1582
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 65

Reservation of Land and Vesting in the Southland County Council

PURSUANT to the Land Act 1948, the Minister of Lands hereby sets apart the land described in the Schedule hereto as a reserve for gravel purposes, and further, pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, vests the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Southland, in trust, for that purpose.

SCHEDULE
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 5, Block VII, Wendon Survey District: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 32 perches, more or less. Part certificate of title, Volume 81, folio 227. (S.O. Plan 1730.)

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/5/413; D.O. 8/5/15)

Vesting a Reserve in the Manukau 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 Manukau, in trust, for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Lot 86, D.P. 45901, being part Allotment 24, Pakuranga Parish, situated in Block III, Otahuhu Survey District: Area, 3 acres 3 roods 4·9 perches, more or less. Part certificate of title, Volume 1134, folio 90.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of October 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1250; D.O. 8/45901)

Vesting a Reserve in the Waitemata 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 Waitemata, in trust, for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
PART Lot 5, D.P. 46137, being part Allotment 13, Waipareira Parish, situated in Block VI, Waitemata Survey District: Area, 1 rood 0·2 perches, more or less. All certificate of title, Volume 1947, folio 12. As shown on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/1057 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/1057; D.O. 8/46137)

Vesting Reserves in the Rodney County Council

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby vests the reserves described in the Schedule hereto in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Rodney, in trust, for a site for a public hall.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Lot 26, D.P. 46749. All certificate of title, Volume 1948, folio 20, subject to a building-line restriction (K. 69000).
Also Lot 25, D.P. 46749, both being parts Allotment 18, Mahurangi Parish, situated in Block XII, Mahurangi Survey District: Total area, 1 rood 25·1 perches, more or less.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/213; D.O. 8/2/17, 3/46749)

Vesting Reserves in the Whangarei County Council

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby vests the reserves described in the Schedule hereto in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Whangarei, in trust, for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the said reserves.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Lot 26, D.P. 48994, being part Allotment 1, Ruakaka Parish, situated in Block III, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 2 roods 24·2 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)
Lot 28, D.P. 48994, being part Allotments 1 and 3, Ruakaka Parish, situated in Block III, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 3 acres and 35 perches, more or less. (Esplanade.)
Both parts certificate of title, Volume 1081, folio 131.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1419; D.O. 8/48994)

Vesting Reserves in the Bay of Islands County Council

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby vests the reserves described in the Schedule hereto in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Bay of Islands, in trust, for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the said reserves.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Lots 29 and 48, D.P. 47619, being part Section 1, Block VIII, Kerikeri Survey District: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 31·9 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)
Also Lot 51, D.P. 47619, being part Section 1, Block VIII, Kerikeri Survey District: Area, 5 perches, more or less. (Esplanade.)

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1145; D.O. 8/47619)

Amendment to Rules of the Southland Acclimatisation Society

PURSUANT to section 29 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby gives notice that he has approved an amendment to rule 9 of the rules of the Southland Acclimatisation Society, and that rule shall hereafter read as follows:

ELECTION OF COUNCIL

9. The election of president, vice-president, and councillors shall be by postal ballot conducted in the following manner:

(a) The secretary shall, on or before the 30th day of September, advertise once in each of three daily newspapers circulating in the district all vacancies to be filled at the annual general meeting and calling for nominations to fill all such vacancies.

(b) Nominations for office shall be in writing signed by the proposer and seconder and containing the nominee’s written acceptance and all shall be members of the Society. Nominations must be in the hands of the secretary not later than 5 p.m. on a day to be fixed by him, being not earlier than the 11th day or later than the 16th day of October.

(c) Not less than 14 clear days before the date of the annual general meeting the secretary shall forward to each member a ballot paper containing the name, occupation, and address of every nominee for office. The names of retiring councillors offering themselves for re-election shall be indicated by an asterisk. The ballot papers shall contain clear instruction on how to vote and state that the voting papers are returnable to the secretary and must be received by him on or before 5 p.m. on the fourth Monday in November. The instructions on how to vote shall contain the following instruction:

“Each member shall leave uncancelled the name of any candidate for whom he desires to vote and shall strike out the name of any candidate for whom he does not desire to vote. Each member shall vote for the full number of candidates required to fill all positions and any voting paper failing to comply shall be classified invalid.”

(d) Any ballot paper received by the secretary after the specified date shall be enfaced with the particulars of the date and time of receipt by the secretary and shall be disregarded in counting the ballot and may be destroyed at the expiration of one month after the date of the annual general meeting.

(e) When in an election there are more than seven seats to be filled as a result of an appointment or appointments to a casual vacancy or vacancies in terms of rule 8 (5B) or 8 (5C) then the seven candidates polling the highest number of votes shall hold office for three years; the candidate polling the eighth highest number of votes shall take the seat having the longest unexpired term and hold office for the balance of such term the candidate polling the ninth highest number of votes shall take the seat having the second longest unexpired term and hold office for the balance of such term, and so on.