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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

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.

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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 Manaiā 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

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Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Nelson 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.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 39 perches, more or less, being part Block VIII, Burnett Survey District. Commencing at a point on the Maruia South Road, distant 1734·7 links in a south-westerly direction from the north-eastern corner of Section 2, Square 175, Block VIII, Burnett Survey District; bounded thence towards the north-west by said Section 2, 1502 links; and towards the south-east generally by the said Maruia South Road, 1525·6 links, to the point of commencement.

Also all that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 31 perches, more or less, being portion of Block VIII, Burnett Survey District. Commencing at a point on the Maruia South Road, distant 3861·4 links in a south-westerly direction from the north-eastern corner of Section 2, Square 175, Block VIII, Burnett Survey District;

bounded thence towards the north-west by the said Section 2, 559·8 links; and towards the south-east generally by the said Maruia South Road, 601·9 links, to the point of commencement.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/461, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 15 perches, more or less, being part of Section 2, Square 175, Block VIII, Burnett Survey District. Commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 2, Square 175, Block VIII, Burnett Survey District; bounded thence towards the south-east by Crown lands, 1432·1 links; towards the north-west generally by the Maruia South Road, 1465·8 links; and towards the north-east by Crown lands, 30·1 links, to the point of commencement.

Also all that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 13 perches, more or less, being part of Section 2, Square 175, Block VIII, Burnett Survey District. Commencing at a point on the Maruia South Road, distant 4560·5 links in a south-westerly direction from the north-eastern corner of the said Section 2; bounded thence towards the north-west by the said road, 1017·8 links; and towards the south-east by Crown lands, 986·8 links, to the point of commencement.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/461, 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 thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Opening Settlement Lands in Wellington 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, and amendments, 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 Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of October, 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 Acts.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Makara County.—Hawtrey Settlement.

Sections 28, 30, Block IV: Area, 2 roods 5 perches; half-yearly rental, £1 16s.

Situated on east side of Clifford Road in Hawtrey Settlement, near Johnsonville Township. Access is from Johnsonville Railway-station, which is about 40 chains distant by an excellent metalled dray-road. Easy sloping grassed land, somewhat elevated. Soil is of good quality, on clay and rock formation.

Sections 4, 11, Block III: Area, 3 acres 2 roods 25 perches; half-yearly rental, £4 1s.

Weighted with £61, valuation for improvements consisting of whare, fencing, and planting.

Situated on Clifford Road in the Hawtrey Settlement, the access being from the Johnsonville Railway-station, which is about half a mile distant by metalled dray-road. Easy sloping land in grass, with soil of good quality on clay and rock formation.

Horowhenua County.—Waiopehu Survey District.—Heatherlea Settlement.

Section 67, Block II: Area, 5 acres; rent per acre per annum, £1 17s. 9d.; half-yearly rental, £4 14s. 6d.