MAR. 1. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 611

Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.

[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land :

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

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SCHEDULE.

TAUMARUNUI Native Township, Subdivision R 2, comprising Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (L.T. 15250) of Sections 2 and 4, Block VIII: Area, 1 rood 20·01 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 23rd day of February, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.

[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land :

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

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SCHEDULE.

TAUMARUNUI Native Township, Subdivision A 10, comprising Section 10, Block V: Area, 39·99 perches.

Taumarunui Native Township, Subdivision A 6, comprising Section 17, Block VIII: Area, 1 rood 0·02 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 23rd day of February, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Vesting the Control of Portion of Scenic Reserve in the Te Kuiti Borough Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of that part of the Mangaokewa Gorge Scenic Reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Te Kuiti Borough Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be three years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

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SCHEDULE.

PART MANGAOKewA GORGE SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 75 acres, more or less, and situated in Block IV, Otanake Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 64 Section J (quarry reserve), 908·3 links; towards the east by Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 64, 446·8, 382·5, 772·4, 657·9, and 1267·4 links; towards the south-east by the eastern portion of Pukenui No. 2u Section 1 (scenic reserve), 1161·3 and 1625·1 links; towards the south by part Pukenui No. 2u Section 1, 960·7 links; towards the west by the North Island Main Trunk Railway and the abutment of a road, 699·1 links, and that boundary produced across the Waiteti Stream; towards the south-east by the said stream; towards the west by the North Island Main Trunk Railway, 297·4, 343·3, and 183·1 links; towards the north by part Pukenui No. 2m, 1100 links, part of Pukenui No. 2m (railway metal-reserve), 942·9 links, and that boundary produced across the Mangaokewa Stream; towards the west by the said stream; including the streams intersecting the above-described area: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4/302, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 24th day of February, 1923.

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

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Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

FREDERICK VICKERS, of Lake Tekapo,

to be a Ranger under the said Act for the South Canterbury Acclimatization District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 24th day of February, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Resignation of Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th February, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 44 of the Land Act, 1908, accepted the resignation of

ALEXANDER JEROME CAMERON

as a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, as from the 8th February, 1923.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Deputy Registrars of the Supreme Court of New Zealand appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st February, 1923.

THE Deputy Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

GAVIN EUGENE POLLOCK

to be Deputy Registrar at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 15th day of February, 1923.

NORMAN CLAUD OSWALD BUTCHER

to be Deputy Registrar at Blenheim of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of March, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.