Aug. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2507

Opening Lands in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

I S L I N G T O N, 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the ninth day of October, 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 section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

INANGAHUA COUNTY.—INANGAHUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.

A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
5 | IX | 171 1 25 | 180 0 0 | 3 12 0

Nearly all bush, about 10 acres flat, carrying some white and black pine; remainder hills, covered with brown and silver birch. Situated about eight miles from the Inangahua Junction—six miles and a half by main coach-road, and a mile and a half by unformed road.

BULLER COUNTY.—OTUMAHANA SURVEY DISTRICT.—KARAMEA MINING DISTRICT.

10 | VI | 449 0 0 | 230 0 0 | 4 12 0

All heavy mixed bush; mostly black and silver birch, with thick underscrub; about a quarter flat; remainder steep hills. Good soil; well watered. Accessible by road in course of construction; seven miles from Te Namu Post-office. The Mount Radiant track intersects this block.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Suburban Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

I S L I N G T O N, 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 suburban land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the ninth day of October, 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 the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—STEEPLES SURVEY DISTRICT.—KARAMEA MINING DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Lot 6 of 10 | I | 4 2 35 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0

Weighted with £2 5s., valuation for fencing.

All flat land of medium quality; covered with scrub and rushes, with a little grass. Accessible from Westport both by railway and by good road, six miles.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Nelson Land District for Selection.

I S L I N G T O N, 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 Wednesday, the ninth day of October, 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.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

INANGAHUA COUNTY.—REEFTON SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.

A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
1A, 2A, 49, 50 | II | 190 0 18 | 160 0 0 | 3 4 0

All flat; soil ranging from inferior to fair; 110 acres bush and scrub, mostly brown and silver birch, with a little miro and white-pine; about 80 acres open, partly swampy, with fern, rushes, English grass, and patches of manuka; well watered throughout. Situated twelve miles from Reefton by road and railway, half a mile from Rotokohu Railway-station.

BULLER COUNTY.—BRIGHTON SURVEY DISTRICT.—KARAMEA MINING DISTRICT.

3 | V | 245 0 0 | 190 0 0 | 3 16 0

Hilly forest land, covered with rata, tawhero, mahoe, and heavy underscrub; about half gradual slope up from Fox's River; remainder broken limestone country. Good soil; well watered. Distant about two miles from Brighton by good bridle-track.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Granting the Right to Natives to use Ancestral Burial-grounds on Scenic Reserves in Te Tuhi No. 1 and Ahuahu B Blocks.

I S L I N G T O N, Governor.

WHEREAS by section seven of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, grant to Natives, where any reserve as mentioned therein includes any ancestral burial-grounds of Natives, the right to bury deceased Natives therein, and that all rights so granted may at any time thereafter be withdrawn or varied by the Governor by notice in the Gazette: And whereas by a Proclamation dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in Gazette No. 8, of the first day of February of that year, two portions of Te Tuhi No. 1 Block, containing together 70 acres 1 rood 33 perches, and a portion of Ahuahu B Block containing 50 acres, were among other lands taken for scenic purposes under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, and the Public Works Act, 1908 : And whereas certain Native ancestral burial-grounds are situated within the boundaries of the said pieces of lands, and it is desirable that the right should be granted to Natives to bury deceased Natives therein :

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred by section seven of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, do hereby grant, during the pleasure of the Governor, the right to bury deceased Natives in the ancestral burial-grounds, situated within the boundaries of such portions of Te Tuhi No. 1 and Ahuahu B Blocks, as were taken for scenic purposes by the said Proclama-