Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 799

Whakatane County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 3, Block VIII: Area, 49 acres 3 roods 2 perches. Approximate annual rent per acre, 1s. 4d. Cash price, £65. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 6s.

Altitude, 650 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with mixed forest comprising rimu, tawa, hinau, rata, miro, mangeao, with thick undergrowth of supplejack, makomako, and punga. Soil of good quality, of a sandy nature, on pumice formation; no water on section. Distant nine miles and a half from Matata by formed road.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

L I V E R P O O L, Governor.

I N 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, do hereby declare that the national-endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Katikati Survey District.

SECTION 65, Block VIII: Area, 285 acres; approximate annual rent per acre, 5d.; half-yearly rent, £2 18s.

Broken land; about 50 acres fern and scrub, balance covered with mixed forest comprising tawa, mangeao, rewarewa, pukatea, hinau, kohekohe, and a few rimu, puriri, and small kauri trees. Clay soil of poor quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Distant about four miles from Katikati, a mile and a half of which is by coach-road, balance unformed.

Section 78, Block VIII: Area, 162 acres; approximate annual rent per acre, 8d.; half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Undulating to broken land; mostly open, with about 30 acres of mixed forest comprising tawa, mangeao, kohekohe, mapau, &c., and a few puriri trees. Fair soil of a sandy nature, on sandstone formation; well watered. Distant two miles from Katikati by formed road.

Sections 79, 81, and 82, Block VIII: Area, 606 acres 3 roods; approximate annual rent per acre, 6d.; half-yearly rent, £7 12s.

Undulating to rough and broken country; about 100 acres old kauri-workings now in fern and scrub, balance mixed forest comprising tawa, black birch, miro, pukatea, hinau, mangeao, rewarewa, kohekohe, rata, birch, and a few kauri and rimu. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Distant three miles from Katikati by formed road.

Section 80, Block VIII: Area, 20 acres 3 roods 35 perches; approximate annual rent per acre, 9d.; half-yearly rent, 8s. Weighted with £20, for value of improvements consisting of ¼ acre orchard.

Broken land, covered with scrub and fern. Soil of poor sandy nature, on sandstone formation; well watered. Distant two miles and a half from Katikati by formed road.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 284: Area, 78 acres 2 roods; approximate annual rent per acre, 2s.; half-yearly rent, £3 18s.

Altitude, 60 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, covered with small manuka and fern; about one-half ploughable. Brown soil, fair to medium in quality, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by small stream. Distant about three miles from Albany by good formed cart-road, not metalled.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

L I V E R P O O L, Governor.

I N 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 land 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 land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—
MARERETU PARISH.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 180: Area, 64 acres. Rent per acre per annum, 2s. 6d. Capital value, £160. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Altitude, 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. About 8 acres raupo swamp, balance easy undulating fern and manuka country, with a few small dry kauri-rickers. Soil good to fair, heavy black loam in swamp, clayey loam on balance; fairly watered. Distant twelve miles from Paparoa by partly metalled cart-road, except the last half mile, which is unformed.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Declaring Road-lines through Land in the Bellamy Settlement, Otago Land District, to be closed.

L I V E R P O O L, Governor.

W HEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General, from which it appears that the roads described in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused, and that the said roads intersect land acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and are not suitable to the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of section eighty of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads hereinafter described; and I do hereby declare that the said roads shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

BELLAMY SETTLEMENT.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of roads required to be closed:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
0 1 31 {Sections 1 and 2; Block II.
{Section 58; Block III.
1 0 17 Sections 39 and 88; Block III.
1 3 9 " 40 and 87 "

Situated in the Tuapeka West Survey District.

In the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/3A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.