Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 845

Lands temporarily reserved for a Public Recreation-ground in the Auckland Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of “The Land Act, 1908,” 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 lands in the Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for a public recreation-ground.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 47 acres 1 rood 24 perches, more or less, being the northern portion of Section No. 2, Block IX, Kumeu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the west portion of Taupaki Block; towards the south-east by Motutara Block, 1750 and 1500 links; and towards the west generally by a reservation 1 chain wide running along high-water mark of the sea.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 25 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, being the southern portion of Section No. 2, Block IX, Kumeu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Motutara Block, 585 and 2625 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 32, Block XI, Kumeu Survey District, the abutment of a road, and Native land; and towards the west generally by a reservation 1 chain wide running along high-water mark of the sea.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same are delineated on the plan marked L. 1158/8, deposited at the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Town Lands in Canterbury 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 town lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHLEY COUNTY.—STONYHURST SURVEY DISTRICT.—SUBDIVISION OF RESERVE 159.

Town Lands.

Situated adjacent to the mouth of the Motunau River, forming a peninsula between the river and the sea-coast. Access is by a good formed road from Scargill Railway-station, a distance of about eleven miles and a half. The sections comprise open, undulating land, intersected by terraces and gullies; good soil, on papa formation; most of the area is ploughable, and some of it has been under cultivation. The pasture is tussock and other native and English grasses; the land is well watered, and is situated in the vicinity of fishing-grounds.

The fencing on the sections is not included in the capital value of the land, the previous occupier having the option of removing it. The selector of Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 will be liable for half the value of fence adjoining the freehold on the north-western boundary.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Wellington 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 Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—NORMANDALE SETTLEMENT.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Normandale Settlement is situated on the hills close to the Lower Hutt Railway-station. Sections 66, 73, 74, and 83 are on the Miromiro Road, and Section 68 on the Pekanga Road, distant three-quarters of a mile to a mile from the railway-station. They are similar in character, and comprise hilly and sloping land, ranging in altitude from 200 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Soil is fair to shallow. The remaining sections have a frontage to the Belmont Road, which is formed and metalled for dray-traffic, and are distant from the railway-station from one mile to two miles. They comprise hilly land, felled and grassed, with soil of fair quality. There are patches of fern, &c., on all the sections.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.