APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1441

Land temporarily reserved as an Addition to a Site for a Public School in the Southland 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 particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Southland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, as an addition to a site for a public school.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 2 roods 3 perches, more or less, being Section 70, Block XIV, Chatton Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by a road, 751·1 links; towards the south-east by Section 12, 931·8 links; and towards the south-west and north-west by Section 67, 697·2 links and 652·2 links respectively: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 5339/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved for the Growth and Preservation of Timber in Mimi Survey District, Taranaki 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 particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Taranaki Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the growth and preservation of timber.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 84 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section 34, Block I, Mimi Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by Sections 32, 2, and 1, and again by Section 2, all in Block I, Mimi Survey District, 4265·5 links; then by a stream, and again by Section 2 aforesaid, 1170 links and 252·6 links; towards the west by Sections 2 and 1 aforesaid, 1603·5 links; again towards the north by the Mohakatino-Parininihi Block No. 1B, 3426·8 links; towards the east generally by Sections 3 and 4, Block I aforesaid, 2909·1 links; and towards the south by Section 31, Block I aforesaid, 6855·2 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1912/58, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth 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 Tuesday, the twenty-fourth 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.—RAORAOMOUKU BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

WAITOTARA COUNTY.—OMARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated on the Whakaihuwaka Road. Access from landing on the Wanganui River, from six miles and a half to eight miles distant, by surveyed road only; access will eventually be from Whangamomona, about thirty-five miles and a half to thirty-seven miles and a half distant (nine miles and a half dray-road, ten miles bridle-road, and balance unformed road), and from Douglas Railway-station, about forty-four miles and a half to forty-six miles and a half distant (twenty-four miles dray-road, five miles bridle-road, and balance unformed road); but there is a swag-track, cut by surveyors. The sections comprise broken hills and valleys. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa and limestone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising tawhero, tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with a very dense undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau, kiekie, &c. The ridges on Section 2 are covered with black-birch. The sections are well watered. Elevation ranges from 400 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level.

| 1 | III | 924 0 0 | 1,110 0 0 | 27 15 0 | 22 4 0 |

WAITOTARA COUNTY.—TAURAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2 | VIII | 1,080 0 0 | 1,520 0 0 | 38 0 0 | 30 8 0 |

Sections 1, Block III, Omara, and 2, Block VIII, Taurakawa Survey Districts, are situated on the Whakaihuwaka Road. Access from landing on the Wanganui River, from nine miles and a half to ten miles distant by surveyed road; access will eventually be from Whangamomona, about thirty-two miles and a half to thirty-four miles and three-quarters distant (nine miles and a half dray-road, ten miles bridle-road, and balance unformed road), and from Douglas Railway-station, about forty-one miles and a half to forty-three miles and three-quarters distant (twenty-four miles dray-road, five miles bridle-road, and balance unformed road); but there is a swag-track, cut by surveyors. The sections comprise very broken ridges and gullies. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa and limestone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, raurekau, supplejack, &c. The sections are well watered. Elevation ranges from 800 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level.

WAITOTARA COUNTY.—OMARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2 | III | 845 0 0 | 890 0 0 | 22 5 0 | 17 16 0 |

Situated on the Mangaio Road. Access from landing on the Wanganui River, about eight miles distant by surveyed road; access will eventually be from Whangamomona, about forty-two miles distant (nine miles and a half dray-road, ten miles bridle-road, and balance unformed road), and from Douglas Railway-station, about fifty-one miles distant (twenty-four miles dray-road, five miles bridle-road, and balance unformed road); but there is a swag-track, cut by surveyors. The section comprises very broken ridges and gullies. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa and limestone formation. The forest is heavy, consisting of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c., with a very thick undergrowth of kotukutuku, raurekau, mahoe, supplejack, &c. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,640 ft. above sea-level.

| 3 | III | 1,221 0 0 | 1,710 0 0 | 42 15 0 | 34 4 0 |

Situated on the Mangaio Road. Access from landing on the Wanganui River, about five miles and a half distant by