4 [Feb.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 179

Granting the Right to Maoris to Bury the Remains of the
Late Mrs Raimata Wi Tamihana in the Ancestral Burial
Grounds on the Okoki Pa Scenic Reserve, Taranaki Land
District

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C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Scenery Preservation
Amendment Act 1910, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles
Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand,
hereby grant the right to bury the remains of the late Mrs
Raimata Wi Tamihana in the ancestral burial grounds situated
within the boundaries of the land described in the Schedule
hereto to such Maoris as the Minister charged for the time
being with the administration of the Scenery Preservation
Act 1908 shall approve.

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SCHEDULE

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT—OKOKI PA SCENIC RESERVE

PART Section 24, Block IV, Waitara Survey District: Area,
42 acres 2 roods, more or less.

As witness the land of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 28th day of January 1954.

E. B. CORBETT,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. H.O. 4/1003; D.O. 13/20)

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Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Pounawea
Scenic Reserve Board

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C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Scenery Preservation Act
1908, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby vests
the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto
(being land subject to the said Act) for the period of five
years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or
revoked under the said Act) in the undermentioned persons,
namely,

The member of the Clutha County Council representing
the Catlins Riding, ex officio,
Douglas William Anderson,
George William Craigie,
Isaac Gordon Dryden,
Bernard Charles Lord,
Albert William John Perry,
Henry Arthur Sell, and
Thomas Frederick Stenning,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special board
by the name of the Pounawea Scenic Reserve Board (herein
referred to as the Board), in trust, for the preservation of
scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions
hereinafter contained, that is to say:

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on
   Thursday, the 21st day of January 1954, at 8 o’clock p.m.,
   at Pounawea, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the
   transaction of business at such time and place as may from
   time to time be fixed by the Board.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting,
   and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned,
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the
   discussion and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.
   The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his
   successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman,
   provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to
   each member, specifying the business to be transacted at
   such special meeting, and no other business than that so
   specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any four members of the Board shall form a quorum.
   Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
   votes of the members of the Board present at the meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose one of their number to be Chairman for such
   meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the
   seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any
   member absents himself without reasonable cause from three
   consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall
   have power to appoint any other person to be a member of
   the Board in his stead.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual
   meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report
   of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending
   on the 31st day of March, together with a statement of the
   receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy
   of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman
   to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister in Charge of
   Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual
   meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance
   with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations
   made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—POUNAWEA SCENIC RESERVE

SECTIONS 82 and 94, Block VI, Glenomaru Survey District:
Area, 55 acres 3 roods 17 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan
9102.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 28th day of January 1954.

E. B. CORBETT,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. H.O. 4/87; D.O. 8/18/15)

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

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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, resignations, and retirements of officers of the
New Zealand Army:

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. R. Tomline to be Captain.
Dated 9 December 1953.

Territorial Force

5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. B. Williams is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z.
Artillery with the rank of Captain. Dated 12 January 1954.
2nd Lieutenant J. B. H. Budd resigns his commission.
Dated 9 November 1953.

9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Colin Athol Carmmell, late Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.Z.N.V.R.,
to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 3 November 1951.
Dated 1 November 1953.

10th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant G. S. Martin is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, Regimental List, 10th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.,
with the rank of Lieutenant with seniority from 3 October
1946. Dated 18 December 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant G. N. McL. Boswell to be Captain. Dated 9
December 1953.

Territorial Force

Divisional Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.

Brigadier G. S. Peron, C.B.E., Retired List, is appointed
Colonel of the Regiment. Dated 23 December 1953.
Captain H. M. B. de Lautour to be temp. Major.
Dated 1 October 1953.
Captain J. C. Stewart to be temp. Major. Dated 1
October 1953.

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

Captain (temp. Major) N. H. Moody relinquishes the
temporary rank of Major and 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 Captain,
with seniority from 22 March 1950. Dated 1 December 1953.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force

1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.

Peter Charles Clayton, B.E.(Mech.), to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 17 October 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Major and Quartermaster G. F. McCulloch M.B.E., is
granted an extension of his engagement for a period of one
year as from 27 December 1953.
Captain and Quartermaster P. A. M. Brant to be
Major and Quartermaster. Dated 2 November 1953.
Captain J. S. Baker, M.C., is granted the temporary
rank of Major whilst employed as Chief Instructor, R.N.Z.
Infantry, Papakura Camp. Dated 30 November 1953.
Captain M. R. Kennedy, ex attending a course at the
Staff College, Camberley, is appointed D.A.A. and Q.M.G.,
N.Z.A.L.S., London, and is granted the temporary rank of
Major. Dated 1 January 1954.
Captain J. T. Gill was granted a further extension of
his short-service commission to 31 January 1954.
Captain J. T. Gill is granted a further extension of his
short-service commission for a period of one year as from
1 February 1954.