Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th April, 1946.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service:

Ronald Henry New
to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the Inspection
of Machinery Act, 1928, and a Surveyor of Ships for the purposes
of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, on and from the 14th day
of March, 1946.

Mervyn Winston Albert Lea
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Waitahuna, on and from the 19th day of March, 1946.

Ronald Gregory Durney
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rawene,
on and from the 21st day of March, 1946.

Leonard Harold Lovegrove
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rawene,
on and from the 30th day of March, 1946.

John McKay Robb
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Greytown, on and from the 1st day of April, 1946, and
Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Greytown, on and from
the 1st day of April, 1946.

Harold James Smith
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Inglewood, on and from the 1st day of April, 1946.

Gerald Joseph Grace
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hamilton,
on and from the 2nd day of April, 1946.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Withdrawing Portion of a Notice of Intention to take Land for a

Public Work

WHEREAS notice was given bearing date the 24th day of
August, 1943, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
of the 26th day of August, 1943, at page 1023, that it was proposed,
under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take for a
public work the land described in the Schedule to the said notice,
and being situated in Block IX, Belmont Survey District:

And whereas notice was thereby further given that all persons
affected by the taking of the said land should, if they had 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
lst day of September, 1943, to the Minister of Works at Wellington :
And whereas the owner of the land described in the Schedule
hereto has sent to the Minister of Works an objection to the taking
of such land:

And whereas due consideration has been given to the said
objection:

Now, therefore, the Minister of Works hereby gives notice
that it is no longer proposed to take the land described in the
Schedule hereto for the purpose set out in the said notice dated the
24th day of August, 1943.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land affected: 26 67 perches.
Being Lot 8, D.P. 9993, being part Section 47, Hutt District.
Situatcd in Block IX, Belmont Survey District (City of Lower
Hutt). (S.O. 21051.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 117542, deposited
in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon
coloured blue.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 10th day of April, 1946.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Works.
(P.W. 80/10.)

Exemption Order under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940,* the Minister
of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions
of clause (1) of Regulation 7 of the said regulations, so far as they
relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not apply to the
person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following
provision shall apply:

A motor-driver's license issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to the person described in column 1 of the Schedule
hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the
course of his employment on a farm or market-garden of the
respective employer described in column 2 of the said Schedule,
but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen
years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver).
Column 2 (Employer).
Keith Irving Rowe, Ngaere
Father.
Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of April, 1946.

JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

• Statutory Regulations 1940, Serial number 1940/73, page 211.
  Amendment No. 1: Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/101,
  page 199.
  Amendment No. 2: Statutory Regulations 1945, Serial number 1945/199.
  page 527.

Including Additional Land in the Waikato Development Scheme

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act,
1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the land
described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said
Act, and to be included in the Waikato Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

THE following land situate in the Waikato-Maniapoto Native Land
Court District—

Land. Block and Area
Survey District. A. R. P.
Lot 294A, Parish of II, Hapuakohe 42 2 4 (approx.).
Taupiri
Lot 294B, Parish of II, Hapuakohe 42 2 4 (approx.).
Taupiri

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of April, 1946.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs—
G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.
(N.D. 1/2/44.)

Including Additional Land in the Bay of Islands Development Scheme

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act,
1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the land
described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said
Act, and to be included in the Bay of Islands Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Tokerau Native Land Court District,
containing 194 acres 1 rood 34 perches, more or less, situate in
Block XV, Purua Survey District, and called or known as Maunu lH
No. 2 (part).

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of April, 1946.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs—
G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.
(N.D. 1/1/1.)

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

Native Land Court, Gisborne, 10th April, 1946.

It is hereby notified that the 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.

R. J. THOMPSON, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro i Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

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 e te Kupa Apiti i raro iho nei.

TAMIHANA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Name (No.) Tamariki Whangai (Adopted Children). Ra o te Ota (Date of Order). Nga matua Whangai (Adopting Parents). Nga matua Tipu (Natural Parents).
3037 Mere Arihi Campbell 12/7/45 Waiti Noanoa Arapiu Campbell and Rangi Campbell.