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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1898.

Land set apart for State Forest Purposes in the Land Districts of Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury.

(t.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto, forming part of the Crown lands in New Zealand, as and for State forests within the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks IX. and X., Tutamoe Survey District, containing by admeasurement 7,750 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Blocks V. and VI., Tutamoe Survey District, 31230 links; towards the east by Block XI. of the same District, 25000 links; towards the south by Blocks XIV. and XIII. of the same District, 29081 links; towards the south-west by Opanake No. 1 Block, 3910 links; and towards the west by Section No. 1 of Block IX. of Tutamoe Survey District aforesaid, 21739 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, being Section No. 4 of Block I., Tarawera Survey District, containing by admeasurement 747 acres 1 rood 11 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a public road, 837 and 2193 links; towards the north-east by the Whakarewarewa No. 1 Block, Section 2, 10530 links; towards the south-east by the Moerangi Block, 13124 links; towards the south-west by Crown land formerly known as the Whakarewarewa No. 3 Block, Section 2, 4000 links; and towards the north-west by the Puarenga Stream to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

WELLINGTON.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 56 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 25, Block IV., Tiriraukawa Survey District. Bounded generally towards the north and north-east by the Ngauinga Road; towards the east and south by Native land; and towards the west by section No. 15: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 39 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 51, Block X., Hautapu Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 14, 15, 16, a road 100 links wide, Section No. 18, and edge of cliff along the Rangitikei River; generally towards the east, south, and south-west by the Rangitikei River and cliff; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 98 and 100, Town of Mangaweka: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

NELSON.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,920 acres, more or less, being Sections Nos. 4, Block IV., 5, Block V., 2, Block VIII., Wangamoa Survey District. Bounded towards the north partly by Section No. 12, Square 91, partly by public roads, and partly by Section No. 20, Block V., Wangamoa Survey District; towards the east and south-east partly by Section No. 4 and partly by Native reserve; towards the south-west by Crown lands; and towards the west partly by Section No. 3, Square 91, and partly by Section No. 3, Block IV., Wangamoa Survey District: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson.

MARLBOROUGH.

All that parcel of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 131 acres, more or less, being Section No. 6, Block II., Linkwater Survey District. Bounded towards the north, south, and west by a road-line fronting the waters of Kenepuru and Mahau Sounds; and towards the east by Section No. 7, Block II., 2650 links: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim.

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette, No. 65, of the 1st September, 1898, page 1404, re appointment of trustee to the Ashburton Volunteer Drill-shed, for “Lieut.-Colonel William Montagu Moore,” read “Lieut.-Colonel Walter Montagu Moore.”

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