Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 755

Lands permanently reserved.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned :

And whereas by the three-hundred-and-sixtieth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette :

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the Warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of which were published in the Gazette specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Acts for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being the same purposes for which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

• Survey District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of March, 1925.

RICH. F. BOLLARD, for Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Westland Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for public utility, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and such land is not vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustee :

And whereas it is expedient that such land should be appropriated for recreation purposes, being a purpose within Class III of the said Second Schedule :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the eleventh section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, do by this notification declare that the said land shall from and after the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, be appropriated for recreation purposes under Class III of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 ; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District containing by admeasurement 1 acre 0 roods 8 perches, being Reserve No. 1319, comprising Sections 12 to 17 and 160 to 167, Town of Ahaura. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 118/2, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Hokitika, and thereon coloured pink.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of March, 1925.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Southland Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Wallace County.—Waiau Survey District.

Merrivale No. 1 Settlement.

SECTION 20, Block XI : Area, 250 acres. Capital value, £1,250. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £28 2s. 6d. Weighted with £450, valuation for improvements, consisting of dwelling, byre, stable, implement-shed, sheep-yards, and fencing.

Ridgy land, suitable for sheep and cropping. Situated near Orawia Post-office and Dairy Factory and less than two miles from school and terminus of Tuatapere–Orawai Railway-station now being completed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of March, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands,