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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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on renewable lease on Monday, the fourteenth day of March,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, at the rentals
mentioned in the said Schedule ; and I do also declare that
the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the pro-
visions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Westland County.—Wataroa Survey District.
SECTION 764, Block XIV: Area, 40 acres 0 roods 27 perches ;
capital value, £100 ; half-yearly rent, £2. Weighted with
£22 7s. 6d. valuation for fencing.
Section 765, Block XIV: Area, 40 acres 0 roods 25 perches ;
capital value, £100 ; half-yearly rent, £2. Weighted with
£10 7s. 6d. valuation for fencing.
Section 766, Block XIV: Area, 40 acres 0 roods 25 perches ;
capital value, £100 ; half-yearly rent, £2. Weighted with
£10 7s. 6d. valuation for fencing.
Section 767, Block XIV: Area, 51 acres 3 roods 26 perches ;
capital value, £130 ; half-yearly rent, £2 12s. Weighted with
£35 valuation for fencing.

Situated on the Main South Road, about three miles from
the Township of Matainui, and forty-five miles from Ross
Railway-station, by good metalled road. The land is prac-
tically level, with soil generally of a sandy nature resting on
gravel, the greater portion being covered with heavy bush
consisting chiefly of kamahi, small totara, and scattered
pines, with dense scrub and undergrowth. Sections 764 and
765 are well watered by creeks, the remaining sections being
poorly watered.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 29th day of January, 1927.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto
for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 28, Block VII, Opoe Survey District: Area, 50 acres
0 roods 5 perches.
Section 37, Block V, Hohura East Survey District: Area,
117 acres 2 roods 36 perches.
Section 30, Block VII, Opoe Survey District: Area, 2 acres.
Section 29, Block VII, Opoe Survey District: Area, 48 acres
2 roods 1 perch.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 28th day of January, 1927.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1808.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by section two of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint
Frank Spencer Palmer
an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 1908.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 24th day of January, 1927.
J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by section two of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint
Joseph Ernest Sargent Findon
an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 1908.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 28th day of January, 1927.
J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

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 Post-
master 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.

SCHEDULE.
Catherine Flora McRae (Miss) .. .. Glenorchy.
Frank Noel Newham .. .. .. Kaiaua.
Henry Trevor Parry .. .. .. Pukapuka.

As witness my hand this 29th day of January, 1927.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th January, 1927.

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 Ranger under and for
the purposes of that Act for the Rotorua Acclimatization
District :—
Frederick Charles Liddy.

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

Consul of Italy at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th January, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified that, in accordance with advice received from
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, he has
recognized provisionally the appointment of
Signor Michele Blunno
as Consul of Italy at Wellington.

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

Members of Clutha River Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th January, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
John Crawford Anderson, Esquire, of Stirling, and
Joseph Mosley, Esquire, of Clydevale,
to be members of the Clutha River Board, under the Clutha
River Board Empowering Act 1898 Amendment Act, 1900.

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

Appointment as Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of the
Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes at Dargaville recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st February, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified that, in accordance with instructions from
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, he has
recognized the appointment of
John Totich
as Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats,
and Slovenes at Dargaville.

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