Mar. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 261

Varying an Order in Council prohibiting Alienation of Native Land

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 28th day of February, 1945
Present:
THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section one hundred and sixty-seven of the Native Land Act, 1931, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby vary the Order in Council made on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, and published in the Gazette on the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, at page 1162, and affecting Kinohaku East E 1b 2 and other blocks, by excluding therefrom the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

Block. Area. Survey District.
A. R. P.
Pukenui 2d 7B 5 (now known as 1 0 13 .. Otanake.
Pukenui A 6)

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(N.D. 29/3/1.)

Boundaries of Borough of Green Island and County of Taieri altered

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of March, 1945
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-six of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area of land be excluded from the County of Taieri and included in the Borough of Green Island:
And whereas it is deemed expedient to make such alteration of boundaries:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the County of Taieri and included in the Borough of Green Island.

SCHEDULE

AREA EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF TAIERI AND INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF GREEN ISLAND

ALL that area containing 1 acre 3 roods 31 poles, more or less, being Lots 1 to 5, Township of Abbotsford Extension No. 2, parts of Section 60, Block VII, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, and part of the North Taieri Road. Bounded towards the north-east by North Taieri Road to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Lot 15, Township of Abbotsford Extension, 442·2 links and 105 links; across that road and towards the north-east by Lots 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, and Part 10 to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 5, Township of Abbotsford Extension No. 2, 425 links; across the said North Taieri Road and towards the south-east by Lots 1 and 3, D.P. 634, 216·13 links; towards the south-west by the Fernhill Branch Railway, 62·0 links and 626·8 links; and towards the north-west by said railway, 385·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 103/5/69.)

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

C. L. N. NEWALL, 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 Maerewhenua Settlement and can conveniently be disposed of therewith:
Now, therefore, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the 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 Land Settlement 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 Maerewhenua Settlement and may be disposed of accordingly.

B

SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
SECTIONS 105, 106, and 107, Maerewhenua Settlement, Blocks II and III, Awamoko Survey District, and Block IV, Maruwenua Survey District: Area, 12 acres 1 rood 3·8 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of March, 1945.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 18935.)

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy, which amends the appointment dated 14th December, 1944 (New Zealand Gazette No. 1, 11th January, 1945):-

Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson, V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R., placed on the Retired List of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (age), in the rank of Commander, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform, to date 9th December, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th March, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 176, dated 12th January, 1945:-

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Divisional Cavalry

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) A. J. Parsons to be Lieutenant. Dated 24th December, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) C. H. Sawyers, D.S.O., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 14th December, 1944.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-

R. L. Burk, D.C.M. Dated 8th May, 1944.
S. Conway, M.M. Dated 12th June, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. H. Grocott to be Captain. Dated 30th December, 1944.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. K. Bond to be Captain, with seniority from 11th June, 1944, and pay and allowances from 14th December, 1944.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain (temp. Major) R. D. Stewart to be Major. Dated 12th December, 1944.

Audit Branch

Hon. Captain R. J. Duncan to be Hon. Major. Dated 16th December, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Divisional Cavalry

Lieutenant D. G. McHardy to be temp. Captain. Dated 21st December, 1944.

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:-

A. J. Oxbrow. Dated 22nd December, 1944.
C. K. Saxon. Dated 27th December, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:-

H. Y. Gray. Dated 27th December, 1944.
R. D. P. Hassett. Dated 1st January, 1945.

N.Z. Signals

2nd Lieutenant S. M. Reynolds to be temp. Captain. Dated 30th December, 1944.