Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 8th day of May 1976.

[L.S.] W. L. YOUNG, Minister of Works and Development.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(P.W. 54/778/25; Ak. D.O. 15/80/0/47508)

Directing the Sale of Land in Block XVI, Waitoa Survey District, Piako County

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of May 1976 Present:

THE HON. J. B. GORDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 35 of 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

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that piece of land containing 2 roods and 37.4 perches, situated in Block XVI, Waitoa Survey District, being part Te Kapara Block. All certificate of title, No. ID/728.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 34/4569; Hn. D.O. 21/2)

Amending the Waitaki County Order 1966

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 26th day of April 1976 Present:

THE HON. B. E. TALBOYS PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to sections 8A and 165 of the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council hereby amends the Order in Council made on 16 November 1966* by deleting the figures "163" and substituting the figures "165" and by deleting the expression 3 (b) and substituting the expression 3 (a).

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

*New Zealand Gazette, 24 November 1966, p. 1952

(M.O.T. 54/14/41)

Exempting Land in Otago Land District from the Operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 171 of the Coal Mines Act 1925, I, Sir Edward Denis Blundell, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby exempt the land described in the Schedule hereto from the operation of Part III of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in Block IX, Kaitangata Survey District, containing by admeasurement, 10 acres, 1 rood, 1.7 perches, more or less, being portion of the road line adjoining the western boundaries of Sections 16, 17, 18, and 19 as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan drawn hereon and thereon in outline edged red.

Reserving nevertheless unto the Crown firstly, in terms of section 168A of the Coal Mines Act 1925, all coal existing in its natural condition on or under the surface of the said land, and secondly, in terms of section 8 of the Mining Act 1971, every mineral existing in its natural condition on or under the surface of the said land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 20th day of April 1976.

E. S. F. HOLLAND, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 11/41)

Appointing Deputies to Members of the National Water and Soil Conservation Authority

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967, I, Sir Edward Denis Blundell, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint

Ewen Brownlie Robertson, of Wellington, solicitor, as deputy to Neill Thomas Gillespie; and Peter Benn Easther, of Marton, solicitor, as deputy to Dr William Roy Holmes

on the National Water and Soil Conservation Authority.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 4th day of May 1976.

W. L. YOUNG, Minister of Works and Development.

(P.W. 74/1/2/1)

Extending the Time Within Which the Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion May Report

ELIZABETH the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Honourable DUNCAN WALLACE McMULLIN, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, DENESE LETITIA HENARE, of Auckland, barrister and solicitor, MAURICE ROY McGREGOR, of Christchurch, medical social worker, BARBARA JEANETTE THOMSON, of Wellington, married woman, DOROTHY GERTRUDE WINSTONE, of Auckland, married woman, and MAURICE DOMINIC MATICH, of Dargaville, medical practitioner:

GREETING:

WHEREAS by Our Warrant, dated the 23rd day of June 1975*, We constituted you the said DUNCAN WALLACE McMULLIN, DENESE LETITIA HENARE, MAURICE ROY McGREGOR, BARBARA JEANETTE THOMSON, and DOROTHY GERTRUDE WINSTONE, together with one GEOFFREY LEONARD BRINKMAN, of Hamilton, medical practitioner, to be a Commission to receive representations upon, inquire into, investigate, and report upon the matters relating to contraception, sterilisation, and abortion referred to therein:

And Whereas by Our Warrant, dated the 12th day of September 1975†, We reconstituted the said Commission by appointing you, the said MAURICE DOMINIC MATICH, to be a member of the said Commission in the stead of the said GEOFFREY LEONARD BRINKMAN:

And Whereas you the said DUNCAN WALLACE McMULLIN, DENESE LETITIA HENARE, MAURICE ROY McGREGOR, BARBARA JEANETTE THOMSON, DOROTHY GERTRUDE WINSTONE, and MAURICE DOMINIC MATICH, the members of the said Commission as so reconstituted, are required by Our Warrant, dated the 23rd day of June 1975, to report, not later than the 30th day of June 1976, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:

And Whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the 30th day of September 1976 the time within which you are so required to report, without prejudice to the liberty conferred on you by Our Said Warrant, dated the 23rd day of June 1975, to report your proceedings and findings from time to time if you should judge it expedient so to do:

And We do hereby confirm Our Said Warrant, dated the 23rd day of June 1975, and the Commission thereby constituted, save as modified by Our Said Warrant dated the 12th day of September 1975 and by these presents:

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His Late Majesty King George the Fifth, dated the 11th day of May 1917, and under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

In Witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington this 10th day of May 1976.

Witness our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Edward Denis Blundell, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most