JULY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Revoking the Warrant apportioning the Cost of maintaining
the Makuri-Pongaroa Road from the Main Road, near
Pahiataua, to the Boundary between the Counties of Pahiataua
and Akitio.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me
by section one hundred and thirty-seven of the Public
Works Act; 1928, and of all other powers and authorities
in anyway enabling me in this behalf, I, George Vere Arundell,
Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant dated the twenty-
fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
three, and published in Gazette No. 22 of the thirtieth day
of the same month, apportioning the cost of maintaining
all that road known as the Makuri-Pongaroa Road extending
from its junction with the main road, near Pahiataua, to the
boundary between the counties of Pahiataua and Akitio.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 4th day of July, 1940.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 62/10/61/1.)

Revoking a Sanctuary under the Animals Protection and
Game Act, 1921-22, Opotiki Acclimatization District.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section
six of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22
(hereinafter referred to as the "said Act"), I, George Vere
Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant
made under the said section on the twentieth day of February,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and published
in the Gazette of the twenty-first day of the same month,
at page 445, declaring certain areas to be sanctuaries under
the said Act in so far as that Warrant relates to the area
included under the heading "Opotiki Acclimatization
District" and described thereunder as "Section 5, Block
VII, Opotiki Survey District."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 3rd day of July, 1940.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1940/52/85.)

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

GALWAY, 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 lands specified
in the Schedule hereto shall be exempted from the provisions
of section sixty-six (f) and sections one hundred and forty-
four to one hundred and fifty-two (inclusive) of the Mining
Act, 1926, and its amendments, and regulations one hundred
and five and one hundred and six of the regulations there-
under:
Now, therefore, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities con-
ferred on me by section twenty of the Mining Act, 1926, and
of all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me
in that behalf, do hereby exempt the lands particularly
described in the Schedule hereto from the provisions of section
sixty-six (f) and sections one hundred and forty-four to one
hundred and fifty-two (inclusive) of the Mining Act, 1926,
and regulations one hundred and five and one hundred and
six of the regulations thereunder, subject to 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing
approximately 1,100 acres, situated in Block VI, Gap Survey
District, Block VI, Wakaia Survey District, and Block X,
Whitecomb Survey District, and bounded generally as
follows: Commencing at the confluence of Post Office
Creek and the Wakaia River; thence towards the north-
east by Post Office Creek; towards the south-east by a line
20 chains distant from the left bank of the Wakaia River;
towards the south-west by Charcoal Stream to the edge of
the bush; towards the south-east by the edge of the bush
to Section 6, Block IV, Wakaia Survey District; towards
the north-west by the said Section 6, and Section 1, a public
road, again by Section 1, Section 4B, a public road, and
Section 4, all of Block VI, Wakaia Survey District, to the
northern corner of the last-mentioned section, and by the
eastern side of a road for a distance of 218 links; towards
the south-west by a line bearing 293° 50' to the Wakaia
River; towards the north-west by the left bank of the said
river to its confluence with Charcoal Stream; towards the
south-west by a line bearing 320°; towards the north-west
by a line 20 chains distant from the right bank of the Wakaia
River; and towards the north-east by a line bearing 140°
to the point of commencement. As the same is more parti-
cularly delineated on plan N. 6/8, deposited in the Head
Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 2nd day of July, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 6/8.)

Revoking Notice exempting Crown Lands from certain
Provisions of the Mining Act, 1926.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section seven of the Mining Act,
1926, and of every other power and authority enabling me in
this behalf, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby, as from the date of the publication hereof in the
Gazette, revoke the notice dated the twenty-eighth day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and forty, and published in New
Zealand Gazette No. 53 of the sixth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and forty, on page 1334, exempting Crown
lands from certain provisions of the Mining Act, 1926.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 2nd day of July, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 6/8.)

Officer authorized to Convene Courts-martial and confirm the
Findings and Sentences thereof.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912,
I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize
the undermentioned officer to convene general or district
courts-martial for the trial under that Act of persons subject
to military law and empower such officer to confirm the
findings and sentences of general or district courts-martial,
whether passed before or after the issue of this Warrant:-
Colonel Owen Herbert Mead, D.S.O., N.Z.S.C., Adjutant-
General, New Zealand Military Forces.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 2nd day of July, 1940.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Declaring Crown Land in the Otago Land District to be
subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule
hereto (hereinafter referred to as the "said
land") is Crown land not acquired under the Land
for Settlements Act, 1925, but is adjacent to certain
land acquired under the said Act, and known as the Rugged
Ridges Settlement and can conveniently be disposed of
therewith:
Now, therefore, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section one hundred and five of the
said Act, and on the recommendation of the Dominion Land
Purchase Board, and after considering the report of the Otago
District Land Board, do hereby declare the said land to be
subject to the said Act, to the intent that it shall hereupon
be deemed to be portion of the said Rugged Ridges Settlement
and may be disposed of accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1510R, Block III, Otamatakau Survey District:
Area, 4 acres 1 rood 33 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 4th day of July, 1940.
FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 8/11/17.)