MAY 22] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 615

Revoking the Reservation over a Reserve in Apiti Survey District,
Wellington Land District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of
May, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon him by subsection one (b) of section seven of the Public
Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the reservation for gravel
purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto ; and doth
hereby declare that the said land, being vested in the Crown, is
Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 12A, Block XVI, Apiti Survey District: Area, 2 acres
1 rood, more or less.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 6/5/339.)

Revoking the Reservation over a Reserve in Wakanui Survey
District, Canterbury Land District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of
May, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon him by subsection one (b) of section seven of the Public
Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the reservation for police
purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto ; and doth
hereby declare that the said land, being vested in the Crown, is
Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 2020, Block IX, Wakanui Survey District: Area, 50 acres,
more or less.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 6/7/246.)

Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-
hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act,
1927, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the
Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown holding
the offices stated opposite their names respectively in the said
Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations
under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the
Peace Act, 1927.

SCHEDULE

Stanley Edward Oppenheim, Chief Postmaster, Auckland.
John Gerald Hickey, Manager, Money-order and Savings-bank
Branch, Christchurch.
Basil Herbert Humphrey, Postmaster, Dargaville.
Guy Neville Crozier, Manager, Money-order and Savings-bank
Branch, Dunedin.
Douglas James Bruce Walker, Chief Postmaster, Hamilton.
Daniel James Foley, Deputy Chief Postmaster, Hamilton.
Kenneth McGregor Boswell, Accountant, Post-office, Hamilton.
Malcolm Ellis Eagle, Postmaster, Hanmer Springs.
Samuel Herbert Fraser, Postmaster and Telephonist, Kote-
maori.
John Manson Sutherland, Chief Postmaster, Oamaru.
Walter Lachlan McKinnon, Postmaster, Owhango.
Dudley Ross Campbell, Postmaster, Reporoa.
Richard McKenzie, Postmaster, Rotorua.
Fred Oscar North, Accountant, Post-office, Thames.
Henry Abiel Colvin, Chief Postmaster, Timaru.
Una Alexia Douglas, Postmistress, Waikino.
Thomas Bassett Lendrum, Chief Postmaster, Whangarei.
Thomas Finn Thornton, Chief Postmaster, Invercargill.
Athol Dominic Bennett, Accountant, Post-office, Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 14th day of May, 1947.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

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Officers authorized to attest Signatures of Natives to Instruments of
Alienation

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section two hundred and sixty-eight of the
Native Land Act, 1931, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard
Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose
names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the
service of the Crown, are authorized to attest, in accordance with
the provisions of the said section two hundred and sixty-eight,
the signatures of Natives to instruments of alienation of Native
land.

SCHEDULE

Victor George Kay, Field Supervisor, Kaikohe.
Geoffrey Thomas Livesey, Field Supervisor, Wanganui.
David Norman Perry, Maori Welfare Officer, Opotiki.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 16th day of May, 1947.

E. T. TIRIKATENE,
For the Native Minister.

Officers authorized to attest Signatures of Natives to Instruments under
the Chattels Transfer Act, 1924

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section five hundred and forty-seven of the
Native Land Act, 1931, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard
Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose
names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the
service of the Crown, are authorized to attest, in accordance with
the provisions of the said section five hundred and forty-seven, the
signatures of Natives to instruments by way of security within the
meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

Victor George Kay, Field Supervisor, Kaikohe.
Geoffrey Thomas Livesey, Field Supervisor, Wanganui.
David Norman Perry, Maori Welfare Officer, Opotiki.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 16th day of May, 1947.

E. T. TIRIKATENE,
For the Native Minister.

Revoking Appointment of Trustees for Clinton Cemetery

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Lieutenant-General
Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant of the
twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five, published in the Gazette on the third day of September
of the same year, at page 1019, whereby the Clinton Town Board
was appointed to be the trustees of the Clinton Cemetery.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 14th day of May, 1947.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Health.

(H.C. 47/5.)

Appointing Five Non-elective Members of the Manawatu Catchment
Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and
Rivers Control Act, 1941, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard
Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby appoint—

Samuel Arthur Clarence Darby, Esquire, Conservator of Forests,
State Forest Service, Palmerston North,
Enoch Bruce Levy, Esquire, B.Sc., Director, Grasslands
Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Palmerston North,
Greville Lancelot Ewen, Esquire, District Field Inspector,
Department of Lands and Survey, Feilding,
Charles John Hamblyn, Esquire, B.Agr.Sc., Fields Superin-
tendant, Department of Agriculture, Palmerston North,
and
Thomas Arthur Johnston, Esquire, B.E., A.M.I.C.E., District
Engineer, Public Works Department, Wellington,

to be non-elective members of the Manawatu Catchment Board
for a term commencing on the first day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and forty-seven, and expiring on the thirtieth day of
November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 17th day of May, 1947.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 75/1.)