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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

nor-General may from time to time, as he thinks fit, set aside reserves for any specified public purpose out of lands acquired under the last-mentioned Act, provided that no land so acquired shall be set aside for endowments:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was, by Warrant dated the ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in Gazette of the fourteenth day of that month, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Acts for police purposes.

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Acts, do hereby permanently reserve the land described in the Schedule hereto, for police purposes, for which the said land was so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 3 roods 28·4 perches, more or less, being a piece of Crown land formerly a stopped Government road passing through Section 18, Waddington Settlement (police reserve). As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 255/2 deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon coloured green.

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

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the North Auckland Land District for other Land.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and forty-two of the Land Act, 1908, as amended by section six of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1920, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he 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.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 1 rood 18 perches, more or less, being of Allotment 51, Parish of Kaitara. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 58320B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods 32 perches, more or less, being a portion of Section 3 in the subdivision of Pahunuhunu and Taikoia Blocks, and bounded, commencing at the northernmost point, on the east by Section 4 of the before-mentioned subdivision, 1697·5 links; towards the south-west by Allotment 49, Kaitara Parish, 1454·2 links; towards the north-west generally by a public road, 992·8 links and 624·4 links, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 58320B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged green.

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

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening National-endowment Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease subject to Section 20 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1923.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national-endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease subject to the provisions of Section 20 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1923, on Monday, the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, 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 Land Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Takahue Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block XIV: Area, 271 acres. Capital value, £1,500. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £37 10s.

Situated one mile from Takahue Post-office, fifteen miles from Kaitaia dairy factory, on main Takahue—Herekino Road, formed and half metalled. Elevation ranges from 150 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Soil is brown clay. Well watered by permanent streams and springs. No noxious weeds or rabbits. All fairly steep country, with 114 acres in good pasture, 83 acres in worn-out grass partly gone to fern, 9 acres shelter-bush, and 65 acres still in standing bush. The property is subdivided into eight paddocks, fencing comprising 28 chains road-fence, 23 chains boundary, and 169 subdivisional fencing. The carrying-capacity at present is fifteen cows, twenty-six dry stock, and one horse. Buildings consist of four-roomed house and outbuildings, concrete-floored cow-shed, &c. Suitable for dairying and grazing.

Section 11, Block XIV: Area, 303 acres. Capital value, £850. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £21 5s.

Section situated on partially formed road, twenty miles from Awanui Wharf, three miles from Takahue School, and fifteen miles from Kaitaia dairy factory. Stands high, with good aspect; watered by permanent streams. 75 acres of bush felled and grassed and now in good pasture, 25 acres still in bush, 150 acres of good fern land, balance of 53 acres in poor tea-tree and fern. No noxious weeds on the property. Fencing consists of 16 chains road-fencing in bad order, 75 chains boundary (good, seven wires), and 14 chains of poorer boundary (five-wire) fencing. Fences will require completing before stock can be put on. Fully half the area is ploughable.

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

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Opening National-endowment Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national-endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the fifteenth day of December, on thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

SECTION 249: Area, 12 acres 0 roods 15 perches. Capital value, £145. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 18s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land in manuka, hakea, and fern; all ploughable, except two acres of swamp, which, however, could easily be drained; good easterly aspect; suitable for strawberry and fruit growing. The soil varies from a heavy loam to a light clay, resting on