VILLAGE LANDS.

This village is situate at the junction of the Ohura Road (which connects Ongarue and Stratford) and the Ohura-Mokau Roads, being distant about nineteen miles from Ongarue Railway-station by a formed road, and will be the centre of a considerable area of Crown and Native lands, all adapted for settlement. The lots being offered are on the banks of the Ohura River, chiefly covered with tall manuka and light bush, intermixed in places with grass, &c., and comprise good level land.

Village of Tatu.

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This village is situated on the Ohura Road, being the main road between Ongarue and Stratford, at its junction with the Waro Road, and is distant about thirty-seven miles and a half from Ongarue, of which about thirty-one miles is dray-road, the remainder being a riding-road only. The distance from Whangamomona is about thirty-two miles and a half, of which sixteen miles is dray-road and fifteen miles fit for horse traffic only. The lots being offered are on the banks of the Upper Heao River, and comprise level land with good soil, all under heavy forest.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Wellington 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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, as the time at which the land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such land.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.-HUTT COUNTY.-AKATARAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

Weighted with £21 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements. Situated on the west of the Hutt River, access being from the Upper Hutt Railway-station, which is about one mile and a half distant-three-quarters of a mile by unformed level road, with Hutt River intervening, the remainder metalled dray-road. Comprises flat land, with a few low terraces, rising slightly towards the back; gorse appears near river; soil of good quality, on clay-and-gravel formation. The improvements comprise 11⅓ acres felled and grassed, and 10 chains of fencing.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Auckland 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 Dominion 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 Auckland 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 Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 5 perches, more or less, being Section No. 237 of the Parish of Te Puna. Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by a public road; towards the south-west by Section No. 215 of Te Puna Parish: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 58222/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. For a landing reserve.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Auckland 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 Dominion 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 Auckland 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 Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres and 37 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block XI, Town of Kawhia. Bounded towards the north generally by the Kawhia "S" Block (known as Paretoa), 302·4, 484·6, 108·3, 102·3, 157, 116·3, 121·1, 244·9, 1145·3, and 555·1 links; towards the east by the Kawhia "K" No. 2 Block (known as Te Puru), 57·2 links; towards the south generally by Rosamond Terrace, 498·5, 300, and 1500 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 57839/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. For a public recreation-ground.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Taranaki 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