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mostly in good native and exotic grasses, with scattered scrub towards the west and on the sidling near the main stream, by which it is watered principally, but having a good gully stream through the property. The soil is good, mostly on papa foundation. Access from Porangahau, same as Section 6.

Section 3, Block II, Tautane S.D. — Altitude, 100 ft. to 780 ft. Open pastoral land, comprising terrace, undulating, and hilly country; the area west of the main range comprises about three parts terrace and very easy lying land, gradually rising to the range, being about three-quarters in native and exotic grasses, balance in scrub; the land between the range and the Porangahau-Wimbledon Road is more hilly, and a little broken in places, and is covered with scrub and fern, with a little bush, for about half the area, balance in grass. The soil generally is good, but inferior in the eastern part near the Wimbledon Road. Access from Porangahau by main road to Wimbledon, being nine miles distant from the former and five miles from Wimbledon.

Section 4, Block II, Tautane S.D. — Altitude, 100 ft. to 750 ft. Pastoral land, open generally; about three parts in scrub and fern, with clumps of scattered bush in the gullies, balance in native grass; the northern part contains a well-grassed spur and sidling, falling to terrace and river flat; the remainder is hilly generally, with small terraces and undulating areas; well sheltered, with an easterly aspect; well watered. Access is from Porangahau, seven miles and a half by formed road part metalled, and a few chains of unformed road to the Mangamaire Stream.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Mangamaire Block is situated immediately to the east of the Manawaangiangi Settlement, and extends from the Mangaorapa Stream, which forms its western boundary, to the Mangamaire Stream, which is the eastern boundary in the southern portion of the block. Only one section in the northern portion extends to the Mangamaire Stream. The western portion of the block contains the greater area and number of sections, the nearest being seven miles and a half from Porangahau Township, which contains post and telegraph offices, stores, and one hotel, and is thirty-three miles from Waipukurau Township and railway-station. The furthest section is distant thirteen miles and thirty-eight miles and a half respectively from the above townships. The road from Waipukurau to Porangahau is well metalled, and the present access from Porangahau is by seven miles and a half of metalled road to the Mangaorapa Stream, which is bridged; thence by formed dray-road through the Manawaangiangi Settlement, and by short (and at present unformed) road-lines to the various sections.

The block in the eastern portion is reached from Porangahau via the Wimbledon Road, which is well formed and metalled for a considerable distance, the nearest section being five miles and a half and the furthest nine miles from Porangahau. The Township of Wimbledon is five miles from this latter section.

The whole block is for the most part open country, partly in native and exotic grasses, with clumps of mingi and manuka scrub, also mixed bush in odd places, but not of any extent except in Section 6.

The altitude varies from 40 ft. to 930 ft. above sea-level, but the greater part of the area lies at an elevation of from 100 ft. to 600 ft. The soil varies, but is good generally; portions show sandstone outcrops, but the major portion is clay resting on papa. A few places are bare and wind-swept, but not to any appreciable extent. The country is well suited for both sheep and cattle breeding. The block is well watered on the whole. Most of the fences, though old, are good and stock-proof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of October, 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 the Canterbury 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 Canterbury Land District, containing 2,560 acres, more or less, around and including the hot springs on the Hanmer Plain, near Jollie’s Pass, forming a parallelogram at the base of the hills bounding the plain on the north. Reserved for public purposes in Nelson Provincial Gazette No. 2, of the 11th February, 1860, page 6.

PART II.

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

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 32 perches, more or less, and being Section 5, Block II, Hanmer Springs Township, bounded as follows: On the north-east by Section 4, Block II, of the said township, 300 links; on the south-east by Sections 8 and 14 of the said block, 150 links; on the south-west by Section 6 of the said block, 300 links; and on the north-west by Amuri Road, 150 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. VI/1 (86), deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

PART III.

Intended Purpose.

Site for a fire-brigade station.

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

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

Trustees for the Waimana Public Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM JOHN CRAIG,
WILLIAM WARDLAW,
FREDERICK PALMER,
FREDERICK GEORGE UPTON,
ALLAN JOHN MITCHELL,
EDWARD PERCY WOOLFIELD, and
WILLIAM LUSBY RICHARDSON

to be Trustees, in the place of Joseph Healey, deceased, and Robert Ruddick and Edward Swinglehurst Addison, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Waimana Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Frederick James Savage, previously appointed.

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

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