APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1275

Altitude, 10 ft. to 180 ft. above sea-level. About 100 acres raupō and peat swamp, drainable, balance undulating to hilly fern and manuka country. Soil peat swamp of very fair quality, and inferior clay, on clay subsoil; well watered by springs. Situated seven miles and a half from Awanui by partly formed rough cart-road.

19,20, N.21 | .. | 345 1 0 | 170 0 0 | 3 8 0 |
Altitude, 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. About 20 acres raupō and clay flat; balance undulating to hilly manuka country, with about 15 acres of light scrubby forest. Soil inferior clay, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Situated six miles and three-quarters from Awanui by partly formed rough cart-road.

23,41,34,35| .. | 530 0 11 | 270 0 0 | 5 8 0 |
Altitude, 15 ft. to 260 ft. above sea-level. About 10 acres raupō swamp and clay flat; balance undulating to hilly land covered with manuka and fern, with a few acres light scrubby forest in gullies. Soil inferior clay, on clay subsoil. Sections 23 and 41 well watered by stream. Situated six miles from Awanui by partly formed rough cart-road.

30,31,32 | .. | 377 1 11 | 380 0 0 | 7 12 0 |
Altitude, 10 ft. to 210 ft. above sea-level. About 150 acres drainable swamp, balance undulating to hilly fern and manuka country; peat soil in swamp, inferior clay on dry land, on clay subsoil; indifferently watered by springs. Situated seven miles and a quarter from Awanui by partly formed rough cart-road.

36,37, N.E. 38 | .. | 385 2 32 | 190 0 0 | 3 16 0 |
Altitude, 50 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. About 15 acres clay and raupō flat; balance undulating to hilly fern and manuka country, with about 10 acres of scrubby forest containing three or four kauri-trees and a few kahikatea of no commercial value. Soil inferior clay, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Situated seven miles and a half from Awanui by partly formed rough cart-road.

29 | .. | 82 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 4 0 |
Altitude, 10 ft. to 120 ft. above sea-level. Drainable peat swamp, except about 10 acres gum land; swamp partly drained; peat soil of inferior quality; watered only by swampy springs. Situated twelve miles from Mangonui, eleven miles of which is by formed cart-road, and one mile unformed.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment 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, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, 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 Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of May, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OHURA COUNTY.—TANGITU SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Situated at the junction of the Upper Ohura and Tapuiwahine Roads. Access from Ongarue Railway-station, about eight miles distant—by coach-road for four miles, and pack-track for remaining distance. The land comprises easy to steep slopes, rising from 950 ft. to 1,800 ft., covered with heavy bush of tawa, rimu, rata, tawhero, hinau, &c. The soil is good, on papa formation; well watered.

Situated on the Upper Ohura Road. Access is from Ongarue Railway-station, from six to eight miles distant—by coach-road for four miles, and pack-track remaining distance. The land comprises small flats in valleys, rising from easy to steep slopes of 890 ft. to 1,530 ft., covered with a heavy bush of tawa, rimu, rata, kotukutuku, tawhero, hinau, with kahikatea and matai on the flats. The soil is light in the valleys but good on the hills, resting on papa formation; the sections are well watered.

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

W. H. HERRIES,
For Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

JOSEPH HAY,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Devonport, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand, this second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th April, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM NELSON POOLE

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaiapoi, on and from 26th March, 1913.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Acting-Consul for Liberia at Wellington recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th April, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has recognized the appointment by the Consul of Liberia at Wellington of

TREVOR NOEL HOLMDEN, Esq.,

as Acting-Consul of Liberia at Wellington during the absence of the Consul, Dr. Arnold W. Izard.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Marlborough Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th March, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

JOHN SUMNER STOREY

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Marlborough.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.