444

banks of Brown Creek, soil good, clayey subsoil, shingle bottom; remainder pastoral, soil poor. Timber on section, some black-pine and totara, about 1,000 ft. of kahikatea, 1,000 ft. of rimu, 800 ft. of brown-birch per acre. Undergrowth of lancewood, pepper-tree, and broadleaf. Watered by Brown Creek and its tributaries.

Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 4 per Cent.

Section. Block. Area. Rent per Acre per Annun. Half-yearly Rent.
A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
14 | IX. | 57 1 3 | 0 8·4 | 0 19 11
Situated about twenty miles and a half from Reefton and twenty-nine miles and a half from Westport by Main Road, Brown Creek Road, and by-roads. Has frontage to Rough Creek. Altitude, from about 230 ft. to 320 ft. above sea-level. Forest land; flats and terraces. About one-third fair agricultural land; soil fair, clayey subsoil resting on gravel and sandstone. Timber, 750 ft. of kahikatea, 500 ft. of rimu, and 2,000 ft. of brown-birch per acre. Undergrowth of lancewood, pepper-tree, broadleaf, &c. Watered by Rough Creek and its tributaries.

16 | IX. | 446 2 25 | 0 4·8 | 3 16 0

Situated about twenty-one miles from Reefton and about thirty miles from Westport by Main and Branch Creek Roads and by-road. Fronting Rough Creek. Altitude, from about 230 ft. to 670 ft. Forest; hilly and flats; poor soil, resting on sandstone; coal formation. Timber, about 500 ft. of kahikatea, 1,500 ft. of rimu, and 600 ft. of brown-birch per acre; also some totara, miro, and cedar, and a considerable amount of small timber. Watered by Brown Creek and tributaries.

17 | IX. | 486 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 2 7

Situated about seventeen miles and a half from Reefton and about thirty-two miles and a half from Westport by Main Road, Brown Creek Road, and a by-road. Fronts Brown Creek and Coal Creek. Altitude, from about 260 ft. to 520 ft. above sea-level. Forest land; hills and flats; soil generally poor; coal formation. Timber on flats on top of terrace will run about 6,000 ft. of rimu per acre. There are also a few cedar patches. The sidelings carries about 15,000 ft. of brown-birch per acre. Watered by Brown Creek and Coal Creek.

Locality and General Description of Land.

This land is situated on the right bank of the Inangahua River, and extends in a southerly direction from near the confluence of the Inangahua River with the Buller River to Coal Creek. The northern portion of the land is distant about twenty-seven miles from Westport along a metalled coach-road. The southern portion is distant from Reefton about seventeen miles and a half by the same route.

The Reefton-Inangahua Section of the proposed Midland Railway intersects the northern portion of the land.

The country is covered with mixed forest, principally white-pine, brown-birch, black-birch, white-birch, scattered totara, rimu, and cedar, with the usual underscrub.

The soil varies from poor to good, resting on clay, shingle, and sandstone formation. The best portions of the land lie back from the Inangahua River. The inland portions consist of ridges and spurs.

The general altitude varies from 220 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

There are good sites for homesteads along the river and creeks. The land is well watered, and, when cleared and grassed, should be well adapted for dairy-farming.

Bridle-roads will be constructed in order to give access to the sections.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is amongst other things enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose

of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named to the purpose named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.
All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 37 4/5 perches, more or less, being Section No. 68, Suburbs of Wanganui. Bounded towards the north-east by Churton Street, a distance of 660 links, from Churton's Creek to Ridgway Street; thence towards the south-east by Ridgway Street, a distance of 810 links; thence towards the south-west by right lines, a distance of 552·2 links; and thence towards the north-west by a right line in a northerly direction running parallel to Ridgway Street aforesaid, a distance of 787 links, to Churton's Creek; thence across and by the said Churton's Creek to the commencing-point: excepting the said Churton's Creek, which is within the above-described boundaries: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52141, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. Reserved by Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 10th November, 1904, for gaol purposes.

Intended Purpose.
Municipal.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Licensing the Waiuku Road Board to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Waiuku River, Manukau Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh day of February, 1905.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Waiuku Road Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore at the Landing Reserve, Waiuku River, Manukau Harbour, as a site for a reclamation in connection with a wharf, landing-place, and shed; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2801, two sheets), showing the area of foreshore intended to be occupied: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore is to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to