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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 20

Declaring Land Taken for a Government Work and Not Required for that Purpose to be Crown Land

PURSUANT to section 35 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Works hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948 as from the 21st day of March 1955.

SCHEDULE

Situated in the Clutha Survey District, Otago R.D.

In the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above-mentioned and deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of March 1955.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 96/752000/0; D.O. 96/752000/1)

Declaring Land Acquired, Together With Certain Easements, for a Government Work and Not Required for That Purpose to be Crown Land, Together with the Said Easements

PURSUANT to section 35 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Works hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto, and which was acquired together with the easements appurtenant to the land first described in the Schedule hereto, taken by Proclamation No. 13464, Auckland Land Registry, to be Crown land for the purposes of the Land Act 1948, together with the aforesaid easements, as from the 21st day of March 1955.

SCHEDULE

Situated in the Whangaroa Survey District, Auckland R.D.

(S.O. 36803.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 136203 deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March 1955.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 23/589/3; D.O. 8/253/23)

Amending Notice Relating to Open Season for Game in Certain Acclimatization Districts

PURSUANT to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby amends the notice published in the Gazette, No. 14, 28 February 1955, page 309, as follows:

1. By adding to that part of the Second Schedule ("Closed game areas") which relates to the Auckland Acclimatization District the following:

"(38) The strip of land 20 chains in width along the margin of that portion of Lake Hakanoa which lies outside the Borough of Huntly."

2. By adding to that part of the Second Schedule ("Closed game areas") before that portion of the notice relating to the Wellington Acclimatization District the following:

"Waitaki Acclimatization District

"(1) The artificial lake and a strip of land 5 chains in width along the margin thereof, situated in Section 39, Block I, Kauri Survey District."

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of March 1955.

S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice to Make Returns of Land Under the Land and Income Tax Act 1954

PURSUANT to the Land and Income Tax Act 1954, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue hereby gives notice as follows:

1. A return of land held as at noon on 31 March 1955 is required from every person and company, whether a taxpayer or not, being the owner of land in New Zealand within the meaning of the Land and Income Tax Act 1954, where the total unimproved value exceeds £3,000.

2. Returns are required to be delivered or forwarded to the district office of the Taxes Division, Inland Revenue Department, where the taxpayer’s records are filed, not later than 7 April 1955.

3. Return forms are available at all district offices of the Taxes Division, Inland Revenue Department, and at all post offices.

4. Any person or company failing to furnish a return within the prescribed time is liable to a fine not exceeding £100 and not less than £2.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March 1955.

F. G. OBORN, Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

Board of Trade Notice No. 105—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Leather

1. Referring to Board of Trade Notice No. 102 regarding the proposed public inquiry into the duties on leather, the Board proposes, in conjunction with such inquiry, to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on goods admitted for the time being under Tariff Item 352 or Tariff Item 448 (3) by decision of the Minister of Customs but which would otherwise be classed under Tariff Item 200.

2. During the course of this inquiry the Board will consider the desirability of reclassifying the goods in question for the purposes of the Customs Tariff. In addition, the Board will consider any representations which may be made in favour of the re-imposition of import licensing over all or any of the goods in question.

3. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of this tariff item, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 17 May 1955, at 10.30 a.m., in the Board Room, First Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.

4. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the notes for the guidance of witnesses (2nd edition) which have been approved by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the office of any Collector of Customs or from the undersigned.

5. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with these notes of guidance, should be lodged with the undersigned on or before Tuesday, 3 May 1955. Each statement will in general need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March 1955.

E. P. DOOGUE, Secretary, Board of Trade.

C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C.1.