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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 site for a post-office :

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General 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 de-
scribed 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 site for a post-
office (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 provi-
sions of that section.

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SCHEDULE.

PART I.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 1 rood 7·2 perches, being portion of Section
108 of Block IV, Paritutu Survey District, and bounded as
follows : On the north-east and south-east by Breakwater
Road, 293·1 and 113 links respectively ; on the south-west by
Section 2357, Borough of New Plymouth, 229 links ; and on
the north-west by Pioneer Street, 129·8 links.

PART II.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing
by admeasurement 1 rood 7·2 perches, being part of
Section 2357, Borough of New Plymouth, and bounded as
follows : On the north generally by other part of the said
section, 170·6 and 57·6 links, and the Breakwater Road,
31 links ; on the east by Section 2358, Borough of New
Plymouth, 156·95 links ; on the south by Section 2360,
Borough of New Plymouth, 226·27 links ; and on the west
by Pioneer Street, 121·7 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages and areas a little more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 23rd day of February, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Lands

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

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John
Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, 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 renew-
able lease on Monday, the eighteenth day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at the rentals men-
tioned 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Hokianga County.—Whangape Survey District.

SECTION 24, Block VIII : Area, 151 acres ; capital value,
£375 ; half-yearly rent, £7 10s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
steep land, all in heavy bush, comprising taraire, rimu, miro,
rata, and kauri, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack,
nikau, konini, rangiora, and kiekie. Soil of good clay, on
sandstone formation ; fairly well watered by branch of
Haumangu River. Situated on the Haumangu Valley Road,
about twenty-five miles from Kohukohu by formed road
for the most part, and eight miles from Broadwood by
metalled road and track.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

Section 278 : Area, 10 acres 3 roods 33 perches ; capital
value, £170 ; half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Easy undu-
lating to steep country in fern, hakea, and short manuka ;
practically all ploughable. Soil of clay, on clay formation.
Situated between Swanson and Henderson Valley, about
three miles from Swanson Railway-station by formed road,
part metalled, balance very bad in winter.

Bay of Islands County.—Ruapekapeka Parish.

Section 116 : Area, 364 acres ; capital value, £375 ; half-
yearly rent, £7 10s.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements consisting
of fencing, grassing, &c.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating,
flat, and steep and broken land, mostly in fern and manuka,
with patches of bush in gullies. Poor to fair clay soil, on
sandstone formation. Light mixed forest comprising puriri,
rewarewa, taraire, &c. Well watered by Tirohanga and
several other streams. Situated on Tirohanga Stream, about
eight miles from Kawakawa by partly formed road and bridle-
track.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 285 : Area, 89 acres 2 roods 20 perches, capital
value, £240 ; half-yearly rent, £4 16s.

Altitude, 60 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
broken country, covered with fern and manuka, about half
ploughable. Soil brown loam, fair to medium in quality,
on clay subsoil ; fairly watered by small stream. Distant
about three miles and a half from Riverhead and four miles
and a half from Albany by formed cart-road not metalled.

Section 259 : Area, 27 acres 0 roods 9 perches ; capital
value, £160 ; half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Weighted with £52, valuation for improvements consisting
of small house, fencing, orchard, &c.

Section 260 : Area, 20 acres 1 rood 24 perches ; capital
value, £120 ; half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Altitude, 82 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Ploughable land,
largely covered with light tea-tree. Soil of brown nature,
on clay formation ; well watered by running stream. Dis-
tant about four miles from Albany by good formed road
metalled for two miles.

Whangarei County.—Opua-whanga Survey District.

Section 21, Block XIII : Area, 258 acres 3 roods ; capital
value, £390 ; half-yearly rent, £7 16s.

Section 22, Block XIII : Area, 261 acres ; capital value,
£390 ; half-yearly rent, £7 16s.

Section 23, Block XIII : Area, 281 acres 2 roods ; capital
value, £390 ; half-yearly rent, £7 16s.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
broken land, about 60 acres of Section 21, 80 acres of Sec-
tion 22, and 150 acres of Section 23 light to heavy mixed
forest comprising rimu, totara, taraire, puriri, &c., with light
to heavy undergrowth of punga, nikau, supplejack, kiekie, &c.,
balance of area covered with fern and manuka. Clay soil of
fair quality, on sandstone formation ; well watered by several
streams. Distant about four miles from Ngunguru Landing
by formed road not metalled.

Sections 15, Block XIII, and 29, Block XII : Area, 445
acres 0 rood 3 perches ; capital value, £580 ; half-yearly
rent, £11 12s.

Section 14, Block XIII : Area, 319 acres 2 roods 24 perches ;
capital value, £490 ; half-yearly rent, £9 16s.

Altitude, 4 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
very steep and broken land, half bush and half manuka and
fern, old kauri workings, carrying rough feed. Soil of clay
on sandstone formation. Heavy mixed forest, puriri, taraire,
totara, rimu, kahikatea, and some kauri ; heavy undergrowth
of kariau, nikau, kiekie, &c. Well watered by several
permanent streams. Distant about fourteen miles from
Hikurangi by good motor-road, partly metalled.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 28th day of February, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-two of
the Land Act, 1908, as amended by section six
of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1920, 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 any sum by way of equality of exchange :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it
is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the
First Schedule hereto for the land of equal value described
in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land
described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such
exchange :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid
powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his