Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2033

and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.

SCHEDULE.

Ostend Road Board (for forming and metalling roads) .. £ 3,700
Hobson County Council (for forming and metalling roads) .. 700
Devonport County Council (for construction and improvement of roads and streets, purchase of machinery, and construction of a sea-wall) .. 60,000
Franklin County Council (for completing construction of roads) .. 2,700
Mangonui County Council (for roadworks) .. 800
Riccarton Borough Council (for repayment of the South Area loan) .. 3,670
New Brighton Borough Council (for sanitary works) .. 2,000
Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit Board (for construction of a rabbit-proof fence) .. 2,000
Rangitikei County Council (for metalling Koukoupo Road) .. 1,800
Taradale Town Board (for erecting workers’ dwellings) .. 450
Waikiwi River Board (for the purpose of straightening, deepening, and widening the Waikiwi Creek) .. 2,000
Waitomo County Council (for forming, culverting, and metalling the unmetalled portion of the Rangitoto Road) .. 800

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Wyndham Agricultural and Pastoral Society incorporated
Notice No. Ag. 2401.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of August, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Wyndham Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said society agreeably to the rules of the said society and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the style and title of “The Wyndham Agricultural and Pastoral Society.”

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

Declaring a certain Area in the County of Matamata, in the Auckland Acclimatization District, 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 Rushworth, 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 prescribed 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 and in the County of Matamata, containing 4,000 acres, more or less, and being Whaiti Kuranui No. 2D Block, excluding all public roads.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 15th day of August, 1924.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Opening Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease for the term of thirty-three years, with right of renewal for successive periods of thirty-three years, on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said reserves shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Matamata County.—Patetere South Survey District.

Ngautuku Survey District.

| 1 | V | 395 0 0 | 250 | 5 0 0 |
| 2 | „ | 350 0 0 | 225 | 4 10 0 |
| 3 | „ | 352 0 0 | 175 | 3 10 0 |
| 1 | VII | 215 0 0 | 200 | 4 0 0 |
| 2 | „ | 249 0 0 | 175 | 3 10 0 |
| 3 | „ | 346 0 0 | 225 | 4 10 0 |
| 4 | „ | 363 0 0 | 225 | 4 10 0 |
| 5 | „ | 291 0 0 | 175 | 3 10 0 |
| 6 | „ | 1,080 0 0 | 550 | 11 0 0 |
| 7 | „ | 299 0 0 | 200 | 4 0 0 |
| 8 | „ | 492 0 0 | 325 | 6 10 0 |
| 10| „ | 299 0 0 | 175 | 3 10 0 |
| 11| „ | 341 0 0 | 225 | 4 10 0 |

These sections, which comprise the western portion of the Tokoroa Education Reserve, are situated about seventeen miles from Putaruru Railway-station on the Auckland-Rotorua line, and are well served by roads and by the Taupo Totara Timber Company’s Railway from Putaruru to Mokai, which runs through the block, carrying passengers and goods. The majority of the sections have a westerly aspect; those in the northern portion are generally easy country, but the southern portions are hilly and broken. The soil is a light sandy pumice loam, considerable portions of which are ploughable; the vegetation consists of tea-tree, manaoa, fern, and tussock. The majority of the sections are watered, but in some cases it will be necessary to sink wells to obtain an adequate water-supply. The climate renders provision of shelter essential, there being no timber suitable for fencing and building on the block; but timber may be obtained by rail from Putaruru or Mokai. The altitude ranges from 1,000 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

Waitomo County.—Maungamangero Survey District.

Section 3, Block IV; Area, 1,584 acres 0 roods 3 perches. Capital value, £1,200. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £24.

Weighted with £1,166, valuation of improvements, comprising two-roomed dwelling, milking-shelter, about 600 acres of clearing, of which about 200 acres is in pasture in poor condition, and about three miles of fencing.

Distant about twenty miles from Te Kuiti on the Hauturu Road and about four miles from Mairoa Post-office. High broken country of poor quality, intersected by boggy gullies. About 600 acres have been cleared; balance in bush and scrub.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of August, 1924.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.