to be members of the Meat Industry Authority for a term
of 3 years from 18 November 1976.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of November 1976.
L. K. BENNETT,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Appointment of Transport Licensing Authority

PURSUANT to section 93 of the Transport Act 1962, the
Minister of Transport hereby appoints
John Michael Dwyer
of Christchurch, as Transport Licensing Authority for the
No. 8 and 9 Transport Districts, for a term commencing on
the 1st day of December 1976, and ending on the 23rd day
of January 1977.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of December 1976.
C. C. A. McLACHLAN, Minister of Transport.
(TT. 20/5/0)

Officers 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 Act 1972,
I have authorised the holders for the time being of the
offices in the service of the local authority, specified in
the Schedule below, to take and receive statutory declarations
under the said Act.

SCHEDULE
THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT COUNCIL
General Manager, Thames-Coromandel District Council.
Deputy General Manager, Thames-Coromandel District
Council.
Treasurer, Thames-Coromandel District Council.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of November 1976.
D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/3 (10))

Revocation of Appointments of Officers 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 Act 1972,
I have revoked the appointments of the officers in the service
of the local authority, specified in the Schedule below, as
officers authorised to take and receive statutory declarations.

SCHEDULE
County Clerk, Coromandel County Council.
County Clerk, Thames County Council.
Town Clerk and Treasurer, Thames Borough Council.
Assistant Treasurer, Thames Borough Council.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of November 1976.
D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/3 (10))

Officiating Ministers for 1976—Notice No. 75

PURSUANT to the Marriage Act 1955, the following names
of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Bishop Keith B. O’Grady.
President Sydney Crawford.
Anglican
The Reverend Gordon William Robert Harper.
The Reverend Thomas Turama Hawira.
The Reverend Keith Russell Stephen Stead.
The Reverend Charles Tansey Waldegrave.
Roman Catholic
John Hishon.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 1976.
J. L. WRIGHT, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1976—Notice No. 76

It is hereby notified that the following name has been
removed from the list of Officiating Ministers.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Iain Bruce McKay.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 1976.
J. L. WRIGHT, Registrar-General.

Declaring Land Purchased for a Government Work (Railway
Purposes) at Cobden and Not Now Required for That
Purpose to be Crown Land

PURSUANT to section 35 of the Public Works Act 1928, the
Minister of Railways hereby declares the land described in
the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land
Act 1948 as from the 13th day of December 1976.

SCHEDULE
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT—GREYMOUTH BOROUGH
ALL that piece of land described as follows:
Area
m²
Railway land being
715 Lot 9, D.P. 682, being all the land comprised and des-
cribed in certificate of title, Vol. 33, folio 295.
Situated in Block IV, Cobden Survey District.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November 1976.
C. C. A. McLACHLAN, Minister of Railways.
(N.Z.R. L.O. 19016/208)

Railway Land Proclaimed as Road at Manutahi

PURSUANT to section 226 of the Public Works Act 1928, the
Minister of Railways hereby proclaims as road and vests
in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County
of Patea the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT—PATEA COUNTY
All those pieces of land described as follows:
Area
m²
Railway land being
2795 Formerly part Section 366, Patea District, marked A
on plan.
3175 Formerly part Section 366, Patea District, marked B
on plan.
7595 Formerly part Section 366, Patea District, marked C
on plan.
Being parts of the land comprised and described in Deeds
Index 8/487, Conveyance 15750.
Situated in Block XV, Hawera Survey District.
As the same are more particularly delineated on the plans
marked L.O. 29323 and 29324 (S.O. 10840 and 10839) de-
posited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington,
and thereon marked as above mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of December 1976.
C. C. A. McLACHLAN, Minister of Railways.
(N.Z.R. L.O. 28172/1/21)

Declaring Land Taken for Maori Housing Purposes in Block I,
Waimata Survey District, Cook County

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 Maori housing purposes from and after the 9th day of
December 1976.

SCHEDULE
GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT
ALL those pieces of land situated in Block I, Waimata Survey
District, Cook County, Gisborne R.D., described as follows: