SEPT. 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1437

Authorizing the Exchange of Portion of a Reserve in Blocks IV and V,
Kopuru Survey District, North Auckland Land District, for Other Land

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of September, 1951

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the First Schedule hereto forms portion of a reserve duly set apart for public purposes and is vested, in trust, in the Hobson County Council for such purposes:

And whereas it is expedient that the said land should be exchanged for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, which the Governor-General deems of equal value and more suitable for the purposes of the reserve, and the Hobson County Council has duly consented to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section 8 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby declare that the land described in the First Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF PORTION OF RESERVE AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED

North Auckland Land District

ALL that area situated in Blocks IV and V, Kopuru Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being part of Allotment 130, Parish of Kopuru. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/804, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (North Auckland S.O. plan 35969.)

SECOND SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR

North Auckland Land District

ALL that area situated in Block IX, Tokatoka Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods 36·6 perches, more or less, being part Lot 2 as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under No. 917, being part of Allotment 97, Parish of Kopuru, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 61, folio 20 (Auckland Registry).

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

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/804 ; D.O. 8/642)

Exempting Land in the Southland Land District from the Operation of Part III of the Coal-mines Act 1925

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by subsection (2) of section 171 of the Coal-mines Act 1925, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be exempt from the operation of Part III of the Coal-mines Act 1925, and do hereby further declare that this notice shall take effect as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Southland Land District containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Lot two (2) on plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Invercargill as No. 2116, and being also part of Section 211, Block VI, Wairio Survey District, excepting and reserving to His Majesty the King all minerals, mineral oil, gas, metals, coal, and valuable stone under the surface of the land and to the right of ingress, egress and regress to all persons lawfully engaged in working any such mineral, mineral oil, gas, metal, coal, or stone, and being the whole of the land in certificate of title, Volume 120, folio 24 (Southland Registry).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of September 1951.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 6/6/71)

Officers Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section 301 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 section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927.

SCHEDULE

Clarence Archibald Turnbull, Acting Assistant District Rehabilitation Officer, Rehabilitation Department, Wellington.

John Nimrod Wickins, District Rehabilitation Officer, Rehabilitation Department, Nelson.

John Bendyshe Pearson, District Rehabilitation Officer, Rehabilitation Department, Hamilton.

Phillip Robert Shadwell, Clerk, Rehabilitation Department, Wellington.

Alfred Craddock Cade, Clerk, Rehabilitation Department, Timaru.

Arthur John Ford, Rehabilitation Officer, Rehabilitation Department, Greymouth.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of September 1951.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Lands Reserved in the North Auckland, Wellington, Marlborough, and Canterbury Land Districts

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS by section 167 of the Land Act, 1948, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart as a reserve, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral lease, or pastoral occupation licence, any Crown land for any purpose which, in his opinion, is desirable in the public interest, and notice thereof shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette:

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 reserve, subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act, 1948, and subject also to the reservations imposed by section 8 of the Coal Mines Amendment Act, 1950, the lands in the North Auckland, Wellington, Marlborough, and Canterbury Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder written for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be reserved.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Sections 1 and 2, Block XIII, Wairoa Survey District: Total area, 28 acres 3 roods 13 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 36401s.) (Water-conservation purposes.)

(L. and S. H.O. 9/3609 ; D.O. 20/787)

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block IV, Township of Mataroa, situated in Block IX, Ohinewairua Survey District: Total area, 3 roods 30 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 14727.) (Site for a roadman’s cottage.)

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/243 ; D.O. 14/13)

Section 7, Block X, Town of Pongaroa, situated in Block IX, Mount Cerberus Survey District: Area, 1 rood, more or less. (S.O. plan 14314.) (County purposes.)

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/848 ; D.O. R. 344)

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT

Section 28, Block XI, Puhi Puhi Survey District: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 18·1 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 4037.) (Rabbit Board purposes.)

(L. and S. H.O. 26/2727 ; D.O. S.T.L. 16)

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

Reserve 4612, situated in Block I, Mackenzie Survey District: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 7·6 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 8304.) (Rabbit Board buildings.)

(L. and S. H.O. 8/8/25 ; D.O. P.R. 520)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of September 1951.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

Army Department,
Wellington, 20 September, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:—

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force—

Captain (temp. Major) R. H. Dyson is appointed C.O., 6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A., in addition to his present appointment of G.S.O. 2, Headquarters, Northern Military District. Dated 10 September 1951.

Territorial Force—

2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.—

2nd Lieutenant K. W. Rhodes, from the Hastings High School Cadets, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 17 November 1949, and is also attached to the Hastings High School Cadets. Dated 27 December 1950.