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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 36

And whereas by section one hundred and three under the said Part V it is enacted that the Court shall not proceed to exercise in respect of any land the jurisdiction conferred by the said Part V unless authorized by Order in Council so to exercise the same in respect of that land:

And whereas it is expedient that such Order in Council should be issued:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the Native Land Court to determine who (if any) are the persons entitled beneficially to the said land, and in what relative interests, and to order the inclusion of those persons in the title together with or in lieu of the nominal owners, and, if necessary or expedient, to partition the said land among the persons so found entitled; and for the purposes aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new instruments of title as may be necessary: And generally to exercise to its fullest extent all the jurisdiction that it is permitted to be conferred upon the Native Land Court by the said Part V as fully and effectually as if the same were set out herein in detail.

And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE

LOT 182, Parish of Te Puna: Approximate area, 204 acres; Auckland Provincial District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notifying Lands in Taranaki 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 twenty-eighth day of April, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Eltham County.—Omona Survey District.

SECTION 13, Block XI : Area, 15 acres 1 rood 32 perches; upset price, £34.

Comprises about 6 acres flat, balance broken sideling. About 1½ acres grass, fern, light bush, &c.; balance heavy bush.

Section 14, Block XI : Area, 20 acres 0 roods 21 perches ; upset price, £47.

About 8 acres flat, balance broken sideling. About 1½ acres grass, fern, and light bush; balance heavy bush.

Section 15, Block XI : Area, 21 acres 0 roods 21 perches; upset price, £51.

About 12 acres flat, balance broken sideling. About 1 acre fern, grass, and scrub; balance heavy bush.

Section 16, Block XI : Area, 36 acres 1 rood 23 perches; upset price, £81.

About 8 acres flat, balance undulating and broken. About 4½ acres grass; balance heavy bush.

Section 18, Block XI : Area, 12 acres 2 roods 34 perches; upset price, £27.

About 4½ acres flat, balance broken sideling. About 2 acres fern and scrub, balance heavy bush.

Good soil on all sections, formation limestone, papa, and sandstone.

Situated about twenty-eight miles from Eltham by a good dray-road.

Clifton County.—Waitara Survey District.

Section 14, Block XI : Area, 22 acres; upset price, £66.

Almost level; fine piece of land. Heavy forest of pukatea, mahoe, tawa, rata. Good soil, papa formation; easy ploughable land when cleared and stumped. Situated about thirteen miles from Waitara—metalled road nine miles, balance formed dray-road.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Nelson 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twelfth day of May, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—GOWAN BLOCK.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Murchison County.—Hope Survey District.

SECTION 4, Block IX: Area, 706 acres; capital value, £560; half-yearly rent, £11 4s.

About 210 acres flat, of which 50 acres is covered with grass, fern, and scrub, and 160 acres is bush; balance broken pastoral country, principally birch forest, with a few kahikatea, matai, and rimu. Altitude, from 1,050 ft. to 2,150 ft. Well watered. Distant about eight miles from Glenhope Railway-station by main road.

Section 5, Block IX: Area, 1,222 acres; capital value, £1,220; half-yearly rent, £24 8s.

About 60 acres flat; all bush, principally birch, with a few kahikatea, matai, and rimu about the flats and foothills. Altitude, 1,150 ft. to 3,100 ft. Well watered. Distant about nine miles and a half from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, balance formed track.

Section 6, Block X: Area, 1,274 acres; capital value, £1,210; half-yearly rent, £24 4s.

About 190 acres terraced flats and easy slopes, 160 acres at south-east corner fairly even ground, balance broken country. All pastoral country, covered with birch forest containing some good timber, undergrowth being coprosma and horopito. Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 3,400 ft. Well watered. Distant about ten miles from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, balance formed track.

Section 7, Block X: Area, 885 acres; capital value, £840; half-yearly rent, £16 16s.

About 100 acres terraced flat and easy slopes, good land in basins, balance broken country; covered with bush of good quality. Altitude, 1,150 ft. to 3,700 ft. Well watered. Distant about ten miles and a quarter from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, balance formed track.

Section 2, Block XIII: Area, 874 acres; capital value, £830; half-yearly rent, £16 12s.

About 100 acres flat terraces of very fair quality, balance broken country; all birch bush. Altitude, 1,370 ft. to 3,750 ft. Well watered. Distant about thirteen miles from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, and five miles formed track.

Section 4, Block XIII: Area, 793 acres; capital value, £790; half-yearly rent, £15 16s.

About 200 acres terraced flats of fair quality, balance broken pastoral country; covered with bush, principally birch of good quality, with a few rimu. Altitude, 1,320 ft. to 3,750 ft. Well watered. Distant twelve miles from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, and four miles formed track.

Section 5, Block XIII : Area, 1,170 acres; capital value, £1,110; half-yearly rent, £22 4s.

About 100 acres of flat terrace, balance broken pastoral country; covered with birch of good quality, with a few rimu. Altitude, 1,250 ft. to 3,780 ft. Well watered. Distant eleven miles from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, and three miles formed track.

Section 1, Block XIV: Area, 1,736 acres; capital value, £1,740; half-yearly rent, £34 16s.

About 170 acres flat, in terraces. Soil of fair quality on flats and basins. Balance broken country. Whole area under birch forest, with exception of 2 or 3 acres on flat. Altitude, 1,250 ft. to 3,500 ft. Well watered. Distant about eleven miles from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, and three miles formed track.

Section 2, Block XIV: Area 866 acres; capital value, £950; half-yearly rent, £19.

About 146 acres terraced flat, 13 acres cleared and under fair grass; soil fair quality; balance covered with birch bush. Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 3,500 ft. Well watered. Distant about twelve miles from Glenhope Railway-station—eight miles main road, and four miles horse-track and bush-track.