Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1729

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the public work hereinbefore mentioned; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and two.

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SCHEDULE.

In the Land District of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-second day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two; and that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

All mixed forest; good soil, of limestone formation, and well watered; access by road from Te Kuiti, distant about thirty-one miles. Section 1 about three miles and a half from Mahoenui Post-office.

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All mixed forest; broken country; good soil, of limestone formation, and well watered; access by road from Te Kuiti, distant about thirty-three miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Marlborough Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—GREENBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Nearly all good flat land; portion has been ploughed, part covered with flax and manuka. About sixteen miles from Kaikoura by main road. Weighted with £51, valuation for fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Reserve at Rakaia changed from a Gravel-pit to a Public Domain.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the thirty-eighth section of “The Reserves and Other Lands Sale, Disposal, and Enabling and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1901,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby change the purpose of the land described in the Schedule hereto, being part of Reserve No. 2223, from a gravel-pit to a public domain.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres, more or less, being Reserve numbered 3568, and formerly part of Reserve 2223, situate in Block VI., Rakaia Survey District. Bounded towards the north by McCrory’s Road, which forms the southern boundary of Section No. 28394, 1128 links; towards the east by the remaining portion of Reserve 2223, 709·8 links; and towards the south-west by the road which forms the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 26781, 1533 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 42460, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red. For the purposes of a public domain.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.