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unformed bush track. About 551 acres in medium to heavy bush, comprising rimu, tawa, mangaeo, matai, and white pine, with fairly thick undergrowth; 40 acres easy slopes, felled but not burned; 30 acres easy slopes felled, burned, and grassed. The soil is of fair quality, resting on a sandstone and rubble formation. Well watered by permanent streams.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Waihi South Survey District.

Section 2, Block VIII: Area, 1,266 acres 2 roods 17 perches. Capital value, £640. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12 16s.

Inferior grazing country; situated five mile from Pikowai railway-station, twelve miles from Matata School, store, and Post-office, and thirty-seven miles from Te Puke. Hilly to broken land, covered with fern and ti-tree. The soil is of a poor pumice quality; watered by Pikowai Stream, creeks, and springs.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Otago Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Blocks I, VII, VIII, and IX, Vincent County.—Leaning Rock Survey District.

Manuherikia Irrigation Settlement.

The Manuherikia Settlement is situated in Blocks I, VII, VIII, and IX, Leaning Rock Survey District, from one mile and three-quarters to two miles and a half from Alexandra Railway-station, and one mile and three-quarters to two miles from Clyde Railway-station, on the Otago Central Railway, which passes through part of the settlement. Access is obtained from the Clyde-Omakau, Clyde-Alexandra, and Alexandra-Omakau main roads. The nearest schools and stores are situated at Alexandra and Clyde. The land is practically all easy undulating country and flat terraces, the soil varying from a light schisty loam to sand, resting on gravel formation; while irrigation water is available from the races constructed by the Public Works Department, at the usual rates.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

1. The right is reserved to the Crown at any time and from time to time, without being deemed to commit a trespass and without payment of compensation, to enter upon the said land and thereon to take, lay, construct, maintain, inspect, repair, or reconstruct water-races, drains, and all other works which the Minister of Public Works deems necessary for the supply of water to the said land or to any other land.

2. The lessee will be required to take water from races provided for irrigation purposes, at a price to be fixed by the Crown.

3. The Crown will not be liable for any damage caused by any overflow or break-away of any race or channel.

4. An area of 10 acres in Section 7s, as shown on the sale plan, with the right of access thereto, has been retained by the Public Works Department for experimental purposes, and the incoming settler on this section will be entitled to an adjustment of the annual rental and the annual water-charges for so long as the 10 acres are so required. When the Public Works Department has finished with the land, the use thereof will revert to the lessee at such increased rental as will, in the opinion of the Minister of Lands, compensate for any measure of benefit that will accrue to the land as the outcome of the land-levelling experiments.

5. The successful applicants will require to make their own arrangements with the owners of the boundary fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 6th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto the Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five; and I do hereby declare that the amendment hereby made shall take effect as from date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

Compensation for Injury to or Loss of Horse.

PARAGRAPH 159 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“159. Compensation, not exceeding £25, may be granted for the loss of, and not exceeding £10 (including veterinary expenses) for injury to, a privately-owned horse used by a member of the New Zealand Permanent or Territorial Forces for military-training purposes under the authority of his commanding officer. Any such payments will be subject to the conditions laid down in the succeeding paragraphs.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of May, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Frederick Kerry Caterer, Clyde.
Ellison Edward Porter, Matawai.
Charles Frederick Stevens, Mercer.
Mary Elizabeth Brandsc, Panguru.
Charles Dear Bauckham, Te Aro.
Henry Joseph Fletcher, Tikiriki.

As witness my hand, this fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Officer authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section two hundred and eighty-eight of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, and section sixteen of the Justices of the