12 MARCH]

Changing the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in Town of
Charleston, Nelson Land District

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of
March 1953
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms
a portion of a reserve duly set apart for public utility
purposes:
And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the
reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for
a site for a public hall:
Now, therefore, pursuant to subsection (1) (a) of section
7 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act
1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
declares that the purpose of that portion of the reserve,
described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby changed from a
reserve for public utility purposes to a reserve for a site for
a public hall.

SCHEDULE
NELSON LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 409 (formerly part Section lr), Town of Charleston:
Area, 32 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 9807.)

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/134; D.O. 8/285)

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Town of Kurow, Otago
Land District

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of
March 1953
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is
a reserve duly set apart for a site for an athenaeum:
And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the
reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for
a site for a war memorial hall and community centre:
Now, therefore, pursuant to subsection (1) (a) of
section 7 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National
Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council,
hereby declares that the purpose of the reserve described
in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve for
a site for an athenaeum to a reserve for a site for a war
memorial hall and community centre.

SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
SECTIONS 2 and 3, Block VIII, Town of Kurow: Area, 2
roods, more or less. (S.O. plan 438 Tn.)

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/28; D.O. III/372)

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of the Kauri-gum
Industry Act 1908

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of
March 1953
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by section 178 of the Land Act 1948 it is
enacted that the Governor-General may, by Order in
Council, on the recommendation of the Land Settlement Board,
declare that any land comprised in a kauri-gum reserve shall,
from a date to be specified in the Order, cease to be subject
to the Kauri-gum Industry Act 1908, and on and after the
date so specified, the land to which the Order relates shall
become Crown land, subject to the provisions of the Land
Act 1948:
And whereas the Land Settlement Board has recommended
that part of the Puketoetoe Kauri-gum Reserve as described
in the Schedule hereto, be excepted from the operation of
the Kauri-gum Industry Act 1908, and it is expedient to
give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 178 of the Land
Act 1948, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council,
hereby orders and declares that part of the Puketoetoe
Kauri-gum Reserve as described in the Schedule hereto, shall,
from the 23rd day of March 1953, cease to be subject to
the Kauri-gum Industry Act 1908.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 42, Block VIII, Rangaunu Survey District: Area,
28 acres and 21 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 37329.)

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/4/62; D.O. F. 136)

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

C. W. M. NORRIE, 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 of all other powers and authorities
enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles
Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand,
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 hereby further declare that this
notice shall take effect as from the date of publication hereof
in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE
ALL that area of land in the Westland Land District containing
by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 13 perches, more or less,
being Lot 1 of part Section 1, Block II, Mawheranui Survey
District, and being part of the land comprised and described
in certificate of title, Volume 28, folio 93 (Westland Registry)
(D.P. 1213).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 7th day of March 1953.
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Mines.
(Mines 15/229)

Officers Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory
Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section
301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, I, Lieutenant-
General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-
General 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
Frederick George Conway-King, Assistant Welfare Officer,
Chief Post Office, Auckland.
Richard Cecil Burr, Accountant, Chief Post Office,
Blenheim.
Selwyn Alexander Atkinson, Accountant, Chief Post Office,
Christchurch.
Edward James Elliott, Manager, Money Order and Savings
Bank Branch, Chief Post Office, Christchurch.
George William Mellor, Postmaster, Dargaville.
William David Jesse Hay, Postmaster, Devonport.
Herbert Coventry Hildreth, Chief Inspector, General Post
Office, Wellington.
Henry Stanley Bruce Goddard, Deputy Chief Postmaster,
Hamilton.
Robert Osburne Symons, Postmaster, Hastings.
Lancelot William Aidan Fieldes, Postmaster, Hawera.
Thomas Mathewson, Postmaster, Hikurangi.
Maurice Leigh Applegarth, Deputy Chief Postmaster,
Invercargill.
Wallace Gifford McKinnon, Postmaster, Mangonui.
Robert James Hurdle, Postmaster, Motu.
Eric Allison Muir Buckman, Deputy Chief Postmaster,
Palmerston North.
Thomas Evangelist O'Connell, Accountant, Chief Post
Office, Palmerston North.
David John McCorkindale, Postmaster, Putaruru.
Ernest Wilks Pearce, Postmaster, Rakaia.
Melville Ernest Wilson, Postmaster, Te Mata.
Roy Bertrand Matheson, Postmaster, Tokomaru Bay.
John Dewar, Postmaster, Glen Eden.
Francis John Dawson, Postmaster, Hataitai, Wellington.
Roy Gillespie Craig, Postmaster, Te Anau.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 7th day of March 1953.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.