Waihou River, the Mangawhero and Mangawhara Streams,
and the Mangawhara and Okoroire Blocks to the Waipa
Block; thence towards the south generally by the Waipa
Block and the Waikato River to the south-eastern corner of
Hinuwera No. 2 Block; and thence towards the west generally
by Hinuwera No. 2, Tawawhakapuoro, Te Konehu, Kiwitahi,
Te Waikaukau, Matakirae, Pakarau, Kerihoni, and Pourewa
Blocks to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 2, Block IV,
Maungakawa Survey District, the place of commencement.
And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation on the first day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government
House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day
of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Resuming Land held under Pastoral License for the Purpose
of Tree-planting,

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-four of
the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed " the said
Act"), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor in Council
may, by Proclamation, resume possession of any land leased
under Part VI of the said Act which in his opinion is required
for any public purpose :
And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto
is held under pastoral license :
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, the said
land is required for a public purpose—that is to say, for
the purpose of tree-planting :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, and
of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me
in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, do hereby proclaim and declare that I hereby resume possession of the land mentioned
in the Schedule hereto for the public purpose hereinbefore
mentioned, the same being the land held under pastoral
license as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 1,550 acres, more or less, being part of
Run 219c, Blocks V and VI, Naseby Survey District. Commencing at a point on the junction of two public roads, being
the most southern corner of aforesaid Run 219c ; thence
bounded towards the south-west by a public road, 3500 links;
towards the north-west by part of Run 306, 12000 links;
towards the north by a line bearing (running through said
Run 219c) 90°, 12430 links ; towards the east by (Naseby
Commonage) parts of Blocks I and V, Naseby Survey District, 7243 links; and towards the south-east by a public
road, 20800 links, being the commencing-point : be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on
the plan marked L. and S. XII/1, deposited in the Head
Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and
thereon bordered red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government
House at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day
of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Crown Land to be free from Native Customary
Title under Section 85 of the Native Land Act, 1909.
[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by section eighty-five of the Native Land
Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as " the said Act"),
it is provided that a Proclamation by the Governor that any
land invested in His Majesty the King is free from customary
title shall in all Courts and in all proceedings be accepted as
conclusive proof of the fact so proclaimed:
And whereas by section eighty-seven of the said Act it is
provided that the Native customary title shall for all purposes be deemed to have been lawfully extinguished in respect
of all land which during the period of ten years immediately
preceding the commencement of the said Act has been continuously in the possession of the Crown, whether through its
tenants or otherwise howsoever, as being Crown land free
from the Native customary title:
And whereas a certain island, called Hapuka Island,
situated in the Hauraki Gulf, has been continuously in the
possession of the Crown for the period and in the manner
required by section eighty-seven hereinbefore mentioned of
the said Act:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority conferred upon me by the said Act, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of
the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and
declare Hapuka Island, situated in the Hauraki Gulf, to be
Crown land, free from the Native customary title.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government
House at Wellington, this twenty-third day
of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for the Purposes of a Public School in the Town
of Millerton.

[I.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is
required to be taken, under the Public Works Act,
1908, for the purposes of a public school in the Town of
Millerton: And whereas an agreement has been entered into
between the Education Board of the Education District of
Nelson and the owner of the land described in the Schedule
hereto to take such land for the purposes of a public school:
And whereas the Education Board of the Education
District of Nelson has laid before the Governor a memorial,
accompanied by a map in duplicate, as required by the said
Act:
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
vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Education Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in
anywise enabling me in this behalf, and being satisfied of the
sufficiency of the agreement hereinbefore referred to, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the
Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said
public school, and shall as from the date hereinafter specified
vest in the Education Board of the Education District of
Nelson; and I do also declare that this Proclamation shall
take effect on and after the twenty-fourth day of October, one
thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken: 2 roods
38 perches.
Portion of Section No. 142, Recreation Reserve (Millerton
Domain).
Situated in Town of Millerton.
In the Nelson Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 35730,