Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 437

Declaring Land in Auckland Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as the “said land”) is Crown land not acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and is adjacent to certain land acquired under the said Act known as the Apata Settlement, and can conveniently be disposed of therewith:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and five of the said Act, and on the recommendation of the Dominion Land Purchase Board, and after considering the report of the Auckland District Land Board, do hereby declare the said land to be subject to the said Act to the intent that it shall hereupon be deemed to be portion of the said Apata Settlement and may be disposed of accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood 30 perches, more or less, being Section 9, Block VI, Aongatete Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 26/1223A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland plan S.O. 27108.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of February, 1934.

JOHN BITCHENER, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 26/1223.)

Setting apart Crown Land 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 land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 18, Block IV, Opoe Survey District: Area, 21 acres 2 roods 10 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of February, 1934.

JOHN BITCHENER, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/1524.)

Honorary Inspectors of Scenic Reserves appointed.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Horace Burgess,
David Ford,
Theodore Alwyn Otto Gidall, and
Frederic Harris

to be Honorary Inspectors under the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of February, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/448.)

Vesting the Control of a Scenic and Historic Reserve in the Waima Scenic and Historic Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act), for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,—

George Pearson, jun.,
Robert Boyd Russell,
Thomas Percival Lane, and
Hohepa Tawhai,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Waima Scenic and Historic Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Wednesday, the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, at two o’clock p.m., in the Rawene Library, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Wednesday in each month at the time and place aforesaid, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

6. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

7. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Hokianga County, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 3 roods 28 perches, more or less, being part Old Land Claim 80 (Claim 944), Block IV, Waoku Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L. and S. 4/466, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, and thereon edged red. (North Auckland plan 24059.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of February, 1934.

JOHN BITCHENER,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/466.)

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Matamata County Council.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Matamata County Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve.