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wapiti stags and hinds without the express written consent of
the Conservator of Forests, Invercargill, first having been
obtained.
Dated at this day of , 1931.
Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of
February, 1931.
P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/20/18.)

Notifying Land in the Auckland Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th January, 1931.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements
Act, 1925, I hereby notify that the undermentioned
land, being the land known as Morgan Settlement, which has
been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act
as from 3rd December, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MORGAN SETTLEMENT.
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containi.. by
admeasurement 415 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Lots 1
to 4 (inclusive) on plan No. 23311, deposited in the office of
the District Land Registrar at Auckland, being part of
Puketutu No. 1B No. 1 Block and Sections 153, 156, and 158,
Block I, Tapapa Survey District: Bounded towards the east
generally by a public road; towards the south-east by the
north-west boundary of Lot 5 on plan No. 23311, deposited as
aforesaid; towards the west and north generally by the
Mangapapa Stream. As the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/149/490, deposited
under No. 2462 in the Head Office of the Department of
Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 21/149/490.)

The Census and Statistics Act, 1926.—Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1931.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat,
oats, and barley for the season 1930-31 have been
compiled from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the
Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are
now published for general information.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield
of wheat for the season 1930-31 should be approximately
6,500,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 7,239,556
bushels for the season 1929-30.

The area from which oats were threshed for the five seasons
ending with 1929-30 averaged 27·41 per cent. of the total
area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion
is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be
approximately 3,540,000 bushels, as against an actual yield
of 3,002,288 bushels for the season 1929-30.

Barley threshed for the five seasons ending with 1929-30
averaged 97·99 per cent. of the total area under that crop.
Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year,
the total yield of grain should be approximately 795,000
bushels, as against an actual yield of 755,007 bushels for the
season 1929-30.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Election of Member of Auckland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Auckland, 9th February, 1931.

I, KENNETH MONTROSE GRAHAM, Returning Officer
for the election of a member of the Auckland Land
Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions
of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations
made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the
vacancy occurring on the said Board was

William George Hayward, of Ngatea,

and I do therefore hereby declare that the said William
George Hayward, of Ngatea, is duly elected a member of the
Auckland Land Board as from the 3rd April, 1931.

K. M. GRAHAM, Returning Officer.

(L. and S. 22/748/1.)

Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th February, 1931.

THE following result of the election of a trustee of a
drainage district has been received from the Returning
Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON, Under-Secretary.

Oroua Drainage District, County of Manawatu—
William Burne.

(I.A. 19/78/14.)

Officiating Ministers for 1931.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1931.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within the
meaning of the said Act are published for general informa-
tion :—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Gordon Richard Bowden.

Baptists.
Pastor Frederick Discombe.

ERRATUM.—In Notice No. 1, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 29th January, 1931, page 7, for “Mr. Rangiira Tumakuki” read “Mr. Rangiira Tumahuki.”

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of an Election under the Government Railways Act, 1926, and Amendments—Government Railways Appeal Board.

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington, 12th February, 1931.

THE following is the result of the election of the elective
members of the Government Railways Appeal Board
constituted under the Government Railways Amendment Act,
1927 :—

FIRST DIVISION.

Greig, W. J. .. .. .. 429
Johanson, H. .. .. .. 454
Stanley, V. R. J. .. .. .. 1,830
Informal .. .. .. 8

SECOND DIVISION.

Traffic and Stores Branch.

Chapman, E. W. S. .. .. .. 913
Pickup, J. .. .. .. 1,545
Informal .. .. .. 20

Maintenance Branch.

Dash, E. J. .. .. .. 1,162
Gavan, P. B. .. .. .. 598
Informal .. .. .. 4

Locomotive Running Branch.

Pullar, W. .. .. .. 751
Veitch, J. A. .. .. .. 878
Informal .. .. .. 6

Workshops Branch.

Elliott, J. (elected unopposed).

I hereby declare Victor Robert John Stanley, James Pickup,
Ernest John Dash, John Andrew Veitch, and Jacob Elliott
duly elected to act as members of the Government Railways
Appeal Board.

W. A. WELLINGS,
Returning Officer.