JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2441

of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WAITEMATA COUNTY. — WAIPAREIRA PARISH.

First-class Land.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Clay hills, covered with fern and manuka; more or less ploughable; forms part of a well-worked-out gumfield; generally watered by swampy gullies; water can also be obtained by sinking. Access is from Swanson Railway-station two miles and a quarter distant, of which three-quarters of a mile is by metalled cart-road, balance unmetalled; or from Henderson Railway-station two miles and three-quarters, of which two miles and a half is good metalled dray-road. Henderson and Swanson are within the suburban-train area, and are both well served by workmen’s and other trains.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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Opening National Endowment Land in Otago Land District for Selection.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

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, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eleventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—TOWN OF BASTINGS.

First-class Land.

Steep land of fair quality, with a south-westerly aspect. Situated about seventeen miles from the Town of Lawrence and about five miles from the proposed railway terminus at Beaumont. The main road from Lawrence to Roxburgh fronts the section.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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Warrant vesting the Control of Portions of Boundary Road between the Opotiki and Whakatane Counties, and apportioning the Cost of Maintenance of the same.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

WHEREAS by section twelve of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that where a road or street lies along the boundary of two or more districts, whether that road or street is wholly within one or is partly within one and is partly within another of those districts, or is within none of those districts, the Governor may from time to time, by Warrant under his hand and gazetted, direct which of the local authorities of those districts shall have control of the road or street or any part thereof; and may also in like manner determine from time to time whether any of those local authorities shall contribute to the cost of the construction or maintenance of that road or street, and, if so, in what proportions:

And whereas the portions of road known as Boundary Road described in the Schedule hereto form part of the boundary between the Opotiki and Whakatane Counties:

And whereas a dispute has arisen as to which of the local authorities of the said counties should have control of the said road, and what proportion of the cost of maintaining the said road should be borne by those local authorities respectively:

And whereas by an agreement dated the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, it was, among other things, agreed by or on behalf of the Opotiki and Whakatane County Councils that the control of the said road should be divided between the said local authorities as hereinafter set out, and that each of those local authorities should construct and maintain the portion vested in them:

And whereas the Commissioner appointed under the said section twelve has recommended that effect be given to the said agreement by vesting the part of the road firstly described in the Schedule hereto in the Opotiki County Council, and the part secondly described therein in the Whakatane County Council:

And whereas it is expedient that effect should be given to the said recommendation, and that provision should be made for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth: