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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

49, 6, and 7, Block XVI aforesaid; generally towards the west by Section 7, Block XVI aforesaid, Sections 5, 20, 19, 18, and 17, Block XII, Tadmor Survey District, Section 10, Block IX, Gordon Survey District, Section 3, Block V, Gordon.Survey District, Sections 23, 22, and 24, Block VIII, Tadmor Survey District, Sections 16, 32, and 5, Block IV, Tadmor Survey District ; towards the north-east by Section 156, Block IV aforesaid, to and across Long Gully Stream, and thence by the right banks of Long Gully Stream and the Motupiko River to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 108/51, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(F.S. 12/9/4/6.)

Constitution of Rural Fire District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
By his Deputy,
H. F. O'LEARY
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of December, 1948
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Forest and Rural Fires Act, 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby constitute and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a rural fire district, to be known as the “Pukerau Rural Fire District”; and doth hereby specify the trees and other plants in the State forest in the said area as the property for the protection of which the district is constituted; and doth hereby specify the period between the first day of August in any one year and the thirtieth day of April in the following year (both days inclusive) as a closed fire season in the said district; and doth hereby prescribe that the said Pukerau Rural Fire District shall be administered by the Commissioner of State Forests for the purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby further declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the day following publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND CONSERVANCY
Pukerau Rural Fire District
All that area in the Otago Land District, Clutha County, containing approximately 3,000 acres, situated in Block IX, Waipahi Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: Towards the east by Sections 31A and 36A, Conical Hills Settlement, the crossing of a public road, and by Section 17, Block IX aforesaid; towards the south and again towards the east by Section 51A, Conical Hills Settlement; towards the north-east by the north-eastern side of a public road to a point opposite the easternmost corner of Section 50A, Conical Hills Settlement, and by the crossing of a public road; towards the south by Section 11, the crossing of a road, Sections 9, 14, 15, and 16, Block X, Waipahi Survey District, and the crossing of a public road; towards the west by Section 35, Block VI, Waikaka Survey District, and by Sections 18, 19, 20, and 21, Block III, Waikaka Survey District; and towards the north by Sections 4, 3, and 2, Block IX, Waipahi Survey District, the crossing of a road, and by Sections 19A and 20A, Conical Hills Settlement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 213/5, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(F.S. 12/9/7/5.)

Constitution of Rural Fire District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
By his Deputy,
H. F. O'LEARY
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of December, 1948
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to the Forest and Rural Fires Act, 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby constitute and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a rural fire district, to be known as the “Monowai-Lillburn Rural Fire District”; and doth hereby specify the trees and other plants on the State forests situated in the said area as the property for the protection of which the district is constituted; and doth hereby specify the period between the first day of August in any one year and the thirtieth day of April in the following year (both days inclusive) as a closed fire season in the said district; and doth

hereby prescribe that the said district shall be administered by the Commissioner of State Forests for the purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby further declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the day following publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND CONSERVANCY
Monowai-Lillburn Rural Fire District
All that area in the Southland Land District, Wallace County, containing approximately 119,000 acres, situated in Clenghearn, Monowai, Takitimo, Hauroko, Lillburn, Rowallan, and Alton Survey Districts, and bounded generally as follows: Commencing at a point on the Monowai River in line with the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block VI, Monowai Survey District; thence towards the north-east by a right line to Geodetic Station “Sunny-side” in Block VI aforesaid, and by a right line to the north-western corner of Section 1, Block VII, Monowai Survey District; thence by Sections 1 and 2, Block VII aforesaid, by the Waiau River, by Sections 118 and 54, Block XXXIII, Takitimo Survey District, and by a right line passing through Geodetic Station “Bell Mountain” in Block XXXVII, Takitimo Survey District, to the westernmost corner of Section 114, Block XXXVII aforesaid; towards the south-east by the south-eastern side of a public road intersecting Sections 4 and 61, Block XXXVII aforesaid, to the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line through Trig. Station K in Block XXXIX, Takitimo Survey District, to the right bank of the Waiau River; towards the south by Section 9, Block XIII, Lillburn Survey District; towards the north-east and east by the eastern side of a public road intersecting Sections 8 and 9, Block XIII aforesaid, to the right bank of the Waiharakeke Stream; towards the north by that stream; towards the east by the Waiau River; towards the south and east by Section 5, Block II, Lillburn Survey District; towards the south-east by Section 3, Block II aforesaid, and the north-western boundary of that section produced to the right bank of the Lillburn; towards the north-east by the Lillburn and by the north-eastern side of the Lillburn Valley Road; towards the east and north by Section 10, Block II aforesaid; towards the east by Section 18, Block I, Lillburn Survey District, Domain Road, and Section 12, Block III, Lillburn Survey District; towards the north by Section 12 aforesaid and Section 11, Block I, Lillburn Survey District; towards the east by Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block II, Alton Survey District; towards the south by Sections 15, 14, 13, and 12, Block XI, Alton Survey District, and Sections 11, 10, and 8, Block VI, Alton Survey District; towards the west by Sections 10 and 9, Block V, Alton Survey District; towards the south by Section 9, Block V aforesaid; towards the west by Sections 4 and 3, Block V aforesaid; towards the south by Section 3, Block V aforesaid, Sections 7 and 2, Block IV, Alton Survey District, and Sections 11 and 2, Block IV, Rowallan Survey District, to a point in line with the eastern boundary of the Sounds National Park; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of the Sounds National Park; towards the west by the Sounds National Park and the Monowai Scenic Reserve to Lake Monowai; and towards the north-west by Lake Monowai and the Monowai River. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 200/12, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(F.S. 12/9/7/15.)

Fixing Remuneration in Howard Estate

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
By his Deputy,
H. F. O'LEARY
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of December, 1948
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by section six of the Howard Estate Act, 1919, it is enacted that the remuneration of the Public Trust Office for the administration of the Howard Estate shall be such as is determined from time to time by Order in Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section six of the Howard Estate Act, 1919, and of every other power and authority in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and determine that the Public Trust Office shall be entitled to the remuneration set out in the schedule hereto for the administration of the Howard Estate.

SCHEDULE
ANNUAL charge for administration from and after the lst day of July, 1948 . . . . . . . . . £300
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.