Aug. 20.]

of Section 5, Kuku Settlement; thence north-easterly along
the last-named boundary to north-western corner; thence
south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of said
Section 5 and Lot 1 on deposited plan 2648 to a line on the
eastern side of, parallel to, and 1,000 links distant from the
south-eastern boundary of said Section 5; thence south-
westerly along that line to Section 2, Kuku Settlement;
thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of
said Section 2 and Section 1, Kuku Settlement aforesaid,
and Lot 7, deposited plan 2648; thence south-westerly along
the south-eastern boundary of said Lot 7 to Ohau West Road;
thence along a right line to the north-eastern corner of Sub-
division 18B 2 of Section 26 aforesaid; thence along the
south-eastern boundary of the last-named subdivision; thence
north-westerly along the south-western boundary of the same
subdivision to a line on the eastern side of, parallel to, and
distant 550 links from the western boundary of Section 22A,
Ohau No. 3 Block aforesaid; thence south-westerly along the
last-mentioned line to the south-western boundary of said
Section 22A; thence north-westerly along the last-named
boundary and the south-western boundary of Section 22B,
said Ohau No. 3 Block, to a point on eastern side of and 3,000
links from the western boundary of Manawatu-Kukutauaki
4E 2A 4 Block; thence south-westerly along a line parallel to
the eastern boundary of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B 2 Block,
a distance of 1500 links; thence north-westerly along a line
parallel to the northern boundary to the western boundary
of the said Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B 2 Block of said
Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2A 4 Block to the western boundary
of said Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B 2 Block; thence north-
westerly along a right line to a point in the western boundary of
Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E 2B 4 Block, distant 800 links from
the southern boundary of Ohau 3B Block; thence north-
easterly along the said western boundary of Manawatu-
Kukutauaki 4E 2B 4 Block to its north-western corner;
thence south-easterly along the southern boundary of Ohau
3B Block aforesaid to its south-eastern corner; thence
northerly generally and north-westerly along the eastern and
northern boundaries respectively of said Ohau 3B Block to
the eastern boundary of Ohau No. 3A 1B 2 Block; thence
north-easterly along that boundary to a point 1440 links
distant from the northern boundary of said Ohau No. 3A 1B 2
Block; thence westerly for a distance of 2500 links parallel
to the last-named boundary; thence north-easterly for a
distance of 2440 links along a line parallel to the eastern
boundaries of said Ohau No. 3A 1B 2 Block and Ohau No.
3A 1A 1 Block; thence south-easterly along a line parallel to
the southern boundary of the last-named block; thence
north-easterly, north-westerly, and again north-easterly along
the western, southern, and western boundaries respectively
of Subdivision 16 of Section 26, Ohau No. 3 Block; thence
easterly generally along the southern side of Ohau West Road
to its intersection with a line on the western side of, parallel
to, and 1 chain distant from the centre of Mangananau
Stream; thence north-easterly along that line, and northerly
generally along a line on the western side of, parallel to,
and distant 1 chain from the centre of the Kuku Stream to
its intersection with the north-western boundary of Sub-
division 13 of Section 26, Ohau No. 3 Block aforesaid; then
north-easterly along that boundary to the point of commence-
ment.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consenting to the Sale of Land taken for the Wairio-Birchwood
Railway and not now required for such Railway.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
was taken for a further portion of the Wairio-
Birchwood Railway by a Proclamation published in Gazette
No. 67, of 6th September, 1923, and whereas such land is
not now required for the purposes of the said railway:
Now, therefore, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of
Public Works, do hereby consent in terms of section 69 of
the Local Railways Act, 1914, to the Ohai Railway Board
causing the land described in the Schedule hereto to be sold
by public auction.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land to be sold: 4 acres
0 roods 0'1 perch, being portion of Lot 20, Birchwood
Estate, being part Section 90.

Situated in Block II, Wairio Survey District.

In the Southland District; as the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 63348, deposited in
the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in
the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

As witness my hand at Wellington this 18th day of August,
1925.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks IX, XIII, and
XIV, Whakatane Survey District, for the Purposes of a
Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute
a certain public work--to wit, the construction of a road in
Blocks IX, XIII, and XIV, Whakatane Survey District, and
for the purposes of such public work the land described in the
Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby
further given that the plan of the land so required to be
taken is deposited in the Post-office at Taneatua, and is
there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by
the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the
said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections
to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of
such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such
writing, within forty days from the first publication of this
notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

Situatued in Block

Sheet No. of Plan.

Coloured on Plan

1 Blue.

1 Red.

1 Blue.

1 "

XIII 1 "

,, 2 Red.

,, 2 "

,, 2 Blue.

,, 2 "

2 Red.

Situaded in Whakatane Survey District.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 63452,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand at Wellington this 12th day of August,
1925.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Name removed from the Commission of the Peace.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 20th August, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased,
in terms of section 7 of the Justices of the Peace Act,
1908, to direct the removal of the name of

John Burgess,

of Christchurch, from the Commission of the Peace; and it is
hereby notified that such name has been removed accordingly,
and that the removal will take effect on and from the 20th
day of August, 1925.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th August, 1925.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Council of the County of Waitemata, is published
in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1913.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF WAITEMATA.

In pursuance of the provisions of section 12 of the Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of
ratepayers of the Wainui Riding of the County of Waitemata
was taken on the 29th day of July, 1925, on the proposal of
the Waitemata County Council to borrow the sum of £21,000,