1572
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 80

Notifying the proposed Exchange of Crown Lands in the Auckland Land District for other Lands

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas in the opinion of the Governor-General it is expedient to exchange the Crown lands described in the First Schedule hereto for the lands described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the lands described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange, and has agreed to accept from the Crown a sum of money by way of equality of exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the areas of Crown lands described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the lands described in the Second Schedule upon payment by the Crown of the sum of money hereinbefore referred to by way of equality of exchange.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF LANDS AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED

Auckland Land District.—Whakatane County

Allotment 291, Matata Parish: Area, 3 perches, more or less.
Allotment 292, Matata Parish: Area, 1 rood 7 perches, more or less.
Allotment 293, Matata Parish: Area, 0·4 perches, more or less.
Section 26, Block V, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District: Area, 6 acres 3 roods, more or less.
Section 30, Block V, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District: Area, 1 rood 33 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 32660.)

SECOND SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR

Auckland Land District.—Whakatane County

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 2 perches, more or less, being part Allotment 243, Matata Parish, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 700, folio 138 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 19 perches, more or less, being part Allotment 243, Matata Parish, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 700, folio 138 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 2 acres 0 roods 30 perches, more or less, being part Section 1, Block V, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 21, folio 124 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 9 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being part Section 1, Block V, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 21, folio 124 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 16 perches, more or less, being part Section 2A, Block V, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 700, folio 138 (Auckland Registry). (S.O. plan 32660.)

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/2106J, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of December, 1945.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/2106.)

Extending Period within which the Commission appointed to Inquire into and Report upon Licensing Matters in New Zealand shall report

GEORGE THE SIXTH by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith:

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Honourable Mr. David Stanley Smith, a Judge of the Supreme Court, Percy Taylor Coyle, George William Hutchison, Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson, James Patrick Ruth, the Reverend John Thomson Macky, Percy Malthus, the Honourable Mr. Frederick George Young, and Bella Fernie Logie: Greeting.

WHEREAS by Our Warrant dated the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, you, the said David Stanley Smith,
Percy Taylor Coyle,
George William Hutchison,
Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson,
James Patrick Ruth,
John Thomson Macky,
Percy Malthus, and
Frederick George Young,
together with Thomas Jordon, of Masterton, Barrister and Solicitor, now deceased, were appointed under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to be a Commission of Inquiry for the purposes in the said Warrant duly set out:

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, you, the said Bella Fernie Logie were appointed to be a member of the said Commission of Inquiry:

And whereas by Our said first-mentioned Warrant you were required to report not later than the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you:

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the twenty-second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be further extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the time within which you are so required to report:

And We do hereby confirm the said Commission and the three respective Warrants hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents.

In witness whereof We have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be affixed hereto at Wellington, this 12th day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and in the tenth year of Our Reign.

Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, Marshal of Our Royal Air Force, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of Our Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on whom has been conferred Our Albert Medal of the First Class, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Approved in Council—
W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the New Zealand Regular Force

Army Department,
Wellington, 15th December, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions of officers of the New Zealand Regular Force:—

STAFF

Major-General (temp. Lieutenant-General) E. Puttick, C.B., D.S.O., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointments of General Officer Commanding New Zealand Military Forces, Chief of the General Staff, and First Military Member of the Army Board, with effect from 31st December, 1945.

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) N. W. McD. Weir, C.B.E., N.Z. Staff Corps, A.D.C. to the King, relinquishes the appointments of Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters, and Third Military Member of the Army Board, with effect from 31st December, 1945.

Major-General N. W. McD. Weir, C.B.E., N.Z. Staff Corps, A.D.C. to the King, is appointed Chief of the General Staff and First Military Member of the Army Board, with effect from 1st January, 1946.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) G. B. Parkinson, C.B.E., D.S.O., Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, is appointed Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters, and Third Military Member of the Army Board, with effect from 1st January, 1946.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) N. W. McD. Weir, C.B.E., A.D.C. to the King, to be Major-General, with effect from 1st January, 1946.

Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Clifton, D.S.O., M.C., is appointed N.Z. Army Representative (temporary) on Joint Chiefs of Staff Organization in Australia (British Commonwealth Occupational Force for Japan), and is granted the temporary rank of Brigadier whilst so employed. Dated 12th November, 1945.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Lieutenant-Colonel G. B. Parkinson, C.B.E., D.S.O., to be temp. Brigadier, with effect from 1st January, 1946.

MEMORANDUM

2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) G. H. Clifton, D.S.O., M.C., ceases to be seconded for duty as Liaison Officer with United Kingdom and Australian organizations for recovery of Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians. Dated 11th November, 1945.