MAR. 15]THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE285Appointment of Vice-Consul of China at Apia, Western SamoaDeputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointedMinistry of External Affairs,Registrar-General's Office,Wellington, 6th March, 1945.Wellington, 13th March, 1945.HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notifiedIT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been that the appointment of Cheng Chia Hua as Vice-Consulmade :of China at Apia, Western Samoa, has been recognized.Olga Patrea Kjoller (Miss)P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairsto be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District ofKaikohe at Okaihau, on and from the 21st day of February, 1945.Elizabeth Rose Tait (Mrs.)Members of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough ofto be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District ofMatamata appointedGranity at Millerton, on and from the 7th day of February, 1945.Department of Internal Affairs,Ivan James AgnewWellington, 14th March, 1945.to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deathshas been pleased, in termsfor the District of Cheviot, on and from the 30th day of January,HIS Excellency the Governor-Genera1945.of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, toWilliam Fred Cobbappoint—to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and DeathsCharles Harris Burnett, Esquire, of Tauranga,for the District of Tauranga, on and from the 9th day of March, 1945.to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough ofEmily Paula Pollock (Miss)Matamata ; and also to appointto be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths forGeorge Stephenson Boyes, Esquire, Land-agent, of Hamilton,the District of Mamaku, on and from the 26th day of February,on the recommendation of the Matamata Borough Council, to be amember of the said Assessment Court.John Cameron Pirrit LeathemW. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairsto be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for(I.A. 103/2/41.)the District of Kawakawa, on and from the 22nd day of February,Thomas Samuel Craythorne1945.to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths forMember of the Hunterville Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No.the District of Waipara, on and from the 31st day of January, 1945.Ag. 4170)Charles CollinsOffice of the Minister of Agriculture,to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths forWellington, 7th March, 1945.the District of Murchison, on and from the 24th day of February,HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in1945.Marjorie Olive Horn (Miss)pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths foron the 24th day of February, 1945—the District of Te Anga, on and from the 1st day of March, 1945.Leonard John LairdP. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.to be...a member of the Hunterville Rabbit Board, vice DuncanCameron, resigned.C. F. SKINNER,For the Minister of Agriculture.Member of the Potato Advisory Committee appointed.—(Notice No.Ag. 4171)PURSUANT to the Primary Industries Emergency RegulationsWHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the1939, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appointLand Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the landdescribed in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of theRobert Henry CranfieldServicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies :to be a member of the Potato Advisory Committee appointed forAnd whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the applicationthe purposes of the said regulations, vice George Fleetwood,has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the applicationrelates is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of adeceased.discharged serviceman :Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of March, 1945.And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that theCrown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition ofC. F. SKINNER,the land, did on the 7th day of February, 1945, make an order deter-For the Minister of Agriculture.mining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said orderwas made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within anyAppointments in the Public Servicetime allowed by the Court :Office of the Public Service Commissioner,And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman whois for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of HisWellington, 13th March, 1945.Majesty’s Forces or in any British ship :Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance ofTHE Public Service Commissioner has made the followingsection 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land istaken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and herebyappointments in the Public Service :—specifies the 12th day of April, 1945, as the date on which the saidland shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.Constable George Strathie MurraySCHEDULEto be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Culverden forAUCKLAND LAND DISTRICTthe purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and MaintenanceALL that piece or parcel of land containing two hundred (200) acresOfficer at the Magistrates’ Court at Culverden for the purposesthree (3) roods twenty-seven (27) perches, more or less, being Lot 1of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from theon Deposited Plan No. 14798, and being also part of the blocks,21st day of February, 1945.situated in Block XI, Waitoa Survey District, called Te PuningaErnest Albert Palmernos. 3 and 4, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title,Vol. 339, folio 67 (Auckland Registry), excepting thereout a stripof land containing six decimal eight nought nine (6·809) acres, moreto be Registrar of Brands for the Taranaki Branding District foror less, on the south-eastern boundary, subject to drainage rightsBasil Francis Bramblecontained in Transfer No. 49363.to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for theAs witness my hand, this 9th day of March, 1945.District of Herekino, on and from the 5th day of February, 1945,C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Herekino, on and(L. and S. 36/1444/174.)from the 5th day of February, 1945.Leslie George Spillerto be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Matai, on andfrom the 5th day of February, 1945.Harold Benjamin Whiteto be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Reinga, on andAlbert Seymour O'Neilfrom the 5th day of February, 1945.to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tautoro, on andfrom the 12th day of February, 1945.L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Noticedeclaring Land taken for the Settlement of a DischargedServicemanWHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of theLand Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the landdescribed in the Schedule hereto and to which Part:II of theServicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies :