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dred. Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by Crown land, 1083·9 links and 2944·8 links; and towards the east and south by other parts of Section 65, Oreti Hundred, 35·9 links and 3112·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/1074, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

Also all that area, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood 11 perches, more or less, being part of Section 65, Oreti Hundred. Bounded towards the north-east by the abutment of a road, 106·3 links; towards the east and south by Block I, Oreti Hundred, and a road, 5299·3 links and 100 links; and towards the west by other parts of Section 65, Oreti Hundred, 5335·5 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/1074, 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 first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, 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.—WALLACE COUNTY.—ALTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

Open land, good soil, consisting of light deep loamy clay, on gravel subsoil. The sections are weighted with valuation for improvements as follows: Section 23, £177 7s. for house, outbuildings, and fencing; Section 24, £50 for house; Section 25, £15 for hut; Section 27, £45 for house; Section 99, £66 for house and fencing; Section 100, £96 15s. for house and fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Opening Lands in Southland 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 twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen; 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.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—ALTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Altitude ranges from about 35 ft. to about 100 ft. above sea-level. All flat bush land, with some low terraces; bush consists of rimu, matai, totara, white-pine, miro, broadleaf, kamahi, birch, &c., partly cut out by sawmilling. The soil is good, consisting of a light deep loam, on gravel subsoil. The sections are bounded on the south-east by a chain reserve along the Waiau River, and well water can also probably be obtained at a moderate depth. Situated from close to Papatotara School, post-office, and store, to about two miles distant; and from two miles to four miles and a half from Tuatapere Railway-station by good gravelled roads.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Trustee for the Bunnythorpe Public Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM BROKIE DUTHIE

to be a Trustee, in the place of John Gillies, who has left the district, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Bunnythorpe Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Edwin Cleavely, John Print, Las Lassen, Jorgen Jepson, and John Sheidt, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Belfast Public Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM PRICHARD SPENCER,
JAMES HALLIGAN, and
WILLIAM ROBERT GUTHRIE

to be Trustees, in the place of Robert Guthrie, deceased, and Edward Thompson and Henry Watson, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Belfast Public Cemetery, in conjunction with John Cleland, Edward Harris, Thomas Morton, and Francis Dowdle, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Amendments to Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations of the New Zealand Military Forces.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,