3584
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Land temporarily reserved in the Town of Rotorua for
the Use of the Aboriginal Natives of the Ngatiawa
Tribe and the various Hapus comprising the same.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

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, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the use of the aboriginal Natives of the Ngatiawa Tribe and the various hapus comprising the same.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 39 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block LXXI, Town of Rotorua (Extension), the north-western corner of which is a point on the southern side of Froude Street, 291·5 links from its intersection with the eastern side of Nelson Street. Bounded towards the north by Froude Street, 171·6 links; towards the east by part of Block LXXI, Town of Rotorua (Extension), 250·5 links; towards the south generally by the Puarenga River; and towards the west by part of Block LXXI aforesaid, 339·8 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 55219/31, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the seventh day of December, 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 section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—MARUIA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Steep hilly land, of fair quality, and covered with natural bush; fairly well watered. Altitude, 550 ft. to 2,100 ft. above sea-level. Bush contains chiefly birch, with a few pines, and very healthy undergrowth. Formation takes in part of the calcareous sandstone belt which runs across from the Matakitaki to the Maruia. Situated about two miles and a half from Murchison, two of which is a formed metalled road, and the balance a formed 6 ft. track.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland 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 Monday, the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and ten, 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.—WEST TAUPŌ AND MATAMATA COUNTIES.—PATETERE SOUTH SURVEY DISTRICT.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT.
Third-class Land.

Average altitude, about 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with fern, short manuka, and tussock. Soil inferior light loam on rhyolite formation; well watered by streams. Situated about eleven miles from Putaruru Railway-station, and about six miles from Lichfield Post-office by cart-road, formed with the exception of the last mile, which is, however, practicable for waggons. Improvements included in price of land comprise half-share in 820 chains boundary-fence, and the whole of 235 chains subdivisional fence.

43A | III | 1,235 0 0 | 250 0 0 | 5 12 6

Altitude, about 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, covered with fern, short manuka, and tussock; inferior light loamy soil on rhyolite formation; well

Opening Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the seventh day of December, 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.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—OTUMAHANA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Undulating and broken country; well watered; formation sandstone and gravel on papa; covered with heavy mixed bush, chiefly birch, kowhai, rimu, miro, &c., with usual undergrowth. Situated about five miles from Karamea by unformed road on the Karamea-Seddonville main road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.