Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2401

Coroner appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th November, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Marmaduke St. John Paxton, Esquire,
of Putaruru, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New
Zealand, vice H. K. McDermott, Esquire, resigned.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Coroner resigns.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th November, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignation by
Hugh Kenneth McDermott, Esquire,
of Putaruru, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion
of New Zealand.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Coroner resigns.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th November, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignation by
James Donald Wilson, Esquire,
of Pahiatua, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion
of New Zealand.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Assessment Court for Farm Land List for City of
Wanganui appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th November, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased,
in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating
Act, 1932, to appoint
Albert Clifford Tucker, Esquire,
of Brunswick Road, Wanganui, as a member of the Assess-
ment Court for the City of Wanganui in lieu of Joseph Henry
Dean, Esquire.
F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 103/2/9.)

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of
Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.
Army Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1938.

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.
Major T. McKibbin, C.B.E., M.B., D.P.H., N.Z. Medical
Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Director of Hygiene
and is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain
his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 27th
September, 1938.
Major W. H. B. Bull, E.D., M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, is
appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services,
Army Headquarters. Dated 1st September, 1938.
Major T. R. Ritchie, M.B., D.P.H., N.Z. Medical Corps, is
appointed Director of Hygiene. Dated 28th September,
1938.
Captain F. S. Maclean, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond.,
M.B., B.Chir., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed Assistant
Director of Hygiene, Central Military District. Dated
14th October, 1938.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.
Duncan Miller McFarlane, M.Sc., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on
probation) and is posted to the Central Depot. Dated
1st July, 1938.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) G. M.
Watson, 1st Cadet Battalion, is confirmed.
2nd Lieutenant G. M. Watson, 1st Cadet Battalion, to be
Lieutenant, Dated 1st October, 1938.

to as “the Board), in trust, for the preservation of scenery,
and with the powers and subject to the conditions herein-
after contained, that is to say,—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Wednes-
   day, the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine
   hundred and thirty-eight, at one o'clock p.m., in the residence
   of Mr. F. A. Kitchingham at Punakaiki, and thereafter the
   Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the
   fourth Wednesday in each quarter 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 provided,
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in
   the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting
   vote.

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.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum.
   Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

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

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose one of their number to be Chairman for such
   meeting.

7. 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.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting
   to be held in the month of May 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.

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

SCHEDULE.
PUNAKAIKI SCENIC RESERVES.

Section or
Reserve No. | Block. | Survey District. | Area.
--- | --- | --- | ---
Nelson Land District. | | |
3 | V | Brighton | 245 0 0
8 | V | " | 25 0 0
11 | V | " | 314 0 0
12 | V | " | 287 0 0
13 | V | " | 410 0 0
15 | V | " | 75 0 0
16 | V | " | 48 2 0
Part 2 | IX | " | 194 2 30
3 | IX | " | 283 1 24
6 | IX | " | 474 0 0
7 | IX | " | 325 0 0
14 | IX | " | 18 2 0
15 | IX | " | 40 0 0
Westland Land District. | | |
966 | I | Punakaiki | 45 2 12·1
967 | I | " | 134 2 0
968 | II | " | 58 0 0
969 | I | " | 18 2 18·1
970 | I | " | 48 0 0
1002 | IX | Waiwhero | 7 1 32
1137 | I | " | 16 1 7

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this llth day of November, 1938.
FRANK LANGSTONE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/6.)
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