Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of
a Reserve in Inangahua Survey District, Nelson Land
District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
WHEREAS by the Public Reserves and Domains Act,
1908, it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Go-
vernor 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
of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or
presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other
purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be ex-
pedient 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 Nelson Land District, containing by
admeasurement 10 acres 0 roods 26 perches, more or less,
being Section 28 of Square 134, in Block V, Inangahua Sur-
vey District. Bounded towards the north by a public road,
404·1 links ; towards the east and south-east by the Westport-
Reefton Road, 556·7 links and 1531 links respectively; to-
wards the south-west by Crown land, 552·2 links ; and towards
the north-west by Section 27, 1756 links : be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan
marked L. and S. 1913/1241A, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.
Permanently reserved for an accommodation-house site
by Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1 of
the 4th of January, 1900.

PART II.
Description of Portion of Reserve the Purpose of which
it is intended to change.
ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by
admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section 47 (formerly
part of Section 28, Square 134), Block V, Inangahua Survey
District. Bounded towards the south-east by the Westport-
Reefton Road, 333·33 link ; and towards the south-west,
north-west, and north-east by parts of the said Section 28,
Square 134, Block V, Inangahua Survey District, 300·02 links,
333·33 links, and 300·02 links respectively: be all the afore-
said linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the
plan marked L. and S. 1913/1241B, deposited in the Head
Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and
thereon bordered green.

PART III.
Intended Purpose.
Site for a police-station.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or 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, having received the report of
the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one
hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare
that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-fourth day
of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; and also
that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at
the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be
selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renew-
able lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the
said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in
the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands
shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the
provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MATAKOHE
PARISH.

Second-class Land.

SECTIONS N. 39 and S. 40 : Area, 60 acres 2 roods 27 perches.
Cash purchase: Total price, £25. Occupation with right of
purchase: Half-yearly rent, 12s. 6d. Renewable lease:
Half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section W. 41 : Area, 10 acres 2 roods 7 perches. Cash
purchase: Total price, £5. Occupation with right of pur-
chase: Half-yearly rent, 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-
yearly rent, 2s.
Altitude, 250 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Level to
undulating fern and manuka country; badly dug over by
gum-diggers, who have left a number of holes. Soil inferior
clay, on slate formation; no water on either section. Situated
five miles from Matakohe—three miles by formed cart-road,
balance unformed.
Section 132 : Area, 96 acres 0 roods 30 perches. Cash
purchase: Total price, £100. Occupation with right of
purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Renewable lease:
Half-yearly rent, £2.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. About 3 acres
swamp, balance undulating. About l acre small kahikatea
rickers, 3 acres manuka forest, balance fern and manuka
scrub. Good black soil in swamp, inferior clay on hills, on
slate formation; well watered by Omaru Stream. Situated
six miles from Matakohe—four miles by formed cart-road,
balance unformed, but passable for wheeled traffic.
Section 135 : Area, 115 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Cash
purchase: Total price, £60. Occupation with right of
purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1 10s. Renewable lease:
Half-yearly rent, £1 4s.
Altitude, 150 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Fern and
manuka country, with l acre scrubby bush in patches; about
half ploughable, balance slightly broken. Poor clay soil, on
slate formation; fairly watered by swampy gullies. Situated
six miles from Matakohe—four miles by formed cart-road,
balance unformed. Section has been well dug over for gum.
Sections E. 195 and W. 196 : Area, 25 acres 1 rood 22 per-
ches. Cash purchase: Total price, £55. Occupation with
right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1 7s. 6d. Renewable
lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 2s.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 5 acres
flax and rush swamp, with a few kahikatea trees of no value;
balance undulating fern and manuka country. Soil good
swampy loam in swamp, to fair clay on undulating portion;
well watered by swampy stream. Distant ten miles from
Matakohe by cart-road in bad condition.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting Control of the Turanganui Bridge in the
Gisborne Borough Council, and apportioning Cost of Main-
tenance.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and twenty of the
Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the
said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may,
by Warrant under his hand publicly notified and gazetted,
direct that any bridge already constructed, or which may
hereafter be constructed, over or across any river or arm
of the sea respectively shall, from and after a date fixed in
such Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and
management of such local authority as shall be mentioned
in that behalf in such Warrant; and may by any such Warrant
as aforesaid fix and determine whether all or any, and, if so,
what, part of the cost, whether theretofore incurred or there-
after to be incurred, of maintaining, repairing, improving, or