Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2619

Opening Town Lands in Westland Land District for Selection by running creeks. Access is from Ohaeawai, which is about
on Renewable Lease. two miles and a quarter distant by metalled road for one
mile, thence by unformed road for one mile and a quarter.
JELLICOE, Governor-General. The following improvements are included in the capital
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities value: 90 chains boundary-fence, 255 chains subdivision
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John fence, and 2½ acres put down in permanent grass, valued at
Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Do- £310.
minion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the town Section 20s: Area, 168 acres 0 roods 5 perches; capital
lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for value, £2,550; half-yearly rent, £57 7s. 6d.
selection on renewable lease on Thursday, the sixth day of The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,250 ft. above sea-
December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, at level. The section comprises easy undulating to hilly land,
the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also with about 50 acres of good drained swamp. The soil is of
declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject good volcanic nature. Well watered by running creeks.
to the provisions of the said Act. Access is from Ohaeawai, two miles and a half distant.

SCHEDULE. The following improvements are included in the capital
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT. value: 47 chains boundary-fence (half-share), 65 subdivision
Runanga Borough.—Runanga Township. fences, 30 chains road-fencing, valued at £126.
SECTION 10, Block VII: Area, 1 rood 1 perch; capital value, Section 24s: Area, 140 acres 1 rood 15 perches; capital
£40; half-yearly rent, £1. value, £1,970; half-yearly rent, £44 6s.; interest and sinking
Weighted with £170, valuation for improvements. fund, £15 19s. 10d.
Part Section 10, Block VIII: Area, 32·7 perches; capital Half-yearly instalment of interest and principal on
value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s. buildings (house and cow-shed) valued at £410, to be paid
Section 12, Block XVI: Area, 1 rood 8 perches; capital for in cash, or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly
value, £35; half-yearly rent, 17s. 6d. instalments of £15 19s. 10d. Total half-yearly payments on
Part Section 3 and Part Section 4, Block XVII: Area, lease, £60 6s. 4d.
1 rood 37 perches; capital value, £65; half-yearly rent, The elevation ranges from 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.
£1 12s. 6d. The section comprises easy slopes to hilly, carrying good feed
Weighted with £15, valuation for improvements. in brown top, paspalum, and danthonia. Suitable for dairy-
Part Section 11, Block XVIII: Area, 23 perches; capital ing and carrying a few sheep. The soil is of fair to good
value, £25; half-yearly rent, 12s. 6d. clay and semi-volcanic. The section is watered by springs
Part Section 4 and Part Section 5, Block VII: Area, and lagoon. The access is from Ohaeawai, which is about
1 rood 28·5 perches; capital value, £125; half-yearly rent, two miles and a half distant by formed road. Otiria Railway-
£3 2s. 6d. station is eighteen miles and a half distant, and Kaikohe
Weighted with £140, valuation for improvements. Railway-station eight miles and a half distant.
Part Section 3, Block VII: Area, 1 rood 0·9 perch; capital The following improvements are included in the capital
value, £70; half-yearly rent, £1 15s. value: 194 chains fencing, valued at £220.
Weighted with £160, valuation for improvements. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
Part Section 9, Block IX: Area, 37·4 perches; capital General, this 10th day of October, 1923.
value, £40; half-yearly rent, £1. G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Weighted with £170, valuation for improvements. For Minister of Lands.
Section 10, Block IX: Area, 1 rood 1 perch; capital value, Notice as to the Revocation of the Reservation of a Permanent
£70; half-yearly rent, £1 15s. State Forest.
Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements.
Runanga Township is situated at the State Coal-mine, JELLICOE, Governor-General.
about three miles by road and railway from Greymouth. IN pursuance of section nineteen of the Forests Act, 1921–22,
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor- and pursuant to a resolution in that behalf passed by
General, this 13th day of October, 1923. both Houses of Parliament, I, John Rushworth, Viscount
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
For Minister of Lands. do hereby notify that the reservation as a permanent State
forest of the area described in the Schedule hereto has been
revoked.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 800 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks
VII and VIII, Pihanga Survey District, and being portion of
the Rangipo North No. 2B Block, commencing at a point on
the eastern side of the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road, due east
from Trig. No. 14, thence toward the north generally by that
road a distance of 13036·3 links; thence by a line running
due east, a distance of 6200 links, to the Waikato River;
thence southward by that river to a point due east from the
aforementioned Trig. No. 14; thence by a line due west, a
distance of 8,000 links, to the point of commencement. As
the same is more particularly delineated on plan numbered
63/1 deposited in the Head Office, State Forest Service, at
Wellington, and thereon bordered green.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 16th day of October, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Pongaroa Scenic Board
under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General
of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control
of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land
reserved under the said Act), in trust, for the purposes of
scenery preservation, as from the date of this notice until
the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and

Opening Settlement Lands in North Auckland Land District
for Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the
Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, John
Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the
settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the 26th
day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
three, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and
I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under
and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—
FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Bay of Islands County.—Remuera Settlement.
SECTION 11s: Area, 88 acres 3 roods; capital value, £2,710;
half-yearly rent, £60 19s. 6d.; interest and sinking fund,
£17 3s. 3d.*

• Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on
  buildings (house, cow-shed, and outbuildings) valued at
  £440; to be paid for in cash, or in twenty-one years by forty-
  two half-yearly instalments of £17 3s. 3d. Total half-yearly
  payments on lease, £78 2s. 9d.
  The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level.
  The section consists of 60 acres splendid grassed slopes,
  balance being good land but stony, breaking into fern. The
  soil is of good volcanic nature. The section is well watered