Member of the Tauranga Citrus Canker Advisory Committee
Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 6218)

PURSUANT to regulation 29 (2) (a) of the Citrus Canker
Regulations 1952, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints
Brian Massey Piper
to be a member of the Tauranga Citrus Canker Advisory Committee, vice Henry Arthur Prew, resigned.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of January 1957.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 74/8/281)

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers Under the
Child Welfare Act 1925

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, the Minister of Education hereby appoints
Antony Stuart Batty, Kaeo;
George Turei, Greytown; and
Sylvia Theresa Kenny, Picton,
to be Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purpose of the said Act for the period ending 31 March 1957.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of January 1957.
HILDA ROSS, for the Minister of Education.

Appointing Maori Wardens Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945

PURSUANT to section 11 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby appoints the persons named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Maori Wardens for the tribal districts shown in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE
Rangi Pakipaki
Rangitahi Maihi
Frank Cross
Ned Henare
Charles Taura
James Smith
John Douglas
Mrs Te Atua Goodwin
George Kana
New Kerekere
Puku Smiler
Charles William Hawkins
Miss Te Aurere Waitford
Hobson
Eastern Kaikohe
Whangarei
Whangarei
Puaha-o-Waikato
Te Pou-o-Mangatawhiri
Te Pou-o-Mangatawhiri
Te Pou-o-Mangatawhiri
Kawhia
Takitimu
Takitimu
Heretaunga
Wellington

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of January 1957.
HILDA ROSS,
acting for the Minister of Maori Affairs.

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,
Thomas Fitzherbert Latham,
James Humphrey Rose, and
Thomas Shout
to be members of the Tongariro National Park Board, such Board to hold office for a term of three years from the date hereof.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of January 1957.
W. SULLIVAN, for the Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. N.P. 3, 4/362; D.O. 13/15)

The Consul-General for Chile in New Zealand

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the New Zealand Government has been informed of the death of
Mr R. Dundas Smith,
Consul-General for Chile in New Zealand.
The Chilean Consulate General is at present in the charge of Mr J. R. Dundas Smith, who has been provisionally recognised as Consul for Chile in New Zealand.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of January 1957.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that
Mr Laurence G. Pickering
has been provisionally recognised as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of January 1957.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that
Mrs Edith A. Stensby
has been provisionally recognised as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of January 1957.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of External Affairs.

Minister of the Philippines to New Zealand

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that
Dr Jose F. Imperial,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to New Zealand, presented his Letter of Credence at Government House on Monday, 3 December 1956.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of January 1957.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph

PURSUANT to section 183 of the Post and Telegraph Act 1928, the Minister of Telegraphs hereby declares that the officers whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto are authorised to sign certificates of the service of telegraphic copies of notices for the purposes of sections 179 to 184 of that Act, and hereby appoints those officers to be transmitting officers and receiving officers, at the addresses specified after their names in the Schedule hereto, for the purposes of those sections and of the regulations for the time being in force under that Act relating to the service of notices by telegraph.*

SCHEDULE
Ethelbert Frank Codyre, Postmaster, Waimate.
Harvey Ashton Eves, Postmaster, Rangiora.
Frank Charles Gedye, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Branch, Napier.
Charles John King, Postmaster, Hokitika.
Eric John Dixon MacDonald, Deputy Chief Postmaster, Auckland.
Herbert Alexander Neilson, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Branch, Hamilton.
William Neill Taylor, Postmaster, Waipawa.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of January 1957.
T. P. SHAND, Minister of Telegraphs.
*Gazette, 21 May 1914, Vol. I, p. 2105.

Waihi Drainage Area—Southern Pumping Area Special Subdivision (Notice of Intention to Make and Levy General Rates)

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1948, to make and levy on an acreage basis on all land within the Southern Pumping Area Special Subdivision of the Waihi Drainage Area the general rates described in the Schedule hereto, such rates being for the purpose of meeting maintenance costs for the period 1 April 1956 to 31 March 1957.
The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on 18 February 1957 to the Collector of Rates, Room 8, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland.
The Schedule of the classified areas of the special subdivision together with the valuation roll of the Waihi Drainage Area will be open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, and a copy of same will be available for inspection at the office of the Kaituna River Board, Tauranga, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE

Class A—On all lands classified as Class A by the person appointed to classify the lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, eighty pence and sixty-three one-hundredths of a penny (80·63d.) per acre.
Class B—On all lands so classified as Class B, sixty pence and forty-seven one-hundredths of a penny (60·47d.) per acre.
Class C—On all lands so classified as Class C, forty pence and thirty-one one-hundredths of a penny (40·31d.) per acre.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of January 1957.
HILDA ROSS, for the Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 15/24/6)