AUG. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2585

Notifying Lands 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 Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Cheviot County.—Cheviot Survey District.—Domett Township.

SECTION 2, Block V: Area, 1 rood; upset price, £40.
Section 19, Block V: Area 1 rood; upset price, £20.
Section 20, Block V: Area, 1 rood; upset price, £20.

The sections offered are suitable for building and residential sites in the Township of Domett. The township is on the Christchurch-Waipara-Cheviot Railway.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Auckland District for other Land.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas in the opinion of the Governor-General it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange and has agreed to pay to the Crown a sum of money by way of equality of exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule upon payment by the owner thereof of the sum of money hereinbefore referred to by way of equality of exchange.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District containing by admeasurement 15 acres 3 roods 36 perches, more or less, being Section 7, Block III, Piako Survey District, Commencing at a point in the centre of the Waitakaruru Stream in line with the south-western boundary of Section 56, Block IV, Piako Survey District, by that line and the aforesaid boundary to the north-western boundary of Section 1, Block IV, Piako Survey District, 150 links; thence by the north-western boundary of the aforesaid section to the Mahuta Road, 453.34, 1405.06, 1304.36, 1269.23, and 568.1 links; thence by the northern side of the aforesaid road to the south-eastern boundary of Section 8, Block III, Piako Survey District, 133.14 links; thence by the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the aforesaid section to the centre of the Waitakaruru Stream, 646.08, 1241.74, 482.19, and 847.1 links; thence by the centre of that stream in a north-easterly direction generally to the place of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 15/13/152, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District containing by admeasurement 6 acres 2 roods 8.6 perches, more or less, being part of Waitakaruru No. 2G Block. Commencing at a point in the centre of the Waitakaruru Stream at the south-eastern boundary of part Lot 2 of Lot 2 of part Waitakaruru No. 2E Block; thence by the centre of the aforesaid stream in a south-easterly direction to the north-eastern boundary of other part of Waitakaruru No. 2G Block, by that boundary to the south-eastern boundary of part Waitakaruru No. 2B, 1,456 links; thence by the aforesaid boundary and the south-eastern boundary of part Lot 2 of Lot 2 of part Waitakaruru No. 2B Block to the place of commencement, 100.5 and 763 links. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 15/13/152, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered yellow.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Auckland District for other Land.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas in the opinion of the Governor-General it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land of equal value described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 16 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, being Section 8, Block III, Piako Survey District. Commencing at a point in the centre of the Waitakaruru Stream on the south-west boundary of Section 7, Block III, Piako Survey District, by the south-western and north-western boundaries of the aforesaid section to the Mahuta Road, 847.1, 482.19, 1241.74, and 646.08 links; thence by the northern side of the aforesaid road to the Waitakaruru Stream, 246.7, 324.5, and 56.6 links, by a right line to the centre of the said stream; thence along the centre of the said stream in a north-easterly direction generally to the place of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 15/13/152, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods, more or less, being part Lot 1 of Lot 2 of part Waitakaruru No. 2B Block. Also all that area containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 24 perches, more or less, being part of Lot 2 of Lot 2 of part Waitakaruru No. 2B Block aforesaid. Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of the Waitakaruru Canal at the centre of the Waitakaruru Stream and proceeding in an easterly and southerly direction by the centre of that stream to the north-western boundary of part of Waitakaruru No. 2G; thence by that boundary to the north-eastern boundary of part Waitakaruru No. 2B, 763 links; thence by the north-eastern boundary of the aforesaid block to the eastern boundary of the Waitakaruru Canal, 67.3 links; and by the aforesaid canal to the place of commencement, 195.8 and 2418.6 links. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 15/13/152, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of August, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.