Members of Tongariro National Park Board Appointed

Pursuant to section 16 of the National Parks Act 1952,
the Minister of Lands hereby appoints
Lawrence Drake Bridge,
Samuel Arthur Clarence Darby,
Lawrence Samuel Dennis,
James Humphrey Rose,
Thomas Shout, and
Roderick Syme
to be members of the Tongariro National Park Board as on
and from 1 December 1953.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October 1953.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 4/362; D.O. 13/15)

Appointment of Honorary Officers

Pursuant to section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act
1946, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints the persons
named in the Schedule to this warrant to be Honorary Officers
for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the
purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act 1908, such persons
to hold office until the 31st day of March 1956.

SCHEDULE

Wellington Acclimatization District
Kelvin Robert Davson.
Edgar Dear.
Gordon Francis Goulter.
Hector Goodfellow Hume.
Kevin James Morgan.

Nelson Acclimatization District
Arthur William Climo.
Newton McConochie.
Allan Price.
Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of October 1953.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Members of Domain Boards Appointed

Pursuant to section 49 of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General
has been pleased to appoint
James Gordon Johnston
to be a member of the Patumahoe Domain Board in place of
Frank Newman Carter, resigned;
George Henry Peters, and
Herbert Norman Bregman
to be members of the Te Mata Domain Board in place of
Francis Bertram Mitford Gibbison and Jack Linton Young
Martyn, resigned;
Jack Jenkins
to be a member of the Frasertown Domain Board in place of
Stanley Herbert Webb, left the district;
William George Kells, and
Russell Charles Joseph Turner
to be members of the Belmont Domain Board in place of
Stanley Boyd Hoby and Francis George Verrall, resigned;
John Morison Tait
to be a member of the Rotoiti Domain Board in place of
Charles Idrys Kidson, resigned;
Colin Jack Byrne
to be a member of the Mawheraiti Domain Board in place of
John MacDonald Gordon, resigned.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October 1953.
D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/318)

Additional Member of Domain Board Appointed

Pursuant to section 46 of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General
has been pleased to increase the total number of members of
the Belmont Domain Board from eight to nine and to appoint
Clifford Keith Jones
as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October 1953.
D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1128; D.O. 8/409)

Members of New Zealand Geographic Board Appointed

Pursuant to section 3 of the New Zealand Geographic
Board Act 1946, His Excellency the Governor-General
has been pleased to appoint
John Te Hereherekieriki Grace;
Pei Te Hurunui Jones;
Johannes Carl Andersen, M.B.E., K.D., F.R.S. (N.Z.),
F.R.N.S. (N.Z.) ;
Arthur Paul Harper, C.B.E., B.A.;
Archibald Hugh Bogle; and
Arthur Grant Harper
to be members of the New Zealand Geographic Board for a
term of three years from the 24th day of October 1953.
Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of November 1953.
D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.

Time and Place of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to
Fill an Extraordinary Vacancy on the Oamaru Fire Board

Pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1949, the Minister of
Internal Affairs hereby appoints 12 o'clock noon on
Wednesday, the 25th day of November 1953, as the time, and
the offices of the Otago and Southland Fire and Accident
Underwriters' Association, Dunedin, as the place, for the
holding of a meeting of representatives of the insurance
companies carrying on business in New Zealand to elect one
member of the Oamaru Fire Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of November 1953.
W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4/27)

Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 13) 1953

Pursuant to regulation 15 of the Import Control Regulations 1938, the Minister of Customs hereby gives
notice as follows:

1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Import Control
   Exemption Notice (No. 13) 1953.
   (2) This notice shall come into force on the 6th day of
   November 1953.
2. Goods of the class specified in the First Schedule
   hereto, imported from and being the produce or manufacture
   of any country other than the countries specified in the Second
   Schedule hereto, are hereby exempted from the requirements of
   a licence under the said regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Tariff Item No.: Ex 39 (4).
Class of Goods: Fruits preserved in juice or syrup, viz.,
apricots, peaches, and pears.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Albania, Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
French Somaliland, Germany (Russian Zone), Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Korea, Liberia,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Roumania,
Tangier, United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, Venezuela.
Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of November 1953.
JACK T. WATTS,
For the Minister of Customs.
*Statutory Regulations 1938. Serial number 1938/161, page 695.

Notice Respecting Tariff Inquiry on Zinc Oxide

It is hereby notified for public information that the report
made by the Board of Trade pursuant to Board of Trade
Notice No. 40* respecting the rates of import duty imposed
under Tariff item 124 (2) on zinc oxide has been considered
by the Government and it has been decided not to amend the
duties at present imposed on such goods.
Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of November 1953.
CHAS. M. BOWDEN, Minister of Customs.

• Gazette, 6 November 1952, Vol. III, page 1824.