May 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1349

Members of Prisons Board appointed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nine of the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, it is enacted that there shall be constituted a Board to be called the Prisons Board, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven persons: And whereas by the said section it is provided that the members of the Board shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor-General in Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

Sir Donald McGavin, Kt., C.M.G., D.S.O., Wellington,

Theodore Grant Gray, Esquire, Wellington,

Mrs. Annie Isabel Fraer, Christchurch,

to be members of the Prisons Board constituted under the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, as aforesaid.

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

Opening Settlement Land in 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, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, 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 Friday, the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Orongo Settlement.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 13: Area, 47 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £290. Half-yearly rent, £7 5s.

Weighted with £87 10s., loading for improvements comprising cowshed (two double bails, concrete floor), 50 chains subdivisional fencing, half-share 30 chains boundary fencing, 30 chains of draining, and 10 acres ploughed and grassed. Repayable either in cash or by a deposit of £7 10s.; balance on instalment mortgage for ten years at 5½ per cent.; half-yearly instalment £5 5s. 1d., with three years’ remission of interest provided improvements of an equivalent value are effected.

The Orongo Settlement is situated on the western bank of the Waihou River, approximately three miles from Turua Township, by metalled road. Access to the Kopu Railway-station, which is situated about one mile distant from the settlement, is by bridge over the Waihou River. By this means the settlement is also only about three miles from Thames.

The section offered is level land of first-class quality, the soil being a rich alluvial deposit. Tall fescue is showing up, and requires attention. The capital value includes £15 valuation for water-bore.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taupo County.—Reporoa Settlement.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Three Years.)

Section 3: Area, 161 acres 3 roods 8 perches. Capital value, £250. Half-yearly rent, £6 5s.

Reporoa Settlement is situated on the Rotorua-Taupo Road, about twenty-five miles distant from Rotorua. Adjoining the settlement there is a school and post and telephone office. The district has a daily mail and coach service from Rotorua during the summer months, and thrice weekly during the winter. Cream lorries collecting for the Rotorua and Ngongotaha Dairy Factories pass through the settlement daily during the dairying season.

The section comprises approximately 60 acres part reclaimed swamp in wiwi, rushes, short flax, and niggerhead; balance level to undulating pumice terrace in tea-tree, tussock, &c. All ploughable when drained. Poorly watered by drain.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of May, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the Taranaki 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 Monday, the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.

SECTION 2 of 12, Section 14, and Section 1 of 21, Block I: Area, 442 acres. Capital value, £330. Half-yearly rent, £6 12s.

Exemption from payment of rent will be granted for a period of five years, provided that improvements to the value of £30 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Loaded with £800 for improvements, payable by a deposit of £80; the balance of £720 to be secured by a long-term instalment mortgage, with interest at 5 per cent. in the case of a discharged soldier and 5½ per cent. if otherwise. Exemption from payment of interest under the mortgage will be granted for a period of two years provided that improvements to the value of £70 are effected annually during the exemption period.

A grazing section on the Whangamomona Road, about one mile from Whangamomona Railway-station and school. Improvements comprise five-roomed house (in good repair), wool-shed, yards, and three-stand shearing plant, 210 chains fencing, 180 acres felled and grassed (balance reverted). Some standing bush.

Section 1 of 5, Block V: Area, 166 acres. Capital value, £190. Half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

Exemption from payment of rent will be granted for a period of two years provided that improvements to the value of £30 are effected annually during the exemption period. Improvements included in the capital value include 50 acres felled and grassed and 50 chains of fencing (in disrepair).

A grazing section on the Whangamomona Road, three miles from Whangamomona Railway-station and school.

Subsection 1 of 7 and Subsection 1 of 8, Block V: Area, 272 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £160. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Exemption from payment of rent will be granted for a period of five years provided improvements to the value of £16 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Loaded with £460 for improvements comprising four-roomed house (in disrepair), wool-shed, 80 chains fencing, 180 acres felling and grassing (balance reverted). This amount is payable by a deposit of £40, the balance of £420 may be paid for in cash or taken over on first mortgage to the Superintendent, State Advances Office. A concession of interest may be arranged to a satisfactory tenant, subject to the approval of the Superintendent of the State Advances Office.

A grazing section on the Whangamomona Road, four miles from Whangamomona Railway-station and school.

Lot 1 of Section 9, Block V, and Section 2, Block VI: Area, 593 acres 2 roods 3 perches. Capital value, £390. Half-yearly rent, £7 16s.

Exemption from payment of rent will be granted for a period of five years provided improvements to the value of £40 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Loaded with £540 for improvements comprising 250 acres felling and grassing, balance bush and reverted; 240 chains fencing. This amount is payable by a deposit of £40, the balance of £500 to be secured by a long-term mortgage with interest at 5 per cent. if the incoming lessee is a discharged soldier and 5½ per cent. if otherwise.