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and Buller Rivers. Good formed road to the junction of the
Glengarry and Maruia Rivers, thence by partly formed road.
Altitude, 650 ft. to 2,000 ft.

Section 5, Block VII : Area, 1,247 acres; capital value,
£560 ; half-yearly rent, £11 4s.

Weighted with £45, valuation for improvements, consisting
of 100 acres felled and grassed, and 36 chains of fencing.
Situatcd in North Maruia Valley, about two miles from
telephone office and school. Access from Murchison fifteen
miles and a half by fourteen miles of good road and then one
mile and a quarter dray-road. About 100 acres has been
felled and grassed, but fern is getting a hold. About 140 acres
of flat terrace and easy undulating land, balance hillside.
Bush of medium mixed birch with a few pines. Well watered.
Altitude, 625 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 26th day of October, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Nelson 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is
   hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on
   Tuesday, the eighth day of December, one thousand nine
   hundred and twenty-five, at the respective price specified
   in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be "heavy-bush
   land."

2. The said land 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 three 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 con-
   ceded 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.-SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waimea County.-Wai-iti Survey District.
(Exempt from Rent for Three Years.)
SECTIONS 4, 5, and 6, Block X : Area, 853 acres l rood 37
perches. Capital value, £535. Occupation with right of
purchase : Half-yearly rent, £13 7s. 6d. Renewable lease:
Half-yearly rent, £10 14s.

Situated in Pretty Bridge Valley, five miles and a half
from Belgrove Railway-station by formed and metalled road
for three miles, thence unmetalled road. Sections comprise
about one hundred acres of fern country, the balance being
cut-out milling-bush. There is a considerable amount of
fencing and firewood material on these sections. The soil
is generally of a poor quality. Well watered. Altitude,
700 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 27th day of October, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Land 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 land described in the Schedule hereto
for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 28, Block V, Hohoura East Survey District : Area,
15 acres O roods 15 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 20th day of October, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD. Minister of Lands.

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Taumarunui
Borough Council.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the said
Act"), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic
reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved
under the said Act) in the Taumarunui Borough Council,
subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to
say :-

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby
   vested shall be three years from the date hereof, unless the
   reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said
   Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending
   on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of
   receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve.
   Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister
   charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as
   possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accord-
   ance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations
   made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 24 acres 2 roods 30 perches, more or less,
being Lot A, Block J, Hunua Survey District. As the same
is delineated on a plan marked L. and S. l/440, deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Inspector of Scenic Reserve appointed.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I
General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
Dudley Richards
to be an Inspector under the said Act in respect to the
scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
RESERVE 3990, Block II, Akaroa Survey District, Canterbury
Land District: Area, 8 acres 3 roods.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 27th day of October, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Additional and Amended Regulations under the Mining Act,
1908, and its Amendments.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him
by the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments (herein-
after referred to as "the said Act") His Excellency the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth
hereby make the following additional regulations and amend-
ments to the regulations made under the said Act on the
third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen,
and gazetted on the fifth day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen, and doth hereby declare that the addi-
tional regulations and amendments to the regulations hereby
made shall be read as part of the principal regulations, and
shall come into force on the date of the gazetting hereof.

REGULATIONS
ALLUVIAL-MINE MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES.
135A. With respect to the issue of alluvial-mine managers'
certificates either by examination, or of service, or by
exchange, the following provisions shall apply:-

Certificates of Service.

1. Up to and including the 30th September, 1926, the
   Board of Examiners may. on application in that behalf. and