July 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2477

interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority or public body may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council :

And whereas the Otorohanga County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand four hundred pounds for forming, culverting, and metalling portions of the Ngahape Road :

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section one hundred and fourteen, and it is desired that the term for which the money may be borrowed be twenty years, and the rate of interest payable thereon be not exceeding six per centum per annum :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the term for which the Otorohanga County Council may borrow the said sum of one thousand four hundred pounds shall be twenty years, and the rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Otorohanga County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand four hundred pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of a Reserve in the Township of Hawarden, Canterbury Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered, in the case of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose :

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for public purposes, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of such reserve :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act as aforesaid, declare that the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve for public purposes to a reserve for a site for a memorial hall. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District containing by admeasurement 33·6 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 4112, situated in the Township of Hawarden, Block VII, Waipara Survey District, and bounded as follows : Towards the north by Lot 7 on deposited plan No. 7103, 272 links ; towards the east by Lot 9 on said deposited plan, 83·49 links ; towards the south by a right-of-way one chain wide, 232·45 links ; and again towards the south-west by the Horsley Downs – Waikari Road, 92·4 links : As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3637, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 12th day of July, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening National-endowment Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national-endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of August, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Takahue Survey District.

SECTION 26, Block X : Area, 306 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Capital value, £1,100. Half-yearly rent, £27 10s.

Situated about four miles from Takahue Post-office and thirteen miles from Kaitaia—ten miles metalled road, two miles formed, one mile only partly formed. Country level to easy undulating ; about 60 acres being bush land felled and grassed. Soil generally of poor quality clay resting on sandstone. Well watered by running stream.

Improvements, included in capital value, consist of rimu house, four rooms, lean-to, veranda, orb stove, iron chimney ; cowshed, iron roof, four bails and engine-room ; and 210 chains of fencing from good to very fair condition.

Whangarei County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Section 15, Block III : Area, 5 acres. Capital value, £10. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 4s.

Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing and grassing, to be paid for in cash.

Situated facing the Tapuhi Road, about one mile from Tapuhi Post-office and two miles from Ruapekapeka East School. Easy undulating country, with soil of very fair quality clay. Fenced on frontage and on boundary of Section 5. About 3 acres cleared and grassed. No water.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rodney County.—Hoteo Parish.

Section 101 : Area, 247 acres. Capital value, £125. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

Section 102 : Area, 231 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £115. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £2 6s.

Sections are situated about midway between Warkworth and Wellsford, on the Warkworth – Port Albert Road. Access is from the Wayby Railway-station, about five and a half miles distant, by formed road, unmetalled. Country consists of steep broken spurs in fern and scrub, with blackberry and a little light bush in the gullies. No ploughable land. Soil is very poor red clay resting on sandstone formation. Well watered by running streams. No improvements. Altitude 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of July, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the North 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, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease ; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Takahue Survey District.

SECTION 11, Block IV : Area, 94 acres 2 roods 4 perches. Capital value, £180. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly instalment, £5 10s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Weighted with £120 valuation of timber, including six kauris containing 39,660 superficial feet (estimated). This sum must be paid in cash before possession of the section is taken.