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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

5. A copy of the case stated and filed shall be served upon the Council by the appellant within seven days after the same is filed in the office of the Court.

6. Within seven days after service on it of the case stated the Council shall file an answer to the case. Such answer shall set forth the facts as alleged by the Council and the grounds of its decision, and a copy thereof shall be served on the appellant.

7. If sittings of the Court are held in the borough the case shall be heard there, and if not it shall be heard in the place nearest to the borough within the judicial district in which the borough is situated in which sittings of the Court for the trial of actions are held.

8. Either party may set down the case for hearing at the first sitting of the Court at the place of hearing held after the expiration of the time within which the Council is required to file its answer to the case of the appellant, and held after at least six clear days from the day on which the case is so set down for hearing.

9. Subject to the provisions of these regulations the appeal shall be heard and determined in accordance with the ordinary practice of the Court in its civil jurisdiction, as if on the trial of an action instituted between the appellant as plaintiff and the Council as defendant, and the rules of the Court shall apply thereto accordingly.

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

Regulation under the Government Life Insurance Act, 1903.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of October, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty of the Government Life Insurance Act, 1908, as amended by section twenty-six of the Finance Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Acts”), it is enacted that as soon as conveniently may be after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and at the expiration of every period of three years after that date, or such shorter period as the Governor-General in Council determines, or as soon as conveniently may be after such period, the Actuary for the time being holding office as the Actuary to the Government Insurance Department shall report what (if any) is in the opinion of such Actuary the net surplus of profits to be divided as hereinafter mentioned, after allowing such sum as Reserve Fund as he may recommend:

And whereas it is expedient to substitute a shorter period for the period of three years above referred to:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Acts, and of all other powers and authorities in this behalf vested in him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby determine and direct that, after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, the period for the purposes set forth in the said section forty of the Government Life Insurance Act, 1908, as amended by section twenty-six of the Finance Act, 1925, shall be one year in lieu of three years as heretofore.

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

Notifying Land 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 thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Cheviot County.—Domett Township.

SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12, Block III: Area, 3 acres 2 roods 14 perches. Upset price, £90.

Situated 35 chains from the Domett Township, on the main Waipara-Cheviot Road. West boundary adjoining railway-line is well fenced, while the road has old standard-and-wire fence of little value. Fair quality land, but part low-lying and wet.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of October, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

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 seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction for cash or on deferred payments; and I hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LANDS.

Town of Owhango.

SECTIONS 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Block VIII: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 23·9 perches. Upset price, £35.

Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block IX: Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £25.

Sections 1 to 10, Block X: Area, 2 acres. Upset price, £50.

Sections 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block XI: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 24 perches. Upset price, £35.

Section 2, Block XII: Area, 33·3 perches. Upset price, £5.

Section 4, Block XII: Area, 33·3 perches. Upset price, £5.

Section 6, Block XII: Area, 33·3 perches. Upset price, £5.

Section 7, Block XII: Area, 1 acre 1 rood. Upset price, £30.

Section 6, Block XIII: Area, 1 acre 1 rood. Upset price, £30.

Owhango is situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, one hundred and ninety-one miles from Auckland and fifteen miles south of Taumarunui. The main Waimarino-Taumarunui Road passes through the town, and the Hikimutu, Kawautahi, and Oio No. 2 Roads converge upon it.

Most of the sections now under offer are flat, and the soil varies in quality from light pumice to sandy loam, partly on clay and partly on pumice subsoil.

Hutt County.—Town of Paekakariki.—Extension No. 5.

Section 5: Area, 1 rood 5 perches. Upset price, £60.

Distant about one mile from Paekakariki Railway-station, by formed road. Paekakariki is on the Main Trunk Railway, twenty-seven miles north of Wellington and sixty miles south of Palmerston North. Section comprises low sand-hills covered with lupin, flax, and grass. Admirably situated, having easy access by rail and road, and would make a fine seaside residential section.

Kaitieke County.—Town of Kakahi.

Section 4, Block V: Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £50.

The access to this section is from Kakahi Railway-station, which is about one mile distant by formed dray-road. Comprises flat land, partly covered with manuka.

Waimarino County.—Raetihi Village Settlement.

Section 245: Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £50.

Weighted with £6 7s. 6d., valuation for improvements consisting of two chains of fencing and seven chains of draining. Situated about sixty chains from Raetihi Railway-station by metalled dray-road. It is undulating, with a swampy creek in the centre. The front half of the section is wet during the winter months. Soil is of fair quality, resting on conglomerate formation.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Township.

Section 140, Block X: Area, 3 roods 11 perches. Upset price, £20.

The section has a frontage to Titoki Street, which is a metalled road, and is within easy distance of Makuri School, Post-office, and store. Access is from Pahiatua, which is about twenty miles distant by metalled road. There is a daily mail service to Pahiatua by motor-bus. The section comprises easy sloping land, falling from the road frontage