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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

DECEASED PERSONS’ ESTATES—continued.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 3rd August, 1920.
ROBERT TRIGGS, Public Trustee.

Notice of Exchange of Reserve for Land of Equal Value, pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered, in the case of any public reserve vested in his Majesty or the Governor-General for any of the purposes comprised in Class II in the Second Schedule to the said Act, to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value to be dedicated to one or more of the purposes comprised in the said Class II:

And whereas the land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto was duly set apart as a resting-place for travelling stock, being a purpose within Class II in the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient that the said land should be exchanged for the Crown land of equal value described in Part II of the Schedule hereto, and that the land last referred to should be dedicated as a resting-place for travelling stock:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act as aforesaid declare that the land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto is hereby exchanged for the land of equal value described in Part II of the Schedule hereto; and, further, that the land described in Part II of the Schedule hereto is hereby dedicated as a resting-place for travelling stock, being a purpose comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule of the Act. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, being Section 10 of Block XII, Omona Survey District, containing by admeasurement 13 acres 3 roods. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/2688, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged pink.

PART II.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, being Section 27 of Block XII, Omona Survey District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/2688A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged purple.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 23rd day of July, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in North Auckland Land District for Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 31st July, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for renewable lease to Discharged Soldiers, under the Land Act, 1908, the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and that applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 27th September, 1920.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 29th September, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, North Auckland, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND. National Endowment.—Pukipuhi Mining District.—Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

SECTION 16, Block VII: Area, 208 acres; capital value, £525; half-yearly rental on renewable lease, £10 10s. Weighted with £17 for improvements.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Ten acres rich alluvial flats; 162 acres easy undulating land sloping away from flats, soil of fair quality covered with strong fern; 36 acres of broken land of fair quality; very well watered by running creeks. About four miles from Whakapara Station by formed vehicle road.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

Applications must be made on proper forms, to be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, North Auckland, and the principal post-offices in the locality of the lands to be opened.

The lands are described for the general information of intending selectors, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Applicants must produce their discharges for inspection by the Land Board.

Advances up to £500 may be made to selectors on current account, but this may be increased by £250 in special cases. In no case shall the amount advanced for erecting a dwelling-house and other buildings exceed £350, the amount in ordinary cases allowed for this purpose being £250.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.