April 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1045

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waipa County.—Te Rapa Survey District.

Section 308: Area, 51 acres 0 roods 26 perches. Capital value, £940. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £23 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £18 16s.

Section 311: Area, 51 acres 0 roods 23 perches. Capital value, £940. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £23 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £18 16s.

Areas subject to slight alteration.

Situated about three miles from the Ohaupo Railway-station on the main road to Hamilton, which is about seven miles distant. With the exception of about 5 acres of deep gully along the eastern boundary of each section, both areas comprise practically level land growing inferior grasses. Soil a medium quality loam on pumice subsoil; watered by creek. Improvements included in the capital values of each section comprise fencing valued at £25.

Whakatane County.—Rangitaiki Upper Survey District.

Section 8, Block V: Area, 190 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £1,520. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £38. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £30 8s.

Situated about five miles from Te Teko by good road. The north-western corner comprises ridges of Tarawera silt covered with fern; balance rather wet swamp land of fair quality, capable of improvement by further drainage. Altitude, about 50 ft.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

West Taupo County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

Section 7, Block II: Area, 147 acres 1 rood 34 perches. Capital value, £320. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £8. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6 8s.

Special Condition.—Public right of use of wagon-track is reserved until the surveyed road has been opened for traffic.

Situated about ten miles from Otorohanga by good road, of which about five miles is metalled, four miles formed clay road, balance wagon-track in good order. The section is practically all ploughable, and comprises level to undulating land of good quality; about 130 acres in fern and tea-tree, remainder swamp-land capable of being easily drained. Soil a dark loam of fair to good quality; poorly watered by spring and swampy stream, but an artesian supply can probably be obtained at about 40 ft. Altitude, 600 ft. to 650 ft.

Raglan County.—Waipa Parish.

Section 69: Area, 91 acres 1 rood 34 perches. Capital value, £400. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £10. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8.

Situated on the western bank of the Waipa River about four miles from Whatawhata, which is about seven miles distant from Frankton Junction, by good metalled road. Level land of good quality in fern, gorse, blackberry, and manuka scrub, intersected by a swampy gully running the length of the section, which is capable of being easily drained. Soil comprises partly river silt on heavy clay and partly medium loam on clay formation; well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to 110 ft.

Matamata County.—Patetere North Survey District.

Section 56, Block IX: Area, 146 acres. Capital value, £580. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £14 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Situated about two miles from Puketuru, which is distant about seven miles from Putaruru by good road. Undulating country, practically all ploughable, covered with fern and manuka scrub, with patches of swamp capable of being drained. Soil of inferior quality on sand and pumice subsoil; watered by stream.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of April, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of United States at Wellington recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th April, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

Mr. John Edwin Moran

as Vice-Consul of the United States at Wellington.

W. H. HERRIES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Police-gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 30th March, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable James Blakely

to be Police-gaoler at Tolaga Bay, on and from the 7th March, 1921, vice Constable Power, transferred.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th April, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Albert John Bennetts

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Marsden, vice F. Bird, on leave; and

Frederick William Hart

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Christchurch, Riccarton, Avon, and Lyttelton, vice W. A. D. Banks, retired; and

James Milne Adam

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Taranaki and Waitomo, vice J. Jordan, retired; and

George Hutcheson Lang

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Dunedin, Dunedin South, and Chalmers, vice F. W. Hart.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Resignation of a Justice of the Peace.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th April, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Charles Wishart, Esq.,

of Chatham Islands, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Magistrates’ Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th April, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable William Fisher

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Denniston, on and from the 16th day of March, 1922, vice Constable W. J. Hewitt, transferred; and

Constable James Blakely

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Tolaga Bay, on and from the 7th day of March, 1922, vice Constable J. J. Power, transferred.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.