Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2727

summit to a point due south of Trig. Station L, on Mount Tuhua, Kanieri Survey District; thence along a line due north to where a line bearing S. 45° W. from Trig. Station NF before mentioned intersects it; and thence north-easterly along a line from the said intersection to Trig. Station NF aforesaid: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54455/1, deposited in the Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green. For the growth and preservation of timber.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Canterbury Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Canterbury Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3723, in red (formerly part of Lot No. 106, Reserve No. 642), Block XIV., Waitaki Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 106, Block XIV., Waitaki Survey District; towards the east by the railway reserve; towards the south-west and towards the west by the Main South Road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54503/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For police purposes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Otago Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres and 24 perches, more or less, being Section No. 30A (Barnego Settlement), Block II., Hillend Survey District, Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 29A and 31A (Barnego Settlement), Block II., Hillend Survey District; towards the south-east by the said Section No. 31A; towards the south by a public road; and towards the north-west by Section No. 29A aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19219/125, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For a rifle range.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 sale or selection on and after the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situated on the south bank of the Makawakawa or Diggers’ Stream, about eighteen miles north of Ashhurst. Access from Ashhurst via Pohangina Village Road for seventeen miles and half, and for remaining distance by road reserve. Comprises rough, broken country, with some steep cliffs. Soil of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. Forest light, comprising hinau, maire, tawa, &c., with some rimu and white-pine, and thick undergrowth of the usual variety. Well watered by the Makawakawa Stream.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Lands.