Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2465

Situated about eight miles from the Kohuratahi Railway-station, and about five miles from the Kohuratahi Road School.
Well watered by running streams. A good sheep property. Good rubbly papa formation which can easily be kept in order. 300 acres in good pasture, balance in fair pasture and fern.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of August, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Nelson 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 sixth day of October, 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.
Murchison County—Matakakitaki Survey District.—Matakakitaki Settlement.
SECTIONS 1s, 2s, and 9s : Total area, 3,451 acres ; capital value, £6,460 ; half-yearly rent, £145 7s.
Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value of the land consist of 240 chains of seven-wire fencing, valued at £288.
Section 1s : 265 acres open flat, 80 acres of which are good swamp land, remainder in fair grass ; 135 acres of bush, flat, of fairly good quality ; 302 acres of steep hilly bush country of fair quality, shaded in winter.
Section 2s : 410 acres of open flat, scrub in places, portion swampy, carrying fair grass, some tussock ; 90 acres good bush flat ; 70 acres poor bush flat ; 200 acres fairly good bush hills ; 222 acres poor bush hills.
Section 9s. : Comprises a large area of open country and fertile river-flats carrying good feed, rising steeply at back of section. Birch bush with fair to medium quality soil, resting on limestone formation.
Matakakitaki Settlement is situated twenty miles from Murchison by formed road about two miles and three-quarters from Upper Matakakitaki. Principally suitable for pastoral purposes. Altitude ranges from 1,200 ft. to 3,259 ft. above sea-level. Well watered.
Dead Stock.—There is a considerable quantity of dead stock on the settlement, consisting of machines, implements, tools, harness, &c., which will be available for disposal at valuation to the incoming settler.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of August, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Lands under Section 161 of the Land Act, 1924.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-one of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 11, Block XV, Hohoura East Survey District : Area, 200 acres.
Section 62, Block X, Hohoura East Survey District : Area, 2 acres 3 roods 25 perches.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor General, this 17th day of August, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Otago Land District.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for a site for telegraph and post offices, 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-first day of August, 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 5, 6, 32, and 33, Block IX, Town of Pembroke : Area, 1 acre.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of August, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Revoking Notice setting apart certain Lands in the Nelson Land District for Mining Purposes exclusively.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
WHEREAS by notice dated the twelfth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, at page 2752, certain unoccupied Crown lands situated in the Nelson Land District as described therein, were, under provisions of section twenty of the Mining Act, 1898, set apart for mining purposes exclusively, as and for the purposes of a mining reserve :
And whereas it is deemed expedient that the said notice should be revoked :
Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section seven of the Mining Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in that behalf enabling, do hereby revoke the said notice.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of August, 1925.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 6/4/20.)

Exempting certain Land in the Nelson Land District from the Provisions of Section 137 of the Mining Act, 1908.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by paragraph (b) of subsection one of section eighteen of the Mining Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be exempted from the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-seven of the Mining Act, 1908, and do hereby further declare that this notice shall take effect as from the date of the gazetting thereof.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 25 acres 2 roods 25 perches, more or less, situate in Block IV, Rahu Survey District, commencing at the north-west corner of Section 1, Block VIII, Rahu Survey District ; thence proceeding north-westerly a distance of 1168.3 links on a bearing of 336° 15' ; thence north-easterly, 425.5 and 1700.4 links on bearings of 46° 6' and 69° 9' respectively ; thence in a south-easterly direction, a distance of 2151.3 links on a