bank of that stream to and along the eastern boundary of
Lot 1 on D.P. 30966, being part of Section 123, Matamata
Settlement, to Buckland Road; thence easterly generally along
the southern side of that road, the eastern side of Matai
Road, and the southern side of Puketutu Road, to a point
in Block VI, Tapapa Survey District, in line with the eastern
boundary of Lot 1 on D.P. 12525, being part of Section 118,
Matamata Settlement; thence along a right line to and along
the eastern and northern boundaries of the said Lot 1,
to and along the stream forming the western boundary of
Lot 1 on D.P. 20594, being part of Section 116, Matamata
Settlement, to the northern side of Station Road; thence along
the northern side of that road to the eastern boundary of
Lot 2 on D.P. 12941, being part of Section 115, Matamata
Settlement; thence north-easterly generally along the said
eastern boundary to and along the southern, eastern, and
northern boundaries of Lot 4 on D.P. 10340, being parts of
Section 115 aforesaid and of Section 113 of the said settlement,
and along the eastern boundaries of Lots 2 and 1 of Section
114, Matamata Settlement aforesaid, to and along the generally
south-eastern side of Peria Road, the eastern side of Gunns
Road, and the eastern and north-eastern sides of the Ngatea-
Waharoa Main Highway to the eastern corner of Lot 6 on
D.P. 64, being part of Te Pae O Turawaru No. 2 Block;
thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said Lot 6 to
and along the south-eastern, north-eastern, and northern
boundaries of Lot 3 on D.P. 7186, being part of the said
No. 2 Block, and the northern boundary of Lot 4 on D.P.
7186 aforesaid, being part of the last-mentioned Block, to
the south-eastern corner of Pakarau Pa C 2 Block; thence
northerly generally along the eastern boundary of that Block
to and along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 1 and 2
on D.P. 26398, being parts of Section 19s, Pakarau Settlement,
along the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned
Lot 2 and along the eastern boundaries of Section 20s, Pakarau
Settlement, and Lots 2 and 1 on D.P. 19491, being parts of
Section 21s, Pakarau Settlement, to and along the northern
boundary of the last-mentioned Lot 1 to the Pakarau Road;
thence again northerly along the eastern side of that road,
the northern side of the Morrinsville-Ngarua Main Highway,
and the eastern side of Roache Road, to a point in line with
the north-eastern boundary of Section 3, Block II, Maungakawa Survey District; thence along a right line to and along
that north-eastern boundary, and along another right line
across the Morrinsville-Thames Railway, and a public road,
to and along the eastern side of Horrell Road to the northern
boundary of Ngakuri-a-Ruru Block; thence westerly along a
right line to and along the western part of that northern
boundary to the Piako River; thence down the right bank of
that river to a point in Block X, Waitoa Survey District, in
line with the northern boundary of Section 1s, Walters Settlement;
thence along a right line to and along that northern
boundary to the Ngatea-Waharoa Main Highway; thence again
northerly along the eastern side of that highway and the eastern
side of Old Hill Road to the northern boundary of Section 21,
Block V, Waitoa Survey District; thence along that northern
boundary, the northern boundary of part Maukoro B 2 Block,
crossing the aforesaid main highway, and along the northern
boundaries of Pawhakaoho Nos. 1B, 2, and 3 Blocks, and a
right line being the last-mentioned boundary produced to the
right bank of the Piako River aforementioned; thence down
the right bank of that river to a point in line with the
southern boundary of Section 1, Block II, Waitoa Survey
District; thence along a right line to and along that boundary
and its production to the Waitoa River; thence down the left
bank of that river to the Piako River; thence along a right
line to the intersection of the right bank of the Piako River
with the right bank of the Waitoa River; thence up the right
bank of the Waitoa River aforesaid to the south-eastern side
of the Paeroa-Tahuna Road in Block VII, Waitoa Survey
District; thence north-easterly generally along the south-
eastern side of that road to a point in line with the generally
western boundary of Section 17 of the last-mentioned Block
VII; thence along a right line to and along the western and
northern boundaries of the said Section 17, and the western
boundaries of Section 18, Block VII aforesaid, and Lots 2 and
1 on D.P. 28391, being parts of Section 19 of the said Block
VII, to and along the western and north-eastern boundaries of
Section 20, Block VII aforesaid, and along a right line being
the last-mentioned boundary produced to the south-eastern side
of the Paeroa-Tahuna Road aforementioned; thence again
north-easterly along the south-eastern side of that road to the
south-eastern boundary of Awaiti No. 1E 2 Block in Block IV,
Waitoa Survey District; thence along a right line across the
road to and along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries
of the said Awaiti No. 1E 2 Block, to and along the south-
western, northern, and again south-western boundaries of Awaiti
No. 1E 1 Block, to and along the south-western boundaries of
Awaiti Nos. 1H 2c 2, 1H 2c 1, 1H 2d, 1H 2a 1, 1H 2a 2, 1H 2A 4B,
1H 2A 4A, 1H 2A 3, 1H 1, 1F, 1B 1, 1B 2A, 1B 2B 3, 1J 2B 4,
1J 2B 1A (crossing the intersecting public road), 1J 2B 1B 1,
1J 2B 1B 2B 2, 1J 2B 1B 2A, 1J 2B 2B, and 1J 2B 2A Blocks, and
the south-western and north-western boundaries of part Lot 2
on D.P. 7833, and the north-western boundary of Lot 1 on
D.P. S. 1406, both lots being parts of Awaiti No. 1J 2B 3
Block, to and along a right line being the last-mentioned
boundary produced to the right bank of the Awaiti Canal;
thence down the right bank of that canal to a point in line
with the north-western boundary of Section 70, Block VI,
Waihou Survey District; thence along a right line to the
westernmost corner of the said Section 70, the point of
commencement.

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

(I.A. 103/17/29)

Officers Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act
1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby
authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the
holders of the offices specified after their names, to take and
receive statutory declarations under that section.

SCHEDULE

John Walker Troup, Manager, Money Order and Savings
Bank Branch, Chief Post Office, Auckland.
Vivian Wilfred Hunter, Postmaster, Fairlie.
Frederick William Bailey, Chief Postmaster, Invercargill.
Harold Beauchamp Simmons, Chief Postmaster, Masterton.
Edward Earl McLoughlin, Postmaster, Paparoa.
Lancelot William Aidan Fieldes, Chief Postmaster,
Thames.
Arthur James Bannister, Postmaster, Wellington South.
Frederick Alfred Wells Rowe, Senior Supervisor, Clerical
Branch, Chief Post Office, Napier.
William Edward Teeboon, Senior Supervisor, Clerical
Branch, Chief Post Office, Nelson.
Leonard Adolphus Roper, Senior Supervisor, Clerical
Branch, Chief Post Office, New Plymouth.
John Noel Farrar Lincoln, Senior Supervisor, Clerical
Branch, Chief Post Office, Wanganui.
Baden Mafeking Leeder, Senior Supervisor, Clerical
Branch, Chief Post Office, Whangarei.
William Caldwell Reid, Senior Supervisor, Clerical
Branch, Chief Post Office, Timaru.

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

J. R. MARSHALL,
For the Minister of Justice.

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

PURSUANT to section 16 of the New Zealand Army Act
1950, 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

Territorial Force

3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

John Russell Gregory to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13
June 1953.

4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Edward John Valintine to be 2nd Lieutenant, with
seniority from 6 December 1952. Dated 1 September 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Regular Force

33760 Sergeant Robert Ernest Walls Stephens is granted
a short-service commission for a period of three years as
from 2 September 1953 in the rank of Lieutenant, with
seniority from 2 September 1949, and is appointed Instructor,
R.N.Z.A.C., C.M.D. Training Depot. Dated 2 September 1953.

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C.

Captain D. W. Hodge is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.,
with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 19 May 1949.
Dated 1 July 1953.

2nd Armoured Regiment (Divisional Regiment), R.N.Z.A.C.

Michael Alexander Mullins to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated
13 June 1953.

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C.

Major R. T. Familton is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Regimental List, 1st Armoured Car Regiment (New
Zealand Scottish) R.N.Z.A.C., with the rank of Major, with
seniority from 13 October 1948, and remains attached to the
King's High School Cadets. Dated 29 July 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Captain R. F. Yates is transferred to the Royal N.Z.
Army Service Corps with his present rank and seniority.
Dated 14 September 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. PROVOST CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Divisional Provost Company

Lieutenant G. H. Rush to be temp. Captain. Dated
1 September 1953.

Keith Bertram Miller to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13
June 1953.