Revoking the Declarations of Portions of Main Highway in
Highway District No. 18.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of
December, 1928.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by subsection three of section three of the
Main Highways Act, 1922, and of all other powers in anywise
enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth, from the date of gazetting of this Order
in Council, declare that the portions of main highway men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be main highways.
SCHEDULE.
INVERCARGILL-FORTROSE.—All that portion of main highway
commencing at the junction of Janet Street and Elles Road,
and proceeding generally in a south-easterly direction via
the said Elles Road, Tramway Road, and Moulston Street,
and terminating at the junction of the said Moulston Street
with Brown Street, being a distance of 68 chains, more or less.
As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked
P.W.D. 73809, deposited in the office of the Main Highways
Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
INVERCARGILL-BLUFF.—All that portion of main highway
commencing at the junction of Bluff Road and Janet Street,
and proceeding generally in a south-easterly direction via the
said Bluff Road, and terminating at the north-western corner
of Lot 1, Block V, City of Invercargill, being a distance of
37 chains, more or less. As the same is more particularly
delineated on plan marked P.W.D. 73809, deposited in the
office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon
coloured red.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Notifying Land in Otago 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
Friday, the eighth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine, 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT,—TOWN LANDS.
Town of Waikouaiti.
SECTION 23, Block XIII, Town of Waikouaiti: Area, 1 rood
8 perches. Upset price, £25.
This section comprises a very good building-site above the
road-line on the road from Karitane to Merton, in what is
known as the Township of Karitane. Ideally situated for a
seaside cottage in this popular resort.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 10th day of December, 1928.
K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Lands.
Opening Lands in the 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 Thursday, the seventeenth day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.
SECTION 20, Block IV: Area, 202 acres 0 roods 6 perches.
Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5.
Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d.
Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1.
Weighted with £140, valuation for improvements com-
prising three-roomed dwelling, cow-byré, cistern, 100 chains
boundary and 100 chains subdivisional fencing ; payable in
cash.
Situated on the Okohi Road, one mile from Te Pu Post-
office and school, and twelve miles from Ngongotaha. Undu-
lating land, originally all bush, of which approximately 80
acres have been felled and grassed, but the cleared portion
has now become overgrown with blackberry and ragwort.
The soil is light loam resting on pumiceous formation.
Watered by springs and cistern.
NOTE.—The selector of this property is required to acquire
a lease over Lot 12 of Section 12, Block V, Rotoiti Survey
District (29 acres), for use as a change paddock.
Rotorua County.—Waihi South Survey District.
SECTIONS 2 and 9, Block XI : Area, 1,371 acres 3 roods
9 perches. Capital value, £420. Deposit on deferred pay-
ments, £20. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£13. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £8 8s.
Weighted with £94, valuation for improvements consisting
of 120 chains internal fencing and half-share 130 chains
boundary fencing ; to be paid for in cash.
Grazing property, situated nine miles from Pikowai Railway-
station, three miles from Forest Gate School, and twenty-nine
miles from Te Puke Saleyards. About 50 acres level;
balance broken pumice land, covered with fern and manuka.
Light soil on pumice formation; watered by springs. Sub-
divided into four paddocks. Fences in very poor order.
No buildings.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Tauranga County.—Te Puna Parish.
Section 234: Area, 261 acres 3 roods. Capital value
£200. Deposit on deferred payments, £10. Half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments, £6 3s. 6d. Renewable
lease: Half-yearly rent, £4.
Weighted with £130, valuation for improvements com-
prising dwelling of three rooms and scullery (in poor order)
and fifty chains fencing ; repayable either in cash or by an
instalment mortgage extending over a period of fifteen years;
interest, 5½ per cent.; half-yearly instalment, £6 8s. 5d.
Property suitable for grazing and dairying. Situated
about seven miles from Tauranga, and three miles from
Bethlehem School. About 80 acres ploughable, level, undula-
ting land, balance hilly to broken, the whole area being in
fern and tea-tree. Soil a light sandy loam of poor to fair
quality, resting on pumice formation; watered by Ruanga-
rara Stream and springs. Gorse is spreading on the area,
and requires immediate attention.
Piako County.—Waitoa Survey District.
Lot 1 of Section 14, Block V : Area, 199 acres 2 roods
17 perches. Capital value, £200. Deposit on deferred pay-
ments, £10. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£6 3s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £4.
Lot 2 of Section 14, Block V : Area, 195 acres 3 roods
3 perches. Capital value, £200. Deposit on deferred pay-
ments, £10. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£6 3s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £4.
Lot 1 is weighted with £30, valuation for improvements
comprising half-share in 70 chains fencing on the northern
boundary; to be paid for in cash.
Situated on the old Morrinsville-Patetonga Road, about
fifteen miles from Morrinsville, fourteen miles and a half by
metalled road and half a mile by formed clay road and, three
miles from Tahuna School and Post-office. Sections com-
prise open undulating to hilly country, soil being of fair loam
resting on clay formation. The whole area is at present in
fern, tea-tree, and tutu. Fairly well watered by springs.
NOTE.—Applications from holders of other land in the
locality to acquire these sections for use as grazing-off runs
will receive consideration.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 10th day of December, 1928.
K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Lands.