APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

Towai Kauri-gum Reserve No. 2.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block V., Hukerenui Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 400 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the Ruapekapeka Block; towards the east by Section No. 19 of Block VI., Hukerenui Survey District; towards the south by a public road; and towards the north-west by Section No. 10 of Block V., Hukerenui Survey District, to the point of commencement.

MANGONUI COUNTY.

Puheke Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Blocks III. and V., Rangaunu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 2,000 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a right line running parallel to and at a distance of 4000 links in a northerly direction from the northern boundary of Block V., Rangaunu Survey District; towards the east by Doubtless Bay; towards the south by a right line running parallel to and at a distance of 5000 links in a southerly direction from the northern boundary of Block V., Rangaunu Survey District; and towards the west by Rangaunu Bay to the point of commencement.

Tongonge Kauri-gum Reserve Extension.

All that area in the Auckland Land District being Sections Nos. 37, 39, 40, 42, and 43, of the Parish of Ahipara, and containing by admeasurement 1,072 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road; towards the south-east by the Tongonge Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of 21st December, 1899, and by the Tongonge Lake; towards the south by a Government reserve, and by Section No. 35 of the Parish of Ahipara; and towards the west by a public road to the point of commencement.

Otaia Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 2.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block I., Rangaunu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 640 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a right line being the production in an easterly direction of the northern boundary of the Otaia Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of 21st December, 1898; towards the south-east generally by Rangaunu Bay, and by Sections Nos. 3, 2, and 1, of Block I., and Section No. 9 of Block IV., Rangaunu Survey District; and towards the west by the Otaia Kauri-gum Reserve aforesaid to the point of commencement.

Opoe Kauri-gum Reserve Extension.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block V., Opoe Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 800 acres, more or less. Commencing at a point on the shore of Opoe Lake, and bounded thence towards the west by a right line being the continuation in a northerly direction of the western boundary of the Opoe Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of 21st December, 1898, to its intersection by a line running due west from the north-western angle of Section No. 1 of Block V., Opoe Survey District; thence towards the north by the last-mentioned line; towards the east by Sections Nos. 1 and 3 of Block V., Opoe Survey District; towards the south by the Opoe Kauri-gum Reserve aforesaid; and towards the south-west by Opoe Lake to the point of commencement.

Ahipara Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Blocks III. and VI., Ahipara Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 1,200 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 1 of Block III., Ahipara Survey District, and the Mokorau Native Reserve; towards the north-east by a right line from the south-eastern angle of the Mokorau Native Reserve to the western angle of the Te Kohanga No. 2 Block, and by unadjudicated Native land; towards the south by a line running parallel to and at a distance of 20 chains south of the northern boundary of Blocks VI. and VII., Ahipara Survey District, to its intersection by a line running due south from the eastern angle of Section 2 of Block III., Ahipara Survey District; and towards the west by the latter line to the point of commencement.

Hohoura Kauri-gum Reserve Extension.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block X., Hohoura East Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 950 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Block VI., Hohoura East Survey District; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, of Block X., of the same district; towards the south by the Hohoura Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of the 21st December, 1898; and towards the west by a right line, being the production in a northerly direction of the western boundary of the said kauri-gum reserve, to the point of commencement.

Otaia Kauri-gum Reserve Extension.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block IV., Rangaunu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 500 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the Otaia Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of the 21st December, 1898; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 8, 7, 6, 5, and 1, of Block IV., Rangaunu Survey District; and towards the west by part of the western boundary of Block IV. aforesaid to the point of commencement.

Puketoetoe Kauri-gum Reserve Extension.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block VIII., Rangaunu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 1,250 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Block V., Rangaunu Survey District; towards the east by Lake Ohia; towards the south-east by a right line, being the production of the north-western boundary of Section No. 29 of the Parish of Waiake, to Lake Ohia, and by the said boundary of Section No. 29; towards the south by the Puketoetoe Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of the 21st December, 1898; and towards the west by Block VII., Rangaunu Survey District, and by Rangaunu Bay to the point of commencement.

Taipa Kauri-gum Reserve Extension.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Block V., Mangonui Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 1,050 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the road which forms the southern boundary of Sections Nos. 51 and 140 of the Parish of Mangonui, by Section No. 129 of the same parish, and by the road which forms the southern boundary of Sections Nos. 31, 30, 29, 28, and 27, of the same parish; towards the east by the Town of Mangonui and by the old road from Mangonui to Oruru; towards the south by the Taipa Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in the Gazette of the 21st December, 1898; and towards the west by Block IV., Mangonui Survey District, to the point of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Barrier Reefs Gold-mining Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Whangaparapara Harbour as a Wharf-site.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST,

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Barrier Reefs Gold-mining Company (Limited) (hereinafter called “the company”) has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, in Whangaparapara Harbour, Great Barrier Island, in order to erect a wharf thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2254), showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore and land below low-water mark are to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the company under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the object for which the said license is required by the company as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the company to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark on which the wharf is to be erected, as shown on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed