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of Waimana, 6 chains distant from the north-east corner of the last named allotment; then westerly along a line parallel to the northern boundary of said Allotment 8 to the road forming its western boundary; then northerly along the eastern side of the last-mentioned road to the north-western corner of Allotment 8 aforesaid; then westerly along a right line across a road to and along the southern side of the road intersecting Allotment 10A, Parish of Waimana, and the production of that side to the high-water mark of the Whakatane River; then northerly, westerly, again northerly, and easterly along the right bank of the said Whakatane River to the north-western corner of Allotment 260A, Parish of Waimana; then south-easterly along the south-western boundary of Allotment 260A aforesaid; then easterly along the southern boundaries of said Allotment 260A and Allotment 260B, Parish of Waimana: then northerly along the eastern boundary of the last-named allotment to the southern boundary of Subdivision 1 of Allotment 260C, Parish of Waimana; then easterly and northerly along the southern and eastern boundaries respectively of the last-named allotment to the high-water mark of the Whakatane River; then northerly generally along the right bank of the Whakatane River to the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Auckland and Gisborne Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the point where the north-western side of Maraetotara Road strikes the high-water mark of the sea in Block III, Whakatane Survey District, and proceeding in a south-westerly direction generally along said north-western side of road to its junction with the western side Nukuhou-Maraetotara Road (Whakatane-Opotiki Road); then southerly and easterly generally along the western and southern sides respectively of the last-mentioned road, to the junction of said southern side of road with the western side of Nukuhou (Waimana-Ohiwa) Road; then southerly generally along the said western side of Nukuhou Road; to the confiscation-line; then easterly along parts of the northern boundaries of Waimana No. 1E Block and Section 21, Block IV, Waimana Survey District; then south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the last-named section; then south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of said Section 21, and Waimana No. 1C and 1D Blocks, to Paitaua; then north-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned block to the Waimana River; then southerly generally up that river to its source; then south-westerly along the summit of the range to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; then south-easterly along a right line running in the direction of Puketapu Trig. Station to a point in the production of the north-western boundary-line of the Waipaoa Block; then south-westerly along a right line to the most northern boundary of the said Waipaoa Block; and thence along the north-western boundaries of the last-mentioned block and of the forest reserve, and southerly along the western boundary of said forest reserve, to its intersection with a right line running between Puketapu Trig. Station and the most northern point of Lake Waikaremoana; then south-westerly along the last-mentioned line to said northern point of Lake Waikaremoana; then along a right line running through a point 180 chains due north of Maungataniwha Trig. Station to the intersection of the eastern boundary of Taupo County described in statute 1921-22, No. 64, Ninth Schedule; then northerly along the last-mentioned boundary, and north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of said county to a point in the production of a right line running between Trig. Station No. 38, Ahiwhakamura, and Trig. Station No. 18, Maungawhakamana; then northerly along the last-mentioned line to Maungawhakamana aforesaid; then north-easterly along a right line to the south-western corner of Matata Parish; then northerly along the western boundary of that parish to the sea; then south-easterly generally along high-water mark of the sea to the place of commencement: excluding the Borough of Whakatane hereinbefore described.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointing a Local Advisory Committee to assist in the Administration of the Otamatea War Fund at Paparoa.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th August, 1924.

PURSUANT to the War Funds Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder, I, William Downie Stewart, being the Minister administering the Act, hereby notify that I have appointed the following persons to be a Local Advisory Committee to assist the National War Funds Council in the administration of the Otamatea War Fund, formerly known as the Otamatea County Red Cross Campaign Fund, being a war fund administered by the National War Funds Council:—
Otamatea War Fund Local Advisory Committee—
Edward Thomas Birtles, Esq., Paparoa.
Mark Bishop Peat, Esq., Paparoa.
Marcus Noble Skelton, Esq., Paparoa.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister in Charge of War Funds.

Result of Election of Trustee of Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th August, 1924.

THE following result of the election of a trustee of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Wainono Drainage District: County of Waimate—
John Francis Fox.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th August, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:—

Maraekakaho Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Maraekakaho, Hawke’s Bay.
Date of disbandment, 26th July, 1924.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 47 of 1924.

WANGANUI HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th August, 1924.

Castlecliff Basin-wall to be extended.

THE Wanganui Harbour Board notify that the extension for a distance of about 300 ft. of the basin-wall at Castlecliff will be proceeded with at once, and that it is intended to sink the hulk “Te Anau” in alignment as soon as the preliminary piles have been driven.
The green light on the existing end of the basin-wall will thereupon be transferred to the outer end of the hulk.
Mariners are cautioned to exercise care when passing this locality.
Publications affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2054; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 99 and onwards; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1924, page 227, and plan facing page 226.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part III), and its Amendments.

WHEREAS Hendrick Larson, late of Kirikau, in the Provincial District of Auckland, New Zealand, Surfaceman, is the owner of the property described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said property”):
And whereas it is not known whether he is alive or dead:
And whereas he has no agent in New Zealand with authority to take possession of and administer the said property:
And whereas the Public Trustee has been requested to take possession of and administer the said property under Part III of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments:
And whereas the value of the said property does not exceed one thousand pounds (£1,000):
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, as amended by subsection (2) of section 41 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, the Public Trustee, with the consent of the Public Trust Office Board, hereby gives notice that he intends to take possession of the said property and to exercise in respect thereof the powers conferred upon him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part III), and the amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

Cash in Post Office Savings-bank, £216 10s.
Current account, Bank of Australasia, £55 1s. 1d.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of August, 1924.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.