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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Opening Settlement Land in Marlborough Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Ferguson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.
Kaikoura County.—Hundalee Survey District.—Goat Hills Settlement.
SECTIONS 4s and 5s, Block VII: Area, 1,485 acres 2 roods 24 perches; capital value, £3,750; half-yearly rent £93 15s. Weighted with £770, valuation for improvements, comprising two-roomed cottage (£140), wool-shed and lean-to (£200), fencing (£400), and yards (£30), to be paid for in cash. Goat Hills Settlement is situate about twenty-five miles from Kaikoura and is about the same distance from Waiau Railway-station. The access to Sections 4s and 5s is about thirty miles from Kaikoura by main inland road and Stag and Spey Road from Charwell Forks. Area comprises flat and easy open country covered with native grass tussock. About 300 to 400 acres in manuka-scrub. Soil fair, on papa and shingle formation. Well watered by permanent streams. Fencing to the value of £100 is included in the value of the land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, 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 Ferguson, 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 33, Block VI, Hohoura East Survey District: Area, 19 acres 3 roods 9 perches

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, 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 Ferguson, 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 24, Block I, Rangaunu Survey District: Area, 10 acres.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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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 Ferguson, 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 17, Block IV, Opoe Survey District: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 6 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Native Interpreter appointed.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize Wiremu Te Whata, of Tokomaru Bay, to act as an Interpreter of the first grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Native Interpreter appointed.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize John Solomon Grace, of Tuparoa, to act as a Native Interpreter of the first grade, under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, appointed.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Waimate Acclimatization District :— James Gunn Leckie, of Timaru.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Frederick William Hart to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wellington and Hutt, vice A. L. Tresidder.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Jesse Tanner, Esq., to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rotorua, vice W. Galbraith, Esq., resigned.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.