Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2387

Notifying Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st August, 1935.

PURSUANT to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 48 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, notice is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto, being the land known as Rylands Settlement, was acquired by the Crown on the 28th day of February, 1931, and became subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, as from that date.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—RYLANDS SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,245 acres 2 roods 20 perches, more or less, and being Block 55a and parts of Blocks 22, 40, and 55, Waipukurau Crown Grant District, and being also Lots 1, 4, 5, and 6, and parts of Lots 2 and 3 on Deeds Plan 610, more particularly defined on Deposited Plan 6002, situated in Blocks II, III, VI, and VII, Motuotaria Survey District, and being all the land shown on Certificate of Title, H.B., Volume 52, folio 166.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 21/149/1250.)

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary Vacancy on the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th August, 1935.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and the rules made thereunder, I, James Alexander Young, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday, 19th September, 1935, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. H. A. B. Brabant.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Internal Affairs.
(L.A. 1934/70/1.)

Date of Election of Insurance Members of the Morrinsville Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th August, 1935.

PURSUANT to section 24 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, I, James Alexander Young, Minister of Internal Affairs, charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Monday, the 16th September, 1935, to be the day for the holding of an election of two members of the Morrinsville Fire Board by fire-insurance companies which for the time being are carrying on business within the Morrinsville Fire District.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Internal Affairs.
(L.A. 1935/69/1.)

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 1935.

THE following International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed at Geneva on the 24th day of September, 1931, and duly ratified by His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand pursuant to Article 15 of the said Convention, is published for general information.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING.

GENEVA, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1931.

His Majesty the King of the Albanians; the President of the German Reich; the President of the United States of America; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; the President of the Republic of Colombia; His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland; the President of the Government of the Spanish Republic; the President of the Republic of Finland; the President of the French Republic; the President of the Hellenic Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; the President of the United States of Mexico; His Majesty the King of Norway; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; the President of the Polish Republic; His Majesty the King of Rumania; the Swiss Federal Council; the President of the Czechoslovak Republic; the President of the Turkish Republic; His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries the following:—

His Majesty the King of the Albanians: M. Lee Kurti, Resident Minister, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations.

The President of the German Reich: M. Hans Hermann Völckers, Consul-General at Geneva.

The President of the United States of America: Mr. Hugh R. Wilson, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians: M. P. Hyman, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India—
For Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations: The Right Honourable Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, K.C.
For the Dominion of Canada: The Honourable Hugh Guthrie, P.C., K.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney-General.
For the Commonwealth of Australia: Mr. James R. Collins, C.M.G., C.B.E., Official Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Office of the High Commissioner in London.
For the Dominion of New Zealand: Sir Thomas Mason Wilford, K.C.M.G., K.C., High Commissioner in London.
For the Union of South Africa: Mr. C. T. te Water, High Commissioner in London.
For India: Sir Brojendra L. Mitter, Kt., Law Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council.

The President of the Republic of Colombia: Dr. A. J. Restrepo, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations.

His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland: M. William Borberg, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations.

The President of the Government of the Spanish Republic: M. Alejandro Lerroux Garcia, Minister of State.

The President of the Republic of Finland: M. Evald Gyllenbögel, Counselor of Legation, Permanent Delegate a.i. accredited to the League of Nations.

The President of the French Republic: M. Louis Rollin, Deputy, Minister of Commerce and Industry.

The President of the Hellenic Republic: M. R. Raphaël, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations.

His Majesty the King of Italy: M. Augusto Rosso, Minister Plenipotentiary, Substitute Delegate to the Council of the League of Nations.

The President of the United States of Mexico: M. Salvador Martínez de Alva, Head of the Permanent Office accredited to the League of Nations.

His Majesty the King of Norway: M. Birger Braadland, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands: Jonkheer F. Beelaerts van Blokland, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The President of the Polish Republic: M. Auguste Zaleski, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

His Majesty the King of Rumania: M. Constantin Antoniade, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the League of Nations.

The Swiss Federal Council: M. Giuseppe Motta, President of the Swiss Confederation, Head of the Federal Political Department.

The President of the Czechoslovak Republic: M. Zdenek Fierlinger, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations.

The President of the Turkish Republic: Cemal Hüsnü Bey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council.

His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia: M. Voislav Marinkovitch, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following provisions:—

Article 1.

The High Contracting Parties agree to take, within the limits of their respective jurisdictions, appropriate measures to ensure the application of the provisions of the present Convention and the punishment of infractions of the said provisions.

Article 2.

The present Convention applies only to baleen or whalebone whales.