Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part I of the Maori Land
Amendment Act 1936 (Te Arawa Development Scheme)

Pursuant to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Maori Land
Amendment Act 1936, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby
revokes, so far as it affects the land described in the Schedule herto,
a certain notice dated the 15th day of September 1936, and
published in New Zealand Gazette No. 64 of the 1st day of October
1936, at page 1818, whereby the provisions of Part I of the Maori
Land Amendment Act 1936 were applied to, inter alia, the said
land.

SCHEDULE

The following land situate in the Waiariki Maori Land Court District,
in the Rotorua Survey District :-

Block. Area.
Mangorewa Kaharoa 6E Section 3 No. 2E No. 2A A. R. P.
Section 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 3 28
Mangorewa Kaharoa 6E Section 3 No. 2E No. 2B ... 37 1 30

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of March 1952.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs--

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Under-Secretary of the
Department of Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 1/3/44 ; D.O. 2416)

Releasing Land From the Provisions of Part I of the Maori Land
Amendment Act, 1936 (Mahoenui Development Scheme)

Pursuant to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Maori Land
Amendment Act 1936, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby
revokes, so far as it affects the land described in the Schedule hereto,
a certain notice dated the 28th day of January 1931, and published
in New Zealand Gazette No. 9 of the 5th day of February 1931, at
page 229, whereby the provisions of subsection (3) of section 23
of the Maori Land Amendment and Maori Land Claims Adjustment
Act 1929 (now Part I of the Maori Land Amendment Act 1936)
were applied to, inter alia, the said land.

SCHEDULE

All that area in the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land Court District, situate in Blocks VI, VII, and XI of the Awakino East Survey District, containing 38 acres 2 roods 28 perches, more or less, and being part of the Mangaawakino 8B 2B 2B Block, containing 412 acres 3 roods 4 perches, more or less. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.A. 1/2/45, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Maori Affairs at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of March 1952.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs--

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Under-Secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs
(M.A. 1/2/45 ; D.O. 25/R/5)

Officiating Ministers for 1952.--Notice No. 9

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17 March 1952.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Marriage Act 1908, the
following names of officiating ministers within the meaning
of the said Act are published for general information:-

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
The Reverend Hudson Thomas Norrie, M.Sc.

The Roman Catholic Church
The Reverend John William Crombleholme.

The Methodist Church of New Zealand
Mr. George Basil William Bell.
Mr. Matene Hori De Thierry.
Mr. Owen Arthur Kitchingman.
Mr. Ngerungeru Tame Pihama.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1952

Marine Department,
Wellington N.Z., 14 March 1952.

NEW ZEALAND
Cook Strait--Information About Rocks and Shoals
(1) Position : Cape Jackson Light. Lat. 40° 59' 25" S., long.
174° 20' 25" E. (approx.)
(a) Rocks and shoal to be inserted--
Position
Bearing and Distance from the Above Light. Name. Description.
(i) 295½° distant 12·1 miles "Pelorus Rk." Rock awash.
(ii) 352½° ,, 7·4 ,, "Witts Rk." 5 fathoms rock
" (Unexd.)"
(iii) 348½° ,, 3·3 ,, ,, ,, 5½ fathoms rock
" (Unexd.)"
(iv) 124½° ,, 5·9 ,, "Cook Rk " Rock awash.
(b) Rocks and depths to be expunged--
Position
Approximate Distance and Bearing from the Above Light. Description.
(i) About 12·3 miles 291½° "Pelorus " rock.
(ii) ,, 9·4 ,, 336½° Danger circle marked "Shoal repd. (P.A.)".
(iii) ,, 9·3 ,, 352½° 5 fathoms marked "Repd.
(P.A.) (Unexamined)."
(iv) ,, 7·8 ,, 352° 5 fathoms rock marked
" (Unexamined)."
(v) ,, 3·1 ,, 348½° 4½ fathoms rock.
(vi) ,, 5·8 ,, 123° Rock awash.
Details : The above rocks and shoals are to be expunged.
Remarks : On Chart No. 3634 the dot shown within the danger
circle in lat. 40° 48' S., long 174° 10' E. (approx.) is to be expunged.
(2) Position : Cape Palliser light. Lat. 41° 37' 25" S. long. 175°
18' 50" E. (approx.).
Existence of shoal.
Position : 210° distant 1·5 miles from the above light.
Details : A depth of 4 fathoms is to be inserted.
Remarks : The word " ground " in the vicinity of this position
is to be expunged.
Remarks : The above information is being included in the
Large corrections to Charts No. 2684 and 2685 shortly to be published.
Charts affected : Nos. 695; 2054; 2528; 3629; 3633;
3634; 1212;
Publication : New Zealand Pilot, 1946, pages 262, 263 and 117.
Authority : H.M.N.Z.S. Lachlan.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.
(M.6/2/18)

Declaration of Election of Members of the Fireblight Committee of
the Hawke's Bay Commercial Fruitgrowing District (Notice No.
Ag. 5221)

I, Richard Owen Griffith, Returning Officer for the
purpose of the Fireblight Committee elections under the
Fireblight Committee Regulations 1928, do hereby declare that the
following candidates have been duly nominated for the election of
members of the Fireblight Committee of the Hawke's Bay Commercial
Fruitgrowing District, nominations for which closed at Wellington
at noon on the 5th day of February 1952:-

Baker, Carl Joseph Hugh.
Bixley, Eric Allen.
Jarvis, Charles Bernard.
Rich, Murray Alfred.
Taylor, Herbert Edward.

As the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the
number of members to be elected (five), I hereby declare the said
Carl Joseph Hugh Baker, Eric Allen Bixley, Charles Bernard Jarvis,
Murray Alfred Rich, and Herbert Edward Taylor to be duly elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of March 1952.

R. O. GRIFFITH, Returning Officer.

N.Z. FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Land in the Otago Land District Acquired as Permanent State Forest

Land
New Zealand Forest Service,
Wellington, 18 March 1952.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule
hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act 1949 as
permanent State forest land.

SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT--SOUTHLAND CONSERVANCY

All those areas in the Otago Land District, Borough of Naseby,
containing by admeasurement 1 rood 33·1 perches, more or less, being
Sections 80, 81, 82, 115, 116, 117, 195, and 196, Block I, Town of
Naseby, and being all the land comprised and described in certificates.

Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1952

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18 March 1952.

NEW ZEALAND--SOUTH ISLAND--BLUFF HARBOUR
Ships Weather Broadcasts
Details : With effect as from Monday 24 March, 1952, at 0600
hrs. N.Z.S.T., Bluff, (Stirling Point), No. 848 will be established
and replace Invercargill No. 844 in the following broadcasts:-
R/T 0740 and 1940 G.M.T. from ZLB on 2162 kc./s.
W/T 0900 and 2100 G.M.T. from ZLW 415 kc./s.
from ZLM 10 11130 kc./s.
from ZLN 3 14850 kc./s.
from ZLM 2 5915 kc./s. (0900 only).
from ZLM 9 19800 kc./s. (2100
only).

Publications Affected : N.Z. Met. S., Misc. Pub. No. 103.
Authority : Director, New Zealand Meteorological Service.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.
(M. 22/3/165)