3046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

Lands temporarily reserved in the North Auckland and Wellington 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, 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:

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 temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the North Auckland and Wellington 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, being part Allotment 3, Mangapai Parish. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/6/443, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. For a public-school site (Mangapai).

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 17·6 perches, more or less, being a strip of Crown land situated in Block VII, Port Nicholson Survey District, and lying between the high-water mark of Port Nicholson Harbour and the Marine Parade, Township of Seatoun. Bounded by a line commencing at the north-east angle of the junction of the Marine Parade and Hector Street and proceeding in a north-westerly direction along the north-eastern side of the said Marine Parade and the production thereof to the high-water mark of Port Nicholson Harbour for distances of 262·71 links and 378·11 links; thence in a south-easterly direction by the said high-water mark to a point in line with the eastern side of Hector Street; thence in a south-westerly direction by a right line bearing 198° 36′ 30″, for a distance of 227·04 links, to the point of commencement; as the same is delineated on plan numbered 258/38, deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon coloured red. For recreation purposes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of October, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Canterbury 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 Thursday, the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Amuri County.—Lowry Peaks Survey District.—Square 108, Amuri.

SECTION 36980, Block XVI: Area, 2 acres 3 roods 31 perches; upset price, £65.

Situated about one mile from Domett Railway-station between the main road and railway-line. The land is of fair quality, lying to the south; practically all flat and clear. Suitable for bee-farming.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of October, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Canterbury 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 Thursday, the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the land, described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Akaroa County.—Borough of Akaroa.

PART Reserve 81: Area, 14 perches; upset price, £125.

Situated in Balguerie Street, Akaroa.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of October, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush lands.”

2. The said lands may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease.

3. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Waihou Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Four Years.)

SECTION 69, Block XIII: Area, 80 acres 0 roods 4 perches. Capital value, £200. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4. Weighted with £400, valuation for improvements, comprising two-roomed lean-to house, fencing, draining, and small bridge on frontage, repayable in twenty years by forty half-yearly instalments of £16 1s.

This property is situated about one mile from Patetonga Landing and about two miles and a half from school and dairy factory. Section is poorly watered by drains.

NOTE.—This area is exempt from payment of rent for four years, but the half-yearly instalments on improvements are payable as from date of selection.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.—Karioi Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Period of Four Years.)

Section 5, Block XV: Area, 957 acres. Capital value, £1,420. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £35 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £31 19s. Weighted with £500, valuation for improvements, comprising felling, grassing, and approximately 8 chains fencing, repayable in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £25 5s.

Grazing property situated about fifteen miles from Kawhia and Kawhia School and equal distance from Oparau Dairy