Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2699
cote Bridge, and proceeding thence generally in an easterly
direction to Maffey's Corner. As the said portion of road is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
54394, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured red.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 30th day of September, 1922.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.
Notice declaring certain Unalienated Crown Lands open for
Sale under Section 39 of the Mining Act, 1908.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
WHEREAS by section thirty-nine of the Mining Act,
1908, it is provided that the Governor-General may
from time to time declare any unalienated Crown lands
within any district to be opened for sale or lease on such dates
and in areas of such size and form as he determines:
And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto has
been reported on as prescribed by the Warden exercising
jurisdiction within the mining district in which the said land
is situate:
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
on me by section thirty-nine of the Mining Act, 1908, and of
every other power and authority in any wise enabling me in
this behalf, do hereby declare that the said land is open for
sale in the areas of the size and form marked upon the plan
hereinafter mentioned, as from the ninth day of November,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two; provided that
the following reservation is made on any title or titles that
may be granted to the purchasers of such land or any part
thereof:-
Except and reserving all gas, coal, and other minerals
under the said land, and reserving to His Majesty the
King and any person authorized by him in that behalf,
and any person to whom a lease may be granted
under the authority of the Coal-mines Act, 1908, or
any other Act in that behalf, full liberty by themselves,
their agents and servants, to search for, extract, and
carry away any such gas, coal, or mineral, and to sink
all necessary pits and shafts and to make and erect
all necessary erections, machinery, and roads and other
conveniences and things for this purpose, without
liability for resulting subsidence of the surface or any
loss or damage caused thereby.
And provided also that all lands within sixty-six feet from
the bank and along the entire course of any watercourse (as
defined in the Mining Act, 1908) shall be and be deemed to
be excluded from any such sale.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 88 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section
106, Block IX, Leaning Rock Survey District. Bounded
towards the north-west by Section 55 and Section 51, Block
VII, 3173·4 links; towards the north-east by a public road
2508·8 links; towards the south-east generally by Sections
105, 100, 99, 85, 110, 5454·4 links; towards the south-west by
Sections 75 and 97, Block VII aforesaid, 306·1 links; towards
the north-west by said Section 97, 423·4 links; again towards
the south-west by said Section 97, 320·8 links; again towards
the north-west by Section 86, Block VII aforesaid, 526·9
links; again towards the south-west by said Section 86,
1613·3 links; again towards the south-east by said Section
86, 578·1 links; and again towards the south-west by said
Section 97 and Crown lands, 2424·3 links : be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less. The area is intersected by a water-race
reserve 30 links wide, allowance for which has been made in
the area.
Also all that area in the Otago Land District, containing
by admeasurement 9 acres 1 rood 21 perches, more or less,
being Section 85, Block VII, Leaning Rock Survey District.
Bounded towards the north-west by a public road, 916·7 links;
towards the north-east by Section 57, 520·1 links; towards
the south-east by said Section 57, 196 links; again towards
the north-east by Section 1, 417·7 links; towards the south-
east by Crown land, 1188·4 links ; and towards the south-west
by the Alexandra Town Belt, 759·7 links : be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less.
Both the said areas are delineated on the plan marked
“Mines N. 6/11,” deposited in the Head Office, Mines
Department, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 21st day of September, 1922.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 6/11.)
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King's Counsel appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1922.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
MICHAEL MYERS, Esq.,
of Wellington, to be King's Counsel, the Right Honourable
the Chief Justice having concurred in such appointment, as
provided by regulations made by Order in Council dated the
21st January, 1907.
E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.
Members of Domain Boards appointed.
Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1922.
His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act,
1908, been pleased to make the following appointments :-
WILLIAM HENRY LAMBERT
to be a member of the Hirstfield Domain Board, in place of
George Crawford Kerse, resigned.
ROBERT WALKER
to be a member of the Wanaka Islands Domain Board, in
place of Thomas McKenzie, left the district.
WILLIAM HAIR
to be a member of the Kimbolton Domain Board, in place
of Edward Samuel Davies, resigned.
MARTIN CASSERLEY
to be a member of the Limehills Domain Board, in place of
John Baird, resigned.
JOHN HIGGINS
to be a member of the Waiau Domain Board, in place of
John Wilson, resigned.
KENNETH JAMES MURCHISON and
DAVID GALLAGHER
to be members of the Kirwee Domain Board, in place of
George Bedford, deceased, and Thomas Daniel Jarman,
resigned.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.
Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.-
Notice No. 2212.
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th September, 1922.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
WILLIAM WELSH
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds
Act, 1908, for the Lower Hutt Borough, the appointment to
date as from the 30th September, 1922.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.
Registrar of Brands for the Purposes of the Stock Act, 1908,
appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th September, 1922.
The Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointment in the Public Service :—
ALFRED WILLIAM BARNES
to be Registrar of Brands under the Stock Act, 1908, for the
Hawke's Bay and Waipawa Branding Registration Districts,
as from the Ist June, 1922.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.
Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1922.
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. :-
Allan Roy Jones ... Wairoa.
Henry Charles Langford ... Malvern.
William Findlay ... West Taieri.
Harold Ingham ... Cambridge.
Alfred McNicol Gordon Ward ... Bay of Islands.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.