SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2305

Otangaroa No. 1c No. 1 Block. Bounded towards the north-east generally by Otangaroa No. 1c No. 3 Block, the crossing of a road, and Otangaroa No. 1c No. 4 Block; towards the south-east generally by the Tirarara Stream; and towards the west generally by a reserve and the Kohumaru Parish boundary.

All that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 234 acres 2 roods 27 perches, more or less, situated in the Maungataniwha Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland, and known as Otangaroa No. 1c No. 2 Block. Bounded towards the north-east by Otangaroa No. 1c No. 4 Block, towards the south-east by Otangaroa No. 2 Block, towards the south-west by the Pupuke Parish boundary, and towards the north-west by the Tirarara Stream.

All that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 187 acres 3 roods 33 perches, more or less, situated in the Kaeo Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland, and known as Waihapa No. 1A No. 2 Block. Bounded towards the north-east by a road, towards the south-east and south-west by Waihapa No. 1A No. 1D Block, and towards the north-west by Waihapa No. 1A Nos. 3 and 4 Blocks.

All that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 278 acres 2 roods, more or less, situated in the Whangaroa Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland, and known as the south-western portion of Wainui A Block. Bounded towards the north-east by Wainui C and D Blocks, towards the south-east by the Whakarara and Wainui B Blocks and the Ngamoko Stream, and towards the west generally by Old Land Claim No. 237 and Section 5 of Block IX, Whangaroa Survey District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notifications of the Meeting of Rate-payers in connection with a Loan of £200 applied for by the Otaki Road Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of August, 1909.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Otaki Road Board lately proposed to raise a loan of two hundred pounds, under “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of metalling and forming streets and footpaths of Kirk, Bell, and Lemon Streets, Otaki Extension:

And whereas public notice of the meeting of ratepayers held to consider the proposal was given, but not seven clear days' public notice, as required by section nine of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908”:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said notification of such meeting:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that such meeting of ratepayers shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the public notice as aforesaid of the said meeting had been properly and regularly given, and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland 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 here to shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of October, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Section. | Block. | Area. | Capital Value. | Half-yearly Rental.
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Matamata County.—Matamata Settlement.—Matamata Township.|A. R. P.|£ s. d.|£ s. d.
18|VII|0 1 0|45 0 0|1 0 3
Altitude, about 211 ft. above sea-level. Level land; has been all in grass, now run out; good second-class soil of a sandy nature. Situated about 5 chains from Matamata Railway-station.

Waipa County.—Teasdale Settlement.
51|..|0 1 0|100 0 0|2 5 0
52|..|1 0 0|70 0 0|1 11 6
Altitude, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Level land, in grass; soil a good light loam, on clay formation; suited for gardens, orchards, oat and root crops, as well as for pasture. Situated about quarter-mile from Te Awamutu Post-office and three-quarters of a mile from Te Awamutu Railway-station.

Matamata County.—Selwyn Settlement.—Putaruru Village.
15|II|0 1 0|35 0 0|0 15 9
Flat land, with growth of native grass and a little manuka; inferior soil of a light sandy nature. Situated 20 chains from Putaruru Railway-station and post-office.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Whakatane County.—Waimana Settlement.
1|..|558 0 0|1850 0 0|41 12 6
Altitude, from 100 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Flat, undulating, and broken land; about 148 acres grass; 50 acres mixed forest, comprising manuka, rimu, miro, hinau, tawa, and kohekohe, with thick undergrowth of houhere and mahoe; balance fern and manuka scrub. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by several small streams. Situated one mile from Waimana Post-office and school. The improvements included in the price of the section consist of about 148 acres grassing and 92 chains fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
D. BUDDO,
Acting 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 Wednesday, the tenth day of November, 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 the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIRoa FORKS EXTENSION BLOCK.
Second-class Unsurveyed Land.
District.|Block.|Area.|Rent per Acre per Annum.
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Rintoul ..|V|}|8,395|5.28
Gordon ..|IV, VII, VIII|

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.
The block extends from the watershed between the right-and left-hand branches of the Wairoa River on the east to the back line of alienated sections on the fall to the Wai-iti River on the west, and is distant from Wakefield Railway-station about ten miles and a half, of which nine miles is good cart-road, via Pig Valley Road, to the forks of the Wairoa River, half a mile of formed cart-road, and one