Oct. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3437

Notifying Lands in Southland 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 fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—SUBURBAN LAND.

Sections are open, level, and mostly in grass.

Town of Hodgkinson.

Valuation for improvements, £16.

Valuation for improvements, £5.

Valuation for improvements, £4 6s.

Sections consist of good undulating agricultural land.

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

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

Notifying Lands in Southland 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 Friday, the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Level land, excepting Sections 7 and 10, which are undulating. Good soil, suitable for agricultural purposes. Access by gravelled road, excepting Sections 2, 3, and 10, access to which is by unformed road a few chains from gravelled road. Situated a mile and a half from Waimatuku and two miles and a half from Thornbury, at both of which places there are railway-stations, dairy factories, and schools.

Section 3, Block IV, medium quality land. Section 3, Block XXII, light land, but would make good building-site. The other sections comprise level land of good quality. All are situated within a mile of Athol Railway-station, school, and post-office by good level road, and are being used for agricultural purposes.

Southland County.—Town of Macandrew.

Land of good quality, except Block IV, which is light and shingly in patches. All being used for agricultural purposes. Situated three miles from Riversdale Railway-station, school, and post-office by good level gravelled road.

RURAL LAND.

Southland County.—Hokonui Survey District.

Section 754, Block LXX: Area, 19 acres 0 roods 4 perches; upset price, £10.

Section is practically a hilltop. Inferior land. Situated one mile from Croydon and five miles from Gore by metalled road, except last mile, which is unformed and fairly steep.

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

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

Powers delegated to the Northcote Scenic Board under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule below (being land reserved under the said Act), for the period of three years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,—

THE COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS FOR THE AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT (ex officio),
CHARLES EDWARD CAMPBELL, Birkenhead,
HORACE HENRY HUNT, Northcote,
JAMES PRENTICE MCPHAIL, Birkenhead, and
JOHN BYRNE TONAR, Northcote,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Northcote Scenic Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 3.30 p.m. on the second Monday in the months of January, April, July, and October in each year, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the eleventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

2. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be the Chairman of the Board. He may join in the discussion and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.