Member of the Veterinary Services Council Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5723)

Pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Veterinary Services Act 1946, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 26th day of August 1954
Christopher Hugh Bethell, Esquire,
to be a member of and the representative of the New Zealand Wool Board on the Veterinary Services Council established under the said Act.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of September 1954.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 62/8/264)

Member of the Culverden Rabbit Board Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5791)
Pursuant to section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 26th day of August 1954
Morton Sydney Walter
to be a member of the Culverden Rabbit Board, vice Ernest Henry George Burrows, deceased.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of September 1954.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/214)

Member of the Wyndham Rabbit Board Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5792)
Pursuant to section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 26th day of August 1954
Alexander MacKay
to be a member of the Wyndham Rabbit Board, vice Thomas Skinner, deceased.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of September 1954.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/136)

Notice of Repayment of 2½ Per Cent New Zealand Government Stock Maturing on 15 June 1955 With Option of Repayment On or After 15 June 1954
The Minister of Finance, in exercise of the option reserved to him in the Prospectus dated 15 March 1949, hereby gives notice that the above-mentioned New Zealand Government Stock will be repaid at par on 15 December 1954, together with interest for the period 15 June to 15 December 1954. Interest on all such stock will then cease.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 1954.
S. G. HOLLAND, Minister of Finance.

Notice of Repayment of 4 Per Cent New Zealand Government Stock and Debentures Maturing on 15 June 1955 With Option of Repayment On or After 15 June 1954
Pursuant to section 15 of the New Zealand Debt Conversion Act 1932–33, and to the Prospectus dated 4 March 1933, the Minister of Finance hereby gives notice that the above-mentioned stock and debentures will be repaid at par on 15 December 1954, together with interest for the period 15 June to 15 December 1954. Interest on all such stock and debentures will then cease.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 1954.
S. G. HOLLAND, Minister of Finance.

Cancelling a Notice Declaring Parts of a Tribal District to be Tribal Committee Areas Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945
Pursuant to section 14 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby cancels the notice dated 27 July 1951 and published in New Zealand Gazette on 2 August 1951, at page 1103, declaring the Rauhotu Tribal District to be a tribal committee area.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 1954.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Declaring Parts of a Tribal District to be Tribal Committee Areas Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945
Pursuant to section 14 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby declares the parts of the tribal district described in the Schedule hereto to be tribal committee areas for the purposes of the said Act, and hereby assigns to each area the name appearing at the head of the description of such area.

SCHEDULE
RAUHOTU TRIBAL DISTRICT
Rauhotu Tribal Committee Area
All that area situated in the Taranaki Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the mouth of the Herekawe Stream in Block IV, Paritutu Survey District; thence proceeding along a right line in the direction of Rata Trig. Station in Block VI, Egmont Survey District, to its intersection with the boundary of the Egmont National Park; thence westerly and southerly generally along the boundary of the Egmont National Park to a point in line with the middle of Kahui Road; thence westerly to and along the middle of Kahui Road to and northerly along the middle of Okahu Road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Parihaka Block; thence westerly to and along that boundary and its production to the middle of the Main South Road; thence southerly along the middle of the Main South Road to and westerly along the middle of Tipoka Road and its production to the sea coast; thence north-easterly generally along the sea coast to the middle of the mouth of the Herekawe Stream, being the point of commencement.

Te Potaka Tribal Committee Area
All that area situated in the Taranaki Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the mouth of the Oanui River; thence proceeding northerly to and along the sea coast to a point in line with the middle of Tipoka Road in Block XII, Cape Survey District; thence easterly to and along the middle of that road to and northerly along the middle of the Main South Road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Parihaka Block; thence easterly along the southern boundary of that block and its production to the middle of Okahu Road; thence southerly along the middle of that road to and easterly along the middle of Kahui Road to the boundary of the Egmont National Park; thence southerly along that boundary to its intersection with the middle of the Oanui River; thence down the middle of that river to its mouth, being the point of commencement.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 1954.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Vesting a Reserve in the Ashburton County Council
Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby vests the reserve described in the Schedule hereto in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Ashburton, in trust, for a gravel pit.

SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
RESERVE 4733, situated in Block VIII, Shepherds Bush Survey District: Area, 5 acres, more or less. Shown as Lot 1, D.P. 17035, being part Rural Section 36161. Part certificate of title, Volume 200, folio 17.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 1954.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/5/170; D.O. 8/261/4)
Gazette, 13 May 1954, page 833. Reserved for a gravel pit.

Declaring a Reserve to Form Part of Kaiteriteri Domain
Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby declares the reserve described in the Schedule hereto to be a public domain, subject to the provisions of the said Act, to form part of the Kaiteriteri Domain to be administered as a public domain by the Domain Board.

SCHEDULE
NELSON LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 24, Block XII, Kaiteriteri Survey District: Area, 52 acres 1 rood, more or less. (S.O. Plan 9740.)
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 1954.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/983; D.O. 8/186)
Gazette, 9 October 1952, page 1683.