Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2187

Constituting the Waitaki Electric-power District and Outer Area.
[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by section three of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, that any area or areas of land may be constituted an electric-power district or outer area of such district under the said Act and in the manner therein provided:
And whereas a petition, praying that the area described in the First Schedule hereto may be constituted an electric-power district under the said Act, and that the area described in the Second Schedule hereto may be constituted an outer area of such electric-power district, was presented to the Governor-General on the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three:
And whereas such petition was publicly notified in the Oamaru Mail of the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and the North Otago Times of the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, being newspapers circulating in the proposed electric-power district:
And whereas after due inquiry the Governor-General is of opinion that the petition should be granted:
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, do hereby proclaim the district with the boundaries as described in the First Schedule hereto to be an electric-power district, and I hereby assign to such district the name of the "Waitaki Electric-power District"; and I do further proclaim that the area described in the Second Schedule hereto shall be an outer area of such electric-power district.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
ALL that area of land, situated in the Otago Land District, bounded as follows : Commencing at the mouth of the Wai-taki River ; thence towards the north-east by a line along the middle of the said river to its confluence with the Awakino River ; thence towards the west by the last-mentioned river to its junction with the boundary-line of Block Four (4) of the Kurow Survey District ; thence towards the south-west by the boundary-line between the settlement areas and run areas until such line joins the boundary-line of Block Ten (10) of the Maruwenua Survey District ; thence to the south and west by such last-mentioned block boundary-lines until its junction with the Maruwenua River ; thence towards the north by such river until its junction with its south branch ; thence by such south branch to the north-east boundary-line of Section Fifty-three (53) of Block Nine (9) of the Maruwenua Survey District ; thence towards the south-west by such boundary-line to the Awamoko Stream ; thence towards the south generally by such stream to the boundary-line between Blocks Eight (8) and Nine (9) of the Maruwenua Survey District ; thence towards the west by such boundary-line to the Kauroo Survey District boundary-line ; thence towards the south by such boundary-line to the east boundary-line of Block Ten (10), Kauroo Survey District ; thence towards the west by such boundary-line and that of Blocks Nine (9) and Eight (8), Kauroo Survey District, to the north boundary-line of Block Six (6), Kauroo Survey District ; thence towards the south by such boundary-line to its second junction with the Kauroo River and the east boundary-line of the said Block Six (6); thence towards the west by such last-mentioned boundary-line to its junction with the Otepopo Survey District boundary; thence towards the south by such last boundary-line to its junction with the Island Stream ; thence towards the west by the east boundary-line of Block Seven (7) of the Otepopo Survey District; thence towards the north by the north boundary of Block Eight (8); thence towards the west by the west boundary of Block Eight (8), and towards the south by the south boundary of the said Block Eight (8) and by the north and east boundary-lines of Block Nine (9) of the Otepopo Survey District, and the east boundary-line of Block Ten (10), Otepopo Survey District; thence towards the west by the east boundary-line of Block Thirteen (13) of the Moeraki Survey District to its junction with the Little Kuri Stream; thence towards the south by such stream to a point forty-one chains west of the Main South Road; thence towards the west by a line forty-one chains west of the Main South Road to the north boundary of Block Two (2) of the Moeraki Survey District; thence towards the north-west by a line forty-one chains north-west of the old Main South Road until its junction with the boundary of the Waitaki County; thence by such last boundary-line to the sea; thence along the sea-coast to the starting-point. As the said area is more particularly delineated on the plans

marked P.W.D. 57675, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Outer Area.
ALL those areas of land situated in the Otago Land District, being that part of the County of Waitaki situated beyond the area described in the First Schedule hereto.
As the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 57675, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

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 7th day of August, 1923.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

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.

SCHEDULE.
TAUMARUNUI Native Township Subdivision A 1, being Section 14, Block XIX : Approximate area, 1 acre.
Taumarunui Native Township Subdivision A 2, being Sections 12 and 13, Block XIX : Approximate area, 2 acres.

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 6th day of August, 1923.
J. G. COATES, Native Minister.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

Education Board of the District of Otago.--Election of Member for the North Ward Extraordinary Vacancy.
IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that Mr. George Keith Graham, the only nominated candidate for the above vacancy, has been duly declared elected a member of the Board for the North Ward.
S. M. PARK, Returning Officer.
Dunedin, 27th July, 1923.

Officiating Ministers for 1923.--Notice No. 29.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1923.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:--
Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Reverend Thomas Moore, L.Th.
The Reverend Gerald Francis Neligan.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.