JUNE 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1747

Warrant authorising Partition under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of June, 1910.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Poukawa Native Reserves Act, 1903, certain lands described in the Schedule to such Act were vested in the Public Trustee and directed to be held and administered under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892: And whereas, pursuant to such first-mentioned Act, a certificate of title, Volume 48, folio 268, in the name of the Public Trustee, was issued in respect of the said land, comprising three thousand six hundred and eighty acres fifteen perches, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, being the land known as the Poukawa Native Reserve delineated on plan deposited as No. 1935:

And whereas by orders of the Native Land Court made at Hastings on the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, the said land was partitioned in manner set out in such orders: And whereas it is desirable in the interests of the Native owners of Subdivisions 9 and 12 of the said reserve so made by the Native Land Court that such subdivisions be further partitioned: And whereas by section sixteen of the said West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892, it is enacted that with respect to any lands subject to such last-mentioned Act the Native Land Court shall not have any jurisdiction to partition any such lands unless the Governor shall by Warrant so authorise: And whereas the Public Trustee has requested the Governor in Council to issue such Warrant:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government in and for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorise the Native Land Court to further partition the said Subdivisions 9 and 12.

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

Opening Settlement Land in Marlborough Land District for Selection.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

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, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—CAPE CAMPBELL SURVEY DISTRICT.—FLAXBOURNE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Situated one mile and a quarter from Ward Railway-station. Good agricultural land, about 200 ft. above sea-level; all flat, with the exception of an acre or two of terrace face; intersected by Tachall’s Creek.

There are improvements on the land to the value of £148, consisting of five-roomed house and outbuildings, fences, and hedges, which are subject to a mortgage of £120 to the Superintendent of the State-guaranteed Advances Office.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and ten, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.

Rural Land.

Level land, from which the commercial timber has been removed; soil fair. Situated about two miles from Makarewa Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved for a Site for a Post-office in the Town of Seddon, Marlborough Land District.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

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, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government 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 Marlborough Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for a site for a post-office.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 21·6 perches, more or less, being part of Section 7, Block XIII, Town of Seddon (being road closed by Proclamation dated 14th April, 1910, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of 21st April, 1910). Bounded towards the north-east by Richmond Street, 100 links; towards the south-east by Section 5, Block XIII, Town of Seddon, 397·3 links; towards the south-west by Mills Street, 103 links; and towards the north-west by other part of said Section 7: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5919/11B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested