Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3413

Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.
[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:
And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.
SCHEDULE.
Wharepuhunga 17B Block, Ranginui Survey District: Approximate area, 585 acres 1 rood 24 perches.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 26th day of November, 1931.
R. MASTERS, for Native Minister.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Setting apart Crown Lands under Section 161 of the Land Act, 1924.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-one of the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Section 9, Block XIV, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 25 acres 0 roods 30 perches.
Section 6, Block XIV, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 17 acres 3 roods 23 perches.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 24th day of November, 1931.
JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2198.)
Warrant vesting the Control of the Wangapeka River Bridge (Faulkner's), (together with Approaches thereto) in the Waimea County Council.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby direct that the bridge (together with approaches thereto) described in the Schedule hereto, shall, on and after the date of the gazetting hereof, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Waimea County Council.
SCHEDULE.
THAT bridge (together with approaches thereto) in the Nelson Land District over the Wangapeka River, situated in Block VIII, Wangapeka Survey District. As the site of the said bridge and approaches is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 83016, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of November, 1931.
JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 42/564.)
Officer of the Crown authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and one of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that Frank Hugh Muirhead, being a person holding the office of Assistant District Public Trustee at Palmerston North, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.
As witness my hand, this 27th day of November, 1931.
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.
Resignation of Member of Local Government Loans Board.
Treasury Office, Wellington, 1st December, 1931.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of W. J. Holdsworth, Esquire, as a member of the Local Government Loans Board.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Finance.
Member of the Rangitoto Rabbit Board appointed--(Notice No. Ag. 3002.)
Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 27th November, 1931.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,
Duncan Simpson
as a member of the Rangitoto Rabbit Board, established under the said Act, vice Richard Henry Trotter, resigned.
DAVID JONES, Minister of Agriculture.
Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.
Marine Department, Wellington, 26th November, 1931.
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 Cecil Milton Hill, of New Plymouth, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Taranaki Acclimatization District.
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.
Trustees of Mangawara Drainage District appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 28th November, 1931.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased in terms of section 10 (3), Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint Richard Walter Grenville Rutherford and Lemuel Victor Bellingham to be Trustees for the Southern Subdivision of the Mangawara Drainage District.
JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 19/78/23.)
Public Trust Office.--Appointment of New Agent at Raetihi.
IT is notified for public information that Mr. Herbert Rieper has relinquished the position of Agent of the Public Trust Office at Raetihi, and that Mr. Frederick Lloyd Lee has been appointed in his place.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1931.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.