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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

three miles from Haku School, and twenty-seven miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station, by metalled road. Hilly and broken land, the soil being light loam resting on limestone and sandstone formation; watered by running streams. Ragwort and foxglove require attention. Approximately 420 acres bush land felled and grassed, now mostly reverted; balance standing bush.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years.)
Section 7, Block I: Area, 1,145 acres. Capital value, £350. Half-yearly rent, £7.

A grazing property, situated twenty-one miles from Otorohanga Railway-station and dairy-factory, eleven miles from Honikiwi School, and seven miles from the Te Rau-a-moa Post-office. About 250 acres felled and grassed, now reverted to fern and scrub; 150 acres felled, but not burned, now covered with second growth; balance in bush. Centre and back of section is badly broken by limestone bluffs. Watered by permanent streams.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.

Rotorua County.—Otanewainuku Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years.)
Section 3, Block XVI: Area, 265 acres. Capital value, £135. Half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Weighted with £115, value of improvements comprising six-roomed house (in poor condition), slab whare, 70 chains of boundary-fencing, 25 chains internal fencing, and approximately 20 acres deteriorated pasture; to be paid in cash.

A grazing property, situated about twelve miles from Te Puke and three miles from Ngawaro Post-office and school. Approximately 115 acres are in light bush; the balance 150 acres) comprising originally bush land, having been felled and grassed, now almost wholly reverted to fern, scrub, and wineberry. Ragwort is prevalent, and foxglove and blackberry are making an appearance. Subdivided into three paddocks. Soil is a light pumice loam of medium quality, resting on pumice and papa formation. Watered by springs.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Maungamangero Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years.)
Section 4, Block IX: Area, 300 acres. Capital value, £120. Half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Weighted with £151, value of improvements comprising about 100 acres felling and grassing, and split-slab whare; repayable in cash or by a cash deposit of £1; balance to remain on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years; interest at 5 per cent. Half-yearly instalment, £4 17s. Exempt from payment of interest for two years.

Situated on the upper Awakino Road, about forty-four miles from Te Kuiti and fourteen miles from Mahoenui School and post-office. The nearest saleyards and dairy factory are at Pio Pio, twenty-eight miles distant. Section comprises easy to steep slopes, about 200 acres in medium bush consisting of rimu, white-pine, tawa, rata, &c., with medium undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, wineberry, and fern. Soil of medium quality on sandstone and rubble formation. Watered by running streams.

Whakatane County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 7, Block III: Area, 524 acres 0 roods 38 perches. Capital value, £135. Half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Weighted with £120, value of improvements comprising dwelling, 30 chains road-boundary fencing, half-share in 130 chains boundary-fencing, and 70 chains internal fencing. Repayable either in cash or may remain on instalment mortgage for ten years, with interest at 5½ per cent; half-yearly instalments, £7 17s. 8d.

Situated on the Pukemaku Road, eleven miles and a half from Mataatā Post-office, nine miles from Forest Gate School, eight miles and a half from Pikowai Railway-station, and twenty-eight miles from Te Puke. The section is very broken, with patches of easy country. The soil is a light loam resting on pumice formation, watered by springs and creeks. Ragwort and foxglove in evidence. Approximately 40 acres bush land felled and grassed—now wholly reverted; 20 acres old cultivation; balance in natural state.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of December, 1929.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

Unclaimed Land in the Pirongia District, Auckland Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section twenty-two of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1921–22, I hereby give notice that on or after the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, it is my intention to issue a Proclamation declaring the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Alexandra East.

SECTIONS 3, 13, 15, 29, 31, 33, 36, 53, 68 to 70, 72, 74, 75, 91 to 93, 95, 96, 98 to 100, 104, 107, 110 to 114, 116, 119, 124, 128, 134, 135, 144, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 158, 159, 168, 176, 183, 186, 187, 194, 198, 199, 202 to 207, 210, 212 to 216, 224 to 226, 230, 232, 234, 236, 239, 241, 244, 246, 248 to 250, 265, 267, 280, 285, 287, 289, 291, 293 to 295, 297, 300, 302, 303, 306, 315 to 317, 319, 321, 326 to 328, 331, 335, 337, 348, 350, 358, 360, 361, 364, 366 to 369, 371, 376, 382, 387, 398, 402, 404, 410, 431, 435, 437, 442, 449, 450 to 452, 457, 462, 463, 465, 468, 470, 471, 486, 489, 493; each containing 1 acre.

Sections E 34, 139A, 195A, 197A, each containing 2 roods; and Sections 330, area 1 acre 0 roods 2·8 perches; 343, area 1 acre 0 roods 4 perches; 349, area 1 acre 0 roods 0·6 perches; 446, area 1 acre 0 roods 0·2 perches; and 447, area 3 roods 5·8 perches.

Town of Alexandra West.

Sections 2, 4 to 6, 9, 12, 13, 15 to 20, 22, 23, 25 to 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 40, 43, 46, 48, 49, 51 to 55, 59, 60, 62, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77, 79 to 82, 90, 92, 94, 237; each containing 1 acre.

Sections 145, 183A, 227, 227A, 228, 246, each containing 2 roods; and Section 21, area 1 acre 1 rood 31 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of December, 1929.

W. B. TAVERNER, for Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting the Control of the Taonui Stream Bridge on Cleverley Road in the Kairanga County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby direct that the Taonui Stream Bridge on Cleverley Road (as more particularly described in the Schedule hereto) shall, on and after the date of the gazetting hereof, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Kairanga County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge in the Wellington Land District, Kairanga County, crossing the Taonui Stream at a point opposite the south-western boundary of Section 5, Westella Settlement, Block II, Kairanga Survey District, and giving access to Section 6, Westella Settlement, Block II, Kairanga Survey District. As the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 77204, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of December, 1929.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 41/689.)

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927, amended.—Amendments No. 18.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto the regulations for the Military Forces of the