1656
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Bounded towards the north-east by a public road; towards
the south-east by Section No. 13, Plumer Hamlet; towards
the south-west by Lot No. 31 of Section 7, Parish of Wai-
pareira; and towards the north-west by Section No. 11 of
the aforesaid Plumer Hamlet: as the same is delineated on
the plan marked L. 1111/6, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment of Trustees, Rangiora Rifle Range Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred by “The Defence Act, 1908” (hereinafter
termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of
the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and
appoint

Acting-Major THOMAS RICHARD CRESWELL, No. 1 Bat-
talion, Canterbury Defence Cadet Volunteers;
Acting-Captain BENJAMIN STEVENS JORDAN, Rangiora
Rifle Volunteers;
JAMES OTWAY JOSLING, Esq., Rangiora; and
JOHN SANSOM, Esq., Rangiora,

to be Trustees of the Rangiora Rifle Range Reserve, being
Reserve No. 958, containing 20 acres, more or less, situate in
the Mandeville district: bounded on the northward by the
road reserved along the southern bank of the River Ashley;
on the westward by Section No. 10449, and also by a straight
line drawn from the southern corner thereof to a point on
the northern boundary of Section No. 10009, situate about
25 chains 50 links from the north-west corner of that section;
on the southward by Section No. 10009; and on the east-
ward by a line parallel to the last-described position of the
western boundary so as to contain the above quantity:
together with all buildings erected thereon: to hold the said
several premises for the purpose of maintaining a rifle
range for Volunteer purposes, and generally for the pur-
poses of and with the powers conferred by the said Act.
And it is hereby declared that the said Trustees shall be
incorporated under the name of “The Trustees of the Rangi-
ora Rifle Range Reserve,” and that they shall take office as
such Trustees on the fourth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1908,” and its
amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor
of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend the
General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand,
made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
of the same date, as set forth in the Schedule hereto, and do
hereby make the following amendment as set forth in such
Schedule; and I do hereby declare that such amendment
shall come into force on the fifteenth day of June, one
thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

ACTIVE LIST.

REGULATION 140 is hereby amended by deleting all words
after “field” on the fourth line to end of paragraph, and
substituting the following words: “and ex-officers of the
Volunteer Force who within six years of resigning their
commissions are specially recommended by the Officer
Commanding the District under whom they served for such
appointments. The Officer Commanding District to satisfy
himself before making recommendations that they are
capable and desirous of military employment.”

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Notifying Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section
of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Wednesday, the eleventh day of August, one thou-
sand nine hundred and nine, as the time at which the lands
enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public
auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said
lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LAND.

Town of Manaia.

RURAL LAND.

Egmont Survey District.

21 | VI | 2 2 14 | 17 0 0

Situated on Maude Road, about thirteen miles from New Plymouth. The land is an easy slope, and all in grass.

Kapara Survey District.

18 | VI | 4 1 24 | 9 0 0

Weighted with £17 2s., valuation for improvements.

Situated on the Waitotara Valley Road at Ngamatapouri Village Settlement, about twenty-eight miles distant from Waitotara by dray-road. The land is all in grass, and is flat near frontage, rising in an easy slope to the back of section. The soil is good loam, on a papa formation, but there is no water on the section.

21 | VI | 2 2 35 | 6 0 0

Weighted with £11 19s. 9d., valuation for improvements.

Situated on the Waitotara Valley Road at Ngamatapouri Village Settlement, about twenty-eight miles distant from Waitotara by dray-road. The land is flat, and has been in grass, but is now overgrown with fern, &c. The soil is of good loam, on a papa formation; well watered.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or
Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

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, having received the report of the Under-
Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hun-
dred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that
the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open
for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of
August, one thousand nine hundred and nine; and also
that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at
the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be
selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renew-
able lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the
said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in
the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands
shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the
provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”