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and other purposes of public utility, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of such reserve so set apart:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act as aforesaid, declare that the purpose of the reservation over that portion of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed to a reserve for public buildings of the General Government. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 35·9 perches, more or less, and being Reserve No. 4154 (formerly part of Rural Section No. 385), situated in the Borough of Rangiora, and bounded as follows: Towards the north by Pound Street, 168·87 links; towards the east and again towards the north by Reserve No. 4155, 100·8 and 85·87 links respectively; again towards the east by Ivory Street, 120 links; towards the south by other part of Rural Section No. 385, 255·75 links; and towards the west by Reserve No. 4169, 219·9 links: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/3/332, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Appointing Members of the Island Council of Pukapuka, Cook Islands.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, under Part II of the Cook Islands Act, 1915 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), a Legislative Council called the “Island Council of Pukapuka” was established in and for the Island of Pukapuka, and it was determined that the said Council should consist partly of six nominated members:

And whereas by section sixty-five of the said Act it is provided that nominated members of an Island Council shall be appointed by the Governor-General to hold office either during his pleasure or for a fixed period, as the Governor-General thinks fit:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the authority vested in me by section sixty-five of the said Act, and in pursuance of the said Order in Council, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint the following persons to be members of the Island Council of Pukapuka, to hold office during my pleasure on and from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, that is to say—Apa, Beni, Kuru, Toka, Toma, Tapipi.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, this 20th day of December, 1926.

M. POMARE,
Minister of the Cook Islands.

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Warrant authorizing the Rangitikei County Council to construct a Bridge over the Tutaenui Stream, at Curls, near Greatford (together with Approaches thereto), and apportioning the Cost.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by section one hundred and nineteen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize the Rangitikei County Council to construct the bridge (together with approaches thereto) described in the Schedule hereto; and I do also declare that the cost thereof shall be borne by the Rangitikei County Council and the Bulls Town Board in the following proportions, viz.: The Rangitikei County Council shall pay ninety-five per centum and the Bulls Town Board shall pay five per centum of such cost respectively; and I do further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the Bulls Town Board shall be paid from time to time in the proportion hereinbefore prescribed, out of the funds of the said Board within a period of one month after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Rangitikei County Council; and all such payments shall be made from time to time to the County Clerk of the Rangitikei County Council for and on behalf of the said Board.

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SCHEDULE.

That bridge in the Wellington Land District, Rangitikei County, over the Tutaenui Stream at Curls, near Greatford, on the Crofton–Bulls Road (together with approaches thereto). As the site of the said bridge and approaches is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 67702, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 6th day of January, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 39/351.)

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Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

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PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

Alfred William Downer .. .. Rotorua.
William James Drysdale .. .. Tikiti.

As witness my hand this 5th day of January, 1927.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

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Lands proclaimed under the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925, notified available for Purchase for Industrial Purposes.

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PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the fourth section of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Amendment Act, 1926, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the undermentioned land is available for purchase as a site or sites for commercial or industrial purposes, and that the price fixed as a basis of negotiations with respect to the aforesaid land shall be £1,000 per acre.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Borough of Petone, situated in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 5·76 perches, more or less, being part Section 6, Hutt Registration District, and being also Lot 1 on the plan marked 256/14, deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered green.

As witness my hand this 7th day of January, 1927.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

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

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

Thomas Bennett, of Waihi,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the said Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.