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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 42

Officer 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 Ivan Maurice Skerritt, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of a Clerk in the Rehabilitation Department, Auckland, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of July 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Officer 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 Maurice Richard John Keeler, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Ordnance Officer, Northern District Ordnance Depot, Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps, Ngariawahia, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of July 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Public Service Commissioner of Western Samoa

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the Samoa Amendment Act 1949, and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Robert Austin Malone, Esquire,

to be Public Service Commissioner of Western Samoa under the Samoa Amendment Act 1949 on and from the 1st day of April 1953 to the 4th day of May 1955.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of July 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB,
Minister of Island Territories.

Appointment of Judge of the Native Land Court of the Cook Islands

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Cook Islands Act 1915, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Herbert John Morgan, Esquire,

to be Chief Judge of the Native Land Court of the Cook Islands on and from the 1st day of July 1953.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of July 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB,
Minister of Island Territories.

Declaring Areas in Taratahi Plain Block and Blocks XII and XVI, Tiffin Survey District, to be Sanctuary Under the Animals Protection and Game Act 1921–22 (Wellington Acclimatization District)

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 6 of the Animals Protection and Game Act 1921–22, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a sanctuary under the above Act.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY

PART Lots 13 and 16, Deposited Plan No. 3680, being Part Sections 107, 107A, 108, 109, and 110, Taratahi Plain Block, also Waikoukou–Tauanui Nos. 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, and 8, situated in Blocks XII and XVI, Tiffin Survey District: Area, 330 acres 1 rood 29·6 perches, more or less. All of certificates of title, Volume 463, folios 110 and 113, Volume 288, folios 207 and 210, Volume 322, folio 163, Volume 207, folio 204, and Volume 89, folio 173 (M.L. plans 1729 and 3063). As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered I.A. 52/126, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 14th day of July 1953.

W. A. BODKIN,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Lands Reserved in the Wellington Land District

C. W. M. NORRIE, 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, pursuant to section 167 of the said Act, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby reserve, subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948, the lands in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area situated in Block X, Kairanga Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 21·64 perches, more or less, being Lot 55 as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under No. 15409, being part Suburban Sections 1029, 1030, 1031, and 1032, Township of Palmerston North.

Also all that area situated in Block X, Kairanga Survey District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 4·41 perches, more or less, being Lot 53 as shown on a plan deposited as aforesaid under No. 15409, being part Suburban Sections 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024, Township of Palmerston North.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of July 1953.

HILDA ROSS,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/4812/2; D.O. 4/281)

Varying a Notice Authorizing Officers to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments of Alienation

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 268 of the Maori Land Act 1931, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby vary the notice dated 16 October 1950 and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 65 on 19 October 1950, at page 1871, authorizing certain officers in the service of the Crown to attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land, by deleting therefrom the names of

Arthur William George Plaisted, Resident Officer, Whangarei, and

Raymond Seal, Resident Officer, Hamilton.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of July 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB,
For the Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Varying a Notice Authorizing Officers to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments Under the Chattels Transfer Act 1924

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 547 of the Maori Land Act 1931, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby vary the notice dated 16 October 1950 and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 65 on 19 October 1950, at page 1871, authorizing certain officers in the service of the Crown to attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments under the Chattels Transfer Act 1924, by deleting therefrom the names of

Arthur William George Plaisted, Resident Officer, Whangarei, and

Raymond Seal, Resident Officer, Hamilton.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of July 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB,
For the Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)