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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 twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

KAWHIA COUNTY.—KAWHIA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Level to broken country, covered with fern and manuka; about 20 acres ploughable. Soil of medium quality, on papa formation; well watered by small swamps. Situated about three miles from Kawhia by formed dray-road.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—ORAHIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

6A | VIII | 68 1 9 | 140 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 2 16 0

Altitude, 120 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 15 acres undulating land, covered with fern and manuka; balance swamp, easily drainable. Soil a strong loam, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated nearly two miles from Otorohanga by surveyed road as yet unformed.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—MANGAORONGO SURVEY DISTRICT.

17 | IX | 116 1 27 | 180 0 0 | 4 10 0 | 3 12 0

Altitude, 200 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Level to broken country, covered with fern and manuka scrub. Soil of medium quality; well watered by small stream. Distant about nine miles from Otorohanga—seven miles by formed road, balance by wagon-track.

8 | X | 166 2 38 | 360 0 0 | 9 0 0 | 7 4 0

Altitude, 200 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to slightly broken country, covered with fern and tutu. Soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small swamps and springs. Distant about eight miles from Otorohanga—seven miles by formed dray-road, balance by wagon-track.

WEST TAupo COUNTY.—WHAREPAPA SURVEY DISTRICT.

2 | III | 1,303 0 0 | 1,330 0 0 | 33 5 0 | 26 12 0

Altitude, about 350 ft. above sea-level. About 100 acres manuka swamp, 100 acres flat valley, balance undulating to hilly land covered with fern and manuka. Soil light to fair; watered by Mangare Stream and two springs. Distant about nineteen miles from Te Awamutu by Native wagon-track, or about twenty-five miles by road, of which four miles is still unformed.

5 | I | 609 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 8 0 0

1 | V |

Altitude, 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea level. Undulating to broken country, covered with short fern and manuka scrub. Soil of inferior quality, on sandstone formation. Situated on Mangatutu Road, about thirteen miles from Kihikihi; road formed for ten miles, balance not quite finished, but a cart can be taken to the section.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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Opening National Endowment Lands 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, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—PATETERE NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 400 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Broken to undulating land, covered with fern and manuka. Soil of fair quality, of a sandy nature, on pumice formation; indifferently watered by spring. Situated about six miles from Putaruru Railway-station—five miles being formed dray-road, balance bridle-track.

54 | IX | 436 0 0 | 440 0 0 | 8 16 0

Altitude, 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and manuka scrub. Sandy soil, of fair quality, on pumice formation; well watered by stream. Situated about five miles from Putaruru Railway-station by fairly good dray-road.

2 | XIII | 234 3 0 | 220 0 0 | 4 8 0

Altitude, 350 ft. to 400 ft. above sea level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and manuka scrub. Sandy soil, of fair quality, on pumice formation; indifferently watered by springs. Situated about six miles from Putaruru Railway-station by formed road.

3 | XIII | 533 2 0 | 540 0 0 | 10 16 0

Altitude, 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Broken to undulating fern and manuka land. Sandy soil, of fair quality, on pumice formation; well watered by swampy stream. Situated about six miles from Putaruru Railway-station by main Putaruru—Waotu Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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Revoking the Reservation for Railway Purposes over Land in the City of Dunedin, and setting apart the same as a Site for a Public Works Stores Yard.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section nine of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1911, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby cancel the existing reservation over the land described in the Schedule hereto, the same being portion of an area taken for the purposes of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway by a Proclamation dated the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and do hereby reserve the said land as a site for a public works stores yard.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 29 perches, more or less, being portion of railway land adjoining Section No. 21, Block LX XIII, City of Dunedin. Bounded on the north by the Otago Harbour, 52·8 links; on the north-west and south-west by Wharf Street, 320·3 links and 83·1 links respectively; and on the south-east by Section No. 21, 403·5 links: be the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 27131, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, and thereon cross-hatched red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.