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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Inangahua County.—Mawheraiti Survey District.

SECTION 34, Block VII: Area, 241 acres; capital value, £180; half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Situated in the Grey Valley, two miles and a quarter from the Reefton-Greymouth Railway and main road, and two miles and a quarter from Waimunga Railway-station, by unformed road and rough dray-track. One acre has been felled and grassed, balance in bush comprising birch, rimu, kaikawaka, &c. Section comprises easy terrace country. Soil of good loam on creek frontage, poorer on back terraces, resting on gravel and sandstone formation. Well watered. Altitude 808 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Waimea County.—Waimea Survey District.

Section 9, Block XV: Area, 1,008 acres; capital value, £960; half-yearly rent, £19 4s.

Situated in Aniseed Valley between Serpentine and Miner Creeks. Access from Hope Railway-station eight miles by good metalled road, thence one mile rough track. Steep rugged country almost entirely covered with manuka-scrub and a few patches of light bush. Poor soil, within the Mineral Belt. Well watered. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 11, Block XV: Area, 1,470 acres; capital value £1,290; half-yearly rent, £25 16s.

Situated two miles up Serpentine Creek. Access from Hope Railway-station by good metalled road to within two miles of section, then rough bridle-track. Very broken hilly country covered with light bush and manuka-scrub. Clayey soil resting on mineral-rock formation. Well watered. Altitude 400 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. General quality poor.

Waimea County.—Maungatapu Survey District.

Section 15, Block IV: Area, 606 acres; capital value, £365; half-yearly rent, £7 6s.

Situated in Aniseed Valley fourteen to fifteen miles from Hope or Brightwater Railway-stations by good metalled road to within three miles of section, remainder by old road. Approximately 300 acres in bush, balance burnt standing bush now in fern. Fairly heavy birch forest with a little matai and white-pine. Well watered. Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of January, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands

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Opening National-endowment Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

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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, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

The national-endowment rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the rental specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be light-bush land.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of two years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board thinks fit.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Murchison County.—Howard Survey District.

(Exempt from rent for two years.)

SECTION 12, Block X: Area, 820 acres; capital value, £615; half-yearly rent, £12 6s.

Weighted with £10, valuation for grassing 20 acres.

Situated in Howard Valley twelve miles and a half from Glenhope Railway-station by good dray-road. A telephone-wire leads on to the property. About 40 acres of bush has been burnt recently. Small flat on Howard River suitable for homestead-site, balance of section undulating and hilly, partly swampy. Soil of good loam on frontage, clayey loam on hillside, resting on sandstone formation. Light birch forest. Well watered. Altitude, 1,450 ft. to 2,800 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of January, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Opening National-endowment Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

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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, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

The national-endowment rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the rental specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be heavy-bush land.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board thinks fit.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Waimea County.—Tapamutu Survey District.

(Exempt from rent for four years.)

SECTION 12, Block I: Area, 101 acres; capital value, £75; half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

Situated in Wangamoa Valley, three miles from post-office. Access by good metalled road to within two miles of the section, thence by partly formed track. All bushclad. Soil of fair quality. Well watered. Forest consists of beech, rimu, and white-pine. Altitude, 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of February, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Portion f Primary-education Endowment in the Town of Woodville, Hawke’s Bay Land District, set apart as a Site for a Public School.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section five of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1911, it is enacted that the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Land Board of the district in which are situated any reserves or endowments vested in the Crown by or in pursuance of section two of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, set apart as sites for public schools, secondary schools, or technical schools any part of such reserves or endowments:

And whereas the Land Board of the Hawke’s Bay Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the portion of the primary-education endowment described in the Schedule hereto should be set apart as a site for a public school, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Acts aforesaid, do hereby set apart the portion of the primary-education endowment described in the Schedule hereto as a site for a public school.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL the area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 23·6 perches, more or less,