APRIL 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

8. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf shall be taken away by the Board and deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by the Minister, or by any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

9. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for fourteen years from the date thereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the Board shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

10. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Board three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister, and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the Board in New Zealand.

11. The Board shall be liable for any injury which the said wharf may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on its part.

12. In case the Board shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-before set forth, or any of them; or
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf for a period of thirty days,—
    then and in either of the said cases this Order in Council, and every right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor in Council without any notice to the Board or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the Board, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council, and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

13. The erection of the said wharf shall be sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the Board of the terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

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

Opening Settlement Land in Canterbury 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, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—BOURNDALE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £1,510, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £58 17s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £145 14s. 10d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 232 chains of gorse fencing, 109 chains wire fencing, orchard, plantation, sheep yards and dip, and water service, valued at £400 (the water-pipes on the section have to be maintained in good order by the lessee).

The improvements which are not included in the value of the section, but which must be paid for separately, consist of large two-storey house, about 18 rooms, with all conveniences, in good order; store, coach and harness room, stable, wool-shed, and dairy; valued at £1,510.

This section is part of Bourndale Settlement, which is situated about six miles from Makihikihi Railway-station by dray-road and about eight miles from Waimate Township. It is good undulating agricultural land, and there is a school within easy distance.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale or 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, 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 Wednesday, the eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen; 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.—WHAKAIHUWAKA BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

PATEA COUNTY.—TAURAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 1 | IV | 745 0 0 | 1,350 0 0 | 38 15 0 | 27 0 0 |
| 2 | " | 382 0 0 | 790 0 0 | 19 15 0 | 15 16 0 |
| 3 | " | 537 0 0 | 1,240 0 0 | 31 0 0 | 24 16 0 |
| 4 | " | 333 0 0 | 850 0 0 | 21 5 0 | 17 0 0 |
| 5 | " | 460 0 0 | 1,290 0 0 | 32 5 0 | 25 16 0 |

PATEA COUNTY.—KAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 1 | I | 1,053 0 0 | 2,010 0 0 | 50 5 0 | 40 4 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,168 0 0 | 2,400 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 48 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 488 0 0 | 1,250 0 0 | 31 5 0 | 25 0 0 |

The block is situated at the head of the Makakaho Stream, a tributary of the Waitotara River, and close to the right bank of the Wanganui River. It is distant thirty-five to forty-one miles from Waitotara, thirty-six miles being dray-road, and the remainder unformed road. On Section 5, Block IV, Kapara, there are some fair patches of undulating, flat, and swampy land, and on Section 3, Block I, Tua, a fair amount of flat land in small patches; but the majority of the sections consist of rough, broken spurs and gullies. The land is covered with mixed forest, mostly heavy, comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, with a little birch in places on the tops of spurs, and some scattered rimu and totara, and a thick undergrowth of karamu, supplejack, &c. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation, and the block is well watered. Elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in Block VI, Selwyn Survey District, Canterbury Land District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of the Land Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or