Dec. 18] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1937

Notice of Intention to Assign Place Names by the New Zealand Geographic Board

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th December, 1947.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the New Zealand Geographic Board Act, 1946, notice is hereby given of the intention of the New Zealand Geographic Board to assign the names set out in the first column of the Schedule hereto to the respective places and features set out and described opposite those names in the second and third columns of the said Schedule.

Pursuant to section 13 of the said Act, any person objecting to any such proposed name may at any time within the period of three months from the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette give to the Secretary of the Board, care of the Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 3, Government Buildings, Wellington, notice in writing of his objection, setting out the grounds of the objection.

If no objection is received by the Board within the aforesaid period of three months the Board’s decision as to any of the said proposed names will be final.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Bledisloe .. | Hill .. | Block IV, Kawakawa Survey District.
Cape Brett .. | Telephone office | Block XIIA, Bay of Islands Survey District.
Haumi .. | River .. | Block VIII, Kawakawa Survey District. Not “Humai.”
Hobson .. | Hill .. | Block IV, Kawakawa Survey District.
Horeke .. | Locality .. | Block XI, Mangamuka Survey District. Not “Horoekc.”
Paua .. | Telephone office | Block III, Muriwhenua Survey District. Replaces Parenga.
Purewa .. | Railway-station | On the Tamaki Deviation near the Oraki Basin, Auckland City. This name is transferred to new station 40 chains west of previous position.
Ruthe .. | Passage .. | Block VIII, Waiheke Survey District. Between Rotoroa and Ponui Islands.
Stony Batter .. | Trig. .. | Block IV, Waiheke Survey District. Not “Stony Batten.”

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Mangakino .. | Post-office .. | Block VI, Whakamaru Survey District.
Maniakaroa .. | Post-office .. | Block XI, Hurakia Survey District.
Waiehuehu .. | Stream .. | Block I, Newcastle Survey District.

HAWKES BAY LAND DISTRICT

Otope .. | Stream .. | Block X, Tahoraiti Survey District. Not “Otopae.”

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT

Stratford Mountain House | Telephone office | Block XV, Egmont Survey District. Replaces Potaema as postal description.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

Cape Palliser .. | Telephone office | Block IX, Kaiwaka Survey District.
Castlepoint .. | Post-office and locality | Block X, Castlepoint Survey District.
Mangatarere .. | Stream .. | Tiffen Survey District.
Mokopuna .. | Island .. | North of Somes Island, Port Nicholson. Replaces Leper.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT

Brothers .. | Telegraph office | On The Brothers, Block XXII, Gore Survey District.
Toenga .. | Hill .. | Block X, Gore Survey District. Prominent bush-clad hill on which Trig. H is situated.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT

Faerie Queene | Peak and trig. | Block XII, Una Survey District. In the Spenser Mountains on the boundary between Nelson and Canterbury Land Districts.
Sabine .. | Hydro-electric power station | Block XI, Rotoroa Survey District. At the head of Lake Rotoroa.
Stephens Island | Telegraph office | Block I, D’Urville Island Survey District.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

Avoca .. | Mountain .. | Wilberforce Survey District. On the Birdwood Range. The first definite peak south of Mount Greenlaw on the Greenlaw Massif.
Bruce .. | Saddle .. | Harper Survey District. On the Black Range between the Bruce River and a tributary of the Avoca River.
Cass .. | Saddle .. | Harper Survey District. On the Craigieburn Range north-west of Hamilton Peak.
East Horn .. | Peak .. | Block XIII, Whitcombe Survey District. In the Arrowsmith Group at the head of Douglas Glacier.
Echo .. | Saddle .. | Wilberforce Survey District. On the Black Range east of Mount Gizeh.
Endeavour .. | Col .. | Cook and Mueller Survey Districts. Between Nazomi Peak and the third peak of Mount Cook.
Fitzwilliam .. | Mountain .. | Harper Survey District. Isolated peak north of Lake Lilian.
Gargarus .. | Saddle .. | Wilberforce Survey District. Between Mount Gargarus and the Birdwood Range.
Grey .. | Range .. | Harper Survey District. An offshoot of the Black Range between Avoca and Harper Rivers.
Jordan .. | Saddle .. | Harper Survey District. On the Black Range near the boundary between Harper and Wilberforce Survey Districts.
Lagmhor .. | Locality .. | Block XI, Westerfield Survey District. Not “Laghmor.”
Lagoon .. | Saddle .. | Harper Survey District. On the Black Range at the head of the Harper River, approximately one mile west of Mount Bruce.
Pito .. | Peak .. | Block IV, Clyde Survey District. On the Arrowsmith Range south of South Peak.
Thesis .. | Peak .. | Harper Survey District. A peak approximately 6,000 ft. about two miles south-west from Bruce Saddle on the Black Range, and situated on a range between the Avoca River and a large left bank tributary of the Avoca.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

Franz Josef .. | Glacier .. | Block XV, Waiho Survey District.
Franz Josef .. | Post-office .. | Block XI, Waiho Survey District.
Rapahoe .. | Range .. | Cobden Survey District. Between Cobden and Point Elizabeth. Alternative name for Twelve Apostles Range.
Twelve Apostles | Range .. | Cobden Survey District. Between Cobden and Point Elizabeth.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Taiaroa .. | Telephone office | Portobello Bay Survey District. At Taiaroa Head Lighthouse.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT

Grave .. | Creek .. | Milford Sound Survey District. A tributary of the Harrison River. Drains northern face of Mount Grave.
Grave .. | Glacier .. | Milford Sound Survey District. On Tutoko face of Mount Grave.
Grave .. | Mountain .. | Milford Sound Survey District. On the Barrier Range. 7,520 ft.
Hau, Te .. | Mountain .. | Milford Sound Survey District. On dividing range between headwaters of Harrison and John o’ Groats Rivers. 5,334 ft.
*Mitis .. | Peak .. | Milford Sound Survey District. A small rocky outcrop at the head of the Bowen Valley.

• Approved subject to fixation of feature on maps.

R. G. DICK, Surveyor General,
Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board.