Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2477

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

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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 Monday, the 28th day of September, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Inangahua County.—Mawheraiti Survey District.

Lot 1, part Sections 5 and 17, Block VII, Mawheraiti Survey District: Area, 150 acres: Capital value, £1,200: Half-yearly rent, £30.

Weighted with £600 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of August, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/2723.)

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Associates of Children’s Courts reappointed under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby reappoint the several persons whose respective names and addresses are set out in the First and Second Columns respectively of the Schedule hereto as persons to be associated with the respective Children’s Courts named in the Third Column of the said Schedule. And I declare that the said respective reappointments are made generally in relation to all matters that may be dealt with by such respective Courts. And I further declare that the said respective reappointments shall be for one year, ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

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SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of August, 1931.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

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Person to be associated with Children’s Court appointed.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

George Leighton Stewart, 54 Weld Street, Wadestown, Wellington,

as a person to be associated with the Children’s Court held at Wellington, and I declare that the said appointment is made generally in relation to all matters that may be dealt with by the said Court.

And I further declare that the said appointment shall be for the year ending thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of August, 1931.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

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Resignation of Minister.

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Official Secretary’s Office,
Government House,
Wellington, 25th August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Honourable William Burgoyne Taverner

of the office of Minister of Transport.

By Command—

A. C. DAY, Official Secretary.

(I.A. 14/8/19.)

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Minister appointed.

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Official Secretary’s Office,
Government House,
Wellington, 25th August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable William Andrew Veitch,

to be Minister of Transport.

By command—

A. C. DAY, Official Secretary.

(I.A. 14/8/19.)

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Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

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Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th August, 1931.

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

William Blackadder

to be a member of the Land Board for the Land District of Nelson, for a term of two years from the 18th August, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/6.)

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Member of the Whitehall Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 2990.)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,

William Seymour Brunskill

as a member of the Whitehall Rabbit Board established under the said Act, vice Colin Muirhead (deceased).

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.

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Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 2291.)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry Joseph Marks

as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the jurisdiction of the Whakatāne County Council, the appointment to date from the 22nd August, 1931.

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.