Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 727

gazetting hereof, be under the exclusive care, control, and
management of the Pahiatua County Council; and, in further
pursuance and in exercise of the aforesaid powers and
authorities, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of
maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said
bridge and approaches shall be borne by the Pahiatua County
Council.

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SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge situated in the Wellington Land District, Pahiatua County, known as the Mangatoro Road Bridge, over the Mangatoro Stream, on the Mangatoro Valley Road, near the boundary between Sections 35 and 36, Block XII, Mount Cerberus Survey District, together with the approaches thereto. As the site of the said bridge and approaches is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 41724, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

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Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection by Discharged Soldiers.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement 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 Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of February, 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 Acts.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Oxford and Ashley Counties.—Mount Thomas and Upper Ashley Survey Districts.—Lees Valley Settlement.

Section. | Area. | Capital Value. | Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent.
—— | —— | —— | ——
| A. B. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
3 | 2,825 0 0 | 6,075 0 0 | 136 13 9
4 | 2,740 0 0 | 6,385 0 0 | 143 13 3
5 | 3,615 0 0 | 7,725 0 0 | 173 16 3
6 | 2,494 0 0 | 7,130 0 0 | 164 9 6
7 | 2,748 0 0 | 5,435 0 0 | 122 5 9
11 | 3,964 0 0 | 7,660 0 0 | 172 7 0
12 | 3,825 0 0 | 8,085 0 0 | 181 18 3
13 | 3,985 0 0 | 8,360 0 0 | 188 2 0

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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

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Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement 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 twelfth day of March, 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 Acts.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—TENGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICT.—CRICKLEWOOD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Section 1, Block X: Area, 226 acres 2 roods; capital value, £2,840; half-yearly rent, £63 18s.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road four miles from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 2, Block XI: Area, 391 acres 2 roods; capital value, £5,070; half-yearly rent, £114 1s. 6d.; interest and sinking fund on buildings, £22 17s. 1d.; total half-yearly payment, £136 18s. 7d.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road three miles and a half from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 3, Block XI: Area, 235 acres 2 roods; capital value, £3,050; half-yearly rent, £68 12s. 6d.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road three miles from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 4, Block XI: Area, 215 acres; capital value, £2,730; half-yearly rent, £61 8s. 6d.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road two miles from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 5, Block XI: Area, 310 acres 2 roods; capital value, £4,460; half-yearly rent, £100 7s.; interest and sinking fund on buildings, £30 13s. 1d.; total half-yearly payment, £131 0s. 1d.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road a mile and three-quarters from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 6, Block XI: Area, 225 acres; capital value, £3,260; half-yearly rent, £73 7s.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. There is a wool-shed on this section. Access by good formed road a mile and a quarter from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 7, Block XI: Area, 165 acres 2 roods; capital value, £2,310; half-yearly rent, £51 19s. 6d.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road a mile from Cricklewood Railway-station.

Section 8, Block XI: Area 145 acres 2 roods; capital value, £2,160; half-yearly rent, £48 12s.

All easy undulating agricultural land, partly in English grass and partly recently cropped. Good loamy soil, on clay; well watered. Access by good formed road a mile from Cricklewood Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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

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Ministers appointed.

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Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 20th February, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. GEORGE WARREN RUSSELL to be Minister of Marine and Minister of Stamp Duties, in place of the Hon. Dr. McNab, deceased.

The Hon. JOSIAH ALFRED HANAN to be Minister of Justice, in place of the Hon. Dr. McNab, deceased.

By command.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.