Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2281

Opening Settlement Land in Otago Land District for Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the eleventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Tuapeka County.—Beaumont and Tuapeka West Survey Districts.—Bellamy Settlement.

SECTION 9A: Area, 418 acres 0 roods 27 perches; capital value, £2,120; half-yearly rent, £47 14s.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of August, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Vincent County.—Tiger Hill Survey District.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| 62 | VI | 344 0 31 | 175 | 4 7 6 | 3 10 0 |
| 1* | XIX | 142 0 0 | 75 | 1 17 6 | 1 10 0 |
| 2 | " | 307 1 9 | 190 | 4 15 0 | 3 16 0 |
| 3 | " | 328 2 21 | 250 | 6 5 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 9 | " | 73 1 9 | 50 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0 |
| 10† | " | 196 2 0 | 100 | 2 10 0 | 2 0 0 |

• Weighted with £5 5s., valuation for fencing.
  † Weighted with £10 8s., valuation for fencing.

These sections are part of the original Galloway Station. They are situated from two to five miles from Galloway Railway-siding on a well-formed road. There is a school and post-office on Galloway Flat. Each section contains a proportion of very fair land.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Woodland Survey District.

Section 23, Block VI: Area, 198 acres 0 roods 19 perches. Capital value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2.

Weighted with £16, valuation for improvements consisting of bushfelling.

C

Situated on a formed road within three miles of Kahuika School and post-office. The distance from Caberfeidh Railway-siding is about two miles and a quarter. The land is under heavy bush, which consists principally of kamai, with quantities of rimu, fuchsia, and silver-birch. The soil is a light loam, on a clay formation; the aspect is partly northerly and partly southerly; well watered. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Clutha County.—Rimu Survey District.

Section 35, Block XIV: Area, 253 acres. Capital value, £130. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Weighted with £11, valuation for bushfelling.

Situated about two miles and a half from Kahuika Post-office, which is about a mile from Caberfeidh Railway-siding on the Catlin’s branch. Rough, broken land under heavy bush, comprising rimu, matai, broadleaf, miro, fuchsia, &c. The surface is steep, but will carry good grass when cleared. The soil is a black loam, on a clay formation. Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by numerous streams in the gullies.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of August, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Police-gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable RYAN HOLMES

to be Police-gaoler at Waitangi, Chatham Islands, on and from the 25th July, 1922, vice Constable Fry, transferred.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JAMES DIXON, Esq.,

a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate, to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand; the appointment to take effect on and from the 16th day of August, 1922.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT STANLEY DARROW

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Thames, vice W. J. McCormick, deceased; and

WALTER MCEWAN and
JOHN MILL

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the district of Chalmers, vice J. M. Stevenson, deceased, and D. M. Mawson, resigned, respectively.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ALBAN WHITAKER

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Oroua, vice A. E. Dobbie, transferred; and

HENRY HECTOR SCOTT

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Stratford, vice E. L. Egarr.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.