2736
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 34744, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 8th day of September, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, for Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring Crown Lands in the Otago Mining District, Southland Land District, open for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fifty-four of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General, by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any Crown lands within any mining district not held under lease or license, or for which a lease or license has been cancelled, to be open for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open on Tuesday, the sixteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, for disposal on renewable lease, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act; and I also declare that, for the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the said Act, the lands described in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy bush land.”

And I do hereby provide that, 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 two 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 thinks fit.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.—Longwood Survey District.—Otago Mining District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Two Years).

SECTION 76, Block V: Area, 143 acres 0 roods 12 perches; capital value, £500; half-yearly rent, £10.

Section 77, Block V: Area, 154 acres 1 rood 7 perches; capital value, £370; half-yearly rent, £7 8s.

Section 78, Block V: Area, 158 acres 1 rood 20 perches; capital value, £555; half-yearly rent, £11 2s.

Section 79, Block V: Area, 181 acres 3 roods 4 perches; capital value, £435; half-yearly rent, £8 14s.

Sections 47 and 48, Block VII: Area, 220 acres 0 roods 33 perches; capital value, £530; half-yearly rent, £10 12s.

Sections 49 and 50, Block VII: Area, 226 acres 3 roods 24 perches; capital value, £545; half-yearly rent, £10 18s.

Section 51, Block VII: Area, 114 acres 1 rood 10 perches; capital value, £275; half-yearly rent, £5 10s.

The sections have been milled and are mostly covered with good mixed bush comprising miro, kotukutuku, kamahi, kapuka, &c., with fairly heavy undergrowth. The altitude is from 150 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. When cleared the country should be suitable for dairying and grazing a few sheep.

Sections 76, 77, 78, 79 and Section 47 are situated one mile and three-quarters to two miles and a half from Pahia Railway-station, Post-office, and Dairy Factory. Sections 47, 48, 49, and 50 are situated one to two miles from Ruahine Railway-station. Access to sections partly by metalled road and road not yet formed. Section 51 is situated one mile from Wakapatu Railway-station by newly metalled road.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 13th day of September, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking the Reservation over a Scenic Reserve in the Taranaki Land District.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by Proclamation dated the seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fourth day of that month, the land described in the Schedule hereto was declared to be a reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 :

And whereas the said land is no longer suitable for scenic purposes by reason of the absence of bush of scenic value thereon :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section eight of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, do hereby revoke the reservation for scenic purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 11, Block XVI, Aria Survey District: Area, 7 acres 1 rood.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 13th day of September, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Settlement Land set apart for Disposal by way of Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers, under Special Tenures, in the Canterbury Land District.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section four of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the area of settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart and declared open for disposal by way of sale or lease to discharged soldiers, under special tenures, in the manner provided in the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Block IX, Christchurch Survey District.

SECTION 4, Hei Hei Settlement: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 5 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 13th day of September, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land declared subject to the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section three of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, being land in the Hutt Valley heretofore acquired by the Crown under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 28·02 perches, more or less, being part of Section 5, Hutt Registration District, situated in the Borough of Petone, and bounded by a line commencing at the