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by a public road, 496·8 links, the crossing of a public road,
and again by a public road 3462 links; towards the south-
east by a closed road, 399·1 links: towards the south-west
by closed road Certificate of Title, Vol. 74, folio 156,
929·2 links; and towards the west generally by a public
road, 3316·6 links, the crossing of a public road, and again by
a public road, 477 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more
or less, and excepting from the above-described parcel of land
an intersecting public road 100 links wide. As the same is
more particularly shown on the plan marked N. 10/17/376,
deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Mines at
Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, this 1st day
of March, 1932.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 6/4/18.)

Exempting Crown Lands from certain Provisions of the Mining Act, 1926.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section twenty of the Mining Act, 1926,
it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor-General
may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any
Crown lands from mining, or from any specified mining
purpose, or from that Act, or any specified provisions of that
Act; and that the lands to which any such notice relates
shall be specified therein by words of particular description:

And whereas it is desirable that the Crown land specified
in the Second Schedule hereto shall, subject to all existing
registered mining privileges, be exempted from the provisions
of the Mining Act, 1926, and its amendments, set out in the
First Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by
section twenty of the Mining Act, 1926, and of all other powers
and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby exempt the land particularly described in the Second
Schedule hereto from the provisions of those sections of the
Mining Act, 1926, mentioned in the First Schedule hereto,
subject to all existing registered mining privileges; and do
also hereby declare that such exemption shall take effect
from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

THE MINING ACT, 1926.—Sections 70, 77, 81, 87, 89, 100, 106,
129, 144, 154.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in Lake Settlement, Howard Survey
District, containing 3,032 acres, more or less, bounded on
the north-east and east by Homestead Creek from the point
where it crosses the main Blenheim – West Coast Road to a
point 3½ miles up Homestead Creek; thence westward on a
line bearing 273° 30′ for 2½ miles to Maggie Creek; thence
north-west on a line bearing 344° for 2 miles 6 chains to a
point on Maggie Creek 1 mile 10 chains up-stream from its
junction with Maud Creek; thence south-eastward on a line
bearing 104° for 1 mile 8 chains to the crossing of Homestead
Creek and the main Blenheim – West Coast Road previously
defined. As the same is more particularly delineated on the
plan numbered N. 12/38, and deposited in the Head Office
of the Mines Department, at Wellington, and thereon coloured
blue.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 4th day of March, 1932.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 12/38.)

Member of the New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 3021.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th March, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint, in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (2)
of section 5 of the Fruit Control Act, 1924,

Thomas Cuddie Brash, Esquire,

as a representative of the New Zealand Government on the
New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board, established under
the said Act, vice Dennis Neal, Esquire, resigned.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th March, 1932.

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

Alexander Stanley Wilkinson, of Kapiti Island,

to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I
of the first-mentioned Act.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1932.

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

Hugh Edward Cameron,

of Ben Avon, in the Omarama District, to be an officer for
the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect
of the Waitaki Acclimatization District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointment in the Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

The Rev. Gordon Melville M’Kenzie as Honorary Chaplain,
R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 4th February, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers,
and resignations of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z.
Military Forces :—

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant C. T. Manning, 20th Light Battery, is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated
20th February, 1932.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Captain J. V. M. Cauty, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, The North Auckland Regiment, Class
I (b), R.D. 3. Dated 6th February, 1932.

Captain S. W. Josland, Regimental Supernumerary List, is
transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5.
Dated 22nd February, 1932.

Lieutenant A. B. Ross, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated
7th February, 1932.

Lieutenant J. F. Platts-Mills, Regimental Supernumerary
List, resigns his commission. Dated 6th February, 1932.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (1st Battalion) to be
Lieutenants :—

G. McG. Robertson. Dated 18th August, 1931.

J. McCrae. Dated 12th September, 1931.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Flight-Lieutenant N. H. Barlow is appointed O.C., “ B ”
Flight, No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron, Christchurch, vice
Flight-Lieutenant W. L. Harrison, promoted to Squadron-
Leader. Dated 1st February, 1932.

Flight-Lieutenant J. W. H. Lett ceases to be posted to No. 2
(Bomber) Squadron, is posted to No. 1 (Army Co-operation)
Squadron, and is appointed O.C., “ C ” Flight. Dated
22nd February, 1932.