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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Declaring Crown Lands in 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 power and authority conferred upon me by the one hundred and fifty-fourth section 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 fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Inangahua County.—Mawheraiti Survey District.—Westland Mining District.

SECTIONS 54, Block XI, and 13, Block XVI: Area, 977 acres. Capital value, £365. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 6s.

Situated in the Grey Valley, adjacent to the Reefton-Greymouth Railway. Three miles from Ikamatua Railway-station or two miles from Hukarere, and two miles from a school. Access from Ikamatua by two miles metalled road and one mile of track. Mostly flat terrace land. About 350 acres in birch bush, while the remainder is burnt bush, with fern and a little grass. Soil of a fair clayey nature on granite and sandstone. Well watered. Altitude, 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

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

Section 2, Block V: Area, 792 acres. Capital value, £435. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 14s.

Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements, in favour of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account, which sum may be paid in cash or by deferred payments. Deposit required on deferred payments, £25, balance of £275 to be secured by instalment mortgage extending over a period not exceeding thirty-six years and a half, and bearing interest at 5 per cent. in the case of a discharged soldier, and 5½ per cent. in every other case.

Improvements.—The improvements consist of three-roomed dwelling, new milking-shed, and separator-house, two old sheds, cow-yards, &c., sixty-five acres of bush land felled and grassed, half-acre in orchard, subdivided into three small paddocks.

Situated one mile from Corbyvale School and Post-office and fourteen miles from Mokihinui or Seddonville, twelve miles from railway. With exception of felled area, the section is all in bush. Well watered. General quality poor.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.—CROWN LAND.

Collingwood County.—Aorere Survey District.—Karamea Mining District.

Section 17, Block IV: Area, 74 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £20. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 8s.

Situated on the banks of the Parapara River. Access from Collingwood three miles and a half distant. About 1½ acres of flat, balance being broken country; about 35 acres bush, balance fern and scrub, &c. Soil of poor quality on granite formation. Well watered. Altitude, 30 ft. to 150 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!

Land in Auckland Land District proclaimed as ceasing to be set apart as National-endowment Land.

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[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and two of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may, by Proclamation approved in Executive Council, declare that any national-endowment land within the Hauraki Mining District held under a renewable lease issued under the Land Act, 1924, or any former Land Act, or held under a license issued under regulations made under the Land Act, 1892, or the corresponding regulations made under the Land Act, 1908, or the Land Act, 1924, for the occupation of pastoral lands within the said mining district, shall cease to be national-endowment land:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, which is held under a renewable lease as aforesaid, should cease to be national-endowment land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authorities so conferred upon me by the aforesaid section three hundred and two, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, which was set apart as national-endowment land under the provisions of section two hundred and fifty-eight of the Land Act, 1908, shall cease to be national-endowment land.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.

SECTION 7, Block III: Aroha Survey District: Area, 161 acres 3 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 23rd day of February, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land in Auckland Land District proclaimed as ceasing to be set apart as National-endowment Land.

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[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and two of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may, by Proclamation approved in Executive Council, declare that any national-endowment land within the Hauraki Mining District held under a renewable lease issued under the Land Act, 1924, or any former Land Act, or held under a license issued under regulations made under the Land Act, 1892, or the corresponding regulations made under the Land Act, 1908, or the Land Act, 1924, for the occupation of pastoral lands within the said mining district, shall cease to be national-endowment land:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, which is held under a renewable lease as aforesaid, should cease to be national-endowment land.

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authorities so conferred upon me by the aforesaid section three hundred and two, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the date hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, which was set apart as national-endowment land under the provisions of section two hundred and fifty-eight of the Land Act, 1908, shall cease to be national-endowment land.