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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Inspector of Scenic Reserve appointed.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ANTON OLIVER SORENSEN

to be an Inspector under the said Act in respect to the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

KAITOKE SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing 587 acres 1 rood 6 perches, more or less, situated in Block XV, Akatarawa, and Block III, Rimutaka Survey Districts, and being the land taken for scenic purposes by Proclamation dated the 23rd day of January, 1913, and gazetted on the 30th day of that month.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of October, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by Part III of the Land Act, 1908, and by the Fruit-farms Settlement Act, 1910, 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 first-named Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto, having been set apart for the purpose of leasing or otherwise disposing of the same for fruit-growing or other agricultural purposes, shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twentieth day of November, 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, and the Fruit-farms Settlement Act, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waikato County.—Block XV, Maramarua Survey District.

• Area subject to slight alteration.

These sections are situated from two to three miles north-west of Te Kauwhata Railway-station, fifty-four miles south of Auckland, on the Main Trunk line. All sections have access either by formed roads or suitable cart-tracks. The sections are undulating, with small proportions of swamp land, the soil being friable clay. Artificial means will be required to provide water for all sections except No. 19; the remainder of the sections are more or less watered by small streams or swamps, which, however, dry up in hot seasons. The orchards, which comprise principally apple and pear trees, have been well cared for, and are capable of producing fruit in the coming season. The altitude ranges from 80 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the capital values are as follows, the areas stated being approximate only:—
Section 17.—10¾ acres orchard, 13 acres permanent grass, 3 acres wattle plantation, and 53½ chains fencing with wire netting; value, £523.
Section 18.—11 acres orchard, 15 acres permanent grass, 3 acres wattle plantation, 42½ chains fencing with wire netting, and half share 16½ chains boundary fence with wire netting; value, £553.
Section 19.—10¾ acres orchard, 15½ acres grass, 2 acres wattle plantation, and 28¼ chains fencing with wire netting; value, £406.
Section 20.—10¼ acres orchard, 16 acres grass, 3 acres wattle plantation, 44¾ chains fencing with wire netting; value, £427.
Section 21.—9¼ acres orchard, 14 acres grass, 2 acres wattle plantation, 36½ chains fencing with wire netting, and half share 16½ chains boundary fencing with wire netting; value, £391.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

[NOTE.—This Warrant is issued in substitution for the Warrant dated 20th September, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 28th September, 1922, at page 2665.]

Branch Managers, Invercargill Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the appointment of the undermentioned officers of the Invercargill Savings-bank:—

ARCHIBALD HENDERSON AITKEN, Esq., to be Manager at Gore;

JOHN ALEXANDER BROOM, Esq., to be Manager at Winton.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Appointment of Officer under the Fisheries Act.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

NORMAN OGILVIE FAIRLIE,

of Lake Kaniere, an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officers of Police Force appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Inspector RICHARD MARSACK

to be a Superintendent;

Sub-Inspector JOHN MCNAMARA

to be an Inspector; and

Senior Sergeant DENIS JOSEPH CUMMINGS

to be a Sub-Inspector,

of the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect from 16th October, 1922.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Justices of the Peace resign.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignations by

WILLIAM HOLLAND AUBREY, Esq., of Picton, and
THOMAS BURD, Esq., of Tauranga,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for New Zealand.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HADFIELD SMITH, Esq., J.P.,

of Havelock, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.