deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-

simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the

provisions of the Land Act, 1908, in exchange for the fee-

simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay

or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it

is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the

First Schedule hereto for the land of equal value described

in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land

described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such

exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of

the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid

powers and authorities, doth hereby declare that it is his

intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land

described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the

fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, con-

taining by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being

Section 16 (originally portion of Section 3), Block X,

Mangakahia Survey District. As the same is delineated on

the plan marked L. and S. 16/1124, deposited in the Head

Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington,

and thereon coloured brown.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE

THEREFOR.

ALL those areas in the North Auckland Land District

situated in Block X, Mangakahia Survey District, being

part of Maungapohatu South No. 3 and part of Waiaruhe

No. 2 Blocks, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood

and 1 acre 1 rood 22 perches respectively, more or less.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S.

16/1124, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands

and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-

General, this 14th day of February, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land 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 February, one thousand

nine hundred and twenty-four, as the time at which the land

described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction

for cash or on deferred payments; and I do hereby fix the

price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned

in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.-Tarawera Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block II : Area, 173 acres ; upset price, f260.

This section is situated about four miles from Rotorua,

and has a good frontage to the Wairoa Road. Undulating

to hilly country, with light sandy soil covered with a growth

of fern and tutu, with a few small patches of native bush.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-

General this 12th day of February, 1924.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

For Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the North Auckland, Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough

and Otago Land Districts.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section three hundred and twenty-one of the Land Act, 1908, and

section sixty-nine of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of

the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the North Auckland, Auckland,

Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough, and Otago Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder

written, for the purposes specified in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Locality. | Section. | Block. | Area. | Purpose for which Land reserved.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Tauraroa Parish | Allotment 194 | | A. R. P. | Endowment for primary education.

Orongo Settlement | 44s. | | 4 0 0 | Public-school site.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

Waiau Survey District | 4 | I | 6 0 0 | Public utility.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Mohaka Survey District | 4 | X | 56 3 30 | Quarry.

"" | 6 | XI | 6 0 1 | Metal-pit.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Pouatu Survey District | 17 | VI | 5 1 38·8 | Recreation.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Mount Robinson Survey District | 1 | IV | 0 0 6 | Drainage.

"" | 2 | "" | 11 3 13 | ""

Town of Mangaweka | 6 and 8 | VI | 0 3 0 | Gravel.

Town of Kaitieke | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, | III | 2 1 0 | Recreation.

| 15, and 16 |

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Clifford Bay Survey District | 30 | XII | 15 0 0 | Recreation.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Upper Taieri Survey District | 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, and | I | 58 3 1 | Recreation.

| 69 |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of February, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.