FEB. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Mackie, J., Post-office Store, South Norsewood.
Moore, Thomas Frederick, Woodville.
Morgan, D. E., Hastings.
Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited), Railway Quay, Port Ahuriri.
Murton, Harry Montague, Napier.
Neal and Close, Napier.
O'Donoghue, Edmund, Hastings.
Page and McGregor, Matamau.
Petersen, Albert Olof Andreas, Norsewood.
Prior, Edmund Elen, Dannevirke.
Reid, J. W., Emerson Street, Napier.
Riggir, F. W., Whetukura.
Roach, George Hamilton, Hastings.
Robjohns, Hindmarsh, and Co., Wagborne Street, Port Ahuriri.
Shearman, F., and Co., Woodville.
Smith, Angus W., Dannevirke.
Thornton, Percy G., Clive.
Webber, Herbert, Hastings.
Webber, H. J. W., Hastings Street, Napier.
White, John, Executors of, Porangahau.
Williams and Kettle (Limited), West Quay, Port Ahuriri.
Williams and Kettle (Limited), Hastings.
Winters (Limited), Wairoa and Frasertown.
Woodward, E. C., Hastings, Post-office Box 91.
Yates and McPhail, Heretaunga Street, Hastings.

M. FOLEY, Registrar.
Magistrate's Court, Napier, 26th January, 1921.

Authorizing an Alienation of Native Land notwithstanding the Provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Auckland, this 26th day of January, 1921. Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General in Council. WHEREAS by section two hundred and three of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, in any case in which he deems it expedient so to do, authorize any acquisition, alienation, or disposition of Native land or of any interest therein, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII (relating to limitation of area) of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient in the public interest that authority be granted for the alienation to the Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company (Limited), by way of sale, of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII of the said Act: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the alienation by way of sale to the Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company (Limited) of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

SCHEDULE. MANGAKAHTA 2B 2 No. 2c Block (part): Approximate area, 21 acres 3 roods 23 perches. F. D. THOMSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES. Land in Taranaki Land District surrendered. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 1st February, 1921. NOTICE is hereby given that the surrender of the undermentioned section has been accepted by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, and the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE. TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT. SECTION 2, Block VIII, Waro Survey District. Previously held by T. S. Senior. Tenure: R.L. Reason: Selector's request. G. JAS. ANDERSON, For Minister of Lands.
387 Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Tender. District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, 31st January, 1921. NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve described in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for lease by public tender; and written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 8th March, 1921, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE. NELSON LAND DISTRICT. SECTIONS 103 and 104, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District: Area, 91 acres 2 roods 12 perches; upset rental, £20 per annum; term of lease, twenty-one years. ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE. 1. One half-year's rent at the rate offered, and £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 2. The lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years, without right of renewal; but at the expiration of the term, if the land is not again leased, or if the existing lessee does not secure the new lease of the land, he shall be compensated for his improvements, the amount in case of dispute to be determined by arbitration. 3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender. 4. The rent will be payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year. 5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease except with the written consent of the Minister of Lands. 6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, and other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Chairman of the Domain Board. 7. The lessee shall not destroy any standing bush along the Orowaiti River in Section 104 for a distance of six chains from the river. 8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled. Full particulars may be ascertained on application to this office. H. D. McKELLAR, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Sale of Flax in Auckland Land District by Public Tender. District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 1st February, 1921. NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Flax Regulations thereunder, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, 2nd March, 1921, for the purchase of the present crop of flax growing on the undermentioned Crown lands.

SCHEDULE. AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY. CROWN land, 200 acres on the Piako River opposite Patetonga Wharf, in Blocks X and XIV, Waihou Survey District; upset price, £150; time for removal of flax, twelve months from date of acceptance of tender. CONDITIONS OF SALE. 1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to their tenders. 2. The position of the flax is only approximately shown on the lithograph lodged at the Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, and should any dispute arise as to boundaries the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final. 3. No tender will be considered wherein a less price is offered than the upset price as stated herein. 4. The successful tenderer shall use every precaution to prevent the flax from being destroyed by fire during the currency of his license, and no compensation for the destruction of any flax from any cause whatsoever on the land occupied by the licensee shall be payable by the Crown. 5. The cutting and removal of the flax will be under the supervision of the Chief Drainage Engineer or other officer duly appointed by him, and the manner and method of such cutting and removal of flax shall be as directed by him.