JUNE 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2081

Contains 18½ acres apple, peach, and pear orchard planted out in 1913; 21¼ acres of newly sown grass this year; balance swamp and shelter-belts; 51 chains of boundary fences.

Easy undulating land, between 50 ft. and 150 ft. above sea-level; fronting three roads, including Great South Road; about a mile and a quarter to railway-station by formed road.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Situated near Te Kauwhata Railway-station, fifty-four miles south of Auckland, on the Main Trunk Auckland-Wellington Railway. Accessible by cart-road. Altitude varies from 50 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. The orchards are of varying age, having been planted out from one to three years, and are protected more or less by shelter-belts.

The area is intersected by several swamps in which water is procurable during the greater part of the year, failing which it can be obtained by either sinking or boring.

The soil is of a clayey nature, with a stiff subsoil.

The climate is of an equable nature, and the winter is not severe, the lowest average winter temperature at night being 27° F. and in day 55° F., while there were very few frosts in 1914; and no late frosts have affected the fruit trees in vicinity during the last ten years.

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

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

Opening Lands in Wellington 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 Tuesday, the tenth day of August, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITIEKE COUNTY.—HUNUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Situated in the North Waimarino Block, close to the Main Trunk Railway, between Owhango and Kakahi Townships, the distance from the latter ranging from about one mile to three miles and a half. Most of them have frontages to the Waitea Road (Main Trunk Road) and Tunanui Road, both good dray-roads.

Sections 8, 15, and 16 have frontages to the Tram Road, but this road, now in use as a tram-line, will not be constructed until the State mill has completed its milling operations in that district.

The sections generally comprise easy undulating country, well watered by permanent streams. The elevation above sea-level ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,700 ft.

Sections 9, Block IX, and 4 and 5, Block X, comprise rough and broken land, with a few small patches of flats.

The soil on all the lots is of a light volcanic nature, on a pumice and clay formation, and takes grass well. All of the sections are under bush; the milling-timber has been removed.

Areas on sections have been grassed as follows: Section 8, about 28 acres; Section 15, 37 acres; Section 16, 6½ acres; Section 18, 23 acres; Section 20, 59 acres; Section 22, 67 acres; Section 1, 9½ acres; Section 2, 15 acres; Section 10, 6 acres.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
43 X 77 2 20 325 0 0 8 2 6 6 10 0

Situated in the North Waimarino Block, about one mile by good dray-road from Owhango Township, on the Main Trunk Railway. All the milling timber has been removed. Fire has cleaned up all the old mill-workings, and grass which has been sown has taken well. The section is covered in logs and stumps, and a few trees remain standing. Soil is of good quality, on papa formation; well watered by permanent streams.

17, 30 II 91 2 1 505 0 0 12 12 6 10 2 0
18 " 152 1 0 610 0 0 15 5 0 12 4 0
26 " 55 1 24 335 0 0 8 7 6 6 14 0
27 " 102 2 0 565 0 0 14 2 6 11 6 0

Situated immediately to the south of Manunui, which is about five miles to the south-west of Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Railway. Access is by the Tunakotekote Road from Manunui Township, about one to two miles distant from the sections, which comprise undulating to rough hilly country, with fair to good soil on sandstone or papa formation. The greater portion of these lands was originally under heavy bush, from which the milling-timber has been removed. Well watered. Elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

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

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

Special Regulations for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, 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 conditions under which certain red deer may be destroyed in the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

REGULATIONS.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Animals Protection Act, 1908, the General Manager of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, or any person or persons duly authorized in writing by such General Manager, may, during the period hereinafter mentioned, kill red deer of either sex and of any age which, in the opinion of the said General Manager or of the said authorized persons, should be destroyed either by reason of age, deformity, or other physical imperfection.

2. Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid during a period from 7th June to 31st December, 1915.

3. A return shall be furnished to the Minister of Internal Affairs by the said General Manager within one calendar month after the expiry of the aforesaid period, and such return shall state the number and sexes of all red deer so destroyed as aforesaid, the dates, and name of person by whom and the locality in which the deer were destroyed.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or any portion thereof.

5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs,