Feb. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 613

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 20, Te Rapa Parish: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 15 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion this 18th day of February, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Crown Land set apart for Selection by Discharged Soldiers under Ordinary Tenures in the Auckland Land District.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart for selection by discharged soldiers, under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 7, Block IX, Tatua Survey District: Area, 99 acres 3 roods 10 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 18th day of February, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Crown Land set apart for Disposal by way of Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers, under Special Tenures, in the Otago Land District.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section four of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the areas of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for disposal by way of sale or lease to discharged soldiers, under special tenures, in the manner provided in the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Teviot Survey District.
SECTION 27, Block VII: Area, 147 acres 2 roods.
,, 28 ,, VII ,, 96 acres 2 roods.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 18th day of February, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring Crown Lands in the Karamea and Westland Mining Districts, Nelson Land District, open for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fifty-four of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General, by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any Crown lands within any mining district not held under lease or license, or for which a lease or license has been cancelled, to be open for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, for disposal on renewable lease, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act; and I do also declare that, for the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the said Act, the lands described in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy bush land.”

And I do hereby provide that, 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.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
CROWN LAND.
(Exempt from rent for four years.)
Murchison County.—Matakikaki Survey District.—Westland Mining District.
SECTIONS 8, 9, 12, and 13, Block VI: Area, 1,225 acres. Capital value, £550. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11.

Situated on the saddle between Maruia and Matakikaki Valleys. About twenty-four miles from Murchison and six miles from a school by metalled road. One mile from telephone-office. About 50 acres has been burnt and sown, but is now in fern, while a further area has been burnt and is now in fern and self-sown grass. Balance of sections in standing bush of mixed birch. Soil of good quality on low land, fair to poor on remainder, resting on sandstone conglomerate formation. Well watered. Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Sixty chains of fencing.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.
(Exempt from rent for four years.)
Buller County.—Oparara Survey District.—Karamea Mining District.

Section 5, Block X: Area, 778 acres. Capital value, £390. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 16s.

Situated in Baker’s Creek, about three miles and a quarter from dairy factory and four miles and a half from Karamea by three miles metalled road, balance pack-track. Small flats along creek, balance easy hilly country. All bushclad with heavy birch and rimu. Section lies badly to the sun. Soil fair to poor, resting on papa formation. Well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level.

Buller County.—Brighton Survey District.—Karamea Mining District.

Section 12, Block V: Area, 287 acres. Capital value, £220. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 8s.

Front portions of this section are a series of small ridges and gullies, broken and steep, with limestone cliff with a few chains of gently sloping land underneath bluffs. Back portion on top of high cliff is broken and rough. Access by pack-track either to Charleston on the north or to Punakaika River on the south, thence by dray-road to Greymouth. Tiromoana Post-office is three miles and a half distant. Section is well watered.

Murchison County.—Maruia Survey District.—Westland Mining District.

Part 1 of Section 3, Block XV: Area, 323 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £195. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 18s.

Situated in the Maruia Valley twenty-two miles from Murchison Dairy Factory. Two miles and a half from household school and opposite telephone-office. Access by metalled road for twenty miles, two miles unmetalled, thence across Maruia River. There is also a road on the western bank of the river which gives direct access to this section. About 55 acres of flat and terrace land, balance hillside. About 15 acres has been felled and grassed, balance medium birch bush. Soil of good quality on flats, fair on hillside. Well watered, Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 21st day of February, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!