Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3701

Land set apart for Selection.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section sixty-three of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, it is, amongst other things, enacted that in no case shall any moneys be expended under the provisions of the said section sixty-three in connection with any block of land, unless that block is set apart for selection under that section pursuant to Proclamation in that behalf:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the aforesaid Act, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for selection.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Maraekowhai Extension Block.

SECTIONS 4 and 5, Block IV, Pouatu Survey District, and Section 3, Block XVI, Waro Survey District: Area, 3,536½ acres.

As the same is delineated upon the plan marked L. and S. 5/60, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon 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 twenty-third 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!

Authorizing the Sale of Portion of the Inglewood Town Improvement Endowment, under the Inglewood Borough Endowment Disposal Act, 1915.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section two of the Inglewood Borough Endowment Disposal Act, 1915, it is provided that the Governor may by Proclamation authorize the Inglewood Borough Council to sell by public auction, within a period expiring on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, any portion of the Inglewood Town Improvement Endowment not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-six acres, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe or approve:

And whereas the lessees for the time being of the lands described in the Schedule hereto have requested the Inglewood Borough Council in writing to offer such lands for sale: And whereas the area of the said lands does not exceed the limit of twenty-six acres hereinbefore mentioned: And whereas it is desirable to authorize the sale of the said lands:

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 conferred upon me by the Inglewood Borough Endowment Disposal Act, 1915, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto may be sold by public auction upon the following terms and conditions:—

(1.) Prior to the sale of the said lands due notice of intention to sell shall be advertised in at least two newspapers circulating in the district, and due notice of such sale shall be given for at least fourteen days prior to the date of the sale.

(2.) Each lot will be put up at an upset price which will be named by the auctioneer immediately before the lot is offered, and the bidder of that sum or the highest bidder above that sum shall be the purchaser.

(3.) The upset price of each lot shall be the value of the land plus the value of the improvements on the land, such values to be determined, prior to the sale, by arbitration in the manner prescribed by section nine of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

(4.) Every purchaser shall pay to the auctioneer immediately after such sale a deposit of one-fifth of the purchase-money of the property purchased by him, and shall, within one calendar month after the date of such sale, complete his purchase, and pay in cash the full purchase-money of the property purchased by him (less such deposit as aforesaid), subject to the provision of clause five hereof.

(5.) In the event of the person requesting any sale becoming the purchaser of the fee-simple of the piece of land being sold at his request, he shall pay to the Council, within one month from the date of such sale, the full purchase price in cash less the deposit payable by him as provided in clause four hereof, and also less the value of improvements on the said land.

(6.) In the event of a sale to a person other than the person requesting such sale, the Council shall immediately upon receipt of the full purchase-money from the purchaser of the property sold pay to the person requesting such sale the value of the improvements on the land.

(7.) The auctioneer’s commission and all other charges incidental to a sale or to the offering of the property for sale shall in every case be borne and payable by the person requesting such offer for sale, excepting where such property when offered for sale as aforesaid at public auction is purchased by a person other than the person requesting such sale as aforesaid, in which case the auctioneer’s commission and all other charges incidental to such sale (excepting the cost of valuation and advertising) shall be borne by the purchaser of such property, and be paid in cash on completion of the purchase of such property.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 285, Town of Inglewood, containing 1 rood, more or less; Sections 54 and 66, Town of Inglewood, containing 2 roods, more or less; part Section 386, Town of Inglewood, being all the land comprised in lease registered in the Lands Registry Office at New Plymouth No. 1564, containing 2 acres, more or less; Sections 31 and 42, Town of Inglewood, containing 2 roods, more or less; and Section 41, Town of Inglewood, containing 1 rood 4 perches, more or less.

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 twenty-third 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!

Proclaiming Native Land to be Crown Land under Section 368 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided, inter alia, that the Crown may purchase any Native land in pursuance of a resolution of the assembled owners passed and confirmed in accordance with Part XVIII of the said Act, and on the resolution being adopted by the Native Land Purchase Board it shall become a contract of purchase as between the Crown and all persons who are the owners of the land; and the Governor may by Proclamation, at any time after the contract of purchase has been so made, declare that the land so purchased is vested in His Majesty the King, and it shall vest accordingly, and shall become Crown land:

And whereas a resolution was passed by a meeting of assembled owners, and duly confirmed by the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, that the land set out in the Schedule hereto be sold to the Crown:

And whereas the Native Land Purchase Board duly considered and adopted the resolution:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the said Act, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the