SEPT. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3293

Situated three-quarters of a mile from Belfast Railway-station, and close to the Belfast Freezing-works. Level agricultural land, suitable for any one employed at the works.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Opening Settlement Land in Canterbury 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.- WAIMATE COUNTY.- ELEPHANT HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.-DOUGLAS SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 10, Block IV : Area, 5 acres; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 9s. 6d.

Good flat agricultural land, about four miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station by good road.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in Maungakaretu Survey District, Wellington 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 specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in Part II of the Schedule hereto from that named in Part I of the said Schedule to that named in Part III of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing 15 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section 1, Block XVI, Maungakaretu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east generally by Murray's Track, towards the south generally by Murray's Track and Rongoiti Road, and towards the north-west by Section 20, Block XVI, Maungakaretu Survey District.

Permanently set apart as a reserve for travelling stock by Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 79, of the 3rd day of November, 1898.

PART II.

Description of Portion of Reserve the Purpose of which it is intended to change.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 3 roods 6 perches, more or less, being Section 32 (formerly part of Section 1), Block XVI, Maungakaretu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section 20, Block XVI, Maungakaretu Survey District, 674·3 links; towards the north-east generally by Murray's Track; and towards the south-west by Section 1 of said block, 1106·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. VI/1 (15), deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

PART III.

Intended Purpose.

Site for a roadman's cottage.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District for other Lands.

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 lands described in the First Schedule hereto for the lands of equal value described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the lands 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 areas of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the lands described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LANDS AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL those parcels of land in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement a total area of 328 acres 0 roods 37·3 perches, more or less, being part of Kaiwaka Nos. 1 and 2A Blocks, situated in Blocks VI, X, and XIII, Maungaharuru Survey District, namely:-

Parcel "A," part Kaiwaka No. 1 Block, containing 314 acres 3 roods 29·3 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-west by Kaiwaka No. 2B Block for 11516·5 links; towards the south-east generally by public road for 10988·3 links; and towards the south-west by Section 88, Block XIII, Maungaharuru Survey District, for a distance of 6149·7 links.

Also parcel "C," part Kaiwaka No. 2A Block, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 0 roods 9 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east and south-east generally by a public road for 3183·1 links, and towards the north-west by Kaiwaka No. 2B Block for 2023·3 links.

Also parcel "E," part Kaiwaka No. 2A Block, containing by admeasurement 6 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east and south-east by a public road for 186·7 links and towards the north-west by Kaiwaka 2B Block for 148·8 links.

Also parcel "G," part Kaiwaka No. 2A Block, containing by admeasurement 5 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east and south-east by a public road for 205·6 links, and towards the north-west by Kaiwaka No. 2B Block for 143·2 links.