SEPT. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2665

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 45 (formerly part of Section 41), Block I, Pomahaka Survey District: Area, 2 roods 5 perches.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of September 1922.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-CROWN LAND.
SECTION 14, Block XI, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 1 rood 9 perches.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of September, 1922.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands
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 Part III of the Land Act, 1908, and by the Fruit-farms Settlement Act, 1910, 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 first-named Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto, having been set apart for the purpose of leasing or otherwise disposing of the same for fruit-growing or other agricultural purposes, shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twentieth day of November, 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, and the Fruit-farms Settlement Act, 1910.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Waikato County.-Block XV, Maramarua Survey District.
| Section. | Area. | Capital Value. | Occupation with Right of Purchase: Half-yearly Rent. | Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent. |
|----------|-------|----------------|----------------------------------|------------------|
| 17 | 45 3 18 | £780 | £19 10 0 | £15 12 0 |
| 18 | 49 1 20 | £820 | £20 10 0 | £16 8 0 |
| 19 | 35 2 24 | £600 | £15 0 0 | £12 0 0 |
| 20 | 30 3 39 | £580 | £14 10 0 | £11 12 0 |
| 21 | 46 2 24 | £660 | £16 10 0 | £13 4 0 |

• Area subject to slight alteration.
  These sections are situated from two to three miles north-west of Te Kauwhata Railway-station, fifty-four miles south of Auckland, on the Main Trunk line. All sections have access either by formed roads or suitable cart-tracks. The sections are undulating, with small proportions of swamp land, the soil being friable clay. Artificial means will be required to provide water for all sections except No. 19; the remainder of the sections are more or less watered by small streams or swamps, which, however, dry up in hot seasons. The orchards, which comprise principally apple and pear trees, have been well cared for, and are capable of producing fruit in the coming season. The altitude ranges from 80 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level.
  IMPROVEMENTS.
  The improvements which are included in the capital values are as follows, the areas stated being approximate only:-
  Section 17.-10½ acres orchard, 13 acres permanent grass, 3 acres wattle plantation, and 53½ chains fencing with wire netting ; value, £497.
  Section 18.-11 acres orchard, 15 acres permanent grass, 3 acres wattle plantation, 42½ chains fencing with wire netting, and half share 16½ chains boundary fence with wire netting ; value, £527.
  Section 19.-10½ acres orchard, 15½ acres grass, 2 acres wattle plantation, and 28½ chains fencing with wire netting ; value, £380.
  Section 20.-10½ acres orchard, 16 acres grass, 3 acres wattle plantation, 44⅜ chains fencing with wire netting ; value, £402.
  Section 21.-9½ acres orchard, 14 acres grass, 2 acres wattle plantation, 36½ chains fencing with wire netting, and half share 16½ chains boundary fencing with wire netting; value, £369.
  As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of September, 1922.
  W. H. HERRIES, for Minister of Lands.
  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 twentieth day of November, 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.
  Waikato County.-Maramarua Survey District.
  FIRST-CLASS LAND.
  SECTIONS 26, 27, 28, and 29, Block XV : Area, 163 acres 1 rood 5 perches. Capital value, £1,300. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £32 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £26.
  SECOND-CLASS LAND.
  Sections 30, 31, and 32, Block XV : Area, 125 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £880. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £22. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £17 12s.
  As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor General, this 20th day of September, 1922.
  W. H. HERRIES, for Minister of Lands.
  Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.
  PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.
  SCHEDULE.
  Elizabeth Johnston .. .. .. Kahuika.
  William Donaldson Brunsden .. .. Lauriston.
  Ernest Roy Willis .. .. .. Makotuku.
  Agnes Mary Erskine .. .. .. Papatotara.
  Elena McGettigan .. .. .. Tahaia.
  George Toms .. .. .. Urenui.
  Christina Clarkson Faherty .. .. .. Waitakaruru.
  Leila Aurora Matilda Dutch .. .. .. Whakarapa.
  As witness my hand, this 26th day of September, 1922.
  JELLICOE, Governor-General.