Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2523

Lands in Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 29th day of December, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TARANAKI COUNTY.—PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Spotswood Settlement.

Section 87, Block IV., Paritutu Survey District, is situated between the Main South Road and the Herekawe Stream. The distance from New Plymouth by the Main South Road is 2 miles 45 chains, and from the Breakwater by the Main South and Ngamotu Roads 1 mile 60 chains. The section comprises flat and slightly hilly land, all in good pasture, though the grass on the back portion is somewhat coarse in places. The general quality of the section is good, the soil being a deep sandy loam on a clay subsoil, generally well watered. The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of 44 chains of boundary and interior fencing valued at £15; garden, plantation, &c., £25. The improvements which are not included in the price of the land consist of an eight-roomed dwellinghouse, with passage, two brick chimneys (one double and one single); house built of rimu and kauri; three rooms dressed wood in ceilings, other rooms scrim and paper; corrugated-iron roof: valued in all at £225. Old wooden dairy, valued at £8; open cart-shed, valued at £5; dairy-factory building, £20; calf-shed, £2; cowshed, £5. Total, £265.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £265, payable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £10 6s. 9d. Total half-yearly, £32 5s. 6d.

HAWERA COUNTY.—HAWERA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Tokaora Settlement.

Section 4, Block IX., Hawera Survey District, comprises rich, loamy, open agricultural land (except 5½ acres under plantation); about 51 acres was ploughed last year and is now under stubble, &c. The section is divided into two paddocks, and is well sheltered from the prevailing south-easterly winds by good plantations. The distance from Borough of Hawera and railway-station is about four miles, three of which is along a good metalled road. The altitude above sea-level varies from 230 ft. to 240 ft. The improvements (which go with the land) consist of about 98 chains of fencing, valued at £62.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Order under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

In the matter of the succession to the interest of Ngaripo Taiwa, deceased, in Otorohanga Q, and of the application of Horopapera te Tuku under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS the said application was referred by me to the Native Land Court for inquiry and report, and the same has been duly reported on: And whereas the Native Land Court, by order dated the 7th day of March, 1898, appointed Kataraina te Tahuti, Elizabeth Rigg, and Sarah Rigg to succeed to the interest of Ngaripo te Taiwa, deceased, in the above-mentioned block: And whereas, on the 11th day of February, 1901, the Court partitioned the said block, and the names of the said three persons, as successors to the said Ngaripo te Taiwa, were included in the order for Otorohanga Q No. 3: And whereas it appears that the name of the said Kataraina te Tahuti was included in the said succession order through a mistake of the Court, and that the said Elizabeth Rigg and Sarah Rigg are the only proper successors to the said Ngaripo te Taiwa:

Now, therefore, for the purpose of rectifying the said error, and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in me as Chief Judge of the Native Land Court by section 39 aforesaid, I hereby order that the said succession order of the 7th day of March, 1898, and the said partition order for Otorohanga Q No. 3 respectively, be amended by striking out of each of the said orders the name of the said Kataraina te Tahuti, to the intent that the interest of the said Ngaripo te Taiwa shall vest in the said Elizabeth Rigg and Sarah Rigg as sole successors in equal shares.

As witness my hand, this 23rd day of November, 1903.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge.

Application for Confirmation Certificate under Section 55.

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 26th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that application has been made to the Court for a certificate under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienation hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificate must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice.

[Auckland, Sec. 55, 1903-26.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

THE ALIENATION ABOVE REFERRED TO.