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DESCRIPTION.

Camping and seaside-residence sites facing the Orewa Beach, which is one of the best beaches handy to Auckland. The land is level and of a sandy nature, hummocky in places, and all in grass, fern, and manuka. Fresh water may be obtained by sinking. Access is from Silverdale, two miles and a half distant and Orewa, one mile distant. Both places have good steamer service.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

All sections will be sold subject to drainage casements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of February, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Pahiatua County.

PART Section 8, Block XIV, Mangahao Survey District :

Mackenzie Village Settlement.

Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 : Area, 1 acre each ; upset price, £20 each.

Each section is weighted with £2 5s., valuation for fencing, to be paid in cash.

These sections are situated about 20 chains from the Mangamaire Railway-station, near the Rexdale Dairy Factory. Comprise all flat land in grass. Fenced on boundary of Section 10, McKenzie Village Settlement, and on frontage to the Tutaekara Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of February, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 161 of the Land Act, 1924.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-one of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 13, Block XI, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 22 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of February, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Miners' Rights no longer issued at Kumara, Stafford, and Rimu Post-offices.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the Mining Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the post-offices at Kumara, Stafford, and Rimu shall no longer be post-offices at which miners' rights may be issued.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of February, 1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 10.5.14.)

Judge of the Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 19th February, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Oscar Thorwald Johann Alpers, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, under section 11 of the Judicature Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Resignation of Judge of Supreme Court.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 19th February, 1925.

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

The Honourable John Henry Hosking

of his office as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, as from the 18th day of February, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL, for Prime Minister.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 23rd February, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John George Lewis Hewitt, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Rotorua and Tauranga, vice W. G. K. Kenrick, Esq., S.M., on leave.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 17th February, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Walter Parker

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waipawa, vice C. O. Pratt.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 24th February, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Matthew Albert Carr, Esq.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington, vice C. W. Chilman, resigned.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 24th February, 1925.

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

Arthur James Rush, Esq.,

of Canvastown, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Bailiff of Magistrates' Court appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 17th February, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable Timothy Mannix

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Lyttelton on and from the 1st day of February, 1925, vice Constable Charles Ross, transferred.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.