Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th January, 1938.

His Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the Honours conferred by His Majesty the King as follows:

CIVIL DIVISION.

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)—

Theodore Rigg, Esquire, Director, Cawthron Institute, Nelson.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)—

Doctor Theodore Grant Gray, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.C., Director-General of Mental Hospitals, Wellington.
Garnet Hercules Mackley, Esquire, General Manager of Railways, Wellington.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—

Elgin Nathaniel George Poulton, Esquire, Private Secretary to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—

Doctor Edward Pohau Ellison, M.B., Ch.B., Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Resident Commissioner, Cook Islands.
Miss Mary Isabel Lambie, Director of the Division of Nursing, Health Department, Wellington.
David John Evans, Esquire, Clerk, Westland County Council, Hokitika.
John Samuel Neville, Esquire, Town Clerk, Christchurch.
George McCloghrie, Esquire, Manager, Naval Base, Devonport.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—

Mrs. Ethel Anne Kidd, of Auckland.
Miss Gwendoline Gretchen Hoddinott, of Dunedin.
George Millar, Esquire, of Runanga.
William Perkin Williams, Esquire, of Lower Hutt.
Mrs. Annie McVicar, of Wellington.

MILITARY DIVISION.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—

Colonel Searle Dwyer Mason, Officer Commanding, Third New Zealand Infantry Brigade, Timaru.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—

Commander Charles Bourdas Tinley, Royal Navy, Commanding Officer, H.M.S. "Philomel," and Naval Officer in Charge and Superintendent, Auckland.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—

Warrant Officer Sydney Alexander Noble, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Hobsonville.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/200/1.)

Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th January, 1938.

His Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned rifle club under section 43 of the Defence Act, 1909:

Mauriceville Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Mauriceville.
Date of disbandment: 24th December, 1937.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XII, Glenkenich Survey District, for Forestry Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for forestry purposes. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Conical Hills and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :-

A. R. P. Being
55 0 6 Part Allotment C, L.T.P. 1910, and being part Section 4; edged red.
6 3 5 Part Allotment C, L.T.P. 1910, and being part Section 4; edged red.
4 3 8 Part Section 15; coloured blue.
1 3 11 Part Section 15; coloured blue.

All situated in Block XII, Glenkenich Survey District (Otago R.D.). (S.O. 8971.)

In the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 98246, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 19th day of January, 1938.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 54/599.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Wakari Survey District, City of Dunedin, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute a certain public work--to wit, the construction of a road--and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Roslyn and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 0·41 perches.
Being portion of part Section 107.
Situated in Survey District of Wakari (City of Dunedin), (Otago R.D.). (S.O. 999Tn.)

In the Otago Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 97965, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 14th day of January, 1938.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 24/1258/10.)

Fixing the Amount of Special Orchard-tax payable in the Waimea Commercial Fruit-growing District. — (Notice No. Ag. 3526).

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsection (3) of section 4 of the Orchard Tax Act, 1927, I, William Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture, hereby order and direct that, in addition to the general orchard-tax payable under section 3 of the said Act, the occupier of every orchard within the Waimea Commercial Fruit-growing District shall in each year be liable to pay a special orchard-tax calculated at the rate of two shillings for every acre or part of an acre comprised in his orchard and planted with apple trees, pear trees, or quince trees.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1938.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.