Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2243

Matamata County.—Patetere North Survey District.—Selwyn Settlement.

Section 40, Block XV: Area, 127 acres 0 roods 5 perches; capital value, £1,280; half-yearly rent, £28 16s.; interest and sinking fund, £12 12s. 6d.*

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £250; payable in cash, or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £12 12s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment, £41 8s. 6d.

Section practically adjoins Lichfield Village, about four miles and a half from Putaruru by good road. The Taupo Totara Timber Company’s railway-line passes through the section. There is a school, also a post and telephone office, in the locality. The land is undulating, with a small area in grass, balance in short tea-tree and fern, the soil being of a light sandy nature; practically all capable of being ploughed.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value are as follows: Fowlhouse, water-bore, grassing, boundary and internal fencing, valued at £883 10s.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but which have to be paid for separately, are as follows: Two-roomed cottage, cow-shed and engine-room, valued at £250.

Waipa County.—Puahue Settlement.

Sections 16 and 21: Area, 644 acres 1 rood 34 perches; capital value, £3,660; half-yearly rent, £82 7s.; interest and sinking fund, £26 4s. 6d.*

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £405; payable in cash, or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £26 4s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment, £108 11s. 6d.

Situated about ten miles from Te Awamutu by formed road. Level to undulating and hilly land, about 100 acres easy grass slopes; 150 acres in grass and fern; balance hilly country, mostly fern, with patches of light mixed bush, principally tawa, kohekohe, mangeao, and rewarewa, with light undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, &c. The soil is of a light nature, resting on sandstone; fairly well watered by streams and springs.

Improvements.—The following improvements are included in the capital value: Bridge and cutting, gates, fencing and grassing; total value, £424 9s.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but which have to be paid for separately, are as follows: Five-roomed house with bathroom and scullery, two tanks and stand, shed (18 ft. by 9 ft.), barn and stable (32 ft. by 14 ft.) with four stalls, harness-room, and small loft, valued at £405.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of August, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Part Section 13, Block I, Gore Survey District, Sounds County: Area, 6 acres 1 rood 9 perches; upset price, £600.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of August, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction for cash or on deferred payments, and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia North Survey District.

Section 5, Block XI: Area, 2 roods 35 perches; upset price, £5.

Situated on the north bank of the Awaroa River, about seven miles from Kawhia by launch; or one mile and a half from Hauturu Post-office by road, of which about three-quarters of a mile is unformed.

Kawhia County.—Te Puru Township.

• Weighted with £45, valuation for improvements; to be paid in cash.

Te Puru Township adjoins the Town of Kawhia on the west coast, about one hundred and forty miles south of Auckland, and comprises undulating land mostly in grass. Altitude about 100 ft. There is a steamer communication weekly from Onehunga, and access is also provided by coach-road from Pirongia to Oparau, thence about eight miles by launch to the township. The sections in Blocks I and II comprise good building-sites, the frontage of Sections 29 to 34 being rather steep. The sections in Block III are low-lying, and would require draining to render them suitable for residential purposes.

Kawhia County.—Hauturu Township.

| 1 | 0 2 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 1 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 2 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 1 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 2 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 1 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 2 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 1 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 2 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 1 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 1 38| 6 | 15 | 0 1 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 2 15| 6 | 16 | 0 1 24| 6 |
| 9 | 0 1 0 | 10| | | |

Hauturu Township is situated on the Awaroa River, about seven miles from Kawhia by launch, and is distant about one mile by road from the present Hauturu Post-office. The whole area consists of alluvial flats, Sections 1 to 7 being raupo swamp, the remaining sections comprising manuka scrub with patches of grass and blackberry and a little wet bush. The condition of most of the sections can be improved by draining.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of August, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Warrant appointing Conciliation Commissioner under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred on me by section twenty-nine of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

PATRICK HALLY

to be a Conciliation Commissioner under and for the purposes of Part III of the said Act, vice Thomas Harle Giles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of August, 1922.

G. JAS. ANDERSON.