Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3043

on renewable lease on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.—Jacobs River Hundred.

SECTION 51, Block XIX: Area, 76 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £115. Half-yearly rent, £2 6s.

Section 52, Block XIX: Area, 89 acres 0 roods 22 perches. Capital value, £155. Half-yearly rent, £3 2s.

Both sections are situated on the west side of the Pourakino River, about eight miles from Riverton by formed and metalled road (about seven miles metalled); balance new formation. Three miles from Waipango Post-office and school, and four miles and a half from Aparima Dairy Factory. Section 51 is undulating to hilly. All milling-timber has been removed. When cleared and grassed will be suitable for dairying and mixed farming. Altitude from 70 ft. to 240 ft. above sea-level.

Section 52 is all undulating, of fair quality, and with the exception of 2 or 3 acres of swamp, is all native bush which was milled some years ago. Watered by small gullies. Suitable for dairying when cleared and grassed. Altitude from 30 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

Special Condition.—After the first half-year’s rent has been paid no further rent will be demanded on either section for a period of two years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of November, 1929.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

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Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Hutt.

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IN compliance with the provisions of section 103 of the Electoral Act, 1927, I hereby notify that the seat of the Honourable Thomas Mason Wilford, K.C., in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Hutt did, under the provisions of paragraph (g) of section 23 of the said Act, become vacant on the 18th day of November, 1929, by reason of his resignation.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of November, 1929.

CHAS. E. STATHAM, Speaker.

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High Commissioner for New Zealand appointed.

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Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Thomas Mason Wilford, K.C.,

to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, under and for the purposes of the High Commissioner Act, 1908, to hold the said office as on and from the 1st day of January, 1930, to the thirty-first day of December, 1932 (both days inclusive).

GEO. W. FORBES, for Prime Minister.

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

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Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th November, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

William Allan Stephens, of Pakipaki, and
William Taylor, of Waipawa,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

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Appointment of Members to the Board of Management of the Portobello Marine Fisheries Investigation Station.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has, in pursuance of the power conferred upon him by subsection (3) of section 65 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

Robert Church, M.B., Ch.B., of Portobello, and
Charles A. Wilson, of Well Park, Dunedin,

to be members on the Board of Management of the Portobello Marine Fisheries Investigation Station.

JOHN J. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

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Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.—(H. 3/15.)

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Department of Health,
Wellington, 9th November, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint trustees for public cemeteries as follows:—

Archibald Miles William Adams,
Joseph Henry Bartlett,
Duncan Gilchrist, and
Charles William Neal,

to be trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the Fabian’s Valley Public Cemetery.

Frederick Charles Davidson, and
Joseph Higgin,

to be trustees in place of Thomas Ward, whose seat has become vacant by death, and John O’Sullivan, whose seat has become vacant by resignation, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Aria Public Cemetery.

Charles Clarence Cotton, and
Stanley Howard Ormandy,

to be trustees in place of Frank Hilford and Frank Jones, whose seats have become vacant by resignation, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Mangapai Public Cemetery.

Joseph Henry Berry

to be trustee in place of Timothy O’Brien, whose seat has become vacant by death, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Pongaroa Public Cemetery.

John Smith

to be trustee in place of John William Smith, whose seat has become vacant by resignation, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Matahuru Public Cemetery.

William Charles Freemantle,

to be trustee in place of William Edward Coles, whose seat has become vacant by resignation, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Forest Gate Public Cemetery.

Richard Rouse,

to be trustee in place of James Rouse, whose seat has become vacant by death, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Hukerenui South Public Cemetery.

A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1929.

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.:—

Name. District.
William Joseph Vocasivich .. Pelorus.
Stanley Hardy .. Rakai.
Richard Embleton Hunter .. Rangiriri.
Francis Victor Hodge .. Te Aroha.
Lindsay Melrose .. Tuatapere.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

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NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section three of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Joseph Dolph, of the Public Trust Office, Christchurch, to be the Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Christchurch, during