Feb. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 905

Opening Land in Westland 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 Tuesday, the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—TOAROHA SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £20, valuation for clearing and drain.

The section comprises about 5 acres cleared land, with second growth of scrub in patches; 20 acres ribbonwood and scrub, 15 acres light bush, 61 acres hillside covered with bush, and 162 acres swamp carrying some flax and scrub. Distant four miles from Koiterangi Post and Telephone Office and the school, and four miles and a half from creamery, by good dray-road to within 50 chains of the section.

There are at present standing upon the section a corrugated-iron engine-shed, and a hut, but the right is reserved to the owner of these buildings to remove them at any time within thirty days after date of ballot.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Polling-places abolished and appointed.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the Legislature Act, 1908, it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint, alter, and abolish polling-places for each electoral district within the limits thereof :

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the places mentioned in the First Schedule hereto as polling-places for the electoral districts the names of which are therein specified, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the electoral districts the names of which are therein specified.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

POLLING-PLACES ABOLISHED.

Bay of Islands Electoral District—
The Public School, Opua.
The Public Hall, Tapuhi.
The Public School, Ramarama.
King’s Store, Pakaraka.
Dickeson’s Store, Ngawha.
The Public School, Waimate North.
The Public School, Okaihau.
The Public School, Upper Waihou.
The Public School, Puketi.
McCarthy’s House, Owaе.
The Central Public School, Ruapekapeka.
The Post-office, Waipapa.
Gammon’s House, Awarua.
J. Brown’s House, Wairiki, Puhipuhi.
The Public School, Riponui.
The Public School, Jordan.
King’s Store, Aponga, Purua.
The Public Hall, Titoki.
Rawnsley’s Gum Store, Parakao.
The Public School, Pakotai.

Finlayson’s Office, Nukutawhiti.
The Public School, Otonga.
The Public Hall, Opuawhanga.
The Public School, Whananaki.
The Public School, Helena Bay.
The Public School, Kaimamaku.
The Public School, Matapouri.
The Public School, Ngunguru.
The Native Public School, Matauri Bay.
David’s Store, Otoroa.
The Native Public School, Touwae, Waitapu.
The Post-office, Paranui.
Cable-station Hall, Doubtless Bay.
Wallen’s House, Taipa.
Urlich’s Store, Lake Ohia.
Kenana Native Public School, Kohumaru.
The Public School, Fern Flat.
Long’s Hall, Mangatete.
The Public School, Takahue.
Master’s Store, Pukepoto.
Evans’s Store, Waiharara.
Hagger’s Store, Kaimaumau.
Evans’s Store, Ngataki Creek.
The Public School, Pukenui.
The Public School, Waingakau.
The Public School, Te Kao.
Yates’s Buildings, Parenga.
The Courthouse, Kohukohu.
The Public Hall, Utakura.
Burton’s Store, Horeke.
The Public School, Punakitere.
The Public Hall, Taheke.
Oliver’s Store, Waimatanui.
The Public School, Umawera.
The Public School, Runaruna.
The Post-office, Oue.
The New Zealand Timber Company’s Mill, Koutu.
Andrewes’s Hall, Opononi.
The Public School, Pakia, Omapere.
The Public School, Waiotemarama.
The Public School, Wekaweka.
Brake’s House, Opouteke.

Marsden Electoral District—
The Public School, Whangarei.
The Public School, Ruatangata East.
The Public School, Huanui.
The Public School, Bryn Avon.
The Public School, Mata.
The Public School, Tangihua No. 2.
The Public School, Te Arai.
Sarah’s Hall, Hakaru.
The Public School, Tawharanui.
The Public School, North Albertland.
The Public School, Te Hana.
The Public School, Hoteo Valley.
The Public School, Huhue.
The Public School, Tekapa, Mahurangi East.
George Scott’s House, Mahurangi West.
Burns’s House, Ahuroa.

Kaipara Electoral District—
The Public School, No. 1, Ahuroa.
The Public Hall, Aravua.
The Public School, Aoroa.
Hawkins’s Bush Office, Awakino.
The Public School, Babylon.
The Public School, Batley.
Mr. Thomas’s Residence, Bickerstaffe.
The Public School, Glorit.
The Public School, Hukatere.
The Public School, Hoteo North.
Mr. Campbell’s Residence, Houto.
Waikaraka Hall, Kaihu.
Nelson’s Store, Kai Iwi.
The Public School, Katui.
The Public School, Kirikopuni.
The Post-office, Komokoriki.
Mr. Deacon’s Store, Kumeu North.
The Public School, Mangakura.
Simpkins’s Hall, Mangarata.
The Public School, Mangatu.
The Public School, Makarau.
The Public School No. 2, Matakohe.
The Public School, Mapuna.
The Public School, Maropiu.
The Public School, Marohemo.
Mr. Williams’s Store, Muka.
The Public School, Naumai.
The Public School, Okahu.
The Public School, Okahu No. 2.
The Homestead House, Okahukura.
The Parakai Hall, Parakai.