Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4019

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection by Discharged Soldiers on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

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-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto, which have been set apart for selection by discharged soldiers, shall be open for selection by discharged soldiers on renewable lease on Monday, the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, 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 and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

SECTION 273: Area, 10 acres 3 roods 18 perches; capital value, £120; half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Section 274: Area, 11 acres 0 roods 39 perches; capital value, £130; half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Section 274 is weighted with £3 10s., valuation for scrub-cutting.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to steep fern and manuka country, nearly all of Section 274 being ploughable. Soil a stiff loam of only moderate quality, on clay subsoil; sinking will be necessary to obtain water. Distant about two miles and a half to three miles from either Swanson or Henderson by formed road not metalled.

Section 256: Area, 11 acres 3 roods; capital value, £160; half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Altitude, 40 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka country, all ploughable. Soil brown loam, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by small stream. Distant about two miles and three-quarters from Henderson by good cart-road, metalled for two miles and a half.

Section 264: Area, 12 acres 0 roods 16 perches; capital value, £120; half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating ploughable country, covered with light fern and manuka. Soil a brown loam, on clay subsoil; no water on section. Distant about two miles from Swanson by good cart-road, of which a mile and a quarter is metalled.

Sections 262 and 263: Area, 22 acres 3 roods 13 perches; capital value, £230; half-yearly rent, £4 12s.

Weighted with £10, valuation for house.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, all ploughable, covered with fern and manuka. Soil brown loam, on clay subsoil; poorly watered. Distant about two miles and a half from Swanson by good road, metalled for half the distance.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohinemuri County.—Ohinemuri Survey District.

Section 39, Block XIV: Area, 59 acres 3 roods 35 perches; capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £47, valuation for felling, grassing, and fencing.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, about 20 acres felled and in grass, part of which is overgrown with blackberry. Balance burnt tawa and fern. Soil of a light sandy nature, on clay subsoil; poorly watered by small stream. Distant about a mile and three-quarters from Waikino Railway-station by formed road, part of which is metalled.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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

Partial Revocation of Warrant defining Timber-cutting Areas.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and two, certain blocks of land in the Hauraki Mining District were defined as “Warden’s timber areas” and “Land Board timber areas” respectively: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Warrant as regards the land described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby revoke the above-recited Warrant in so far as it relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in Block XII, Hastings Survey District, containing 1,587 acres, more or less, commencing at a point on the western boundary of Block XII aforesaid 40 chains due north from its south-west corner. Bounded towards the west by the western boundary of Block XII aforesaid, 126 chains; towards the north by a right line due east, 126 chains; towards the east by a right line due south, 126 chains; and towards the south by a right line due west, 126 chains, to the point of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Mines.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

GEORGE EHU CLIFFORD,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Owaka, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

GERALD ORGAN,

of Westport, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officers for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

J. G. STURGES, Korakonui, Kihikihi, Waikato;
WILLIAM HENRY POTTER, Waitakerei;
CHRISTOPHER KEOGH, Kiwitahi; and
H. M. SMITH, Wellsford

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.