Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [4291

Recreation Reserve in Wellington Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1910.

Present :

His Excellency The Governor In Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter form part of Raetihi Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Raetihi Domain Board.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 1 rood 5 perches, more or less, being Section No. 29, Block VI, Makotuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the north-east and south-east generally by a road and river-bank reserve along the western bank of the Makotuku Stream; towards the south by Section No. 30, Block VI, Makotuku Survey District. a cemetery reserve; and towards the south-west by the Makotuku Valley Road : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1062, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Scenic Reserve in the Westland Land District brought under the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1910.

Present :

His Excellency The Governor In Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for scenic purposes in the Westland Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908; and such reserve shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 430 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1055, situated in Blocks VII and XI, Mahinapua Survey District, and bounded as follows : Starting from a point on the eastern side of the Hokitika-Ross Railway Reserve at the intersection of the south boundary of the endowment for aged and infirm miners; thence by that boundary to the reserve along Mahinapua Lake; thence by that reserve to the road running along the north boundary of the Hokitika Harbour Board Endowment No. 146, and known as the Ruatapu Road; thence by that road to Sawmill-site No. 1697, and by that site on the north-west and on the south 10 chains and 5 chains respectively to the east boundary of the before-mentioned railway reserve; thence by said railway reserve to starting-point; including the road reserve traversing the above-described area, but exclusive of all present and prospective mining rights: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 136/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, 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, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, 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.

Canterbury Land District.

First-class Land.

Section Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.

GERALDINE COUNTY.- AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT. CLANDEBOYE No. 2 SETTLEMENT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

7 IV 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 11 3

8 " 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 11 3

9 " 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 11 3

These sections are situated at the northern end of the Clandeboye No. 2 Settlement, about seven miles in a north-easterly direction from the Temuka Railway-station, and close to the sites of the Clandeboye Dairy Factory and public school. The land is flat, and was formerly swamp, which has now been drained. The soil rests on a clayey subsoil overlying shingle.

AMURI COUNTY.- CULVERDEN SURVEY DISTRICT.-CULVERDEN TOWNSHIP.

41 VI 4 0 0 80 0 0 1 16 0

Fronting on the main road, about half a mile north-eastward from Culverden Railway-station. Open flat land, with light shingly soil.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.-SHEPHERDS BUSH SURVEY DISTRICT.-RUAPUNA No. 2 SETTLEMENT.

12 X 385 0 34 3,940 0 0 { 88 13 0 19 10 0* 8 12 10+

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £500, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 10s. + Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £8 12s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £116 15s. 10d.

Situated in the southern part of the settlement, about twenty-two miles in a north-westerly direction from Ashburton, seventeen miles and a half from Hinds Railway-station, or fourteen miles from the flag-station at Ealing, all of which are on the Main Trunk Railway line from Christchurch to Dunedin. The railway-station at Valetta, on the branch line from Ashburton to Mount Somers, is distant about eleven miles. The section comprises agricultural and pastoral land of good light quality, with soil varying from 5 in. to 10 in. on clay, and is capable of growing excellent grass and root crops. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 185 chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 36 chains of boundary-fencing, and 240 chains of subdivision-fencing, of a total value of £112 5s. 6d. The buildings, which are not included in the price of the section, but are to be paid for separately, consist of a dwellinghouse of seven rooms and conveniences, valued at £500, which may be paid in cash, or by instalments extending over a period of twenty-one years; also a four-roomed cottage and shed and stable, all valued at £100, which may be paid in cash, or by instalments extending over a period of seven years. The selector of the section may, on payment of the capital value of the smaller buildings, apply to the Land Board for permission to dispose of the same for removal.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,

Minister of Lands.