Opening Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

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 land described
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of August,
one thousand nine hundred and nine, at the rentals 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.—MURCHISON COUNTY.
Second-class Unsurveyed Land.

Exempt from rent for four years.
Low to steep spurs merging into high country towards the east; light forest with some white and black pine, totara, and rimu, with an undergrowth of fuschia, &c. Fair to good soil; formation limestone, sandstone, and granite. Situated about twenty-six miles distant from the new Tadmo Railway-station, to which point the Nelson-Reefton line is constructed. The completion of the next section of railway, extending ten miles and a half up the Tadmo Valley to the Manu Railway-station (which is now under construction), will bring the section to within sixteen miles of railway communication with the City of Nelson. Sale plan No. 97.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of September, 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 section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—POERUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Situated on the Main South Road about one mile from Hari Hari Post and Telephone Office, and three miles from a creamery. About 5 acres flat, 60 acres easy slopes, the remainder being hilly, rising to an altitude of about 800ft. Covered with heavy mixed bush of rimu, kamahi, &c. Good soil. Fair grazing-land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.
D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908," it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908," aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to that named in the second column thereof.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Reserve. Intended Purpose.
All that area in the Nelson Land District, Police. containing by admeasurement 3 roods, more or less, and being part of Section No. 9, Block II, Village of Torea. Bounded towards the south-west by Section No. 10, Block II, Village of Torea, 500 links; towards the north-west by a continuation of the road forming the north-west boundary of the last-mentioned section, 100 links; towards the north-east by a line parallel to the south-west boundary, 250 links; again towards the north-west by a line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundary, 100 links; again towards the north-east by a road parallel to the south-west boundary, 250 links; and towards the south-east by a line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundary, 200 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5314/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
Reserved for purposes of public utility in New Zealand Gazette No. 19, of the 8th March, 1894, page 374.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved for a Site for a Public School in the Wellington 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 Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for a site for a public school.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2, Block XIII, Rewa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 80 of the said Block XIII; towards the north-east by a public road; and towards the south-east and south-west by Run No. 54: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5328/1, deposited in 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 July, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.