Jan. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 39

be excluded from the Borough of St. Albans and included
in the Avon Road District, County of Selwyn. All persons
affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objec-
tions to or petitions against the proposed exclusion from the
said borough of the area described in the said Schedule, and
the proposed inclusion of the whole of that area in the Avon
Road District, which they may desire to lodge, within one
month from the first publication of this notice.

Such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Colonial
Secretary, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE SEVERED FROM THE BOROUGH OF ST. ALBANS.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in
Block XI., Christchurch Survey District, bounded towards
the north-west by May’s Road from Brett’s Road to the
road forming the north-eastern boundary of original Rural
Section No. 343f; thence towards the north-east by the last-
mentioned road to McFadden’s Road; thence again towards
the north-west by McFadden’s Road to Phillpott’s Road;
thence again towards the north-east by Phillpott’s Road to
Innes Road; thence again towards the north-west by Innes
Road to Shirley’s Road; thence again towards the north-east
by Shirley’s Road to Hill’s Road; thence towards the east
by Hill’s Road to the southern boundary-line of original
Rural Section No. 367c; thence towards the south by the
southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 367c to
original Rural Section No. 218; thence towards the south-
west by original Rural Sections Nos. 218 and 217 to the road
forming the south-eastern boundary of original Rural Sec-
tion No. 345; thence towards the south east by that road
and the road forming the south-eastern boundary of original
Rural Section No. 324 to the southernmost corner of that
section; thence again towards the south-west by the road
forming the south-western boundary of the said Section
No. 324 to Innes Road; thence again towards the south-east
by Innes Road to Brett’s Road; and thence again towards
the south-west by Brett’s Road to the place of commence-
ment.

J. G. WARD.

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Requisition as to taking Land compulsorily under “The
Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

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NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, on behalf
of His Majesty, to take compulsorily, under the pro-
visions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act,
1900,” and its amendment, the land the acreage, descrip-
tion, and classification of which, as also the names and
addresses of the owners of such land, are specified in the
Schedule hereto; and every owner of the land, and also
every other person having any estate or interest therein, is
hereby required to serve their respective claims for compen-
sation on the Minister of Lands, in the form and manner
and within the period provided by the said Acts.

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SCHEDULE.

LEVELS ESTATE.

1. ACREAGE and Description.—All that parcel of land,
   situate in the Land District of Canterbury, containing
   43,309 acres, more or less, being part of the Levels Estate,
   in the County of Levels, and comprising blocks and parts of
   blocks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16A, 16B, 17,
   18, 19, 20, Levels Division; 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1A, 1B,
   Island Division; 1, 2, 3, 4, Opawa Division; and 154 acres
   in an isolated division: excepting the Levels Homestead and
   1,000 acres adjacent thereto within Block I., Levels Division
   aforesaid: all situated in the Survey Districts of Arowhenua,
   Opawa, Pareora, and Tengawai: as the same is delineated
   on the plan marked S.G. 19027, deposited in the Head Office,
   Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the
   Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

2. The Minister’s Classification of the Land.—First-class,
   17,642 acres; second-class, 18,846 acres; third-class, 6,821
   acres.

3. The land intended to be taken is less than the whole of
   the owners’ estate.

4. The acreage and the Minister’s classification of the
   whole estate is:—Acreage, 44,309 acres, more or less:
   Minister’s classification—First-class, 18,642 acres; second-
   class, 18,846 acres; third-class, 6,821 acres.

5. The owners in fee-simple are the New Zealand and
   Australian Land Company (Limited); Thomas Brydone,
   superintendent of the said company; and John Macfarlane
   Ritchie, an attorney for the said company: all of Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of January, 1903.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block II., Longwood
Survey District, for Road Purposes.

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NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to
execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of
a road in Longwood Survey District, and for the purposes
of such public work the land described in the Schedule
hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby fur-
ther given that the plan of the said road and of the land so
required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office, Orepuki,
and is there open for inspection; and that all persons
affected by the execution of the said public work or by the
taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded
objections to the execution of the said public work or to the
taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send
such writing, within forty days from the first publication of
this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Southland; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
19254, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured sepia and purple.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of December, one thousand nine hundred
and two.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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Notifying Reserves in the Township of Te Araroa.

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Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the under-
mentioned lands, having been shown upon the depo-
sited plan of the Native Township of Te Araroa as reserves
for the purposes specified at the end of each of the descrip-
tions in the Schedule hereto, are vested in His Majesty in
pursuance of subsection (2) of section 12 of “The Native
Townships Act, 1895,” and will be dealt with as reserves
under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing
by admeasurement 15 acres 2 roods 24 perches, more or
less, being Section No. 33 in Te Araroa Native Township,
East Cape Survey District. Bounded towards the north-
west by Maui Street, towards the north by Pohutu Road, to-
wards the east by Section No. 80 of the said Te Araroa Native
Township, towards the south-east and south by the Whetuma-
tarau Block, and towards the west by Section No. 32A (N.R.);
as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 48996,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and
thereon coloured red. For a public recreation reserve.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 39 perches, more or less, being Sec-
tion No. 54, Te Araroa Native Township, East Cape Survey
District. Bounded towards the north by Moana Parade,
towards the east by Totara Street, towards the south by
Section No. 55 of the said Te Araroa Native Township, and
towards the west by Rimu Street; as the same is delineated
on the plan marked S.G. 48996, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red. For
a reserve for a public library.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, being
Section No. 61, Te Araroa Native Township, East Cape
Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section
No. 60 (N.R.) of the said Te Araroa Native Township,
towards the east by Section No. 63 (N.R.), towards the
south by Paikea Street, and towards the west by Totara
Street; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G.
48996, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands