MAY 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1783

District of Canterbury; as the said foreshore and area are shown in red and cross-hatched red on the plan marked M.D. 3575, deposited in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Manunui Town Board.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of May, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE T. MACKENZIE, F.R.G.S., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been duly set apart as an endowment or for the use of the Town Board of the Manunui Town District :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Manunui Town Board :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Manunui Town Board, in trust, as an endowment or for the use of the said Town Board.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 41 perches, more or less, being Section No. 65, Town of Manunui. Bounded towards the north-west by Maukuroa Road; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 64, 63, and 62 of said town; towards the south-east by Section No. 19, Block II, Hunua Survey District; and towards the south-west by Section No. 66 of said town: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1911/1798A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 97, Town of Manunui. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 81 of said town; towards the north-east by a public road; towards the south-east by Section No. 98; and towards the south-west by Section No. 109: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1911/1798B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 8 perches, more or less, being Section No. 112, Town of Manunui. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 111 of said town; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 106, 107, and 108; towards the south-east by Maukuroa Road; and towards the south-west by Section No. 118: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1911/1798C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 119, Town of Manunui. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 120 and 121 of said town; and towards the south-west and north-west by Section No. 78: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1911/1798D, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

VILLAGE LAND.

West Taupo County.—Rangaroa Village Settlement.

3 | III | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
| | 2 1 2 | 85 0 0

Situated close to Taumatauini, on the Main Trunk Railway line, 175 miles south of Auckland. Level to slightly broken land; 1 acre swamp.

RURAL LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Okokako Parish.

7 | .. | 10 0 0 | 15 0 0

Undulating land; good soil, volcanic and clay, on clay subsoil; well watered. Situated about three miles from Waimate North by cart-road.

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

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 fifteenth day of July, 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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Aria Survey District.

1 | V | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
| | 52 0 0 | 130 0 0 | 3 5 0 | 2 12 0

Situated on Parakoko Road, which is formed for wheel traffic to within 60 chains of the section, the balance being walking-track only. Access is from Aria Township, about six miles and three-quarters distant. The section comprises very easy country. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, mahoe, rewarewa, raurekau, punga, &c., with a fairly dense undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, fern, &c. The section is well watered.

6 | XI | 290 0 0 | 730 0 0 | 18 5 0 | 14 12 0

Situated on the Mangapapa Road. Access is from Matiere, about five miles distant, also from Ongarue, about twenty-five miles distant, by dray-road. The section comprises flat to easy slopes and rather precipitous spurs, and is adapted for both dairying and grazing. There is a school and post and telegraph office within about a mile