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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 48

Formation of Defence Rifle Club

Army Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the formation of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—
Whatawhata Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Whatawhata. Dated 3rd January, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Change in Designation of Defence Rifle Club

Army Department,
Wellington, 11th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the following:—
The designation of the “Wellington Suburbs Defence Rifle Club,” with headquarters at Wellington, is changed to “Wellington Defence Rifle Club,” with headquarters at Wellington. Dated 4th August, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Change in Designation of Defence Rifle Club

Army Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the following:—
The designation of the “Puramahoi Defence Rifle Club,” with headquarters at Takaka, Nelson, is changed to “Puramahoi-Takaka Defence Rifle Club,” with headquarters at Puramahoi. Dated 7th July, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Plants Declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Akaroa County.—(Notice No. Ag. 4719)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th August, 1949.

THE following special order made by the Akaroa County Council on the 29th day of July, 1949, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

SPECIAL ORDER

“THAT in accordance with the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Akaroa County Council hereby declares the following weeds as noxious within the County of Akaroa: Broom, Gorse, Fennel, Hemlock, St. John’s Wort, Hawthorn, Foxgloves, and Milk Thistle.”

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/175.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice Declaring Land Taken for the Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Valuation Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies:
And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which the application has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land adaptable for the settlement of discharged servicemen:
And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 11th day of July, 1949, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within any further time allowed by the Court:
And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty’s Forces or in any British ship:
Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 16th day of September, 1949, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in his Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land situated in Blocks VII and VIII, Kerikeri Survey District, containing by admeasurement one thousand one hundred and fifty-seven (1,157) acres, more or less, being Old Land Claim No. 16, originally granted to William Smellie Grahame, and being all of the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 583, folio 310 (Auckland Registry), limited as to parcels.

As witness my hand, this 16th day of August, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/2132; D.O. 8/4.)

Kaitaia Drainage Area: Notice of Making and Levying General Rates

I, CLARENCE FARRINGDON SKINNER, Minister of Lands, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, do hereby make and levy on the unimproved value of all land within the Kaitaia Town District Subdivision of the Kaitaia Drainage Area, constituted under the said Act, a general rate described in the First Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land in the subdivision of the Kaitaia Drainage Area outside the Kaitaia Town District the general rates described in the Second Schedule hereto, such respective rates being for the purpose of meeting maintenance costs for the period from 1st April, 1949, to 31st March, 1950.

The said rates, together with the annually recurring special rates already made and levied, will be payable in one sum on 30th August, 1949, to the Collector of Rates, Room 15, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland, at which office the rate-book will be available for inspection. A copy of the rate-book will be available for inspection at the office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Kaitaia, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

FIRST SCHEDULE

TOWN SUBDIVISION

ON the unimproved value of all land within the Kaitaia Town District, ninety-seven one hundredths of a penny (0·97d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE

RURAL SUBDIVISION

CLASS A.—On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, eighteen pence and fifty-three one-hundredths of a penny (18·53d.) in the pound.

CLASS B.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class B, sixpence and forty-nine one-hundredths of a penny (6·49d.) in the pound.

CLASS C.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class C, twopence and seventy-eight one-hundredths of a penny (2·78d.) in the pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of August, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/42/5.)

Waihi Drainage Area: Notice of Making and Levying General Rates

I, CLARENCE FARRINGDON SKINNER, Minister of Lands, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, do hereby make and levy, on the unimproved value of all land within the Pukehina Subdivision of the Waihi Drainage Area constituted under the said Act, the general rates described in the First Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land included in the Central Subdivision the general rate described in the Second Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land in the Kaikokopu Subdivision the general rates described in the Third Schedule hereto, such respective rates being for the purpose of meeting maintenance costs for the period 1st April, 1949, to 31st March, 1950.

The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on 30th August, 1949, together with the amount of the special rates already made and levied, to the Collector of Rates, Room 15, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland.

The rate-book will be open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, and a copy of the same will be available for inspection at the office of Mr. H. W. Earp, Clerk, Kaituna River Board, Te Puke, at all times at which those offices are open for the transmission of public business.

FIRST SCHEDULE

PUKEHINA SUBDIVISION

General Rates

CLASS A.—On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, twopence and forty-eight one-hundredths of a penny (2·48d.) in the pound.

CLASS C.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class C, one penny and one-tenth of a penny (1·10d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE

CENTRAL SUBDIVISION

General Rates

CLASS A.—On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, sevenpence and eighty-one one-hundredths of a penny (7·81d.) in the pound.