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selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Campbelltown Hundred.

SECTION 13, Block VIII: Area, 100 acres 1 rood 36 perches. Cash purchase: Total price, £40. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Weighted with £7 12s., valuation for draining and fencing. Level, with patches of manuka and flax. Soil of peaty nature; requires further draining. Access by good gravelled road. Situated three miles from Woodend.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

Opening National Endowment Land in Southland Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

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 Wednesday, the fourteenth day of April, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WAIKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 42, Block II: Area, 9 acres 3 roods 2 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 8s.

Weighted with £108 16s., valuation for dwelling of five rooms and other improvements.

Undulating land of fair quality, about 4 acres cleared, balance mixed bush; well watered. Access by formed road, about three-quarters of a mile from Waikawa Post-office, store, and school.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Saturday, the twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—OTAIO SURVEY DISTRICT.—FINLAY DOWNS SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 1, Block XIII: Area, 439 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 7s. 1d.; half-yearly rent, £77 19s. 3d.

Section 2, Block XIII: Area, 515 acres 3 roods 14 perches; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 10s. 9d.; half-yearly rent, £138 12s. Interest and sinking fund, £34 4s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £172 16s. 10d.

Section 3, Block XIII: Area, 392 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 8s. 3d.; half-yearly rent, £81 4s. 6d.

Section 4, Block XIII: Area, 423 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 9s. 6d.; half-yearly rent, £100 3s. 6d.

Section 5, Block XIII: Area, 343 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 10s. 11d.; half-yearly rent, £93 8s. 6d.

• Interest and sinking fund on house, stables, yards, trap-shed, and fowlhouse, valued at £878; payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £34 4s. 10d.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Low hills, with warm tussock spurs and gullies; about 36 acres of bush in the gullies, also patches of gorse; about 172 acres ploughable downs. Black soil, with clay subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 880 ft. to 1,500 ft. Fenced all round, except on northern boundary. About ten miles from Otaio Railway-station—nine miles and a half by formed road; remainder to be formed shortly.

Section 2.—Good agricultural land, flats and low downs, all ploughable. Black soil on clay subsoil; well watered. 50 acres somewhat stony, but good. Altitude, 850 ft. Ring-fenced. Nine miles from Otaio Railway-station by good road.

Section 3.—Good ploughable flats and downs, with about 36 acres somewhat stony; 1½ acres of bush in south-west corner. Black soil on clay subsoil; watered by stream near northern boundary. Altitude, 850 ft. to 900 ft. Ring-fenced. About twelve miles and a half to Otaio Railway-station by good road.

Section 4.—Good ploughable downs and flats, about 134 acres of which are stony. Black soil, on clay subsoil; watered by stream and springs. Altitude, 850 ft. to 875 ft. Fenced all round, except about 30 chains on east boundary. About eleven miles and a half from Otaio Railway-station by good road.

Section 5.—Low flats and downs, all ploughable; about 87 acres stony. Good black soil, on clay subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 800 ft. to 850 ft. Fenced all round, except about 30 chains on western boundary. About ten miles and a half from Otaio Railway-station by good road.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the sections are as follows: Section 1, 335 chains of fencing valued at £83 11s.; Section 2, 538 chains of fencing valued at £197 2s.; Section 3, 354 chains of fencing valued at £104 6s.; Section 4, 337 chains of fencing valued at £96 10s. 3d.; Section 5, 321 chains of fencing valued at £123 10s.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Auckland.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the Auckland Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Franklin, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, and Ohura, and that part of each of the Counties of Matamata and West Taupo lying north of a right line extending south-westerly from the summit of Puwhenua Mountain, at the easternmost corner of Matamata County, to the summit of Rangitoto Mountain, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. FALLOW-deer bucks may be taken or killed within the Auckland Acclimatization District from the 1st day of March, 1915, to the 31st day of May, 1915, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Auckland, and the Postmasters at Cambridge, Hamilton, Matamata, Morrinsville, Walton, Te Aroha, Thames, Paeroa, and Helensville, on payment of a license fee of £1, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and