1. From and after the publication of this Order in the “Government Gazette 
of the Dominion of New Zealand” that part of His Majesty’s Dominions in the 
Antarctic Seas, which comprises all the islands and territories between the 160th 
degree of East Longitude and the 150th degree of West Longitude which are 
situated south of the 60th degree of South Latitude shall be named the Ross 
Dependency. 
2. From and after such publication as aforesaid the Governor-General and 
Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand for the time being (here- 
inafter called “the Governor’’) shall be the Governor of the Ross Dependency; 
and all the powers and authorities which by this Order are given and granted to 
the Governor for the time being of the Ross Dependency are hereby vested in 
him. 
3. In the event of the death or incapacity of the said Governor-General and 
Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, or in the event of his 
absence from the said Dominion, the officer for the time being administering the 
government of the Dominion shall be Governor for the time being of the Ross 
Dependency. 
4. The said Governor is further authorised and empowered to make all such 
rules and regulations as may lawfully be made by His Majesty’s authority for the 
peace, order and good government of the said Dependency, subject, nevertheless, 
to any instructions which he may from time to time receive from His Majesty or 
through a Secretary of State. 
5. The Governor is authorised to make and execute, on His Majesty’s behalf, 
grants and dispositions of any lands which may lawfully be granted or disposed 
of by His Majesty within the said Dependency, in conformity with such rules and 
regulations as may from time to time be in force in the Dependency. 
M. P. A. HANKEY 
NORWAY 
Area of Claim. 20° W. to 45° E. 
Date of Claim. 1939 
Remarks. The hinterland boundary of the Norwegian claim is obscure, 
as the Order in Council of January 14, 1939, merely states that the main- 
land coast “with the land lying within this coast and the environing sea, 
shall be brought under Norwegian sovereignty.” Norway has also an- 
nounced claims to the two sub-Antarctic islands of Bouvet and Peter I. As 
a result of his successful journey to the South Pole in 1911, Roald Amund- 
sen laid claim for Norway to the land along his route and to the area 
around the South Pole, which he named Haakon VII Plateau. ‘These 
claims have never been officially advanced by Norway, although their 
existence was the subject of correspondence between the Governments of 
Norway and the United States at the time of the First Byrd Antarctic 
Expedition. 
Relevant documents. 
