2370

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 51

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section two hundred and sixteen of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the aforesaid meeting of the Tauranga County Council in so far as that meeting was not held at the time prescribed by the said Act, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the holding of such meeting shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member appointed to Katikati Hot Springs Scenic Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-first day of that month, the control of a certain reserve in the Auckland Land District, known as the Katikati Hot Springs Scenic Reserve, was vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the said Warrant constituted a special Board by the name of the Katikati Hot Springs Scenic Board, in pursuance of section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908: And whereas it is desirable that Frederick Charles Baines should be appointed a member of the said Board in place of Hugh Wallis, resigned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby appoint the said Frederick Charles Baines

to be a member of the Katikati Hot Springs Scenic Board constituted by the Warrant dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, hereinbefore referred to, in place of the said Hugh Wallis.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of July, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Notifying Land 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 twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Wanganui County.—Block X, Mangawhero Survey District.
SECTION 8, Kohanga Village: Area, 3 roods 11 perches; upset price, £10.

Kohanga Village is situated in the Wangaehu Valley, on the right bank of the river near its confluence with the Mangamahu Stream, and close to the main road, between Maungakaretu and Fordell Railway-station, being distant about twenty miles from the latter. The section is level and grassed; the soil is of light loam on clay formation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of July, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Altering the Boundaries of Military Commands and Regimental Districts.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 9th June, 1921, relative to the constitution of commands and regimental districts; and do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

SCHEDULE.

THE paragraphs relating to the “Northern Command,” “No. 2 Regimental District,” “No. 4 Regimental District,” “No. 6 Regimental District,” and “No. 7 Regimental District,” are hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“The Northern Command, comprising all that portion of the North Island of New Zealand lying north of a line drawn from East Cape along the north-western boundaries of the Counties of Waipu and Waikohu to the junction of the latter county with the Counties of Opotiki and Whakatane; thence along the south-western boundary of the County of Waikohu to the junction of the Counties of Waikohu, Whakatane, Cook, and Wairoa; thence along the north-western and western boundaries of the County of Wairoa to the junction of this county with the Counties of Taupo and Hawke’s Bay; thence due west to the junction of the Counties of Ohura, Whangamomona, and Kaitieke; thence along the southern and western boundaries of the County of Ohura and the northern boundary of the County of Clifton to the sea at the mouth of the Mokau River.”

“No. 2 REGIMENTAL DISTRICT.—HEADQUARTERS, PAEROA.

“All that area comprising the Counties of Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako, Hauraki Plains, Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, Matakaoa; that portion of the County of Waikato comprising the Borough of Cambridge and its environs; and that portion of the County of Taupo lying north of the southern boundary of the command; together with all boroughs and town districts situated within or contiguous to the boundaries of those counties or portions of counties.”

“No. 4 REGIMENTAL DISTRICT.—HEADQUARTERS, HAMILTON.

“All that area comprising the Counties of Manukau, Franklin, Raglan, Waikato (with the exception of the Borough of Cambridge and its environs), Waipa, Kawhia, Otorohanga, Waitomo, Ohura, and those portions of the Counties of Taumarunui and Kaitieke lying north of the southern boundary of the command; together with all boroughs and town districts situated within or contiguous to the boundaries of those counties or portions of counties.”

“No. 6 REGIMENTAL DISTRICT.—HEADQUARTERS, PALMERSTON NORTH.

“All that area comprising the Counties of Waimarino, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Oroua, Kairanga, Manawatu, Horowhenua, and those portions of the Counties of Taupo, Kaitieke, and Taumarunui lying south of the northern boundary of the command and west of the 176° meridian of east longitude; together with the Borough of Wanganui, the Town Districts of Castlecliff and Gonville, and all boroughs and town districts situated within or contiguous to the boundaries of those counties or portions of counties.”

“No. 7 REGIMENTAL DISTRICT.—HEADQUARTERS, NAPIER.

“All that area comprising the Counties of Waikohu, Cook, Waiapu, Uawa, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, Patangata, Woodville, Weber, Pahiatua, Akitio, Ekatahuna, Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Masterton, Wairarapa South, Featherston, and that portion of the County of Taupo lying south of the northern boundary of the command and east of the 176° meridian of east longitude; together with all boroughs and town districts situated within or contiguous to the boundaries of those counties or portion of county.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor General, this 22nd day of July, 1926

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Cancelling the Appointment of a Member of the Main Highways Board and appointing another Member to the said Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in Gazette No. 52, of the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, John Donnet Bruce, Esquire, of Akaroa, Farmer, was appointed a member of the Main Highways Board in terms of subsection three, clause (c), of section five of the Main Highways Act, 1922 :