JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1871

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND
Southland County.—Waikawa Survey District.
PART Section 10, Block XII: Area, 486 acres 2 roods 19·8 perches. Capital value, £245. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 12s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 18s.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of June, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 26/2000.)

Opening Land in the Auckland District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday, the twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule: and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Coromandel County.—Harataunga Survey District.
NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.
SECTION 16, Block VIII: Area, 462 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £240. Half-yearly rent, £4 16s.
Weighted with £785 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of June, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2644.)

Opening Lands in the Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, 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 provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Waitotara County.—Tauakira Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
SECTION 3, Block XIII: Area, 1,918 acres. Capital value, £480. Half-yearly rent, £9 12s.
Weighted with the sum of £630 for improvements.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 1, Block X: Area, 425 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £100. Half-yearly rent, £2.
Weighted with the sum of £414 for improvements.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.
Section 6, Block III: Area, 507 acres. Capital value, £125. Half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Kaitieke County.—Hunua Survey District.
Wanganui River Trust Endowment.
Sections 19, 22, and 23, Block I: Area, 138 acres 3 roods 13 perches. Capital value, £550. Half-yearly rent, £13 15s.
Weighted with the sum of £622 for improvements.

Kaitieke County.—Kaitieke Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 4, Block IX: Area, 412 acres. Capital value, £205. Half-yearly rent, £4 2s.
Weighted with the sum of £312 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of June, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2620.)

Consul of France at Auckland appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Monsieur E. M. U. M. Joubert

to act as Consul of France at Auckland for New Zealand and its dependencies, together with the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa, has been recognized.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 13/35/23.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st July, 1931.

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 undermentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District.

Balfour Dawson, The Pinnacles, Colville.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/4.)

Reappointment of Member of Otago Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th June, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Michael Alexander Kinney

to be a member of the Land Board for the Land District of Otago for a term of two years from the 6th day of August, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/9.)

Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1931.

THE New Zealand Naval Board have approved the following appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):

George Howard Norman, as Probationary Paymaster-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), with seniority of 1st July, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander the undermentioned officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):

Grafton Francis Bothamley, to date 10th May, 1931.
Archibald Cornelius, to date 10th May, 1931.
Hubert Alexander Rhind, to date 10th June, 1931.

A. J. MURDOCH,
For Minister of Defence.