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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 83

Notice as to Area in North Auckland Land District declared to be a Fire District

Pursuant to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, I 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 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 CONSERVANCY
• Great Barrier Fire District

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Great Barrier County, containing approximately 23,500 acres, situated in Blocks II, III, V, VI, VII, and IX, Fitzroy Survey District, Blocks I and II, Tryphena Survey District, and Block XVI, Barrier Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at a point being the junction of the northern side of a public road with Rarohara Inlet, in the Port Fitzroy Harbour; thence in a north-easterly and a south-easterly direction along the northern side of the said public road to its junction with the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 14, Harataonga Parish; thence along the said north-eastern boundary to its junction with the northern side of the said public road; thence in easterly, southerly, and westerly directions along the northern, eastern, and southern sides respectively of the said public road to its junction with part of Allotment 3, Aotea Parish; thence by the eastern boundaries of Allotment 3 aforesaid and Lot 1 on D.P. 22672, and by the eastern and southern boundaries of part of Lot 1 on D.P. 4031, being parts of the aforesaid Allotment 3, to the coast; thence along the coast to the south-eastern corner of part of Allotment 2, Aotea Parish (120 acres); thence by a right line running north to Trig. X, and again by a right line to the junction of the western boundary of part of Allotment 1, Aotea Parish (425 acres 2 roods 27 perches), with the shore of Wairahi Bay; thence generally in a northerly direction along the shore of the Port Fitzroy Harbour to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 15/1, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of October, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Commissioner of State Forests.
(S.F. 12/8/1/25.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman

Whereas an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies:

And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of a discharged serviceman:

And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 19th day of September, 1944, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within any further time allowed by the Court:

And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty’s Forces or in any British ship:

Now, therefore, I, Clarence Farrington Skinner, Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, do hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and I hereby specify the 19th day of October, 1944, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT

All that parcel of land containing four hundred and ten (410) acres three (3) roods thirty-four (34) perches, more or less, being part of Section Three (3), Wairo Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 62, folio 95 (Southland Registry).

As witness my hand, this 11th day of October, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 36/1444/119.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice declaring Land taken for the Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

Whereas an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies:

And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land suitable or adaptable for settlement of discharged servicemen:

And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 13th day of September, 1944, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within any further time allowed by the Court:

And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty’s Forces or in any British ship:

Now, therefore, I, Clarence Farrington Skinner, Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, do hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and I hereby specify the 30th day of November, 1944, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Firstly, all that parcel of land containing one hundred and three (103) acres and thirty-two (32) perches, more or less, being Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 9285, being portion of Allotments 23, 24, 26, and 239, Parish of Karaka, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 265, folio 289 (Auckland Registry).

Secondly, all that parcel of land containing one hundred and sixteen (116) acres two (2) roods and thirty-one (31) perches, more or less, being Lot 30 on Deposited Plan 9285, being portion of Allotment 24, Parish of Karaka, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 268, folio 191 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand, this 10th day of October, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 36/1444/122.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943. Notice declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman

Whereas an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies:

And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of a discharged serviceman:

And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 21st day of September, 1944, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within any further time allowed by the Court:

And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty’s Forces or in any British ship:

Now, therefore, I, Clarence Farrington Skinner, Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, do hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and I hereby specify the 20th day of October, 1944, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

All that parcel of land containing fifty-five (55) acres two (2) roods, situated in Block XV, Tiffin Survey District, being parts Subdivisions Two (2) and Three (3), Manachawes Block, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 93, folio 116 (Wellington Registry).

As witness my hand, this 11th day of October, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 36/1444/94.)

Officiating Ministers for 1944.—Notice No. 23

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1944.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Baptists
The Reverend Wilbur Thomas Clark.

The Salvation Army
Adjutant Robert Frederick Maddison.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.