APRIL 16.]

Situatcd about seven miles from Tahora, near the junction
of the Moki and Rerekapa Roads. Covered in bush, com-
prising tawa and tawhero principally, and mostly very light.

Waitomo County.--Mapara Survey District.

Section 31, Block XI: Area, 3 roods; upset price,
£12 10s.

Situated on the Ramaroa Road, near the junction of that
road with the Mokauiti Road. The section is well adapted
for the erection of a small shop.

Whangamomona County.--Pouatu Survey District.

Part Section 8, Block II: Area, 18 acres; upset price,
£54.

Section is situated seven miles from Township of Tahora,
adjoining the Waitara River, at the junction of the Moki
and Rerekapa Roads. Access is by formed unmetalled road.
Comprises all level bush land, chiefly tawa. Soil is of good
quality. Well watered by Moki Stream.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 13th day of April, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Wellington and Gisborne
Land Districts.

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, notwith-
stending 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:

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 con-
ferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily
reserve from sale the lands in the Wellington and Gisborne
Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder written,
for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end
of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be
temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 16 acres 3 roods 20·8 perches, more or
less, being part of Section 9, Block VI, Apiti Survey District.
As the same is more particularly delineated on plan deposited
in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, numbered
144/14, and thereon bordered purple. For a site for a road-
man's cottage.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being part
of Section 9, Block VI, Apiti Survey District. As the same
is more particularly delineated on plan deposited in the
office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, numbered 144/16,
and thereon bordered pink. For a site for a roadman's
cottage.

Also all that area in the Gisborne Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 3 roods 8·4 perches, more or less,
being part of Allotment 2 of Section 2, Town of Opotiki.
Bounded towards the north by Main Street, 200 links;
towards the east by Church Street, 401·2 links; towards
the south by Allotment 445, 200 links; and towards the
west by Allotment I (police reserve), 401·2 links. As the
same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L. and
S. 6/3/318, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
For a site for public buildings of the General Government.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 10th day of April, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in North Auckland Land District for Sale
by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon
me by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Land
Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
Friday, the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the lands de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction
for cash or on deferred payments; and I do hereby fix the
prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those men-
tioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Whangarei County.--Maungatatapere Parish.

SECTION 122: Area, 6 acres 2 roods 15 perches ; upset price,
£50.

Section 125: Area, 4 acres 3 roods 10 perches; upset
price, £30.

Section 126 : Area, 4 acres 2 roods 25 perches; upset
price, £30.

Sections situated a quarter of a mile from Portland and
eight miles from Whangarei by cart-road, close to Portland
Cement-works. All level to undulating land in tea-tree,
scrub, and gorse. Fair black soil on Sections 125 and 126,
clay on Section 122, on limestone formation. These sections
are very suitable for residential sites.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 13th day of April, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Westland Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon
me by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Land
Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
Wednesday, the tenth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the lands
described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public
auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said
lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.--TOWN LANDS.

Buller County.--Town of Punakaiki.

*Weighted with £400, valuation of improvements, for build-
ings.

These sections are situated in the recently laid out Town
of Punakaiki occupying an ideal situation on the sea-coast
about twenty-eight miles north of the Town of Greymouth
by a good motor-road as far as the Punakaiki River, thence
by an easy walk, and are offered for selection to meet the
demand for sites on which to erect holiday and week-end
cottages. The locality, owing to its equable climate, fine
sea-beach, safe bathing facilities, and scenic attractions, is
rapidly coming into prominence as a popular seaside resort.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 8th day of April, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.