JUNE 10 ] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2043

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Southland Land District for other Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-two of the Land Act, 1908, as amended by section seventeen of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive by way of equality of exchange any sum not exceeding twenty-five per centum of the estimated value of the Crown land so granted:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land of equal value described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 0 roods 12·2 perches, more or less, being part of Section 22A, Block VII, Waikawa Survey District. Bounded towards the north by part of Section 22, 636 links; towards the north-east by the other part of Section 22A, 341·4 links; towards the south-east by a road, 298·2 links and 14·7 links; towards the south by Section 23, 752·3 links; and towards the west by part of Section 22 aforesaid, 515·1 links; all in Block VII, Waikawa Survey District; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/723, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 17·3 perches, more or less, being part of Section 22, Block VII, Waikawa Survey District, and bounded towards the north by Section 21, 969·9 links; towards the east and south-east by a road, 507·4 links and 47·3 links respectively; towards the south by part of Section 22A, 364 links; and towards the south-west by the other part of Section 22, 767·7 links; all in Block VII, Waikawa Survey District; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/723, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Town of Tokomaru, Wellington 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 purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for a post and telegraph office to a site for a police-station.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 20 perches, more or less, being Section No. 2, Town of Tokomaru. Bounded towards the north-west by Matipo Street, 500 links; towards the north-east by Tawa Street, 175 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 4, 500 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 68, 175 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For 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-sixth day of July, 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 renewable 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.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

Section 13, Block VIII: Area, 215 acres 3 roods 8 perches. Capital value, £270. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £6 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 8s.

Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 1,450 ft. above sea-level. Generally undulating land, but broken in places, covered with fern and tutu. Fair soil, of a light pumice nature, on pumice formation; poorly watered. Distant five miles and a half from Ngongotaha Railway-station by good formed road.

Section 14, Block VIII: Area, 176 acres 0 roods 6 perches. Capital value, £220. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 8s.

Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 1,450 ft. above sea-level. Easy undulating country, about 120 acres covered with fern and tutu; balance heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, rata, hinau, rewarewa, tawa, miro, &c., with light undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, karamu, and supplejack. Fairly good soil, of a light pumice nature, on pumice formation; poorly watered. Distant six miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station by coach-road.

Section 15, Block VIII: Area, 191 acres 2 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £300. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £7 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6.

Section 16, Block VIII: Area, 186 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £280. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £7. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 12s.

Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 1,450 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 20 acres of Section 15 and 25 acres of Section 16 covered with light mixed forest comprising rimu, rata, rewarewa, tawa, &c., with light undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku,