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Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, and on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the Canterbury Land District, I do hereby declare the land described in the Schedule hereto to be part of the Balmoral Plantation Fire District constituted by the said notice, and do hereby vary the said notice accordingly.

Dated this 3rd day of September, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CANTERBURY FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

Extension of Balmoral Fire District.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 8,770 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks IV, V, and VI, Waitohi Survey District, and Blocks III and IV, Waipara Survey District, and bounded generally as follows : Towards the north-east by the Balmoral Plantation Fire District (Gazette, 1927, page 479); towards the east by Section 35, Medbury Settlement, and a production of the western boundary thereof to the right bank of the Hurunui River; towards the south by a road ; again towards the east by a road and its production to the left bank of the Waitohi River; towards the south-west by the left bank of the Waitohi River; towards the west by a road and its production to the left bank aforesaid ; again towards the south-west by a road; again towards the west by Rural Sections 36572, 36571, and 36570, and a production of the eastern boundaries thereof southward to the south side of the road; again towards the south-west by a road; and towards the north-west by Rural Section 36566 and productions of the south-eastern boundary thereof southward to the south side of the road and northward to the left bank of the Hurunui River. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 128/4, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service, at Wellington, and thereon bordered blue.

E. A. RANSOM,

Commissioner of State Forests.

Consenting to the Sale by the Otago Electric-power Board of Land in the City of Dunedin under the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section 92 of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of every other power in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, William Burgoyne Taverner, the Minister of Public Works, do hereby consent to the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the electric works for which it was acquired.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land authorized to be sold: 39·58 perches.

Being Allotment 4 of subdivision of Section 27, Block LXI, on a plan deposited in the Lands Registry Office at Dunedin as No. 3201, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title Register-book, Vol. 184, folio 224.

Situated in White Street in the City of Dunedin.

In the Otago Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 79666, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 30th day of August, 1930.

W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 26/554.)

Additional Rule for Examinations of Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 29th August, 1930.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the 29th day of September, 1927, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 67, of the 30th day of the same month, rules for the examinations of masters and mates were made:

And whereas it is desirable to make an additional rule:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by section 23 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I do hereby make the following additional rule for the conduct of examinations of masters and mates, and as to the qualifications of applicants.

This rule shall come into force on the lst day of September, 1930.

RULE.

QUALIFICATIONS OF MASTER OF SAILING-SHIP PLYING IN HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

A MASTER of a sailing-ship in harbours or rivers must be twenty-one years of age, and must have served at least one year at sea or on board of a vessel plying within harbour or river limits. He must produce satisfactory testimonials of good conduct and sobriety. He must be able to read and write and understand the first five rules of arithmetic, simple and compound. He must understand the rules of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-ships, their regulation lights and fog and sound signals, and the local harbour regulations. He must understand how to act for the safety of the ship if caught in a sudden squall, and what action to take if a man falls overboard; also any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of the master of this class of ship.

JAS. B. DONALD, Minister of Marine.

Including Additional Land in the Ruatoki Development Scheme.

Office of the Native Minister,

Wellington, 18th August, 1930.

WHEREAS notice was published in the Gazette and Kahiti on the 17th April, 1930, that the Native Minister has decided to apply the provisions of subsection (3) of section 23 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1929, to Ruatoki 1, 2, and 3, and other blocks of Native land or land owned by Natives in the Waiariki Native Land Court District: And whereas the Native Minister has now decided that the blocks mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall also be subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of the said section 23; it is hereby notified that such land is included in the said Ruatoki Development Scheme accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

Block. Area.

Te Pohue No. 1 . . . . . 89 2 23
Te Pohue No. 2 . . . . . 149 0 0
Ngautoka . . . . . . . 159 0 0
Puketapu . . . . . . . 41 1 21
Tuturitanga . . . . . . 141 0 0
Poutere . . . . . . . 162 0 0
Awamate . . . . . . . 0 3 34
Matai . . . . . . . 23 2 25
Awamutu . . . . . . . 30 0 37
Haruia . . . . . . . 46 2 26
Waitapu . . . . . . . 167 0 0
Toketehua . . . . . . 29 3 6
Hamoremore . . . . . . 32 3 0
Ouuitera . . . . . . 26 1 16
Te Tarata . . . . . . 85 0 0
Otauirangi . . . . . . 35 3 15
Urukaraka . . . . . . 4 3 30
Ohinenaenae . . . . . . 72 2 0
Te Rautao . . . . . . 31 0 17
Te Tapapatanga . . . . . . 43 3 16
Tapuiwahine . . . . . . 871 2 30
Hoko Whitu-a-Tu . . . . . 599 2 20
Rautawhiri . . . . . . 3. 1 25

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Excluding Land from the Mahoenui Development Scheme.

Office of the Native Minister,

Wellington, 27th August, 1930.

WHEREAS notice was published in the Gazette and Kahiti on the 17th April, 1930, that the Native Minister has decided to apply the provisions of subsection (3) of section 23 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1929, to Mahoenui A 2B 1 and other blocks of Native land or land owned by Natives in the Waikato-Maniapoto Native Land Court District: And whereas the Native Minister has now decided that the block mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall no longer be subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of the said section 23 ; it is, hereby notified that such land is excluded from the said Mahoenui development scheme accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

MAHOENUl E 3B 1 Block : Area, ll acres 3 roods 31 perches.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.