No. 60, of 1899, page 1303, situate in Block III, Opoe Survey District, and now known as Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and part Section 7, Block III, Opoe Survey District: Bounded towards the north by other part Section 7, Block III, Opoe Survey District, 1318·8 links; towards the north-east generally by portion Opoe Kauri-gum Reserve, Extension No. 2 (Gazette No. 60, of 1899, page 1303), 1745·4, 694·2, 5097·8, 2661·0, 1579·7, and 3904·8 links; towards the south and south-west generally by public roads; towards the south-east by the crossing of a public road, and Section 2, Block III, Opoe Survey District, 350·2, 2187·5, and 2377·3 links; towards the south-west by portion Opoe Kauri-gum Reserve, Extension No. 2 (Gazette No. 60, of 1899, page 1303), 3860·8 and 1392·5 links; towards the north-west generally by Section 20, Block XV, Hohoura East Survey District, 2916·0 and 2572·5 links, the crossing of a public road, and again by Section 20, Block XV, Hohoura East Survey District aforesaid, 1669·1 and 1266·0 links: save and excepting an intersecting public road, 100 links wide.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/4/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (North Auckland plan S.O. 27021.)

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 6/4/4.)

Notifying the proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Nelson Land District for other Land.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owners of the land described in the Second Schedule have agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL those areas in the Nelson Land District, being Lots 80, 82, and 83 in the Township of St. Arnaud Extension No. 4, each containing an area of 36 perches, more or less. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 25/777, deposited under No. 2636 in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL those areas in the Nelson Land District, being Lots 47, 49, and 50 in the Township of St. Arnaud Extension No. 2, each containing an area of 32 perches, more or less. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 25/777, deposited under No. 2636 in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of June, 1933.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 25/777.)

Revoking Portion of Warrant exempting Crown Lands from the operation of the Mining Act, 1898.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by Warrant made on the thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the Gazette of the second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, at page 2035, the Governor, in pursuance of the power conferred on him by section twenty of the Mining Act, 1898, exempted certain Crown lands from mining, and from any specified mining purpose, and from the operations of the Mining Act, 1898, and from any specified provisions of the said Act:

And whereas the said Warrant enures for the purposes of the Mining Act, 1926:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is now required for mining, and it is expedient to revoke the said Warrant in so far as it relates thereto:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section seven of the Mining Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby revoke the said Warrant in so far as it relates to or affects the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 8 poles, being part of Section 16, Block IV, Dunback Survey District, Makareao Settlement, and bounded as follows: Towards the north by Section 39, Block IV, Dunback Survey District, being Pastoral Run "A," Run 209, 467·7 links; towards the east generally by a public road, 452·4 links and 510·4 links; towards the south by other part of Section 16, 406·5 links; towards the west generally by a public road, 55·3 links, 453·5 links, and 382·6 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is more particularly shown on plan marked N. 6/4/18, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Mines at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, this 10th day of June, 1933.

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

Deputy of Public Service Commissioner appointed.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint

Andrew Duncan Thomson, Esquire,
to act as deputy for

Paul Desire Nestor Verschaffelt, Esquire, Public Service Commissioner,
during his absence from Wellington as from the 20th day of June, 1933, until his return to duty under section 7 (4) of the Public Service Act, 1912.

J. G. COATES, Acting Prime Minister.

Legislative Councillors appointed.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has in His Majesty's name summoned

The Honourable Carey John Carrington and The Honourable Josiah Alfred Hanan

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by writs of summons under the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand dated the 17th day of June, 1933.

J. G. COATES, Acting Prime Minister.
(I.A. 14/4.)

Member of Petone and Lower Hutt Gas-lighting Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th June, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased, in terms of section 11 of the Petone and Lower Hutt Gas-lighting Amendment Act, 1927, to appoint

William George Lodder, Esquire, of Petone,
to be the appointed member of the Petone and Lower Hutt Gas-lighting Board.

J. A. YOUNG,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/198/38.)