FEB. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 235
Certificates of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 15th February, 1940.
I T is hereby notified for public information that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1928, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
SCHEDULE.
| Name. | Address. | Occupation. | Country of Birth. | Date of Certificate. | Date of Oath of Allegiance. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Montelius, Gunnar | Matawai | Bushman | Norway | 10/11/39 | 25/11/39 |
| Mishkin, Samuel | Wellington | Manufacturing tailor | Russia | 30/11/39 | 11/12/39 |
| Rostkowsky, Henry (known as Roscoe) | " | Tailor | Poland | 30/11/39 | 4/12/39 |
| Gnadinger, Bernard | Palmerston North | Salesman | Switzerland | 1/12/39 | 7/12/39 |
| Nelson, Francis William Ludwig | Wellington | Labourer | Sweden | 1/12/39 | 6/12/39 |
| Anderson, Semmy Eugene Oscar Bernadotte | Christchurch | Rigger | " | 8/12/39 | 16/12/39 |
| Hendricks, Bernard Johann | Auckland | Civil engineering student | Netherlands East Indies | 8/12/39 | 14/12/39 |
| Jorgensen, Johannes Markus | Kaikoura | Labourer | Denmark | 8/12/39 | 15/12/39 |
| Coutsooulos, Peter (known as Coutts) | Whakatane | Restaurant proprietor | Greece | 14/12/39 | 19/12/39 |
| Tanzer, William | Auckland | Merchant | Czechoslovakia | 14/12/39 | 18/12/39 |
| Vamelle, Raymond Edouard Emile Joseph | Whangarei | Labourer | France | 14/12/39 | 9/1/40 |
| Sorensen, Sigurd | Palmerston North | Wireworker | Norway | 19/12/39 | 3/1/40 |
| Vella, Joseph | Auckland | Fishshop-keeper | Jugoslavia | 10/1/40 | 16/1/40 |
| Corban, George Yarad | Taumarunui | Mercer | Syria | 11/1/40 | 19/1/40 |
| Skokandich, Nikola | Cobden | Labourer | Jugoslavia | 11/1/40 | 19/1/40 |
| Erceg, Simon Martin | Dargaville | " | " | 16/1/40 | 20/1/40 |
| Fiorentino, Salvatore | Nelson | Tomato-grower | Italy | 17/1/40 | 26/1/40 |
| King, Peter | Auckland | Carrier. | Jugoslavia | 17/1/40 | 2/2/40 |
| Jensen, August Rudolf | Wellington | Gardener | Norway | 24/1/40 | 2/2/40 |
| Olesen, Ole Peder | Waitangaroa, Motu | Engine-driver | Denmark | 24/1/40 | 10/2/40 |
| Fredrikson, Yrjo Wiktor | Auckland | Waterside worker | Finland | 26/1/40 | 7/2/40 |
| Ivicevic, Vladislav (known as Walter Ivic) | " | Hairdresser | Jugoslavia | 26/1/40 | 6/2/40 |
| Leonard, Louis | Petone. | Restaurant keeper | Italy | 26/1/40 | 5/2/40 |
| Radaly, Mirko | Morrinsville | Fishmonger | Jugoslavia | 29/1/40 | 7/2/40 |
| Bennett, William Henry | Auckland | Freezing worker | United States of America | 31/1/40 | 7/2/40 |
| Bartulovic, Joseph (known as Bartley) | Wellington | Carpenter | Jugoslavia | 6/2/40 | 10/2/40 |
| Hinge, Hagbard | Pukekohe | Labourer | Denmark | 6/2/40 | 9/2/40 |
| Holmberg, Svend Einar Alfred Birch | Takapuna | Farm-manager | " | 6/2/40 | 10/2/40 |
| Silestean, Carol | Wellington | Mechanic | Rumania | 6/2/40 | 12/2/40 |
Notice as to an Area in North Auckland Land District declared to be a Fire District.
PURSUANT to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, and section 6 of the Forests Amendment Act, 1925, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared by me to be a fire district; and I do further specify the period from the 16th day of October in any year to the 15th day of April in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or any land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.
Trounson Kauri Park Fire District.
ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Hobson County, containing approximately 3,950 acres, situated in Blocks IX and XIII, Tutamoe Survey District, and Blocks XI and XIII, Waipoua Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at the south-eastern corner of Lot 3, on D.P. 1459, being a subdivision of Section 1, Block IX, Tutamoe Survey District; thence in a southerly direction generally along the right bank of the Mangatu Stream to and along the northern boundary of Lot 12, on D.P. 1459, being a subdivision of Section 1, Block IX, Tutamoe Survey District, to and across the Hokianga-Opanake Road and along the western side of that road to and along the northern boundary of Section 30, Block XIII, Tutamoe Survey District, and this boundary produced across the Waima River to the middle-line of the Kaihu Valley Railway; thence in a north-westerly direction generally along the middle-line of the Kaihu Valley Railway aforesaid, for a distance of approximately three miles to a point on the northern side of the public road through Section 1, Block XI, Waipoua Survey District; thence in a westerly direction generally along that public road to the eastern boundary of Lot 2, on D.P. 16536, being a subdivision of Section 2, Block XI, Waipoua Survey District; thence in a northerly direction generally along the eastern boundary of Lot 2 aforesaid, to and along the southern boundary of Lot 2, on D.P. 11339, being portion of Section 20, Block XI, Waipoua Survey District, to and across the Kaihu Valley Railway and along the eastern side of that railway to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 18, Block XI, Waipoua Survey District; thence in an easterly direction generally across the Waima River and along the southern boundary of Section 18 aforesaid, the abutment of a public road, and along the eastern side of that public road to its junction with Donnelly's-Park Road; thence along that road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 16, Block XI, Waipoua Survey District; thence across Donnelly's-Park Road, to and along the southern boundary of Section 16 aforesaid, to and across the Hokianga-Opanake Road and along the eastern side of that road to and along the southern boundary of Section 13, Block XI, Waipoua Survey District, to the western boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 1459, being a subdivision of Section 1, Block IX, Tutamoe Survey District; thence along the western and southern boundaries of Lots 2, on D.P. 1459 aforesaid, and the southern boundary of Lot 3, on D.P. 1459 aforesaid, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 7/18, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
Dated this 8th day of February, 1940.
W. LEE MARTIN,
For the Commissioner of State Forests.