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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[NO. 12

Change of Name of "Manuka or Pigeon Island" to "Harwich Island." _

[Jellicoe, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in New Zealand:

And whereas it is considered expedient to alter the name of the locality described in the Schedule hereto:

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 the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the locality described in the Schedule hereto, being the island in Lake Wanaka now known as "Manuka or Pigeon Island" shall be and the same is hereby altered to "Harwich Island," and do assign the last-mentioned name to such locality accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, not being earlier than six months after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, in Mid Wanaka Survey District, containing 300 acres, more or less, being the island known as Manuka or Pigeon Island, in Lake Wanaka, permanently reserved for recreation by notice dated the twentieth day of September, 1889, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 1889, page 1011.

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 24th day of November, 1924.

RICHARD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

God save the King!

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th February, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Galloway Chisholm

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Napier, vice C. H. Rogers.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Udy, Esq.,
Allen Donald, Esq., and
John Saunders, Esq.,

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairarapa.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Registrars, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th February, 1925.

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

Sydney Cecil Batchelor, Esq.,

To be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hampden, as from the 23rd January, 1925.

William James Minogue, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Eketahuna, as from the 6th February, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Special Order made by the Greytown Borough Council declaring Hemlock to be a Noxious Weed.-Notice No. Ag. 2470.

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 17th February, 1925.

THE following special order made by the Greytown Borough Council is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Greytown Borough Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that the plant mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being a plant mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) is a noxious weed within the Borough of Greytown.

Schedule.

Hemlock (Conium maculatum).

The above special order was made by the Greytown Borough Council at a special meeting held on Tuesday, 13th January, 1925, and was duly confirmed at the monthly meeting on Tuesday, 10th February, 1925.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserves for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Nelson, 17th February, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Westport, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., on Tuesday, 31st March, 1925.

The reserves in the First Schedule will be offered for lease under the provisions of the Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877, and amendments.

The education reserve in the Second Schedule will be offered for lease under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Westport.

PART Section 472, Palmerston Street : Area, 9·5 perches; upset annual rental, £1 10s.

Weighted with £30, valuation for improvements, comprising stable and cart-shed.

Section 859, corner of Russell and Chamberlain Streets : Area, 14.4 perches ; upset annual rental, 14s. 6d.

Sections 78 and 79, Cobden Street : Area, 20 perches ; upset annual rental, £5.

Part Sections 151 and 152, Palmerston Street : Area, 9 perches ; upset annual rental, £3 10s.

Section 845, Bright Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £4 10s.

Section 824, Balfour and Peel Streets : Area, 31.5 perches ; upset annual rental, £1 12s.

Section 884, Romilly Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £2.

Sections 885, Romilly Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £2.

Section 886, Romilly Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £2.

Section 888, Derby Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £2.

Section 889, Derby Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £2.

Section 890, Derby Street : Area, 1 rood, upset annual rental, £2.

Section 1054, Romilly Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £3.

Section 1061, Bright Street : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £3.

Part Section 486, corner Fonblanque and Russell Streets : Area, 25.6 perches ; upset annual rental, £3 15s.

Note.-A building on adjoining freehold encroaches a few feet on this section.

Section 1076 at corner of Romilly, Salisbury, and Balfour Streets : Area, 8.94 perches ; upset annual rental, 10s.

Section 35, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District : Area, 5 acres 0 roods 22.4 perches ; upset annual rental, £2 10s.