Royal Visit Honours List

HER Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to make the following appointment in the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to the Cook Islands:
To be a member of the Fourth Class.

Mr James Joseph Warnell Little, of Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Dated at Auckland this 22nd day of February 1974.

D. C. WILLIAMS, Official Secretary, Government House.

Appointment of a Member to the Flaxbourne Pest Destruction Board (No. 670 Ag. 20891A)

NOTICE is hereby given by the direction of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries that, pursuant to section 48 of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

David Robert Buick,

to be a member of the Flaxbourne Pest Destruction Board, vice D. B. Dobson.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February 1974.

J. YUILL, for Director-General.

Re-Appointment of a Member to the Dairy Products Prices Authority (No. 674 Ag. 3585)

NOTICE is hereby given by direction of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries that, pursuant to section 19 of the Dairy Board Act 1961, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to re-appoint

Edwin Loydd Greensmith (as a Government representative)

to be a member of the Dairy Products Prices Authority for a further term of 4 years from 1 December 1973.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February 1974.

J. YUILL,

for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Re-Appointment of a Director of the New Zealand Wool Marketing Corporation (No. 675 Ag. 3700)

NOTICE is hereby given by direction of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries that, pursuant to section 3 of the Wool Marketing Corporation Act 1972, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to re-appoint

John Clarke (on the nomination of the New Zealand Wool Board)

to be a director of the New Zealand Wool Marketing Corporation for a further term of 3 years from 21 December 1973.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 1974.

J. YUILL,

for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Appointment of Deputy Harbourmaster for Waverley Harbour

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Harbours Act 1950, I, Peter Edward Muers of the Ministry of Transport, in exercise of powers delegated by the Minister of Transport, hereby appoint

George William Barton

as deputy harbourmaster for Waverley Harbour and hereby empower such deputy harbourmaster to enforce the provisions of the General Harbour (Nautical and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1968 and the General Harbour (Ship, Cargo, and Dock Safety) Regulations 1968.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 1974.

P. E. MUERS.
(M.O.T. 54/41/2)

Trustee of Trustee Savings Banks

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 19th day of February 1974, pursuant to section 8 of the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1948, His Excellency the Governor-General was pleased to appoint

John William Stewart

as a trustee of the Auckland Savings Bank for the residue of the term of office of Keith Nicholson Buttle C.B.E., J.P., deceased.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of February 1974.

W. E. A. McLEOD, Acting Chief Economist.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Privileges and Immunities of Representatives of Governments Attending the Meeting of Members of the South Pacific Commission

WHEREAS a meeting of Members of the South Pacific Commission is to be held in Wellington from 5 March to 8 March 1974:

And whereas this meeting will be attended by representatives of the Government of New Zealand and representatives of the Governments of other States:

And whereas it appears that doubts may arise as to the privileges and immunities which may be enjoyed by representatives and members of their official staffs attending the said meeting.

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 11 of the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968, the Minister of Foreign Affairs hereby directs that every representative of the said Governments (other than the Government of New Zealand) and the members of their official staffs attending the said meeting shall be accorded the following privileges and immunities:

(a) Every representative of the said Governments (other than the Government of New Zealand) shall be accorded the privileges and immunities conferred by or by virtue of Part I of the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968 on a diplomatic agent;
and
(b) All the members of the official staff of any such representative shall be accorded the privileges and immunities conferred by or by virtue of Part I of the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968 on members of the Diplomatic staff of a Diplomatic Mission.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of February 1974.

NORMAN KIRK, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(P.M. 116/3/17)

Crown Land Set Apart for State Housing Purposes in the Borough of Westport

PURSUANT to section 25 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Works and Development hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto to be set apart for State housing purposes from and after the 7th day of March 1974.

SCHEDULE

NELSON LAND DISTRICT

ALL those pieces of land situated in Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District, described as follows:

Area
m² Being
645 Lot 1, D.P. 7718.
981 Lot 2, D.P. 7718.
983 Lot 4, D.P. 7718.

All the land in Gazette, notice No. 134006, Nelson Land Registry.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of February 1974.

F. M. COLMAN, for Minister of Works and Development.
(H.C. 4/93/50; Ch. D.O. 40/87)