Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3193

and twenty-one of the Land Act, 1908, 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, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 Schedule hereto from Government purposes to a river-conservation reserve.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 28 acres, more or less, being Reserve 1928 (in red), situated in Block VIII, Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Reserve 1620 and Reserve 3822, towards the north-east and south-east by the high bank of the north branch of the River Ashburton, towards the south by Rural Section 32425, and towards the south-west by a road-line; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5403/5A, deposited at the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Additional Land vested in the Trustees of the Ashburton Rifle Range Reserve.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the Defence Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

THE TRUSTEES OF THE ASHBURTON RIFLE RANGE RESERVE (INCORPORATED)

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 29 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3790 (in red), situated in Block XVI, Westerfield Survey District, and Block XIII, Ashburton Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Rural Section No. 6504, 73 links; towards the north-east by the bank of the main channel of the north branch of the Ashburton River; towards the south-east by Rural Section No. 6503, 927 links; and towards the south-west by Reserve No. 2490: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 7393/7, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. To hold the same for the purpose of maintaining thereon a rifle range, and generally for the purposes of and with the powers conferred by the said Act. And I do hereby declare that the said land shall be held and used as an addition to the existing rifle range at Ashburton, vested in the said Trustees by Warrant dated the sixteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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Opening National Endowment Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 Thursday, the thirteenth day of October, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 220 ft. to 1,270 ft. Pastoral land, comprising undulating fern country, with patches of manuka scrub and light mixed bush, mostly tawa, with a few pines. Soil of light quality; well watered by the Hangaroa River and several small streams. Situated forty-seven miles from Gisborne and twenty-seven miles from Wairoa by coach-road, the last three-quarters of a mile unformed.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Opening Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for Selection.

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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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of September, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — MATAMATA COUNTY. — PATE-TERE NORTH* AND PATEtere NORTH-EAST SURVEY DISTRICTS.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £768 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 200 acres grassing, 310 chains fencing, and well-built modern house, buggy-house, shed, stable and three small rooms; stock-yard. Of this amount, £590 may remain on mortgage, the balance, £178 10s., to be paid immediately on approval of application.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Members of Mokau River Trust appointed.

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Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th August, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW KELLY, Esq., and
WALTER W. JONES, Esq.,

to be members of the Mokau River Trust, under the Mokau River Trust Act, 1903.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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