Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3561

All hills, broken towards the ridge; thin soil, on limestone. Altitude rises to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Timber principally brown birch. There is a site suitable for a homestead. Access by a road at present unformed up Hard Creek. Distant about a mile and a quarter from the Reefton—Inangahua Junction Road and proposed railway, and about three miles and a half from the Inangahua Junction Post-office.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LIGHT-BUSH LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Inangahua County.—Inangahua Survey District.—Westland Mining District.

(Exempt from Rent for Two Years.)

SECTION 53, Block IV: Area, 730 acres; capital value, £550; half-yearly rent, £11.

Nearly all hills, broken towards the ridge; thin soil, on hard papa; covered with forest of brown birch. There is a site for a homestead at the south end of the section. Has a frontage to the Reefton—Inangahua Junction Road and proposed railway. Distant about one mile and a quarter from Inangahua Junction Post-office.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Taupiri taken for the Purposes of the Kaipara—Waikato Railway.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Kaipara—Waikato Railway to take further land at Taupiri, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land: 28·9 perches.

Portion of Lot 42, Village of Taupiri (S.O. 19121, blue). Situated in Block IV, Newcastle Survey District, Waikato County.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 24071, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured edged red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Auckland taken for the Purposes of the Kaipara—Waikato Railway.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Kaipara—Waikato Railway to take further land at Auckland, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land: 13 perches and 1 rood 12·2 perches.

Portions of Factory Road (S.O. 19020, blue), Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, City of Auckland.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 23931, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured sienna.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road near Pokeno in the Franklin County.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of land taken for the purposes of the Kaipara—Waikato Railway, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister of Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in the County of Franklin, the local authority of which has assented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

Now, therefore I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section one hundred and ninety-seven of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Franklin County Council, and shall be maintained by the said Council in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Council.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land: 4·7 perches and 1 acre 0 roods 16·6 perches.

Portions of railway reserve (S.O. 18751, blue). Situated in Block I, Maramarua Survey District, Franklin County.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 23644,