21 AUGUST

Appointment of Member of Licensing Committee

Pursuant to section 49 of the Licensing Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
John Brown Hamilton, Esquire,
of Queenstown, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Wallace, vice David Martin Tweedie, deceased.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of August 1958.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Deputy Member of Land Valuation Committee

Pursuant to section 19 of the Land Valuation Court Act 1948, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Archibald Weir, Esquire,
of Invercargill, to be the deputy of Dugald McPherson, Esquire, of Invercargill, in his capacity as member of the Southland Land Valuation Committee.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of August 1958.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Representative of the Employees of the Auckland Harbour Board Appointed to the Auckland Harbour Board Appeal Board

Pursuant to section 45 (2) of the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Terence Henahan
to be a member of the Appeal Board set up in connection with an appeal by Alan Pierre Thompson against the decision of the Auckland Harbour Board in appointing Mr Marks to the position of Chief Clerk.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of August 1958.
W. A. FOX, Minister of Marine.
(M. 3/5/6/4)

Commissioner of Police Appointed

Pursuant to section 3 of the Police Force Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Willis Spencer Brown, M.V.O.,
to be Commissioner of Police on and from 7 August 1958.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 1958.
PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Police.

Appointment of Deputy Controller-General of Police Revoked

Pursuant to section 2 of the Police Force Amendment Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation on and from 7 August 1958 of
Percy James Nalder, M.V.O., Q.P.M.,
as Deputy Controller-General of Police.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 1958.
PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Police.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Appointed

Pursuant to section 3A of the Police Force Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Chief Superintendent William Carran, M.B.E.,
to be an Assistant Commissioner of Police on and from 7 August 1958.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 1958.
PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Police.

Deputy Controller-General of Police Appointed

Pursuant to section 2 of the Police Force Amendment Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Assistant Commissioner William Carran, M.B.E.,
to be Deputy Controller-General of the Police Force on and from 7 August 1958.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 1958.
PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Police.

Members of Tobacco Board Appointed

Pursuant to section 3 (2) (c) of the Tobacco Growing Industry Act 1935, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint
Frank Wallace Littlejohn and
Collin Francis Bowring Paul, O.B.E.,
to be members of the Tobacco Board as manufacturers' representatives, both of whom retired on 31 July 1958 in pursuance of section 4 (3) of the above Act (as substituted by section 5 of the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1951).
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of August 1958.
P. N. HOLLOWAY,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Members of Standards Council Appointed

Pursuant to section 3 of the Standards Act 1941, the Minister of Industries and Commerce has appointed the persons whose names are set out hereunder to be members of the Standards Council, to hold office until 31 March 1959:

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of August 1958.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Waihi Drainage Area—Notice of Making and Levying General Rates

Pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act 1915 and its amendments, the Minister of Lands hereby makes and levies on the unimproved value of all land within the Pukehina Subdivision of the Waihi Drainage Area, constituted under the said Act, the general rates described in the First Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land within the Central Subdivision the general rate described in the Second Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land in the Kaikokopu Subdivision the general rates described in the Third Schedule hereto, and on an acreage basis of all land within the Southern Pumping Area Special Subdivision the general rates described in the Fourth Schedule hereto, and on an acreage basis of all land within the Northern Pumping Area Special Subdivision the general rates described in the Fifth Schedule hereto, such respective rates being for the purpose of meeting maintenance costs for the period 1 April 1958 to 31 March 1959.
The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on 30 August 1958, together with the amount of the annually recurring special rates already made and levied.
The rate book of the area will be open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, Room 2, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland, and a copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Tauranga County Council, Tauranga, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

FIRST SCHEDULE

GENERAL RATES

Pukehina Subdivision

Class A—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, one penny and seventy-six one-hundredths of a penny (1·76d.) in the pound.
Class C—On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, seventy-eight one-hundredths of a penny (0·78d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE

GENERAL RATES

Central Subdivision

Class A—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, eleven pence and twenty-one one-hundredths of a penny (11·21d.) in the pound.

THIRD SCHEDULE

GENERAL RATES

Kaikokopu Subdivision

Class A—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, fourpence and twenty-one one-hundredths of a penny (4·21d.) in the pound.
Class B—On the unimproved value of al lands so classified as Class B, threepence and twenty-seven one-hundredths of a penny (3·27d.) in the pound.
Class C—On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, one penny and eighty-seven one-hundredths of a penny (1·87d.) in the pound.