Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 795

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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SOUNDS COUNTY.—LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 2 has a good beach frontage and the Picton–Grove Road for the back boundary. It is well sheltered and well watered, and contains a good building-site. The country generally is steep and poor, and covered in manuka scrub and fern. Access mainly by water, three miles and a half from Picton, also by Picton–Grove Road.

Section 3 has a good beach frontage, and is partly bounded by the Picton–Grove Road on the back boundary. It contains a good building-site, but is not well watered. The land generally is poor and steep, and covered in manuka scrub and fern. Access mainly by water, three miles and a quarter from Picton.

Section 5 has a building-site fronting a good beach. The country generally is very steep, and covered with manuka scrub and fern. The water-supply is poor during the summer, but there is a permanent supply in creek adjoining. Access by water, three miles from Picton, and a walking-track to the Picton–Grove Road has also been provided for.

Section 6 has a frontage to an unformed road, and contains a good building-site about 1½ chains from the beach, and a permanent water-supply. Portions of the flat are swampy, but easily drained; balance of section consists of steep spurs and sidings in manuka scrub and fern. The Picton–Grove Road forms the southern boundary, but access is mainly by water, three miles from Picton.

Section 8 has a good building-site fronting the beach, on flat land and well sheltered, and has easy access to a permanent water-supply. The country generally consists of easy hills, covered in manuka and scrub. Access by water.

Section 9 has a good building-site about 3 chains from the beach, is well sheltered and well watered. Access is by an unformed road. The country generally is hilly, and covered in manuka scrub and fern.

Sections 10 and 11 have good building-sites fronting the beach, and well sheltered, but have no water-supply. The country generally consists of low spurs covered in manuka scrub and fern. Access is by water.

Section 12 has a long frontage to a good beach, and has a good water-supply, but a poor building-site. The country generally is poor and very steep, and covered in manuka scrub and fern. Access is mainly by water.

Section 13 has a long frontage to a good beach, has a good building-site, and contains a good water-supply. The country generally is very steep and rough, and covered in manuka scrub and fern. Access is mainly by water.

Section 14 has very little beach frontage, and no permanent water-supply, but contains a fair building-site. The country generally is very steep, and covered with manuka scrub and fern. Access is mainly by water.

Section 16 contains a good building-site, and a good water-supply from a creek. It fronts the sea on a good beach to the north and the Picton–Grove Road to the south. About 1 acre is flat land and about 3 acres are in native bush; the remainder of the section consists generally of steep spurs and sidings, in manuka scrub and fern. The section is weighted with £60, valuation for cottage.

Section 17 has access to a good beach by an unformed road; contains a good building-site about 3 chains from the beach, and a permanent water-supply. The country generally is very steep, and covered with manuka scrub and fern. The Picton–Grove Road forms the southern boundary, but access will be mainly by water.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The block is situated in Queen Charlotte Sound, about three miles and a half from Picton. Access mainly by water by a regular daily launch or steamer service; it can also be reached by the Picton–Grove Road. The majority of the sections contain a good building-site and a good water-supply from permanent streams. There is very little flat land in the block; the hills generally are poor and steep. The vegetation is chiefly manuka scrub and fern, with a little native grass in the gullies.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
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 in the Auckland Land District being Allotment 158, Parish of Kaiwaka, containing by admeasurement 2 roods and 1 perch, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a public road, 200 links; towards the east by Allotment 156 of the said parish of Kaiwaka, 260 links; towards the south by a public road, 200·6 links; and towards the west by Allotment 153 of the aforesaid parish, 245 links; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less, as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/1503A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Auckland Plan No. 707.)

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District being Section 34 of the town of Kaiwaka, containing by admeasurement 3 roods and 2 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-west by Section 62 of the said town of Kaiwaka, 323 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 236 links; towards the south-east by section 35 of the aforesaid town, 323 links; and towards the south-west by Allotment 63, also of the aforesaid town of Kaiwaka, 236 links; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/1503B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Auckland Plan No. 707.)

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

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