Aug. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2781

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

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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 Schedule hereto shall, subject to all existing registered mining privileges, be exempted from the provisions of the Mining Act, 1926, and its amendments :

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 Schedule hereto from the provisions of the Mining Act, 1926, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Southland Land District, Wendon Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of the land described in New Zealand Gazette, 1934, page 56 ; thence north-easterly for a distance of 80 chains in the direction of Trig. J on a bearing of approximately 26° 25′ ; thence south-easterly on a bearing of approximately 116° 25′ for a distance of 94 chains ; thence south-westerly on a bearing of approximately 206° 25′ to the north-eastern corner of the land described as aforesaid ; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of the said land to its north-western corner, the place of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered N. 6/4/35, deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of August, 1934.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 6/4/35.)

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Consular Agent of France at Christchurch appointed.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th August, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Geoffrey Ernest Fitzharding Kingscote, Esquire,

as Consular Agent of France at Christchurch has been recognized.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1934/60/4.)

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Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th August, 1934.

IT is hereby notified that in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the undermentioned persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the undermentioned districts respectively :—

Name. Address. Acclimatization District.
Andrews, Stanley Lewis Nelson .. Nelson.
Mackay, Ian Keith Nelson .. Nelson.
Snow, Ashley Claud Nelson .. Nelson.
Traill, Robert Henry Stewart Island .. Southland.
Wright, Thomas Okoke .. Taranaki.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/35/35.)

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Appointment of Honorary Aide-de-camp to His Excellency the Governor-General.

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Navy Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Captain Llewellyn Vaughan Morgan, M.V.O., D.S.C., R.N., to be Honorary Naval Aide-de-camp on his staff, vice Captain Colin Sinclair Thomson, R.N., whose period of appointment in the capacity has expired.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th August, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

STAFF.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.) J. Robertson relinquishes the appointment of Acting Director of Signals and the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 6th August, 1934.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant L. N. Hoggard, Regimental Supernumerary List, is posted to the Active List. Dated 27th July, 1934.

Lieutenant L. N. Hoggard to be Captain. Dated 8th August, 1934.

Captain L. N. Hoggard is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 8th August, 1934.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain E. G. Gedge, M.C., Southern Artillery Group, is seconded for duty with the 1st Battalion, the Otago Regiment. Dated 11th July, 1934.

2nd Lieutenant R. S. Stacey, from the North Auckland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 19th June, 1931, and is posted to the 1st Field Brigade (Takapuna Grammar School Cadets, Artillery Section). Dated 15th August, 1934.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Captain J. C. Lyne, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 6th August, 1934.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted to the 1st Battalion :—

John Neville Haddock. Dated 21st July, 1934.

James Reginald Brooks Marshall. Dated 1st August, 1934.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

Major G. H. Weir, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 2. Dated 1st August, 1934.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.

Lieutenant H. M. McMurtrie, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 3. Dated 6th August, 1934.

2nd Lieutenant R. S. Stacey is transferred to the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Dated 15th August, 1934.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.

Captain J. C. Lyne, from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Captain, with seniority from 1st July, 1930, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 4. Dated 6th August, 1934.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant T. J. Arnold, from the Southland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 16th January, 1931, and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 2nd April, 1934.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

Captain H. J. Keys, 1st Battalion, is appointed Quartermaster. Dated 1st August, 1934.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant W. R. K. Morrison, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 13th August, 1934.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) and are posted to the 3rd Cadet Battalion :—

Harold Ernest Carter. Dated 1st August, 1934.

William Leslie Richards. Dated 2nd August, 1934.