APRIL 13] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 911

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Section 56, Block I, Greenvale Survey District: Area 1 acre 2 roods 30·4 perches, more or less. (S.O. 9611.) (Buildings of the General Government.)
(L. and S. H.O. 26/774; D.O. R.L. 123.)

Section 1, Block II, Lower Hawea Survey District: Area 12 acres 1 rood 12 perches, more or less.
Also Section 30, Block IV, Lower Hawea Survey District: Area 62 acres 1 rood 30 perches, more or less.
Also Section 31, Block IV, Lower Hawea Survey District: Area 2 acres 1 rood, more or less.
Also Section 32, Block IV, Lower Hawea Survey District: Area 1 acre and 18 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)
(L. and S. H.O. 1/205; D.O. 8/3/22.)

Section 22, Block XII, Town of Allanton: Area 2 roods 16·9 perches, more or less. (S.O. 9594.) (Plantation.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/746; D.O. 8/3/8.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of April, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

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Lands Permanently Reserved in the North Auckland, Auckland, Gisborne, Taranaki, Wellington, and Otago Land Districts

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:

And whereas by the three-hundred-and-sixtieth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section may, at the expiration of one month, but not later than six months, after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas by the seventy-first section of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, it is further provided that the Governor-General may from time to time, as he thinks fit, set aside reserves for any specified public purpose out of lands acquired under the last-mentioned Act, provided that no land so acquired shall be set aside for endowments:

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto were by the Warrant dated the twenty-third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, and published in the Gazette of the third day of March of that year, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Acts for the purposes in the Schedule of the said Warrant specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved:

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 Acts, do hereby permanently reserve the lands described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be permanently reserved for which purposes the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area in the County of Hokianga, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 20·7 perches, more or less, being Lot 1 shown on the plan numbered 34365, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, and being part of Section 16, Block XV, Maungataniwha Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/6/594, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Buildings of the General Government.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/594; D.O. 8/1016.)

All that area containing 1 rood, more or less, in the County of Otamatea, situated in Block XI, Matakoe Survey District, being part of the southern portion of Allotment 93, Parish of Paparoa, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in Conveyance No. 176046, registered in the office of the Registrar of Deeds at Auckland. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/11/155, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Public-hall site.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/11/155; D.O. 8/1333.)

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Section 66, Block XIII, Wairere Survey District: Area, 1 rood and 2·3 perches, more or less. (Auckland plan S.O. 33532.) (Buildings of the General Government.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/3/533; D.O. 8/959.)

Sections 27 and 28, Block X, Waitoa Survey District: Area, 2 acres and 12 perches, more or less. (Auckland plan S.O. 33202.) (Gravel.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/5/352; D.O. O.R.P. 4217.)

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

Section 37, Block XV, Waikohu Survey District: Area, 1 rood and 33 perches, more or less. (S.O. 4328.) (Public-hall site.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/156; D.O. R.L.S. 188.)

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT

Section 16, Block III, Town of Ohura: Area, 1 rood and 4 perches, more or less. (S.O. 7757.) (Buildings of the General Government.)
(L. and S. H.O. 6/7/5; D.O. 14/11.)

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

Section 13, Block IV, Wilford Settlement (situated in the Borough of Petone): Area, 22·37 perches, more or less. (Municipal.)
(L. and S. H.O. 19325; D.O. 4/7.)

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Section 1605B, Block IV, Upper Kaikorai Survey District: Area, 1 rood and 33·8 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 9632.) (Recreation.)
(L. and S. H.O. 22/4709; D.O. 9/258.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of April, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

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Extending Time Within Which Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Treatment and Disposal of Sewage in the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District Shall Report

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to RONALD HENRY QUILLIAM, of the City of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Barrister: THOMAS BRUCE NICOL, of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer; and JOHN HOWARD BARNETT, of the City of Wellington, New Zealand, Public Accountant: Greeting.

WHEREAS by Warrant issued on the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, under the hand of the Governor-General and the Seal of the Dominion, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the methods of treatment and disposal of sewage in the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District and the Boroughs of Northcote, Birkenhead, Devonport, and Takapuna, and kindred matters as set forth in the said Warrant:

And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report not later than the seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you together with such recommendations as you might think fit to make:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council, do hereby extend until the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, the time within which you are so required to report:

And, in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby confirm the said Warrant and the Commission thereby constituted save as modified by these presents.

Given in Executive Council under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 7th day of April, 1949.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Health.

Approved in Council—

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, under section 9 of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, the retention of Lieutenant-Commander J. F. A. O'Neill beyond the age limit and the extension of his Short-service Commission for one year from the 15th May, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.