Officer Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I have authorised the officer in the service of the local authority named in the Schedule below to take and receive statutory declarations under the said Act.

SCHEDULE

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL
Assistant Treasurer, Taranaki County Council.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of September 1975.
A. M. FINLAY, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/1 (6))

Appointment of Member to the Lake Taupo Reserves Board

Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints
Sir John Te Herekiekie Grace, K.B.E., M.V.O., J.P.
to be a member of the Lake Taupo Reserves Board in place of Pateriki Hura, resigned.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of August 1975.
MATIU RATA, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/3606/9; D.O. LTR. 1)

Board Appointed to Have Control of Balls Clearing Scenic Reserve

Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Hawke's Bay Land District, ex officio:
Douglas Alexander Cockburn;
Lawrence Lannie;
Robert Patrick Magill;
John Rodney Nimon;
David Wyndham Paterson;
Robin Alfred Whittle; and
William Robert Whittle
to be the Balls Clearing Scenic Reserve Board to have control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto subject to the provisions of the said Act as a scenic reserve for a term of 7 years as from the date hereof.

SCHEDULE

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT—BALLS CLEARING SCENIC RESERVE
Sections 66, 104, 105, 106, and 107, Block XIV, Pohue Survey District: area, 135.1496 hectares, more or less (S.O. Plans 3208 and 5426).
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of August 1975.
MATIU RATA, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 4/1152; D.O. 13/2)

Resignation of Justice of the Peace

It is noted for general information that
Francis Joseph Brady
of Mount Albert, Auckland 3, has resigned his appointment as a Justice of the Peace.
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1975.
B. J. CAMERON, Acting Secretary for Justice.
(JP. 49/113 (10))

Officiating Ministers for 1975—Notice No. 52

Pursuant to the Marriage Act 1955, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:

Anglican

The Reverend Dr. George Terence Creagh, D.MIN.S.TH, L.TH.(HONS.)
The Reverend James Michael Engels, M.A., S.T.B.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Mr Kenneth Sydney John Dell.

Divine Life Society

Mr Lewis Postleweight.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September 1975.
J. L. WRIGHT, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers 1975—Notice No. 53

It is hereby notified that the following name has been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers:
Mr Frank Norton Wells.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September 1975.
J. L. WRIGHT, Registrar-General.

Declaring Land Taken for State Housing Purposes in the City of Waitemata

Pursuant to section 32 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Works and Development hereby declares that, a sufficient agreement to that effect having been entered into, the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for State Housing purposes from and after the 18th day of September 1975.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
All that piece of land containing 1 rood and 8.8 perches situated in the City of Waitemata and being Lot 9, D.P. 45680. All certificate of title, Volume 1809, folio 73, North Auckland Land Registry.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of August 1975.
M. A. CONNELLY, Minister of Works and Development.
(P.W. 104/7/0; Ak. D.O. 37/2/0/26)

Declaring Land Taken for Purposes Incidental to Coal Mining Operations Under Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925 in the Borough of Huntly

Pursuant to section 32 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Works and Development hereby declares that a sufficient agreement to that effect having been entered into, the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for purposes incidental to coal mining operations under Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925 from and after the 18th day of September 1975.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
All that piece of land containing 26.9 perches situated in the Borough of Huntly, being Lot 4, D.P. S. 12158, and being part Allotment 9, Parish of Pepepe. All certificate of title No. 9C/982, South Auckland Land Registry.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of August 1975.
M. A. CONNELLY, Minister of Works and Development.
(P.W. 24/658; Hn. D.O. 36/16/1/0/1)

Crown Land Set Apart for Buildings of the General Government in Block X, Puketi Survey District, Taupo County

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 buildings of the General Government from and after the 18th day of September 1975.