Oct. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3717

Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil. Section 157
poorly watered by swampy gullies; no water on Section 156.
Distant four miles from Frankton—three miles by good road
and one mile unformed.

Section 268: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 13 perches; upset price,
£10.

Section 269: Area, 5 acres; upset price, £15.

Altitude, about 60 ft. above sea-level. Covered with fern,
manuka, and blackberry; and broken by gullies. Soil of
second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream.
Distant a mile and a half to two miles from Whatawhata—
one mile formed road and balance unformed.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section
of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the eighteenth day
of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, as
the time at which the lands described in the Schedule
hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby
fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as
those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 1 and 2 are flat land in standing bush, and Sections 4 and 5 are flat land in grass. Kotare Township is situated at the junction of the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa and Okau Roads, about seventeen miles from Tongaporutu.

Town of Whangamomona.

| 23 | 0 1 0·7 | 25 0 0 | 61 | 0 1 0 | 9 0 0 |
| 27 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 62 | 0 1 0 | 7 0 0 |
| 28 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 63 | 0 1 0 | 9 0 0 |
| 29 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 64 | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 30 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 65 | 0 1 2 | 10 0 0 |
| 37 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 66 | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 38 | 0 1 0 | 30 0 0 | 67 | 0 1 1 | 12 0 0 |
| 39 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 68 | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 50 | 0 0 33 | 10 0 0 | 69 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 57 | 0 3 33 | 6 0 0 | 70 | 0 1 0 | 19 0 0 |
| 59 | 0 0 38 | 7 0 0 | 71 | 0 1 0 | 18 0 0 |
| 60 | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 | 72 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |

Sections 23, 27 to 30, 37 to 39, and 50 are cleared and in grass. Section 57 is covered with light bush, fairly level; good soil. Sections 59 to 66 are partly cleared. Sections 67 to 72 are in heavy bush, good soil, and fine level frontages.

SUBURBAN LAND.

Suburbs of Whangamomona.

| 1 | 8 0 27 | 41 0 0 | 4 | 17 0 20 | 103 0 0 |
| 3 | 2 1 0 | 18 0 0 | | | |

Section 1 is rather steep, but a building-site is obtainable; soil good, will take grass well; covered with light bush. Sections 3 and 4 have a good portion of level land, building-sites being obtainable; good soil. Section 3 is cleared and in grass. Section 4 is in heavy bush.

RURAL LAND.

Block IX, Waro Survey District.

| 13 | 14 1 12 | 30 0 0 | 15 | 18 2 28 | 40 0 0 |
| 14 | 13 0 29 | 27 0 0 | | | |

Sections comprise easy slopes in front to rough at back. About one-third of Section 13 is in grass, balance bush, through which the fire has gone. A small portion each of

Sections 14 and 15 along frontage is in grass; balance bush, scrub, and fern.

Block IX, Ohura Survey District.

Section 23: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 14 perches; upset price, £25.

Easy slopes to flat country, rising abruptly to a small terrace at northern end; good soil on papa; a little second-growth scrub.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Fixing Contributions to be provided by Contributory Local Authorities for the Maintenance and Improvement of Christchurch Domains.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by subsection two of section ten of the Christchurch Domains Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Warrant under his hand publicly notified and gazetted, fix and determine the proportion of the sum required for the improvement and proper maintenance of the Christchurch Domains which shall be provided by each of the contributory local authorities:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, doth hereby fix and determine that the amount required for the improvement and proper maintenance of the Christchurch Domains during any financial year, not exceeding two thousand five hundred pounds in any such year, shall be borne by the undermentioned contributory local authorities in the proportions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CHRISTCHURCH City Council .. .. .. 1508/2500
Riccarton Borough Council .. .. .. 72/2500
Spreydon ,, .. .. 62/2500
Woolston ,, .. .. 59/2500
Lyttelton ,, .. .. 46/2500
Sumner ,, .. .. 54/2500
New Brighton ,, .. .. 29/2500
Waimairi County Council .. .. .. 390/2500
Paparua ,, .. .. 66/2500
Halswell ,, .. .. 59/2500
Heathcote ,, .. .. 155/2500

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Officers for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

ALBERT COLIN GELLAND, and
DAVID MORTIMER,

of Rangataua, to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

H. D. BELL.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th October, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES DERRY

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ashley-Clinton.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.