Sept. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3505

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in Whangarei County, containing by admeasurement 75 acres 2 roods 17 perches, more or less, and being Section 44, Block X, Hukerenui Survey District, portion of Te Mata Kauri-gum Reserve Extension set apart by Order in Council dated 10th July, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 60, of 13th July, 1899. Bounded towards the north by Section 4, Block X, Hukerenui Survey District, Te Mata Kauri-gum Reserve Extension, 2313 links; towards the east by Section 38 of the aforesaid block, 2075·2 links; again towards the north by the aforesaid section, 700 links; again towards the east by a public road, 475·9 links; towards the south-east and south generally by a public road, 446·3, 809·6, 174, 431·3, 258·4, 808·4, 556·3, and 170·7 links; and towards the west by Te Mata Kauri-gum Reserve Extension, 3272 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 5435/15, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland Plan 17647, blue.)

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

Declaring a Road-line through Land in the Lansdown Settlement, Canterbury Land District, to be closed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General from which it appears that the road described in the Schedule hereto is unformed and unused, and that the said road intersects land acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and is not suitable to the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of section eighty of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the road hereinafter described, and I do hereby declare that the said road shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

LANSOWN SETTLEMENT.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road closed: 8 acres 2 roods 3 perches.

Passing through Sections 16666 and 16681, Block V, Waimate Survey District.

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19456/50, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Wellington Land District for Other Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-two of the Land Act, 1908, as amended by section seventeen of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive by way of equality of exchange any sum not exceeding twenty-five per centum of the estimated value of the Crown land so granted:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land of equal value described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 52 acres and 20 perches, more or less, being Section 146, Block III, Mangahao Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a public road and river-bank reserve; towards the east by a public road, 1091·5 links; towards the south by Section 145, Block III, Mangahao Survey District, 3850 links; and towards the west generally by a river-bank reserve: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/339A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 40 acres 3 roods 14 perches, more or less, being Lot 1 (D.P. 2942) of Woodville Rural Section 107, Block XIII, Woodville Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by Mangaatua Stream, towards the north-east by Woodville Rural Section 106 for a distance of 3175·5 links, towards the south-east by a public road for a distance of 750·3 links, and towards the south-west by Lot 2 (D.P. 2942) of Woodville Rural Section 107 for a distance of 5286·3 links; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/339B, 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 eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in Kaponga Village, Taranaki Land District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section three hundred and twenty-one of the Land Act, 1908, if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more of the purposes named in the said Class II, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, aforesaid, declare my intention to change the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for a post-office to a site for a police-station.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Section 26, Kaponga Village (Kaupokonui Survey District). Bounded towards the north by Sections 24 (post-office site) and 25, Kaponga Village, 344 links; towards the east by Section 27, Kaponga Village, 146 links; towards the south by Section 34, Kaponga Village, 344 links; and towards the west by Manaia Road, 146 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21693/43, 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 August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.