Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 541

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.

ALL that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being part of Section 214, Town of Porangahau. Bounded towards the north-east by Section 177, a distance of 100 links; towards the south-east by Abercromby Street, a distance of 250 links; towards the south-west by a public road, a distance of 100 links; and towards the north-west by other portion of Section 214, a distance of 250 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1912/338a, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Set apart as a site for a telegraph-station or other purposes of the General Government by notification in Gazette No. 69, of the 31st day of December, 1874.

PART II.

Description of Portion of Reserve the Purpose of which it is intended to change.

All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 20-2 perches, more or less, being part Lot 3 of Section 214, Town of Porangahau. Bounded towards the north-east by Lot 2 of said Section 214, a distance of 100 links; towards the south-east by Abercromby Street, a distance of 126-29 links; towards the south-west by a public road, a distance of 100 links; and towards the north-west by other portion of Lot 3 of Section 214 aforesaid, a distance of 126-29 links, to the starting-point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1912/338b, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

PART III.

Intended Purpose.

For police purposes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, 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, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, 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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TARANAKI COUNTY.—PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.—SPOTSWOOD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Section 74 is weighted with £13 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of 4 chains fencing, £1; half-cost 30 chains fencing, £7 10s.; well, £3; and trees, £2.

Spotswood Settlement lies between the main South Road and Port Moturoa, about two miles and a quarter from New Plymouth, and extends from half a mile to about two miles from the Breakwater. The sections comprise rolling, undulating, and flat land, the bulk of which is under good grass; a portion of a few sections towards the sea-coast is sandy, with a growth of lupins. The quality of most of the land is good, being generally a sandy loam, on a kind of free-clay formation. The climate is mild, and at certain periods bracing, and the rainfall plentiful. Improvements included in capital value of sections consist of: Section 70—fencing, valued at £1 12s.; Section 74—fencing, valued at £1 4s.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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

LIVERPOOL, 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, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TOWN OF MAKAREWA.

Rural Land.

Partly covered with light scrub and stumps, and partly cleared. Soil good, though wet in places. A good outfall drain has recently been cut. Access by good metal road to within 40 chains, thence by formed road. Situated about a mile from school and post-office, a mile and a half from Linds Bridge Railway-station, and six miles and a half from Invercargill.

| 3 | VIII | 13 0 18 | 150 0 0 |

Weighted with £45 10s., as valuation for improvements consisting of fencing, stumping, cultivation, ditching, and drain-ploughing.

Six acres stumped, drained, and cultivated; balance light scrub and stumps. Soil good. Ring-fenced. Access by good metal road. Situated about a mile from school and post-office, a mile and three-quarters from Linds Bridge Railway-station, and six miles from Invercargill.

| 9 | IX | 13 1 36 | 105 0 0 |

Covered with light bush and scrub, fit for firewood and fencing. Good outfall drain. Soil good, although wet prior to cutting of outfall drain. Access by good metal road to within a mile, thence by formed road. Situated a mile and a half from school and post-office, two miles from Linds Bridge Railway-station, and seven miles from Invercargill.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Extra Aide-de-Camp appointed.

Government House,
Wellington, 6th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel J. HUGH BOSCAWEN
extra Aide-de-Camp on his staff.

By His Excellency's command,

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.