Local Authority and Name of Loan
Amount
Consented to
$
Hokitika Borough Council:
Sewerage Loan 1976........300,000
Kaikohe Borough Council:
Water Supply Loan 1976.....30,000
Maniototo County Council:
Rural Housing Loan 1975....40,000
Paeroa Borough Council:
Water Improvements Loan No. 2, 1976......175,000
Porirua City Council:
Spicer Valley Refuse Tip Loan No. 2, 1976 .......80,000
Rangiora Borough Council:
Rangiora District New Water Supply, Stage I,
Loan No. 2, 1976.........61,600
Rangiora District Sewerage, Stage I, Loan No. 3,
1976.........................92,000
Richmond Borough Council:
Staff Housing Loan 1976.....30,000
Nelson Regional Sewerage Loan 1976......189,000
Taranaki County Council:
Staff Housing Loan 1976......38,000
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of June 1976.
S. A. McLEOD, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.

Notice of Acquisition of Land

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, notice
is hereby given that the land, described in the Schedule
hereto, has been acquired as a reserve for scientific purposes,
subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—MANAWATU COUNTY—HIMATANGI BUSH SCIENTIFIC RESERVE
Lot 1, D.P. 31846, situated in Block III, Mount Robinson
Survey District: area, 18.7622 hectares, more or less, subject
to and together with rights of way referred to in Partition
Order 3987.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of June 1976.
N. S. COAD, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/1183; D.O. 8/6/3)

Customs Tariff Review Programme
Notice is hereby given that submissions relating to the Tariff
Chapters listed in the Schedule below, are required not later
than 31 July 1976.
Submissions should be forwarded to the Comptroller of
Customs, Private Bag, Wellington.

SCHEDULE
SECTION XV
BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
Tariff Chapters
73 Iron and steel and articles thereof.
74 Copper and articles thereof.
75 Nickel and articles thereof.
76 Aluminium and articles thereof.
77 Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof.
78 Lead and articles thereof.
79 Zinc and articles thereof.
80 Tin and articles thereof.
81 Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles
thereof.
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base
metal; parts thereof.
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal.
J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed Under the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, in the County of Masterton (No. 1463 Ag. 12/10/4/3)

PURSUANT to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950,
the following Special Order, made by the Masterton County
Council on the 8th day of June 1976 is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER
"THAT in pursuance and exercise of the powers, provisions,
and authorities vested in that behalf by the Counties Act
1956, and the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, or otherwise enabling
it in that behalf, the Council of the County of Masterton
doth hereby, by Special Order, declare the plant, mentioned
in the Schedule hereto (being plant mentioned in the First
Schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950), shall be deemed
to be a noxious weed within the County of Masterton, and
ordered to come into operation on the 1st day of August 1976."

SCHEDULE
Thorn apple (Datura stramonium).
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 1976.
S. J. CALLAHAN,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed under the Noxious Weeds
Act 1950, in the County of Whangarei (No. 1462 Ag. 12/10/4)

PURSUANT to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950,
the following Special Order, made by the Whangarei County
Council on the 28th day of May 1976, is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER
"IN pursuance of the powers vested in it by section 3 of the
Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Whangarei County Council
hereby resolves and declares that the plant, mentioned in
the Schedule hereto, be declared a noxious weed within the
County of Whangarei."

SCHEDULE
Thorn apple (Datura stramonium).
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 1976.
S. J. CALLAHAN,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Setting Aside Maori Freehold Land as a Maori Reservation

PURSUANT to section 439 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the
Maori freehold land described in the Schedule hereto, is
hereby set apart as a Maori reservation for the purpose
of a burial ground for the Ngati-te-Ata tribe.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that piece of land situated in Block XII, Awhitu Survey
District, and described as follows:
A. R. P.
Being
2 0 00 Parish of Waipipi, Lot 310 C Block, as created
by a Partition Order of the Maori Land Court,
dated 12 January 1923.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of June 1976.
E. W. WILLIAMS, Deputy Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 21/1/345)

Notice of Resignation of Honorary Community Officers Under
the Maori Welfare Act 1962

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 5 (5) of the
Maori Welfare Act 1962, that the honorary community
officers, named in the Schedule hereto, have resigned by
notice in writing, pursuant to section 5 (3) of the above-
mentioned Act.

SCHEDULE
Name Gazette References to Appointment
Mana Kohia Manuel.... No. 18, 27 February 1975, p. 365
Kairau Ngahau....... No. 72, 2 August 1973, p. 1451
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of June 1976.
E. W. WILLIAMS, Deputy Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 36/5/8, 36/5/9)