2948

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 99

Settlement Land set apart for Disposal by Way of Sale of Lease to Discharged Soldiers, under Special Tenures, in the Canterbury Land District.

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

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section four of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area of settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart and declared open for disposal by way of sale or lease to discharged soldiers, under special tenures, in the manner provided in the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-SETTLEMENT LAND.-SEA-FORTH SETTLEMENT. - LEVELS COUNTY. - AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block IX . . . . Area, 29 3 14
2 . . . . 58 1 30 3 . . . . 92 1 13
4 . . . . 51 2 3 5 . . . . 105 0 35
6 . . . . 53 2 10 7 . . . . 96 0 14
8 . . . . 14 0 0 9 . . . . 15 0 0

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 fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Resuming Land for Gravel Purposes in Tutaki Survey District, Nelson Land District.

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

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-four of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor in Council may by Proclamation resume possession of any land leased under Part III of the said Act, or under any corresponding Part of the Land Act, 1892, which in his opinion is required for any public purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of land which is held on renewable lease from His Majesty the King issued under the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a public purpose—that is to say, for gravel purposes:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and forty-four of the Land Act, 1908, and section sixty-seven of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908. and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby proclaim and declare that I hereby resume possession of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto for the public purpose hereinbefore mentioned, the same being part of the land held under renewable lease as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, and being part of Section 8, Block IV, Tutaki Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a road, 331·7 links; towards the north-east, south-east, and south-west by other part of Section 8 aforesaid, 301·5 links, 331·7 links, and 301·5 links respectively : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/5/34, deposited in 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 second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Native Land to be Crown Land under Section 374 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

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

WHEREAS by section three hundred and seventy-four of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act "), and by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that, on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the said Act, the Governor may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and seventy-four of the said Act, and by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land set out in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land.

SCHEDULE.
TAUMATAMAHOE 2B 2B 15B Block: Approximate area, 501 acres 1 rood 8 perches; Kiri and Omara Survey Districts.

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 thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Land to be free from Native Customary Title under Section 85 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

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

WHEREAS by section eighty-seven of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that the Native customary title shall for all purposes be deemed to have been lawfully extinguished in respect of all land which during the period of ten years immediately preceding the commencement of the said Act has been continuously in the possession of the Crown, whether through its tenants or otherwise howsoever, as being Crown land free from the Native customary title:

And whereas on inquiry before the Native Land Court at Rawene on the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, it was shown to the satisfaction of the Court that the parcel of land called Waerou Block, described in the Schedule hereto, was for more than ten years immediately prior to the commencement of the said Act continuously in