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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following
resolution passed by the Auckland City Council on the fifth
day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three,
viz. :

“ That the Auckland City Council, having control of
Basque Road and Exmouth Street, Auckland, by resolu-
tion declares that the provisions of section one hundred
and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not
apply to that portion of Basque Road fronting Lots 64,
65, and part Lot 66 of Allotments 1 and 2 of Section 7,
Suburbs of Auckland, and that portion of Exmouth Street
fronting Lot 64 of Allotments 1 and 2 of Section 7, Sub-
urbs of Auckland ” ;

such portions of street being described in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE northern side of all that portion of street, situated in
the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, known
as Basque Road, fronting Lots 64, 65, and part 66 of Allot-
ments 1 and 2, Section 7, Suburbs of Auckland.

Also the western side of all that portion of street, situated
in the said land district and city, known as Exmouth Street,
fronting Lot 64 of Allotments 1 and 2, Section 7, Suburbs of
Auckland.

As the said portions of street are more particularly de-
lineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56436, deposited in
the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington,
in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring the Property of Mr. C. C. V. Davies, Otakeho, to be
a Sanctuary under the Animals Protection and Game Act,
1921–22.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, John Rush-
worth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area described
in the Schedule hereto shall be a sanctuary for the purposes
of the said Act, and that no imported or native game shall
be taken or killed within the said area except pursuant to
an authority granted under section thirty-one or section
thirty-two of the said Act ; nor shall any person, except
under such conditions as may from time to time be pre-
scribed by the Minister, take any dog or firearm into such
area, or discharge any firearm or explosive in such area, or
do anything likely to cause any imported game or native
game to leave such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District being Section 55,
Block I, Waimate Survey District, the property of Clarence
C. V. Davies.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 2nd day of June, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Declaring a certain Area at Te Awamutu to be a Sanctuary
under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, John Rush-
worth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area described
in the Schedule hereto shall be a sanctuary for the purposes
of the said Act, and that no imported or native game shall
be taken or killed within the said area except pursuant to
an authority granted under section thirty-one or section
thirty-two of the said Act ; nor shall any person, except
under such conditions as may from time to time be pre-
scribed by the Minister, take any dog or firearm into such
area, or discharge any firearm or explosive in such area, or
do anything likely to cause any imported game or native
game to leave such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District being Where-
puhunga Nos. 9A 2, 9c 1, 9c 2, 5c, and 5d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 2nd day of June, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Opening Lands in the North 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 sixth
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
three ; and also that the lands mentioned in the said
Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be pur-
chased 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

SECTION 449 : Area, 21 acres 1 rood 13 perches. Capital
value, £255. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-
yearly rent, £6 17s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent,
£5 2s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 140 ft. above sea-level. Easy undulat-
ing to level land, all ploughable ; in hakea, manuka, and fern.
Good easterly aspect ; well situated for fruit-growing ; soil
is clay of fair quality, resting on clay formation. The section
is watered by a spring and swampy creek. It is situated
between Kumeu and Riverhead. Access is from Kumeu
Railway-station (two miles distant) or form Riverhead (one
mile and a half distant) by formed road not metalled.
Riverhead has a daily boat service with Auckland.

Section 450 : Area, 22 acres 1 rood 13 perches. Capital
value, £290. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-
yearly rent, £7 5s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent,
£5 16s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 130 ft. above sea-level. Level to easy
undulating land, all ploughable ; in hakea, fern, and manuka.
Section is very suitable for fruit-growing. Soil is clay of
fair quality, resting on clay and sandstone formation ; well
watered by swampy stream. Situated between Kumeu and
Riverhead. Access is from Kameu Railway-station (two
miles distant) or from Riverhead (one mile and a half distant)
by formed road not metalled.

Whangarei County.—Purua Survey District.

Sections 9 and 10, Block II : Area, 247 acres. Capital value,
£370. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent,
£9 5s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £7 8s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 15 acres
of flat, slightly wet land, the balance being very easy to
undulating land ; all in fern, tea-tree scrub, wiwi, and wild
danthonia. The soil is fair clay, resting on clay formation.
Section 10 is well watered by Wairua River, but there is no
water on Section 9. The sections are situated on the banks
of the Wairua River. The access is from Kamo, which is
about fifteen miles distant by cart-road—metalled thirteen
miles, thence by surveyed but unformed road for two miles.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Franklin County.—Awhitu Parish.

Section S.W. 62 : Area, 79 acres 2 roods. Capital value,
£80. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent,
£2. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

The elevation ranges from 300 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level.
The section comprises undulating to broken country cut up
by a steep gorge ; about half ploughable ; about 10 acres
level ; all in fern and scrub. The soil is of clay, the portion
fronting road being of a sandy nature, resting on clay form-
ation ; poorly watered by swamp. Situated on the main
road between Awhitu Central and Awhitu Wharf. The access
is from Awhitu Wharf, which is about three miles and a half
distant by a formed dray-road not metalled.

Otamatea County.—Matakohe Parish.

Section N.E. 63 : Area, 70 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Capital
value, £150. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly
rent, £3 15s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £3.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Section com-
prises about 5 acres mixed bush, 7 acres flat in tea-tree, the
balance being undulating land in tea-tree scrub. The forest
is thin, comprising kahikatea, kauri, puriri, and taraire,
with a sparse undergrowth of native shrubs. The soil is