Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3411

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY.—
MAHOE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

(National Endowment.)

Situated on the Marangoe Road. Access from Whangamomona Railway-station, about eighteen miles and a half distant—by dray-road for about fourteen miles and a half, and horse-track remaining distance; access also from Kohuratahi or Toi Road Railway-station, about eleven miles and a half distant. The section comprises fair to rough hilly and undulating country, with small flats along the main stream. The forest is medium to heavy, comprising tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, tawhero, kahikatea, black-birch, &c., with a dense undergrowth of karamu, mahoe, supplejacks, &c. The soil is of medium quality—vegetable mould, on a sandstone (with papa and shell rock) formation; well watered. Elevation ranges from 350 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the ninth day of December, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MATAKOHE SURVEY DISTRICT.—BICKERSTAFFE SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £385, payable in cash or in ten years by twenty half-yearly payments of £24 18s. 7d. Total half-yearly payment, £78 18s. 7d.

†Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £500, payable in cash or in ten years by twenty half-yearly payments of £32 7s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment, £86 16s. 6d.

‡Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £75, payable in cash or in five years by ten half-yearly payments of £8 13s. 3d. Total half-yearly payment, £45 15s. 9d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital values of the sections consist of fencing, as below. The general value of the fencing is 12s. 6d. a chain. In the cases of boundary fences the value is divided equally between the adjoining sections, while road and internal fences are given their full value: Section 1—289 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £180 12s. 6d. Section 2—88 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £27 10s. Section 3—181 chains of boundary and 80 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £106 10s. Section 18—135 chains of boundary and 221 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £180. Section 19—80 chains of boundary and 170 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £131. Section 20—48 chains of boundary and 30 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £33 15s. Section 21—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £1 10s. Section 22—5 chains of boundary and 13 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £9 10s. Section 23—9 chains of boundary and 21 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £15 18s. 6d. Section 25—14 chains of boundary and 21 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £17 10s.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, comprise: Section 1—House of six rooms in good order, outbuilding, cow-shed, and yard, the whole valued at £385. Section 3—House of seven rooms and bathroom in good order, and small shed, the whole valued at £500. Section 18—Barn converted into a house of six rooms, valued at £75.

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

H. D. BELL,
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

MRS. MARGARET RAE,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Utiku, 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 seventh day of November,
one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Member of Otago Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1913.

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

THOMAS ALEXANDER MUNRO

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th November, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ADAM KERSE

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Winton, on and from the 29th day of October, 1913, vice Constable G. A. McQuarrie, deceased; and

Constable JOHN CONNELL

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Clinton, on and from the 1st day of November, 1913, vice Constable A. Kerse, transferred.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.