992
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as
the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land
District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the
portion of the Punakitere Kauri-gum Reserve described in
the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the
principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such
recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of
the power and authority conferred upon me by the said
Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and
declare that the portion of the Punakitere Kauri-gum
Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer
subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall here-
after be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown
land.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing
by admeasurement 867 acres 3 roods 14 perches, more or
less, situated in Block XIII, Omapere Survey District,
being portion of the Punakitere Kauri-gum Reserve, set
apart by Order in Council dated the 28th August, 1899, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st August,
1899. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 24,
Block IX, Omapere Survey District, the abutment of a
public road, and Section No. 25 of the last-mentioned
block, 11696 links; towards the east by a forest reserve,
8000 links; towards the south by a right line bearing 270°,
10000 links; and towards the south-west by a line bearing
348° 2', 8178 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or
less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked
S.G. 56821/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notifying Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of
“ The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and seven, as the time at which the
lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by
public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the
said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said
Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands
respectively.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LANDS.
Town of Manai'a.

8, 9 | III | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19 | IV | 0 2 0 | 14 0 0
1, 2, 11, 12 | V | 2 0 0 | 50 0 0
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, | " | 1 0 0 | 40 0 0
16, 17, 18, 19 | " | 3 1 0 | 110 0 0
2, 3, 13, 14 | VI | 1 0 0 | 60 0 0
16, 17 | " | 0 2 0 | 30 0 0
2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16 | VIII | 2 0 0 | 60 0 0
7, 17, 18 | " | 0 3 0 | 20 0 0
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 | IX | 1 3 0 | 50 0 0
9 | " | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0
11, 12, 13, 14 | " | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0
5 | X | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0
4, 5 | XII | 0 2 0 | 14 0 0
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 | XXI | 1 2 0 | 41 0 0
19, 20 | XXVI | 0 2 0 | 24 0 0
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | XXVIII | 1 1 0 | 35 0 0
10, 21 | " | 0 2 0 | 15 0 0
16, 17, 18, 19 | " | 1 0 0 | 26 0 0

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine
hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section
of “ The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Friday, the thirty-first day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and seven, as the time at which the
lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by
public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which
the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said
Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands
respectively.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LANDS.
Town of Rawene.

Situated at the corner of Parnell and Marmon Streets,
about three-quarters of a mile from the wharf and post-
office.

SUBURBAN LANDS.
Town of Purapura.

Altitude, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Consists of level
land, covered with light mixed forest, comprising totara,
kahikatea, mapau, and manuka, with heavy undergrowth of
briars, gorse, and blackberry. Soil of first-class quality, on
clay subsoil. Water can be obtained by sinking. Access
by good metalled road from Waiuku Township, about one
mile and a half distant.

VILLAGE LANDS.
Village of Drury.

Situated on the Great South Road, close to Slippery
Creek Bridge.

RURAL LANDS.

Waiuku Parish.

16, 17 | .. | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
| | 49 1 24 | 112 0 0

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Plough-
able land, covered with dense growth of tea-tree, gorse,
briars, and blackberry. Soil is first-class quality, resting on
clay subsoil. Well watered by the Awaroa Stream, which
forms the western boundary. Accessible by good metalled
road; one mile and a half from Waiuku Township.

Arapohue Parish.

S.W. 3 | .. | 5 3 0 | 12 0 0

Altitude, from 4 ft. to 6 ft. above sea-level. Comprises
level swampy land, with about half an acre of tea-tree, and
soil of first-class quality. Fronts the Wairoa River, and
accessible from Mititai about a quarter of a mile along the
river-bank.

Hukerenui Survey District.

18A | V | 2 0 0 | 4 0 0

Undulating land, covered with fern and tea-tree. Com-
prises part of an old gumfield, which has been thoroughly
dug over and worked out. Fronts the Towai-Ramarama
Road, and is distant about half a mile from the Towai Post-
office.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine
hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.