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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 25

Notice of Taking Land at Dunedin under Sections 140, 141, and 142 of the Harbours Act, 1923, for the Purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

BY virtue and in pursuance of the power and authorities vested in me by the one-hundred-and-fortieth, one-hundred-and-forty-first, and one-hundred-and-forty-second sections of the Harbours Act, 1923, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, on behalf of His Majesty the King, give notice to the Otago Harbour Board that one month from the date of service of notice upon the said Board I shall enter upon and take possession of the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land:—

A. R. P. Being
1 1 7·71 Part Otago Harbour Board Endowment, being Part D.P. 932; coloured sepia.
11 1 15·41 Part Otago Harbour Board Endowment, being Part D.P. 932; coloured sepia.
2 1 21·94 Part Otago Harbour Board Endowment, being Part D.P. 3072; coloured sepia, edged red.
10 1 27·65 Part Otago Harbour Board Endowment; coloured orange.
0 1 6·34 Part Otago Harbour Board Endowment, Block LXXIII, Town of Dunedin; coloured orange, edged red.
0 0 10·16 Part Otago Harbour Board Endowment, Block LXXIII, Town of Dunedin; coloured orange.

All situated in the City of Dunedin. (S.O. 2430.)

In the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L.O. 9734, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of April, 1949.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Railways.

(L.O. 20135/10.)

Vesting the Control of Scenic Reserves in the Nelson City Council

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

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 reserves described in the Schedule hereto (being lands reserved under the said Act) in the Nelson City Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The period for which the control of the reserves are hereby vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the reservations are 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 reserves. 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 reserves in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

URURAKAU AND DUN MOUNTAIN SCENIC RESERVES.—NELSON LAND DISTRICT

SECTIONS 1 and 2, Block I, and Sections 3 and 7, Block IV, Maungatapu Survey District: Area, 2,000 acres, more or less.

Also Section 58, Square 18, Block I, Maungatapu Survey District: Area, 291 acres, more or less.

Also all that area containing 3,290 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks II, IV, V, and VII, Maungatapu Survey District: Bounded by a line commencing at the eastern corner of Section 6, Square 18, and running along the south-eastern boundary of the said Section 6; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 2, Square 18, the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 5, 4, and 3 of Square 18, and the south-western boundaries of said Sections 3 and 1, Square 18, and the southern boundaries of Section 1, Block IV, Maungatapu Survey District, to the south-western corner of the said Section 1; thence in an easterly direction along the top of a spur to Trig. station D.A.; thence in a south-easterly direction along the top of a ridge to Trig. H. (Rocks); thence generally in a north-easterly direction along the summit of the range through Trig. station C (Dun Mountain) and Little Twin, to Trig. station K.H. (Maungatapu); thence in a north-westerly direction by a straight line to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on a plan marked L. and S. X/97/16B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of April, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/568 and X/97/16; D.O. 8/168.)

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

Robert Paul Geary, Postmaster .. .. National Park.
Frederick George Ryan, Postmaster .. .. Te Araroa.
Janet Nicol Goebel, Postmistress .. .. Utiku.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of April, 1949.

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

Transfer and Promotion of an Officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following transfer and promotion of an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

REGULAR AIR FORCE

Transfer and Promotion

70275 Flying Officer (temp.) Alan John Charles CLARK is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch (now obsolete) to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Special Duties Division, and is promoted to the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st April, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Coroner Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Herbert James Hay, Esquire, J.P.,

of Tapanui, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Gerald William Lane, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Dunedin, vice J. H. Hinton, Esquire.

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

Judge of Assessment Courts for Dunedin City and Green Island Borough Appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 26 of the Rating Act, 1925, to appoint

Jack Duddington Willis, Esquire,

Stipendiary Magistrate, of Dunedin, to be Judge of the Assessment Courts for Dunedin City and Green Island Borough.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 100/57/4.)

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, Frederick Hackett, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint

Henry Gifford Cattley

to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of April, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.