3096
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

Opening Settlement Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—PATANGATA COUNTY.—POURERERE SURVEY DISTRICT.—POURERERE SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Thursday, the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.—MATAKITAKI BLOCK.

Second-class Unsurveyed Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Matakitaki Block is situated on the west bank of the Matakitaki River, extending back towards the watershed of the Maruia River.

The nearest point of the block is about two miles from the Town of Murchison, of which three-quarters of a mile is by a good coach-road to the bridge across the Matakitaki River, and the balance by an unformed road up the west bank of the river. The country is nearly all hilly, and covered with forest, chiefly red and brown birch, with good undergrowth of mixed scrub.

The formation is principally calcareous sandstone. The altitude ranges from 850 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level.

The block is well watered, and the climate moderate. There are small flats of fair to good soil along the Matakitaki River and up Taylor’s Creek, and each subdivision contains a suitable homestead-site. The land is fairly well adapted for sheep-grazing. The nearest public school is situated at Murchison, where there are also two hotels, places of worship, stores, and a post and telegraph office.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Declaring Road-lines through Land in the Tautari Settlement to be closed

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General from which it appears that the roads described in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused, and that the said roads intersect land acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908,” and are not suitable for the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of section eighty of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads hereinafter described, and I do hereby declare that the said roads shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

TAUTARI SETTLEMENT.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.