Notice of Intention to take Land for Housing Purposes in the Borough of Dargaville.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, and section 32 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1936, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for housing purposes: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Dargaville 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.
0 1 0 Lot 158, D.P. 859, being part Kaihu No. 2D Block.
0 1 0 Lot 159, D.P. 859, being part Kaihu No. 2D Block.
Situated in Block XIII, Maungaru Survey District (Borough of Dargaville) (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 31523.)
In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 109988, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 26th day of March, 1941.
H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Public Works. (P.W. 24/1258/78/2.)

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913, amended.
C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of March, 1941. Present: His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby amend and supplement the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown therein.

SCHEDULE.
Regulations for the Government and Payment of the New Zealand Naval Forces, 1939.
Article 106, paragraph 2 : Cancel and substitute-
2. Deferred pay is payable to officers on the Active List of the New Zealand Naval Forces at the following daily rates and subject to the conditions in the following clauses:-
Rank or Relative Rank. Daily Rate. s. d.
Warrant Officer .. .. .. .. 3 0
Commissioned officer from warrant rank-
On promotion .. .. .. .. 3 0
After three years .. .. .. .. 3 3
Lieutenant promoted from warrant rank .. 4 0
Cadet .. .. .. .. 0 9
Midshipman .. .. .. .. 1 0
Acting Sub-Lieutenant .. .. .. .. 2 0
Sub-Lieutenant .. .. .. .. 2 0
Lieutenant-
On promotion .. .. .. .. 3 0
After four years .. .. .. .. 3 9
Lieutenant-Commander-
On promotion .. .. .. .. 4 6
After three years .. .. .. .. 5 0
Commander-
On promotion .. .. .. .. 6 0
After three years .. .. .. .. 7 6
After six years .. .. .. .. 8 0
Captain-
On promotion .. .. .. .. 9 3
After three years .. .. .. .. 9 6
An additional allowance of 2s. a day is payable to Surgeon Commanders, Surgeon Lieutenant-Commanders, and Surgeon Lieutenants, but not to Dental Officers.

APPENDIX I.-RATES OF PAY: OFFICERS.
Insert-
Subject to the provisions of Article 100 of these regulations the following shall be the daily rates of pay for all officers of the Air Branch of the New Zealand Naval Forces :—
Air Officers. Per Diem.
Midshipman (A) .. .. .. .. 0 6 0
Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) .. .. .. .. 0 11 0
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Lieutenant (A)—
On promotion .. .. .. .. 0 16 6
After four years .. .. .. .. 0 18 0
After six years .. .. .. .. 1 2 0
Lieutenant-Commander (A)—
On promotion .. .. .. .. 1 8 0
After three years .. .. .. .. 1 10 0
After six years .. .. .. .. 1 12 0
After nine years .. .. .. .. 1 14 0
After twelve years .. .. .. .. 1 16 0
C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931.
Ikaroa District Native Land Court Office, 21st March, 1941.
IT is hereby notified that an order of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.
P. H. DUDSON, Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
ADOPTING parent : Hanita Rewi McIntosh. Adopted child : Areta Catherine.
Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro i Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931.
Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Ikaroa, Poneke, 21 o Maehe, 1941.
HE whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, tetahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o tetahi tamaiti whangai, e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.
TE TATIHANA, Kai-rehita.
KUPU APITI.
Tematua whangai : Hanita Rewi McIntosh. Tamaiti whangai : Areta Catherine.

Public Service Entrance Examination, 1940.
Education Department, Wellington, 24th March, 1941.
THE following additional candidate passed the Public Service Entrance Examination held in November, 1940.
C. E. BEEBY, Director of Education.
No. Name. Examination Centre.
550. Parker, Mary Ruth .. .. Hawera.

Notice to make Returns of Land under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923.
EVERY person and company within the meaning of the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and regulations thereunder, whether a taxpayer or not, being owner of land in New Zealand, is hereby required to forward to or deliver at my office, Wellington C. 3, on or before the 11th April, 1941, in the prescribed form, returns of such land as at 12 noon on 31st March, 1941, where the total unimproved value, as assessed under the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, exceeds £500.
Any person failing to furnish a return at the prescribed time is liable to a penalty up to £100.
Return forms are available at any post-office.
J. M. PARK, Commissioner of Taxes.