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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

Notifying Lands in Southland 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-fifth day of August, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Southland County.—Rural Land.

SECTION 70, Block II, Waimumu Hundred: Area, 307 acres; upset price, £307.

Section 34, Block III, Waimumu Hundred. Area, 400 acres 2 roods; upset price, £200 5s.

Wallace County.—Suburban Land.

Section 19, Block II, Town of Mossburn: Area, 3 roods 11 perches; upset price, £16.

DESCRIPTION.

Section 70, Block II, Waimumu Hundred, is mostly open, broken, pastoral country from 650 ft. to 1,750 ft. above sea-level.

Section 34, Block III, Waimumu Hundred, is mostly very broken, pastoral country, covered with bush or no commercial value. From 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

Section 19, Block II, Town of Mossburn. Open shingly land, being suitable for a building-site.

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

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

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Auckland 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 of Crown land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 19 acres 1 rood 24 perches, more or less, being Section 1, Block XI, Kawakawa Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/1208, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 1 rood 27 perches, more or less, being part of Section 141, Kawakawa Parish, Blocks XI and XII, Kawakawa Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. XXII/1208, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-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-third 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga and Hobson Counties.—Tutamoe Survey District.

Section 10, Block XV: Area, 357 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £360. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £9. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 4s. Weighted with £45, valuation for twelve green and three dry kauri-trees containing approximately 45,000 ft.

Altitude, 70 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Broken forest land; forest comprises twelve green and three dry kauri-trees, kohekohe, rata, tawa, taraire, and a few totara, rimu, and kahikatea trees, with dense undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, ferns, &c. Soil loamy clay of fair quality, but part very stony, on blue-rock formation; well watered by stream. Distant four miles from Maropiu Railway-station by cart-road.

Rodney County.—Oruawharo Parish.

Sections 37 and 39: Area, 350 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £180. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Altitude, 80 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 30 acres level; balance easy undulating country, covered with fern and manuka. Soil poor clay and pipeclay, on clay subsoil; well watered by permanent stream. Distant five miles and a half from Mangawai by cart-road, three miles and a half of which is metalled.

Hokianga County.—Waoku Survey District.

Section 3, Block XII: Area, 189 acres. Capital value, £130. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Undulating to broken land, covered with mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, towai, miro, &c., with dense undergrowth of nikau, makomako, and bush ferns. Soil of fair second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant twenty-seven miles from Kaihu Railway-station, or twelve miles from Taheke, by formed dray-road.

Waitomo County.—Pakauamanu Survey District.

Section 1, Block XIV: Area, 352 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £710. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £17 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £14 4s.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land; one-third ploughable; about three-fifths fern and manuka; balance mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, tawhero, rewarewa, and a few totara, with thick undergrowth of konini, mahoe, supplejack, &c. Light soil, fair to good in quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by river and streams. Distant a mile and a quarter from Kopaki Railway-station by formed 12 ft. road.

Kawhia County.—Pirongia Survey District.

Section 17, Block IX: Area, 150 acres. Capital value, £380. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £9 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 12s.