Aug. 25.]

All that area of Crown land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 800 acres, situated in Block VIII, Matakiki Survey District. Bounded on the north by Section 3, Block VIII, Matakiki Survey District; on the east by the Matakiki River and Section 2, Square 177; on the west by reserve along Nardoo Creek and provisional State forest; and on the south by Crown land; and more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red in outline.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Declaring Road-line adjoining or passing through Land in Pohehe Settlement, Wellington Land District, to be closed.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General, from which it appears that the road described in the Schedule hereto is unformed and unused, and that the said road intersects or is adjacent to land acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and is not suitable to the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section eighty of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, as amended by section twenty-eight of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1920, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the road hereinafter described; and I do hereby declare that the said road shall thereupon become subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

POHEHE SETTLEMENT.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road to be closed: 11 acres 2 roods 6 perches. Intersecting or adjacent to Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block IV, Tararua Survey District.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 26/5/33, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under No. 1921, and thereon coloured green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of August, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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

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 Schedules 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 thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedules; 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT. SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Block IV, Motatau Survey District. SECTION 9: Area, 617 acres 3 roods 22 perches; capital value, £930; half-yearly rent, £18 12s. Section 10: Area, 579 acres 0 roods 4 perches; capital value, £940 15s.; half-yearly rent, £8 16s. Easy sloping to steep and broken land. Soil fair to poor clay, on sandstone; well-watered. Situated about six miles from Kawakawa and about three miles from Maromaku. Section 9 all manuka and fern, part ploughable. Section 10 about 50 acres bush, comprising a few kauri, totara, and rimu trees, with light to heavy undergrowth of punga, nikau, kiekie, &c.; balance fern and manuka, and part ploughable.

Bay of Islands County.—Block XVI, Kawakawa Survey District.

Sections 31, 32, and 34: Area, 12 acres 2 roods 14 perches; capital value, £40; half-yearly rent, 16s. Sections 35, 36, and 38: Area, 13 acres 3 roods 8 perches; capital value, £35; half-yearly rent, 14s. Sections 39 and 40: Area, 8 acres 1 rood 14 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 8s. Sections 41 and 42: Area, 9 acres 1 rood 12 perches; capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 12s. Sections 43, 44, and 45: Area, 16 acres 2 roods 26 perches; capital value, £45; half-yearly rent, 18s. Altitude, 30 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, covered with fern, short manuka, and hakea. Soil of very poor clay, on sandstone formation; badly watered. Very much disfigured with gum-holes, mine-shafts, tram-lines, tip-heads, &c. About a quarter of a mile distant from Kawakawa.

Bay of Islands County.—Block XV, Kaeo Survey District.

Section 4: Area, 469 acres 1 rood 6 perches; capital value, £410; half-yearly rent, £8 4s. Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Flat to undulating and steep land; 30 acres bush, balance manuka and fern. Soil light clay on ironstone formation. Forest light mixed, comprising taraire, tawa, &c., with a light undergrowth of supplejack, nikau, punga, kawakawa, &c. Well watered by streams. Situated about eight miles from Wai-pawa Post-office by fair formed road.

Hobson County.—Block XIII, Tutamoe Survey District.

Section 24: Area, 104 acres 3 roods 35 perches; capital value, £160; half-yearly rent, £3 4s. Section 26: Area, 138 acres 2 roods 1 perch; capital value, £180; half-yearly rent, £3 12s. Section 27: Area, 141 acres 0 roods 25 perches; capital value, £220; half-yearly rent, £4 8s. Section 28: Area, 106 acres 1 rood; capital value, £220; half-yearly rent, £4 8s. Weighted with £56 5s., valuation for seventy-five chains fencing.

Elevation ranges from about 275 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Broken to undulating land. The bush is light mixed and somewhat stunted, comprising taraire, towai, rata, titoki, and tanekaha, with a light undergrowth of supplejack and kiekie. About half the block is open fern country, nearly all ploughable. The soil is volcanic, resting on volcanic and sedimentary formation. Sections are well watered by permanent streams, and are situated from a quarter of a mile to two miles and a half from Whatoro Station.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Otamatea County.—Block XI, Tokatoka Survey District.

Section 86: Area, 69 acres 3 roods 10 perches; capital value, £1,600; half-yearly rent, £32. Weighted with £80, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing.

Altitude, about 5 ft. above sea-level. Swamp land, from which timber has been removed and only stumps and branches left. Soil rich loam, on alluvial formation. Water can only be obtained by sinking. About three miles and a half distant from Raupo by formed road.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Otago Land District for Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

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, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.