2942 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 66

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 hundred pounds for
metalling portion of the Mangamahoe 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 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 hundred pounds accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Lower Hutt Borough Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
September, 1927.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto
have been permanently reserved for recreation pur-
poses : And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserves
in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of
Lower Hutt :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon
him by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after
the day of the date hereof, the reserves described in the
Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors,
and Burgesses of the Borough of Lower Hutt, in trust, for
recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT.

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods
39.5 perches, more or less, being Section 148 of Block I of
the Hutt Valley Settlement, and being portion of Section 11,
Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey
District : As the same is delineated on plan numbered 42/91,
deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered green.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 3 roods
29.5 perches, more or less, being Section 194, Block X, Hutt
Valley Settlement, and being portion of Section 18, Hutt
Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District :
As the same is delineated on plan numbered 42/96, de-
posited in the Wellington District Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 3 roods
20.5 perches, more or less, being Section 195, Block XIV,
Hutt Valley Settlement, and being portion of Section 18,
Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey
District : As the same is delineated on plan numbered 42/96,
deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 2 roods
13.5 perches, more or less, being Section 196, Block VII,
Hutt Valley Settlement, and being portions of Sections 18
and 22, Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont
Survey District : As the same is delineated on plan numbered
42/96, deposited in the Wellington District Office, Depart-
ment of Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 2 roods
24.43 perches, more or less, being Section 197, Block XI,
Hutt Valley Settlement, and being portion of Section 22,
Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey
District : As the same is delineated on plan numbered 169/1,
deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 2 acres
0 roods 34.27 perches, more or less, being Section 41 of
Block XXIV, Hutt Valley Settlement, and being portion of
Sections 22 and 26, Hutt Registration District, Block XIV,
Belmont Survey District : As the same is delineated on
plan numbered 169/10, deposited in the Wellington District
Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon
bordered red.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opening 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 lands
described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on
renewable lease on Wednesday, the thirtieth day of November,
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 pro-
visions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Houhora East and Opoe Survey Districts.—
Motutangi Swamp.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for Five Years.)

• Weighted with £152 valuation for improvements.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The sections form part of what is known as the Motutangi
Swamp, situated from fifteen to twenty miles north of the
Town of Awanui or from three to ten miles south of Pukenui
Wharf. Sections 3, 4, and 5, Block IX, Opoe Survey District,
front a by-road unformed or only partially formed, but the
remainder of the sections front the main north road from
Awanui to Houhora. The soil is for the most part a sandy
loam, with a tendency towards a peaty loam on the southern
sections, resting on sandstone formation. Manuka is growing
on the land, but in the case of most of the sections this is of
small size only. The soil in the swamp portion is good, and
when the necessary draining has been done, the sections should
make good farms.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Section 12, Block XV : Twenty miles from Awanui, two
miles and a half from Pukenui Wharf. About 92 acres manuka
flats and low hills, 41 acres raupo, flax, and wiri swamp.

Section 13, Block XV : Twenty miles from Awanui, three
miles from Pukenui Wharf. About 60 acres sandy flats and
small swamps, 41 acres raupo and wiri swamp.

Section 14, Block XV : Twenty miles from Awanui, three
miles from Pukenui Wharf. About 64 acres sandy flats and
ridges rising to broken hills, 46 acres raupo swamp and partly
partly cleared old native cultivation in grass and tall manuka.

Section 15, Block XV : Twenty miles from Awanui, three
miles from Pukenui Wharf. About 60 acres good flats,
partly grassed, but overgrown with manuka ; 38 acres raupo
and wiri swamp.