JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1931

mentioned section and Section No. 128, Block XIV, Apiti Survey District, to the Oroua River, the place of commencement.

ASHHURST DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the Namestads Road from the railway-line to the westernmost corner of Section No. 29, Block III, Kairanga Survey District; thence by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 29 and 22 to the Ashhurst-Feilding Road; thence by the said Ashhurst-Feilding Road, by Penelope Road, and Spur Road to the eastern boundary-line of Section No. 46, Block XVI, Oroua Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 46 and 47 to Valley Road; thence by the said Valley Road, Oroua Coal Creek Road, and Main Ridge Road to Section No. 36, Block XV, Apiti Survey District; thence towards the north generally by Sections Nos. 36 and 37, Block XV aforesaid, to Coal Creek; thence by Section No. 52, Block III, Pohangina Survey District, to the Pohangina River; thence by the right bank of that river to its source; thence by a right line running due east to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the south-east generally by the summit of that range and the leading spur to the Manawatu River; thence by a line across the Manawatu River to its left bank; thence towards the south generally by the left bank of the Manawatu River to the Woodville-Palmerston Road; thence by that road to the road bounding Sections Nos. 454, 453, 452, 451, 450, and 449, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District; thence by the latter road and the road bounding Sections Nos. 20, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, and 30 (Scandinavian Settlement), by the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 56, Block VII, and by the railway-line to Namestads Road aforesaid.

BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the south by Sections Nos. 264 and 265, Block I, Pohangina Survey District; Sections Nos. 266 and 190, Block XIII, Apiti Survey District; and Section No. 189, Block XVI, Ongo Survey District: thence towards the north-west generally by the Kiwitea-Tapuae Road and the western watershed of the Kiwitea River to Section No. 62, Block II, Apiti Survey District; thence by the south-western boundary-line of that section and by Sections Nos. 70 and 76, Block II aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 75, 5, and 2, Block XIV, Hautapu Survey District, to Watershed Road; thence by Watershed Road and Cross Road to Section No. 39B, Block XV, Hautapu Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section to Mangawharariki Road, across that road, and by Section No. 40, said Block XV, to the Mangawharariki Stream, by that stream and Section No. 13 to Lagoon Road; thence by Lagoon Road and Auputa Road respectively to the Otamakapua Native Reserve; thence by that reserve to the Kawhatau River; thence by a line running due north to the northern watershed of the Kawhatau River, and by that watershed to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the east generally by the summit of the Ruahine Range to a point due east of the source of the Oroua River; thence by a right line to the source of that river, and by its left bank to Section No. 128, Block XIV, Apiti Survey District; thence by the northern boundary of that section and the northern boundary of Section No. 2, Block XV, to Main Ridge Road; thence by Main Ridge Road and Oroua Coal Creek Road to Section No. 3, Block II, Pohangina Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 3 and 2, Block II aforesaid, and the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section produced to the western bank of the Oroua River; and thence by the said western bank to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 264, Block I, Pohangina Survey District, the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

GEORGE FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Vesting Part of Petone Beach in the Wellington Harbour Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, made under “The Petone and Hutt Corporations Empowering Act, 1905,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the beach mentioned and defined in the said Act was vested in the Petone Borough Council:

And whereas the Petone Borough Council have requested that such of the said beach as is defined in the Schedule hereto should be vested in the Wellington Harbour Board, the same having been agreed on between the Council and the Board as necessary for convenient access to the root of the wharf proposed to be constructed and for the working thereof, as provided by section twelve of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify, in pursuance of the said “Petone and Hutt Corporations Empowering Act, 1905,” that such of the aforesaid beach as is defined in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby vested in the Wellington Harbour Board.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods 23 perches, more or less, being part of the Petone Beach, bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the south-western side of the Esplanade distant 39858·97 links north and 40315·6 links east from Mount Cook Initial Station; thence north-westerly along the south-western side of the Esplanade for a distance of 1000 links; thence south-westerly bearing 198° 14′ 58″ to high-water mark of Port Nicholson; thence south-easterly along high-water mark to a point bearing 198° 14′ 58″ from the place of commencement; and thence north-easterly by a right line to the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, at the rentals specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act 1892,” as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, and shall not be purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the lands enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of four years from the date from which in each case respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands during such period.

5. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded: provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit,