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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.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

SECTION 254: Area, 9 acres 2 roods 34 perches. Capital value, £100. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2.

Section situated on Swanson side of Opanuku Stream adjoining the scenic reserve, access being from Henderson, three miles and a half away, by formed road, mostly metalled. Elevation 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. About half is easy undulating land, balance undulating to hilly, all ploughable. Soil is a loamy clay of fair quality on sandstone formation. Poorly watered by springs which may dry in summer.

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

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Lands.

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Opening Settlement Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection.

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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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, 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 Acts.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Stratford County.—Omona Survey District.

Tawhiwhi Settlement.

SECTION 8s: Area, 292 acres. Capital value, £2,800; £200.* Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £63; £10 2s.†

Sections 5s, 9s, 11s, and part 6s: Area, 1,342 acres 3 roods 37 perches. Capital value, £5,220; £500.‡ Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £117 9s.; £19 10s.†

• Valuation for buildings, comprising four-roomed house and whare, which may be paid either in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £10 2s.

† Half-yearly instalment on buildings.

‡ Valuation for wool-shed, concrete cistern, concrete dip, eight-stand shearing-machine (no belting and hand pieces), oil-engine in disrepair, certain parts missing. Payable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £19 10s.

Section 8s comprises 40 acres in good pasture, 175 acres fair pasture, and balance in wornout pasture and second growth. It is well watered by streams. Forty acres good dairying land, balance only suitable for sheep. Situated about three miles from the Tutuawa School, and twelve miles from Douglas Railway-station.

Sections 5s, 9s, 11s, and part 6s are situated about twelve miles from the Douglas Railway-station and four miles and a half from the Tutuawa School. Well watered by running streams. About 300 acres good ewe country, balance steep to hilly sandstone country.

SPECIAL CONDITION.

The successful applicant for Sections 5s, 9s, 11s, and part 6s, Tawhiwhi Settlement, must take over a renewable lease of 885 acres adjoining, being part Section 1, Matemateaonga Block, at a capital value of £2,015; half-yearly rental, £50 7s. 6d. This lease will run concurrently with the lease of the settlement land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of March, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

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Defining Limits of the Port of Mercury Bay.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested by the sixth section of the Harbours Act, 1923, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby define the limits of the Port of Mercury Bay to be—

All those tidal waters inside a right line drawn from the southern extreme of Karanga Islet at the northern entrance to Mercury Bay to the eastern extreme of Mahurangi Islet, and thence to Heri-heri-tauru Point.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of April, 1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

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Cancelling the Appointment of an Acting Member of the Main Highways Board.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in Gazette No. 37, of the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, John Snell Connett, Esquire, of New Plymouth, Farmer, was appointed an acting member of the Main Highways Board in terms of section five, subsection five, of the Main Highways Act, 1922:

And whereas the said John Snell Connett was appointed to be an acting member of the Main Highways Board to act during the absence from New Zealand of Albert Edward Jull, Esquire, of Waipawa, Brewer, who was appointed in terms of subsection three, clause (c), of section five of the Main Highways Act, 1922, to be a member of the said Board by Warrant dated the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and gazetted on the fourteenth day of the same month:

And whereas the said Albert Edward Jull has returned to New Zealand:

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 Main Highways Act, 1922, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby cancel the appointment of the said John Snell Connett as an acting member of the Main Highways Board.

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

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

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Warrant apportioning the Costs of a Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Maintenance of Portion of the Rocks or Main Road, in the City of Nelson and the Town District of Tahunanui.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by Warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand dated the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, a Commissioner was appointed to inquire into and report upon the apportionment of the cost of maintaining that portion of the Rocks or Main Road through the Tahunanui Town District and part of the City of Nelson more particularly described in the said Warrant:

And whereas such Commissioner duly held the inquiry and reported to His Excellency the Governor-General in terms of the Public Works Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the costs, charges, and expenses attending or incidental to the setting-up and course of inquiry of the aforesaid Commission shall be a charge upon the revenues of the Nelson City Council, the Waimea County Council, the Tahunanui Town Board, and the Richmond Borough Council in the following proportions, viz.: the Nelson City Council shall pay thirty-seven and one-half per centum; the Waimea County Council shall pay thirty-three per centum; the Tahunanui Town Board shall pay twenty-two and one-half per centum, and the Richmond Borough Council shall pay seven per centum of such costs, charges, and expenses respectively.

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

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.