Num 22.

697

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928.

ERRATA.—In the notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its amendment, appearing in Gazette No. 19 of March 8, 1928, at page 653, fixing the closing-hours of (1) Hairdressers’ and (2) Tobacconists’ shops within the Combined District of Wellington, for the words “tobacconists’ shops,” in the ninth and tenth lines, read “the said shops.”

In the Order in Council appearing in Gazette No. 16, of 1st March, 1928, at page 526, partially revoking the Order in Council prohibiting all alienation of various subdivisions of Reureu Block, for the words “Reureu 3g 2,” appearing in the third line of the Second Schedule thereto, substitute the words “Reureu 2g 2.”

Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

Lot 70a No. 1, Parish of Waimana, Whakatane Survey District: Approximate area, 5 acres 2 roods 33 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 8th day of March, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

A

Altering Boundaries of Waitotara and Patea Counties, and including Area in Waitotara Riding, Waitotara County.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection two of section fourteen of the Counties Act, 1920, that the boundaries of any one or more counties may be altered in accordance with a resolution proposing the alteration passed by the Council of each of such counties in which the Counties Act is in force:

And whereas a resolution was passed by the Waitotara County Council on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, praying for the alteration of the boundaries of the Waitotara and Patea Counties in the manner described in the said resolution and in the First Schedule hereto:

And whereas a similar resolution was passed by the Patea County Council on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven:

And whereas it is expedient to make such alterations in accordance with the said resolutions, and that the area to be added to the Waitotara County should be included in the Waitotara Riding of that county:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area described in the First Schedule hereto, being now part of the Patea County, shall be added to and form part of the Waitotara County; that the boundaries of the Waitotara and Patea Counties as so altered shall be those set forth under the respective headings in the Second Schedule hereto; that the area added as aforesaid to the Waitotara County shall be included in the Waitotara Riding of the said county; and that the boundaries of that riding shall be those set forth in the Third Schedule hereto:

And I do also proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM PATEA COUNTY AND INCLUDED IN WAITOTARA COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at Orangihоangi Trig. Station in Block II, Nukumaru Survey District; thence south-westerly and