Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3253

RURAL LAND.

Franklin County.--Opaheke Parish.

Part Section 128 and Section 128B : Area, 1 acre 0 roods
37 perches; upset price, £10.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements, consisting
of shed 21 ft. by 16 ft., with leanto 12 ft. by 8 ft. This
building is in rather a dilapidated condition at present.

Formerly site of Paparimu Creamery. Situated five miles
from the Hunua Dairy Factory, just off the main road. Land
is undulating and is at present covered with fern and blackberry.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of November, 1926.

D. H. GUTHRIE, 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 27, Block VII, Opoe Survey District : Area, 62 acres
2 roods 19 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 10th day of November, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Member appointed to Huatoki Scenic Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of
November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of
that month, the control of a certain reserve in the Taranaki
Land District, known as the Huatoki Scenic Reserve, was
vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the
said Warrant constituted a special Board by the name of the
Huatoki Scenic Board, in pursuance of section thirteen of the
Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 : And whereas it is desirable
that Arthur Squire Allen should be appointed a member of
the said Board in place of William Edward Bendall, deceased.

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
Arthur Squire Allen
to be a member of the Huatoki Scenic Board constituted by
the Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of November,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, hereinbefore
referred to, in place of the said William Edward Bendall.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of November, 1926.

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

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th November, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed
Thomas Garrick, of Taihape,
to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the said Act for
the Wellington Acclimatization District.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.--
Notice No. Ag. 2614.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 11th November, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Alan Lamb Donaldson
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds
Act, 1908, for the Whakatane Borough ; the appointment to
date as from the 9th November, 1926.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Visiting Justices to Prisons appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
James Allan Strang, Esq., J.P., and
William Greig, Esq., J.P.,
to be Visiting Justices to the Wi Tako Prison, Trentham.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Visiting Justices to Prisons appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 13th November, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
James Leslie, Esq., J.P., and
George Philip Kissel, Esq., J.P.,
to be Visiting Justices to His Majesty's Prison, known as the
Paparua Prison, Templeton.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
David William Melville Webster
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Waitaki, vice P. D. Leahy, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in
Children's Courts.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th November, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
authorize
John Hearsey Salmon, Esq., S.M.,
to exercise jurisdiction in the Children's Courts established at
Palmerston North and Levin.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have
been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of
Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set
respectively opposite their names, viz.:-
Herbert William Pascoe .. .. .. Heriot.
Douglas Clarence Webster .. .. .. Waiapu.
Thomas Fletcher .. .. .. Hamilton.
Norman Lindsay Anderson .. .. .. Aorere.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.