Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2417

Opening Lands in the North Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 Monday, the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty; 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, and the amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei County.—Purua Survey District.

SECTION 7, Block II: Area, 180 acres. Capital value, £135. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 1s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Situated at Purua, about fifteen miles from Ruatangata Railway-station, by metalled road to within quarter mile. Nearest school at Aponga, two miles distant. Store at Kamo, ten miles distant. About 5 acres flat peaty swamp; balance very easy undulating country in fern, tea-tree scrub, and danthonia. Has been dug over for gum, and has a number of potholes. Soil poorish clay on clay formation. Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level.

Mangonui County.—Opoe Survey District.

Sections 25 and 26, Block V: Area, 50 acres 1 rood 37 perches. Capital value, £40. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 2s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Weighted with £375, for improvements consisting of house, shed, and fencing. Of this sum £25 is to be paid in cash, and the balance secured by mortgage for twenty years, with interest at 5 per cent. in the case of selection by a discharged soldier and at 5½ per cent. in other cases.

Situated on the Kaitaia–Hohoura Road, two miles and a half from Waiharara Post-office and school, fourteen miles from Awanui Dairy Factory, and twenty miles from Kaitaia Saleyards. Thirty-five acres swampy land, and remainder in natural state. Soil sandstone and peat swamp resting on sandstone formation. Watered by swampy streams. Suitable for dairying.

Mangonui County.—Mangonui Parish.

Section 6: Area, 87 acres. Capital value, £45. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 6s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 18s.

Section situated two miles from Taipa, three miles from Oruru, and seven miles from Mangonui. Access is from Mangonui by formed road, thence across Taipa River, at low tide. Steep undulating country, covered with fern and tea-tree. Soil is clay resting on sandstone formation. Altitude, sea-level to 200 ft. above. Unimproved country.

Mangonui County.—Ahipara Survey District.

Section 153, Block IV: Area, 66 acres 3 roods 8 perches. Capital value, £70. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 2s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 8s.

Section is about one mile from stores at Ahipara and Wainui. Frontage to the Ahipara–Kaitaia Road, which is metalled. Soil is of sandy nature, level, containing shallow swamp. Covered with rough feed and some gorse.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of August, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2450.)

Warrant vesting the Control of the Mangarakau Bridge, over the Mangarakau Inlet (together with Approaches thereto), in the Collingwood County Council.

BLEDISLOE, 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, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby direct that the bridge (together with approaches thereto) 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 Collingwood County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge (together with approaches thereto) in the Nelson Land District over the Mangarakau Inlet, known as the Mangarakau Bridge, situated in Block VIII, Pakawau Survey District. As the site of the said bridge and approaches are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 79350, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of July, 1930.

W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 42/66.)

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927, amended.—Amendments No. 24.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 Dominion of New Zealand, published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven; and I do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES, 1927.

1. PARAGRAPH 357, line 6: Delete the words “referred to in King’s Regulations, para. 768.”

2. Paragraph 358, line 4: Delete “768” and substitute “803.”

3. Paragraph 361: Delete the last sentence (lines 3 to 6 inclusive), and substitute the following:—

“This examination will be held under the conditions laid down in the Staff College (Camberley) Regulations, except that a paper dealing with the organization and administration of the New Zealand Military Forces will be substituted for the paper dealing with organization, administration, and transportation in peace.”

4. Paragraph 596: Delete sub-para. (a) (iii), and substitute the following:—

“(iii) Any building let for a term approved by General Headquarters will be covered by an agreement approved by the Crown Law Office, and in such cases the building will be insured by the hirer, against loss by fire, in the State Fire Insurance Office, in the name of the Minister of Defence, for the full insurable value, policies being forwarded to General Headquarters and receipts for premiums to Command Headquarters.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of July, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Opening Lands in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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