Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 611

Road, and Section No. 891; towards the east by Crown lands; towards the south by River Road Reserve along River Makawhio; and towards the west by Crown lands.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing 382 acres, more or less, being Section No. 891, Block VII, Bruce Bay Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west generally by Hunt’s Beach Road and Crown lands; towards the north and east by Native Reserve No. 788 and road reserve along Hunt’s Creek; towards the east by Section No. 892 and road reserve to Main South Road; and towards the south generally by Main South Road, Crown lands, Section No. 890, and again by Main South Road.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing 2,981 acres, more or less, being Sections Nos. 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, and 897, Block VIII, Bruce Bay Survey District, and Sections Nos. 898, 899, and 900 of Block V, Karangarua Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by road reserves and Main South Road; towards the east by Native Reserve No. 829 and the River Road Reserve along the Karangarua River; towards the south generally by Scott Road Reserve and Main South Road; and towards the west generally by River Road Reserve along Manakaiawa River, Section No. 891, and road reserve along Hunt’s Creek.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39882/178A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing 10 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2479, Block III, Toaroha Survey District. Bounded towards the north and west by Section No. 2386, 2101 links; and towards the east and south by River Road Reserve along bank of Toaroha River, 2044 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39882/178B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing 100 acres, more or less, being Sections Nos. 2499 and 2500, Block V, Karangarua Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Crown land, 2635 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 908, 3966 links; towards the south-east by Main South Road, 2695 links; towards the south-west by Crown land, 3843 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39882/178C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Native Reserve No. 319, Block III, Abbey Rocks Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Crown land, 4000 links; towards the east by Crown land, 1270 links; towards the south by Crown lands, 4000 links; and towards the west by road reserve along River Paringa, 1270 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39882/178D, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Native Reserve No. 318, Block V, Abbey Rocks Survey District. Bounded towards the north and west by road reserve, 5369 links; towards the east by Moeraki–Otumutu Road, 1885 links; and towards the south by Crown lands, 4414 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39882/178E, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Also all that area in the Westland Land District, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Native Reserve No. 865, Block XVI, Gillespie’s Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 851, 1250 links; towards the east by Section No. 851, 4183 links; towards the south by Cook’s River Flat Road, 1302·3 links; and towards the west by Section No. 852, 3819·5 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 39882/178F, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Native Lands acquired by His Majesty declared to be Crown Land.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and fifty of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied that any Native lands acquired by the Crown in any way, or purchased out of any sums authorised or to be authorised to be issued and expended in the purchase of lands in the North Island of New Zealand, are free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall, by Proclamation, declare such lands to be Crown lands, subject to be sold and dealt with as in the said Act is more particularly mentioned: And whereas the land hereinafter mentioned has been awarded to His Majesty the King in satisfaction of costs of survey:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, being satisfied that the land described in the Schedule hereto is free from Native claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, proclaim and declare the land so described as aforesaid to be Crown land, subject to be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of the laws regulating the sale and disposal of Crown lands in force in the land district in which it is situated.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 544 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 1 of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 77A (Tangitu), Blocks XIII, Mapara, and III, Tangitu Survey Districts. Bounded towards the north generally by the Puketutu Block, 5565 links; towards the east by Section No. 77B, Rangitoto-Tuhua Block, 10000 links; towards the south by Section No. 2 of Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 77A Block, 5431 links; and towards the west by the aforesaid Section No. 2 of the Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 77A Block, 10284 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 58207, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land set apart for Settlement.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section seventy-three of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that before any moneys as therein mentioned are expended upon any block of land it shall be necessary that the said block be proclaimed as set apart for settlement: And whereas by section twelve of “The National Endowment Act, 1907,” it is enacted that the Minister of Finance may from time to time, in accordance with sections seventy-three to seventy-five of the first-mentioned Act, issue and apply moneys as therein mentioned for the purposes therein set forth in connection with national endowment land: And whereas the block of land described in the Schedule hereto is national endowment land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred on me by the above-mentioned Acts and of every other power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Acts, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.