Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3827

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Open level land, covered with fern and manuka scrub. Soil of medium quality; well watered by small swamps. Situated about five miles from Te Puhi Railway-station by formed road, not metalled.

WEST TAPO AND WAITOMO COUNTIES. — PUNIU SURVEY DISTRICT.

6 | IX | 182 0 20 | 320 0 0 | 8 0 0 | 6 8 0

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. About 125 acres swamp, balance covered with heavy fern and tutu; mostly ploughable. Soil of medium quality; well watered by Kawa Swamp. Situated about four miles from Te Puhi Railway-station by formed road, not metalled.

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

J G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

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, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — RANGITIKEI COUNTY. — OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £177 10s., valuation for improvements.

Access is from Taihape, three miles distant, by a formed dray-road; one mile and a half of the road is metalled. Undulating land, with soil of a good loam on papa formation. The forest is mixed bush, with the usual undergrowth. Well watered by streams. Elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise felling and grassing, 20 acres; felling only, 6 acres; fencing, 87 chains; and dwellinghouse, two rooms, 26 ft. by 11½ ft. by 10 ft., built of sawn timber and roofed with iron.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — SOUTHLAND COUNTY. — TARINGATURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing and grassing.

The whole of this land was formerly covered with mixed bush, most of which has been removed, the remainder being chiefly white-pine, through portion of which a fire has spread. The land is undulating, and steep in places; sandstone formation; fairly well watered. Access by metalled road, and distant about five miles from Centre Bush Railway-station. Altitude, from 300 ft. to 425 ft. above sea-level.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of a Rifle Range Reserve appointed.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called the “Colac Bay Rifle Range Reserve,” has, by virtue of certain Proclamations, dated the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, become vested in the Crown, and set apart as a rifle range for the use of the Territorial Force under the Defence Act, 1909: And whereas it is expedient to appoint Trustees for the said rifle range, under the provisions of Part V of the Defence Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in me by Part V of the Defence Act, 1908, and of all other authorities conferred upon me in that behalf, do hereby appoint

Captain GEORGE TASMAN DAWSON, Colac Bay Rifles,
AUSTIN CULLING, Esquire, and
WILLIAM CHARLES HARRISON, Esquire,