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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

standing 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 land in the Otago Land District described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for a site for a public school.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Section
No. 25, Block II, Wakefield Survey District, and bounded
as follows: Commencing at a point on the north boundary
of the said section, bearing 136° 16', 325·8 links from Trig. G;
then by a line due west, 647·7 links, to a public road;
then in a south-westerly direction along said road, 960·3
links; then due east, 1705·4 links; then due north, 870·6
links; then due west, 652·4 links, to the commencing-
point, excluding from the above-described area a railway
reserve, three chains wide, intersecting the same: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on
the plan marked L. 5360/3, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered
red.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Westland 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the
fourteenth day of December, 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second class Land.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—TOAROHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2339 | V | 172 0 0 | 90 0 0 | 1 16 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. About 25 acres
light scrub; balance heavy mixed bush, principally kamahi
and rimu, with supplejack and fern; about 15 acres stony;
well watered. Accessible by good road and river-bed. Dis-
tant twenty miles from Hokitika and three miles and a half
from a creamery.

GREY COUNTY.—MAIMAI SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | XIII | 300 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 3 0 0
Situated on the right bank of the Rough River, about
twelve miles from Ikamatua and Totara Flat Post-offices.
Access by river-bed. Comprises flat land, carrying heavy
bush, principally of brown-birch and broadleaf.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—WATAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

2818 | VIII | 219 0 0 | 140 0 0 | 2 16 0
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. All level
pastoral land of fairly good quality, carrying mixed bush,
principally of red-pine, white-pine, and kamahi; well
watered. Situated on the Main South Road, about half
a mile from Mount Hercules Post and Telephone Office and
nine miles from Inter-Wanganui Cheese-factory.

2829 | IV | 341 0 0 | 260 0 0 | 5 4 0
Weighted with £77 10s., valuation for improvements, con-
sisting of 30 chains wire fencing and 35 acres cleared and
grassed.

Altitude, from 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Comprises
200 acres heavy mixed bush (principally of kamahi, with a
few rimu and totara trees), 65 acres light bush, 35 acres
cleared and grassed, balance scrub, flax, and grass. About
80 acres is hilly, the remainder being level. Good pastoral
land; soil fair to good; well watered. Situated one mile
and three-quarters from Mount Hercules Post and Telephone
Office and ten miles from Inter-Wanganui Cheese-factory
by metalled road and river-bed.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2830 | IV | 312 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 4 0 0
Comprises 100 acres heavy mixed bush, 70 acres swamp
(easily drained), 30 acres flax, grass, and scrub, balance being
light bush of red and white pine, with a few totara-trees.
Level land, with the exception of about 20 acres of terrace
and gentle slopes. Altitude, 200 ft. to 250 ft. Soil varies
from medium to good; well watered. Situated two miles
and a half from Mount Hercules Post and Telephone Office
and eleven miles from Inter-Wanganui Cheese-factory by
metalled road and river-bed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fifth day of October, one thousand nine hun-
dred and nine.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands 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 lands described
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on re-
newable lease on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of December,
one thousand nine hundred and nine, at the rentals men-
tioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the
said lands shall be leased under and subject to section one
hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or
are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—WAI-
TANGITAONA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2814 | I | 332 0 0 | 170 0 0 | 3 8 0
Comprises gently sloping land, covered with heavy mixed
bush. Good loamy soil, on shingle formation. Altitude,
about 200 ft. above sea-level. Well watered. Situated on
the Waitangi River, four miles and a half from Wataroa
Post and Telephone Office by good metalled road and river-
bed.

2815 | I | 394 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 4 0 0
Comprises 140 acres light bush, balance heavy kamahi
bush. Soil generally good, on gravel subsoil. Well watered.
Situated on the Waitangitaona River, five miles and a half
from Wataroa Post and Telephone Office by good metalled
road and river-bed.

2813 | III | 165 0 0 | 90 0 0 | 1 16 0
All dry land, about half of area being covered with heavy
bush, the bush on the remainder being somewhat lighter.
Fair soil, on gravel subsoil. Well watered. Altitude about
200 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the Wataroa River
adjacent to the bridge on the Main South Road, about one
mile and a quarter from Wataroa Post and Telephone Office.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.