Num. 15.

643

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930.

Proclaiming the Borough of Invercargill to be a City.

[L.S.] MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS a petition has been received from the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Invercargill, praying that the said borough be proclaimed a city under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920:

And whereas the population of the said borough is not less than twenty thousand:

And whereas it is desirable that effect should be given to the said petition:

Now, therefore, I, Michael Myers, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, do hereby proclaim the Borough of Invercargill to be a city as on and from the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 25th day of February, 1930.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(I.A. 19/369/4.)

Declaring Land in Auckland Land District open for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

[L.S.] MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fifty-four of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General, by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any Crown lands within any mining district to be open for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, Michael Myers, Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one hundred and fifty-fourth section of the said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Thames County.—Ohinemuri Survey District.

SECTION 4, Block II: Area, 975 acres. Capital value, £490. Half-yearly rent, £9 16s.

Weighted with £125, for improvements comprising old kauri house (in poor repair) eight rooms, hot and cold water, and 110 chains of fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or may remain on instalment mortgage for ten years with interest at 5½ per cent. Half-yearly instalment, £8 4s. 2d.

Grazing property situated ten miles from Hikutaia School, store, and post-office, of which distance four miles is by metalled road; balance formed. Hilly land of inferior quality resting on clay and rock formation. Approximately 775 acres bush, comprising tawa, rata, rimu, and some kauri, with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, punga, koromiko, and rangiora. Balance of section old kauri clearing, partly grassed, but now gone back. Well watered by the Tairua River and creeks.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 24th day of February, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!