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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Section 12,* Block V: Area, 287 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 8d.; capital value, £220; half-yearly rent, £4 8s.

Section 13,* Block V: Area, 410 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 8d.; capital value, £320; half-yearly rent, £6 8s.

Sections 11, 12, and 13: Front portions are a series of small ridges and gullies, broken and steep, with limestone cliffs with a few chains of gently sloping land underneath bluffs. Back portion on top of high cliff is broken and rough. Access by pack-track either to Charleston on the north or to Punakaikai River on the south, thence by dray-road to Greymouth.

Section 5,* Block IX: Area, 512 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 5d.; capital value, £270; half-yearly rent, £5 8s.

Small area of flat on southern boundary sufficient for homestead, but this part of the section gets very little sunlight. Section generally is high country, poorly watered, very broken limestone formation; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by pack-track up Bullock Creek.

Section 8,* Block IX: Area, 416 acres 3 roods; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Section 9,* Block IX: Area, 463 acres 1 rood; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £290; half-yearly rent, £5 16s.

Sections 8 and 9 are homestead-sites on old boundary road or Bullock Creek; high country, broken and rugged; limestone formation; suitable for sheep, but will run a few cattle; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by old inland road from Fox’s River and Punakaikai River, or by pack-track up Bullock Creek.

Section 10,* Block IX: Area, 268 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £170; half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Several homestead-sites on this section; broken and rugged between old road and Bullock Creek; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth; limestone formation; suitable for sheep, and will run a few cattle. Access by Bullock Creek pack-track and by old inland road.

Section 11, Block IX: Area, 281 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £180; half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Section 12, Block IX: Area, 415 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Sections 11 and 12 are fairly good homestead-sites; generally broken and rugged in higher parts; limestone formation; suitable for sheep chiefly, but will carry cattle on slopes and small creek-flats; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by old inland road via Bullock Creek and Punakaikai.

Section 10,* Block X: Area, 583 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £370; half-yearly rent, £7 8s.

Good flat for homestead fronting Bullock Creek. The section varies from easy to steep slopes; limestone formation; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by formed bush-track connecting with inland road.

Section 11,* Block X: Area, 488 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 5d.; capital value, £250; half-yearly rent, £5.

Homestead-site; inferior section; varies from sloping to steep; limestone formation; all mixed bush, with heavy undergrowth. Access by formed bush-track along Bullock Creek.

Section 1, Block XIV: Area, 684 acres 2 roods; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 6d.; capital value, £410; half-yearly rent, £8 4s.

Fair homestead-sites; varies from easy slopes to broken; limestone formation; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by formed bush-track to old inland road.

Section 2,* Block XIV: Area, 963 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 3½d.; capital value, £360; half-yearly rent, £7 4s.

Fair homestead-sites along river; varies from easy slopes to broken; south-west portion does not get the morning sun; limestone formation; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by formed bush-track along river.

Section 3,* Block XIV: Area, 651 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 4d.; capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Inferior homestead-site; varies from sloping to steep; limestone formation; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access to north-west corner of section by formed bush-track along Bullock Creek.

Section 4,* Block XIV: Area, 699 acres; rent per acre per annum (approximate), 3½d.; capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

• National endowment.

Several small flats suitable for homestead; varies from easy slopes to rugged and broken formation; limestone, granite, and slate; all mixed forest, with heavy undergrowth. Access by formed bush-track along Porarari River.

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 thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Closing a Road in Block XVI, Christchurch Survey District, and Block II, Sumner Survey District, Canterbury Land District.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section seventy-seven of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1915, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as closed the road or street described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 2 roods 39 perches, more or less, being a public road 100 links wide or thereabouts, which will be known as Section No. 36793, intersecting Rural Section No. 24077, in Block XVI, Christchurch Survey District, and Block II, Sumner Survey District. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 3279A, deposited at the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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 fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land taken for a Portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, Portion of Athenree Section.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, portion of Athenree Section:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinafter specified have been observed and performed:

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 on me by section 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 mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the said portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.