23 MARCH

Directing the Sale of Land in the City of Wellington
ARTHRUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 13th day of March 1972
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the purpose for which it was acquired.

SCHEDULE
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
ALL that piece of land containing 3.28 perches situated in the City of Wellington, Wellington R.D., being part Lot 6, D.P. 968, being part Sections 302 and 303, Town of Wellington. All certificate of title, Volume 834, folio 44, Wellington Land Registry.
P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 51/422; Wn. D.O. 9/759)

Awatane Drainage Board Order 1972
ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 20th day of March 1972
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 3 of the Land Drainage Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.
ORDER

1. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1972.
2. The Awatane Drainage District is hereby abolished and the Awatane Drainage Board is hereby dissolved.
   P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (I.A. 103/16/21)

The Police Salary Order 1972
ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 20th day of March 1972
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Police Act 1958, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.
ORDER

1. Title and commencement—(1) This order may be cited as the Police Salary Order 1972.
   (2) Except as provided in clause 3 of this order, this order shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of July 1971.

2. Salary of Commissioner of Police—The salary of the Commissioner of Police shall be as follows:
   Yearly Rate of Salary on and from 21 July 1971
   Minimum Maximum Annual Increment
   $13,940 $14,608 $668
   Yearly Rate of Salary on and from 31 January 1972
   Minimum Maximum Annual Increment
   $14,512 $15,207 $695

3. Commencement of Police Salary Order (No. 3) 1971—Notwithstanding anything in subclause (2) of clause 1 of the Police Salary Order (No. 3) 1971*, that order shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of December 1970.

4. Revocation—The Police Salary Order (No. 3) 1971 is hereby revoked.
   P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   Gazette, 4 November 1971, p. 2287

Union of Otama, Riversdale, and Wendonside Districts to From the Pyramid Pest Destruction District (Notice No. 224 Ag. 20891A)
ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 13th day of March 1972
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.
ORDER

1. (1) This order may be cited as the Union of Otama, Riversdale, and Wendonside Pest Destruction Districts Order 1972.
   (2) This order shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1972.
2. The boundaries of the Otama Pest Destruction District (which was constituted by Order in Council on the 25th day of January 1956*), the Riversdale Pest Destruction District (which was constituted by Order in Council on the 21st day of March 1955†), and the Wendonside Pest Destruction District (which was constituted by Order in Council on the 1st day of November 1950‡), are hereby declared united to form one district having the name Pyramid Pest Destruction District, the boundaries of which shall be those specified in the Schedule hereto; and it is hereby further declared that the basis on which the Board for the said district shall first levy its general rate shall be the acreage of the land occupied by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF PYRAMID PEST DESTRUCTION DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Southland Land District containing an estimated 476,750 acres, more or less, inclusive of roads, railways, and streams, and bounded by a line commencing at a point on the right bank of the Mataura River in line with the southern boundary of Nokomai Survey District, and proceeding southerly generally along the right bank of the Mataura River to the easternmost corner of the southern side of Kowens Bridge Road; thence generally south-westerly along Kowens Bridge Road, Balfour-Ardlussa Road, and Dipton Balfour Road to the left bank of Waimea Stream; thence generally south-easterly along the left bank of the Waimea Stream to its confluence with the Mataura River; thence due easterly by a right line to the left bank of the Mataura River; thence generally south-easterly along the left bank of the Mataura River; (including Section 1, Block I, Otama Survey District) to a point in line with the southern boundary of part Section 16, Block XI, Chatton Survey District; thence easterly and north-easterly to and along the southern and south-eastern boundaries of the aforesaid part Section 16, to the western side of the Gore-Wiparu via Pyramid Main Highway; thence northerly along the western side of the said main highway to the south-western side of Knapdale Road; thence south-easterly along that side of Knapdale Road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 1, Block X, Chatton Survey District; thence easterly to and along that boundary and the southern boundary of Section 1A, Block X, aforesaid to the north-western corner of Section 14, Block XII, Chatton Survey District; thence southerly along the western boundary of the aforesaid Section 14 to the northern side of Gold Creek Road; thence easterly by a right line to the intersection of the northern side of Matheson Road with the southern side of Gold Creek Road; thence easterly generally along the northern sides of Matheson Road, Fowler Road, and Morrison Road to the western boundary of D.P. 1245; thence northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of the said D.P. 1245 to the south-western corner of part Section 9, Block I, Chatton Survey District; thence