Trustees at Napier and Palmerston North respectively, as set out hereunder :—

NAPIER (District Public Trustee, Somerset Ward Smith):— All that area comprising the Hawke’s Bay County, the Waipawa County, the Waipukurau County, and that portion of the Taupo County bounded on the north by a line drawn from the junction of the Wairoa, Whakatane, and Taupo Counties in a south-westerly direction to the Tauranga-Taupo River, and on the west by a line extending from the Tauranga-Taupo River along the said river and one of its tributaries to Ngapuketurua, and from thence along the summits of the Kaimanawa Mountains to where they cross the southern boundary of the Taupo County ; that portion of the Rangitikei County bounded on the west by the summits of the Kaimanawa Mountains to the junction of the Moawhanga River and the Aorangi Stream, and from thence by the Moawhanga River to its junction with the Rangitikei River, and from thence by that river to its junction with the Waikamaka River, and from thence by that river to a point known as Te Atuamahuru on the north end of the Ruahine Range ; that portion of the Patangata County to the south of a line extending along the southern boundaries of Blocks 13, 17, 14, 15, and 16 of the Porangahau Survey District in the said county from the Dannevirk County boundary to the sea ; that portion of the Horowhenua County north of a line drawn through Shannon due east and west from Manawatu County boundary to Eketahuna County boundary ; that portion of the Taupo County westward of a line extending from the mouth of the Tauranga-Taupo River along that river and its tributary to Ngapuketurua, and from thence along the summits of the Kaimanawa Mountains to the southern boundary of the Taupo County.

The district of Napier includes the district offices at Hastings, Waipukurau, and Wairoa, and the part-time office at Waipawa.

PALMERSTON NORTH (District Public Trustee, Arthur Syl-vester Faire):— All that area comprising the counties of Manawatu, Kairanga, Oroua, Weber, Dannevirk, Woodville, Pohangina, Kiwitea, and Waimarino ; that portion of the Rangitikei County bounded on the east by the summits of the Kaimanawa Mountains to the junction of the Moawhanga River and Aorangi Stream, and from thence by the Moawhanga River to its junction with the Rangitikei River, and from thence by that river to its junction with the Waikamaka River, and from thence by that river to a point known as Te Atuamahuru on the north end of the Ruahine Range ; that portion of the Patangata County to the south of a line extending along the southern boundaries of Blocks 13, 17, 14, 15, and 16 of the Porangahau Survey District in the said county from the Dannevirk County boundary to the sea ; that portion of the Horowhenua County north of a line drawn through Shannon due east and west from Manawatu County boundary to Eketahuna County boundary ; that portion of the Taupo County westward of a line extending from the mouth of the Tauranga-Taupo River along that river and its tributary to Ngapuketurua, and from thence along the summits of the Kaimanawa Mountains to the southern boundary of the Taupo County.

The district of Palmerston North includes the district offices at Dannevirk, Feilding, Marton, and Taihape, and the agencies at Raetihi and Woodville.

Given under the hand and seal of the Public Trustee, this 8th day of August, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Lands and Survey Department,

Wellington, 8th August, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 9, Beaumont Settlement, Block XXIX, Waikari Survey District. Tenure : L.I.P. L.S. Lease No. 140. Formerly held by Robert Thomson (deceased). Reason for forfeiture : Arrears of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.