JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2151

(7.) The certificate shall not confer any right to occupy the land or cut timber or otherwise use the same, but at any time during its currency the licensee may exchange his existing license for a new sawmill license for any continuous area (not exceeding 400 acres) out of the land comprised in the certificate.

(8.) Such new license shall specify the certificate out of which the land comprised in the new license is taken.

(9.) The Warden, when granting the new license, shall, by memorandum under his hand on the certificate, cancel the certificate as to the land comprised in the new license, and thereafter the certificate shall be deemed to relate only to the residue of the land, and the acreage-rent under the certificate shall abate accordingly.

(10.) Such memorandum shall be registered.

(11.) Upon the grant of the new license all references herein contained to the former license shall apply to the new license in lieu of to the former license.

(12.) As against his liability for acreage-rent under the new license, the licensee shall be credited with the sums paid by him for acreage-rent under the former license or under the certificate for any period subsequent to the commencement of the term of the new license:

Provided that, in the case of acreage-rent paid as aforesaid under the certificate, the sum to be credited as aforesaid shall be the acreage-rent so paid in respect of the area comprised in the new license, being the area as to which the certificate has been cancelled.

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

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

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 nineteenth day of August, 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.

Second-class Land.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—MAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated on the Rāmāroa Road. Access is from Waimiha Railway-station, distant about thirteen miles and a half by the Takiri, Mapiu, and Rāmāroa Roads—thirteen miles is formed dray-road, half mile unformed, but through easy country. The sections comprise steep country, falling to good valley in the centre, and are covered with good heavy mixed bush of tawa, kahikatea, rimu, &c., with a heavy undergrowth. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The sections are well watered.

Situated on the Mangaiti Road. Access is from Waimiha Railway-station, distant about sixteen miles by the Takiri, Tata, and Mangaiti Roads; twelve miles of this is dray-road, and four miles 6 ft. track. Pack-horses can be got right on to Section 13. The last mile to Section 14 is only a rough bush track, but passable for pack-horses. The sections comprise fairly steep ridges on the outside boundaries, falling to valley in the centre, and are covered with good heavy mixed bush of tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with a heavy undergrowth. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The sections are well watered.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—TANGITU SURVEY DISTRICT.

17 | I | 277 0 0 | 700 0 0 | 17 10 0 | 14 0 0

Situated on the Mapiu Road. Access is from the Waimiha Railway-station, about nine miles distant, by formed dray-road. The section comprises good easy country, with terraces, and is covered with good heavy mixed bush of tawa, rata, rimu, &c., with a heavy undergrowth. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is well watered.

2 | II | 383 0 0 | 870 0 0 | 21 15 0 | 17 8 0

Situated at junction of Takiri and Otamati Roads. Access is from Waimiha Railway-station, eight miles distant, by formed dray-road. The section comprises heavy bush spurs, falling from ridge at back to flats on the Mapiu Stream; the country is fairly easy, with good building-sites on the road-frontage. The forest is heavy, consisting of tawa, rimu, kahikatea, matai, &c., with a heavy undergrowth. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is well watered.

6 | II | 554 0 0 | 1,250 0 0 | 31 5 0 | 25 0 0

Situated on the Waitetaura Road. Access is from Waimiha Railway-station, distant about eleven miles, by Takiri, Mapiu, and Waitetaura Roads—ten miles formed dray-road; a half mile only of Waitetaura Road is formed 6 ft. track at present, but pack-horses can be taken within a few chains of the boundary. The section is steep at ridge-boundary, falling to valley in the centre, and is covered with good heavy mixed bush of tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with a heavy undergrowth. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is well watered.

OHURA COUNTY.—TANGITU SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | VI | 525 0 0 | 1,120 0 0 | 28 0 0 | 22 8 0

Situated on the Hiwi Road. Access is from Waimiha Railway-station, about eight miles and a half distant, by Takiri and Hiwi Roads—eight miles formed dray-road, half mile 6 ft. track. The section comprises heavy bush spurs, falling from ridge at back to fairly easy country at the headwaters of Mapiu Stream. The forest is heavy, consisting of tawa, rimu, kahikatea, matai, &c., with a heavy undergrowth. The soil is of good loam, resting on a papa formation. The section is well watered.

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

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury 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-sixth day of August, 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 Acts.