SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2747

of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General, for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was duly set apart for a rifle range, being a purpose within Class II in the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of such reserve so set apart:

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 said reserve is hereby changed from rifle-range purposes to railway purposes. 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 79 acres 3 roods 22 perches, more or less, being part of Allotment 7 and Allotment 9, Te Rapa Parish. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/11/18, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland plan 6684, blue.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 9th day of September, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Notice of Change of the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in the Township of Waverley, Wellington Land District.

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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 of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is portion of a reserve which was duly set apart for a site for a telegraph-station and post-office, being a purpose within Class II in the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of portion of such reserve so set apart:

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 portion of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a site for a telegraph-station and post-office to a site for a memorial hall. 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 22·4 perches, more or less, being part of Section 144, Township of Waverley. Bounded towards the west by Section 143 of the said township, 152 links; towards the north and east by the other part of Section 144, 92 and 152 links; and towards the south by the Weraroa Road, 92 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/2595, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 21st day of September, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Authorizing the Exchange of Settlement Land in the Marlborough Land District for other Land.

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ROBERT STOUT.

Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by section seventy-two of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time exchange any settlement land for any other land, and may on such exchange pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Administrator of the Government, it is expedient to exchange the settlement land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto for the land described in Part II of the said Schedule, and the owner of the land described in the second part of the said Schedule has agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said section seventy-two, do hereby authorize the exchange of the settlement land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto for the land described in Part II of the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

PART I.

ALL those parcels of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, situated in Block I, Hundalee Survey District, comprising portions of Sections 80 and 116, Green Hills Run, District of Kaikoura.

PART II.

All those parcels of land in the Marlborough Land District, situated in Block I, Hundalee Survey District, comprising portions of Sections 80, 115, and 116, Green Hills Run, District of Kaikoura, and containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 37 perches, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 25th day of September, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Otago Land District for other Land.

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ROBERT STOUT.

Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-two of the Land Act, 1908, as amended by section seventeen of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive by way of equality of exchange any sum not exceeding twenty-five per centum of the estimated value of the Crown land so granted:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Administrator of the Government, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange, and has agreed to pay to the Crown a sum of money by way of equality of exchange, and such sum does not exceed twenty-five per centum of the estimated value of the Crown land hereinbefore mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the area of land described in the Second Schedule, upon payment by the owner thereof of the sum of money hereinbefore referred to by way of equality of exchange.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF CROWN LANDS AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 6,131 acres, more or less, being part of the Moa Flat Runs Nos. 215A and 368A (now numbered as Runs 594 and 595). Bounded towards the north-west by other part of Run 368A aforesaid, 24105·1 links; towards the north-east by other parts of Runs 368A and 215A aforesaid, 29299·4 links; towards the east by Allotment 27 on plan No. 1780 deposited in the Lands Registry Office at Dunedin, 16702 links; towards the south and south-west generally by Run 215, 21465·1 and 18155·2 links; and towards the west by the Pomahaka River-bank Reserve, 11700 links; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 8/9/101, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,432 acres, more or less, being part of