Lands set apart for Lease as Village Settlements in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for lease as village settlements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES.
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Reserves under "The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, 1899.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is enacted that the Governor in Council is authorised under the said Act to set apart any specified area of Crown lands within a kauri-gum district to be kauri-gum reserves under the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to create and set apart the kauri-gum reserves hereinafter mentioned:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the areas of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto as kauri-gum reserves, with the names set over the description of such reserves in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
WHANGAREI COUNTY.
Opuiwhanga Kauri-gum Reserve: 1,900 acres. For Opui-whanga Settlement.
Manaia Kauri-gum Reserve: 191 acres 3 roods 27 perches. For Manaia Settlement.
Waikare Kauri-gum Reserve: 140 acres. For Waikare and Parua Bay Settlements.
Waikare No. 2 Kauri-gum Reserve: 127 acres. For Waikare Settlement.
Waikare No. 3 Kauri-gum Reserve: 58 acres. For Waikare Settlement.
Waikare No. 4 Kauri-gum Reserve: 480 acres 1 rood 35 perches. For Waikare and Manaia Settlements.
Waikare No. 5 Kauri-gum Reserve: 307 acres 2 roods 18 perches. For Waikare and Manaia Settlements.
Taihururu No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve: 103 acres. For Waikare Settlement.

Taiharuru No. 2 Kauri-gum Reserve: 143 acres. For Waikare Settlement.
Parahaki Kauri-gum Reserve No. 1: 412 acres 3 roods 32 perches. For Parahaki Settlement.
Parahaki Kauri-gum Reserve No. 2: 57 acres. For Parahaki Settlement.
Ruatangata Kauri-gum Reserve No. 1: 145 acres 2 roods. For Ruatangata Settlement.
Ruatangata Kauri-gum Reserve No. 2: 305 acres. For Ruatangata Settlement.
Ruatangata Kauri-gum Reserve No. 3: 668 acres. For Ruatangata Settlement.
Ruatangata Kauri-gum Reserve No. 4: 45 acres. For Ruatangata Settlement.
Purua Kauri-gum Reserve Extension: 1,600 acres. For Purua Settlement.
Poroti Kauri-gum Reserve: 3,050 acres. For Kaitara and Poroti Settlements.
Otaika Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 1: 1,750 acres. For Maungatapere and Maungakaramea Settlements.
Otaika Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 2: 1,900 acres. For Maungatapere and Maungakaramea Settlements.
Mata Kauri-gum Reserve: 312 acres. For Mata Settlement.
Marsden Kauri-gum Reserve: 3,600 acres. For Ruakaka Settlement.
Ruakaka Kauri-gum Reserve No. 1: 311 acres. For Ruakaka Settlement.
Ruakaka Kauri-gum Reserve No. 2: 970 acres. For Ruakaka Settlement.
Mangapai Kauri-gum Reserve: 168 acres. For Mangapai Settlement.

Opuawhanga Kauri-gum Reserve.
All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks VII. and VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 1,900 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 18 and 23 of Block VII., Opuawhanga Survey District, and by a public road; towards the north-east by a public road; towards the east by Section No. 17, of Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District; towards the south by Section No. 18 of Block VIII., and Sections Nos. 34 and 27 of Block VII., aforesaid; again towards the east by said Section No. 27 and Section No. 29 of the same block; again towards the south by Sections Nos. 25 and 28 of Block VII. aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 2, 5, 6, and 7, of Block XI. of the same survey district; and towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 35, 26, 33, and 7, of Block VII. aforesaid, and by a public road to the point of commencement: save and except Section No. 32 of Block VII. aforesaid from the area hereinbefore described.

Manaia Kauri-gum Reserve.
All that area in the Auckland Land District being Sections Nos. 35, 36, and 41, of the Parish of Manaia, and containing by admeasurement 191 acres 3 roods 27 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a lake; towards the east by Sections Nos. 40 and 39 of the Parish of Manaia; again towards the north by a public road; again towards the east by Section No. 34 of the Parish of Manaia aforesaid; towards the south by Sections Nos. 30, 31, and 32, of the same parish; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 37, 43, and 42, of the same parish, to the point of commencement.

Waikare No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve.
All that area in the Auckland Land District being Section No. 54 and the northern portion of Section No. 55 of the Parish of Waikare, and containing by admeasurement 140 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the east by a public road; towards the south by the southern portion of Section No. 53 of the Parish of Waikare; and towards the west by the Wai-tangata Stream and by a public road to the point of commencement.

Waikare No. 2 Kauri-gum Reserve.
All that area in the Auckland Land District being Section No. 48 of the Parish of Waikare, and containing by admeasurement 127 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 50 of the Parish of Waikare and by a public road; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 45 and 46 of the parish aforesaid; and towards the north-west by Section No. 49 of the same parish to the point of commencement.

Waikare No. 3 Kauri-gum Reserve.
All that area in the Auckland Land District being the north-western portion of Section No. 48 of the Parish of Waikare, and containing by admeasurement 58 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road; towards the south-east by the south-eastern portion of Sec-