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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Inspectors of Scenic Reserve appointed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Ronald Henry Wilson, and
Frederick Bracegirdle, jun.,

to be Inspectors under the said Act in respect to the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

EVERETT ROAD SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 166 acres, being the whole of Sections 13, 18, and 19 of Block XIII, Waitara Survey District, and bounded as follows :—

Section 13 (northern portion), containing by admeasurement 46 acres 3 roods, more or less. Bounded on the north by Section 182, Block XIV, Waitara Survey District, 2008 links; on the east generally by River Bank Road; on the south by road, 635·8 links; and on the west by Everett Road, 9014·7 and 757·2 links.

Section 13 (southern portion), containing by admeasurement 20 acres 1 rood, more or less. Bounded on the north by a road, 747 links; on the east generally by River Bank Road; and on the south and west by Everett Road, 189, 366·8, and 1201 links.

Sections 18 and 19, containing by admeasurement 99 acres, more or less. Bounded on the north and east generally by River Bank Road; on the south generally by Bristol Road, 3520 links; and on the west by Everett Road, 3798·2, 95·8, 853·5, and 2112·5 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 39502, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged pink.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of January, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Opening Land in 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, and the amendments thereof, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, this is to say :—

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Thursday, the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the price specified in the said Schedule, and for the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Land Act, 1924, shall be deemed to be “scrub land.”

2. The said land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

3. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said land for a period of three years from the date from which such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land during such period.

4. After the first half-year’s rent (or the deposit on deferred payments, as the case may be) has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent (or such part of the instalments on deferred payments as consists of interest) payable by him for a period of two years shall not be demanded: Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent or interest so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Maketu Survey District.

(Exempt from rates and rent or interest for a period of two years.)

SECTION 5, Block XVI: Area, 494 acres. Capital value, £185. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £5 13s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 14s.

Weighted with £400, for improvements consisting of implement-shed, cow-byre, and separator-room, approximately 70 acres pasture, 8 acres cleared and cultivated, 300 chains fencing, cisterns and piping, Pinus insignis and gum plantations. This sum may be paid either in cash or by a deposit of £20, balance to be secured on instalment mortgage for 34½ years; interest at 5½ per cent. Half-yearly instalments amount to £12 7s., of which the interest portion will be remitted for two years, subject to improvements of an equivalent value being effected.

Property is suitable for grazing and dairying, and is situated approximately eight miles from Maniatutu Railway-station and approximately ten miles from Pongakawa Post-office.

Section comprises a series of dry gullies and steep hills, a considerable portion of which has been grassed, but with the exception of approximately 80 acres the whole area is now in fern and scrub. The soil is of a light pumiceous nature, requiring regular top-dressing. Section has no adequate water-supply at present.

Special Conditions.

(1) The dwelling is not included in the above valuations, but is being sold separately and all rights necessary for its removal are reserved.

(2) All rights necessary for the effective working and maintenance of the tramway traversing this section and at present operated by the Bay of Plenty Timber Company are reserved.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of January, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st January, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Charles Moginie Gummer, Esquire, J.P.,

of Morrinsville, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

T. K. SIDEY, Minister of Justice.

Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 17th January, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Penetana Te Tai

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Hokianga, vice Te Reima Teihi, deceased.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 17th January, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Hohepa Te Hura

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Whangarei, vice Koha Hoterene, resigned.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

The Rural Intermediate Credit Act, 1927.

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER OF DISTRICT RURAL INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BOARD.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Rural Intermediate Credit Board, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by section 14 of the Rural Intermediate Credit Act, 1927, and all other powers and authorities it in that behalf enabling, has appointed

Robert Frederick Charles Priddle,

Company Manager, Blenheim, to be a member of the Marlborough District Rural Intermediate Credit Board in succession to George John Leech, who has resigned, on his departure from the district.

The foregoing appointment takes effect as from the 17th day of January, 1930.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of January, 1930.

J. W. MACDONALD,
Commissioner of Rural Intermediate Credit.