JULY 1]]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Birkenhead Borough Council
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
By his Deputy,
H. F. O'LEARY
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Birkenhead Borough Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.
2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.
3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BIRKENHEAD SCENIC RESERVE ALL that area containing by admeasurement 14 acres 0 roods 19·5 perches, more or less, being portion of Allotment 149, Parish of Takapuna, and being all the land on Deposited Plan No. 14492 (Auckland Registry).
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of June, 1948.
C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/222.)
Land temporarily reserved in the Canterbury Land District
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart temporarily as reserves, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral licence, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned : Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve the land in the Canterbury Land District, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for a resting-place for travelling stock.

SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
RESERVE 4312, Block XIV, Mandamus Survey District: Area, 9 acres l rood 28 perches, more or less.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of June, 1948.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. X/99/5.)
Appointment of Members of Central Milk Council under the Milk Act, 1944
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Milk Act, 1944, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint— William James Rogers, M.L.C., of Wanganui (representing the Municipal Association of New Zealand, Incorporated), James Joseph Maher, M.P., Farmer, of Upper Hutt, in the North Island (representing town milk producers), Clarence James McFadden, Farmer, of Christchurch, in the South Island (representing town milk producers), Dr. Muriel Bell, Nutritionist, of Dunedin (representative of the interests of women and children), and Harry Ernest Combs, Member of Parliament, of Wellington, to be members of the Central Milk Council for a term of three years commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 22nd day of June, 1948.
M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.
Declaring the Private Burial-ground for the late T. D. Burnett
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the powers invested in me by section twenty-two, subsection five, of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1938, I hereby declare the land as described in the Schedule to be set apart in perpetuity as a private burial-ground for the late Thomas David Burnett, and that the said burial-ground shall be called and known by the name of “The T. D. Burnett Private Burial-ground”.

SCHEDULE
THE T. D. BURNETT PRIVATE BURIAL-GROUND ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, Mackenzie County, containing an area of 2 acres l rood 8 perches, more or less, being part of Run No. 83, situated in Block X, Cass Survey District, and bounded as follows : Commencing at a point distant 2240 links and bearing 186° 22′ from Trig. L; thence towards the east and south by other parts of the said Run 83 for distances of 447·2 links bearing 180° 00′ and 1640 links bearing 270° 00′; thence towards the south-west by the Tasman River a distance of 26·0 links bearing 343° 56′; thence towards the north, west, and again towards the north by other parts of the aforesaid Run 83 for distances of 1200 links bearing 90° 00′, 422·2 links bearing 00° 00′, and 447·2 links bearing 90° 00′ to the place of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated in the plan marked H. 191/3/40, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Health, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Canterbury S.O. plan 7960.)
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 22nd day of June, 1948.
M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.
(H.C. 48/4.)
Promotions and Relinquishment of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)
Army Department, Wellington, 29th June, 1948.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions and relinquishment of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists Nos. 94, dated 25th May, 1948, and 95, dated 8th June, 1948 :—

LIST No. 94
TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) A. Hirschhorn, R.N.Z. Inf., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and assumes the acting tank of Lieutenant-Colonel on being transferred to N.Z. Roll. Dated 17th June, 1948.

LIST No. 95
PROMOTION
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. H. McM. Salmon, R.N.Z. Inf. to be Captain. Dated 3rd June, 1948.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
Captain W. R. Harrison, R.N.Z.A.M.C. to be temp. Major whilst employed as Radiologist, 6 N.Z. General Hospital. Dated 4th May, 1948.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. D. Yearbury, R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be temp. Captain whilst employed as Registrar, 6 N.Z. General Hospital. Dated 1st June, 1948.
2nd Lieutenant N. G. Gilbert, R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be temp. Lieutenant whilst employed as Staff Officer, S.M.O.’s Office, 6 N.Z. General Hospital. Dated 1st June, 1948.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces
Army Department, Wellington, 29th June, 1948.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—
REGULAR FORCE The Royal N.Z. Artillery
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. H. Dyson to be Captain. Dated 30th May, 1948.
The Royal N.Z. Engineers
Temp. Major H. W. Jacka, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from lst April, 1948, in the rank of Major, with seniority from lst August, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1948.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. K. Bunce to be Captain. Dated 29th June, 1948.