Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2681

Land temporarily reserved in the Taranaki Land District as an Addition to a Site for a Public School.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart temporarily as reserves, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Taranaki Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, as an addition to a site for a public school (Hurford Road).

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being part Section 101, Omata District, Survey Office Plan 6910, Block VIII, Paritutu Survey District : Bounded towards the north-east by Hurford Road, 500 links ; towards the south-east by other part Section 101, Omata District, 200 links; towards the south-west by the said other part Section 101, 500·15 links; and towards the north-west by the said other part Section 101, 199·95 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 26/10687, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of August, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 26/10687.)

Opening Lands in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

National-endowment Land.

Buller County.—Kongahu Survey District.

SECTION 5, Block IV : Area, 554 acres. Capital value, £210. Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

This section is situated on the sea-coast, two miles and a half south of Little Wanganui, and the access is along the sea-beach by fairly rough walking-track. Section comprises 454 acres in bush, 100 acres felled and grassed (now all second growth). The section is steep and broken, the soil being of fair quality on limestone formation. Forest is heavy, comprising, birch, rimu, rata, &c. Well watered by creeks.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Murchison County.—Tutaki Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

Sections 42 and 45, Block t : Area, 967 acres. Capital value, £270. Half-yearly rent, £5 8s.

These sections are situated twenty-five miles from Kawatiri Station, three miles from Murchison School, and three miles from Murchison Dairy Factory. The land comprises 110 acres felled and grassed (now reverted to fern), and 857 acres in standing bush. Only a small portion is suitable for grazing. Well watered by permanent streams. No buildings.

Waimea County.—Wangapeka Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years.)

Section 12, Block XIII : Area, 515 acres. Capital value, £155. Half-yearly rent, £3 2s.

This section is situated in the Wangapeka Valley, about two miles and a half above the Dart River, and the access is from Tadmor Railway-station, which is about ten miles distant, by fair road. The section is comprised of steep, broken country, about equal parts open fern country and poor bush on rough limestone faces. Soil is poor to good resting on poor slate formation. Section is well watered. No buildings.

Murchison County.—Matiri Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

Section 9, Block XVI : Area, 1,040 acres. Capital value, £520. Half-yearly rent, £10 8s.

Weighted with £60, for improvements consisting of 40 acres felling and grassing.

Situated in Nuggety Creek Valley, about four miles and a half from a telephone-office, eight miles from a school, and about sixteen miles and a half from Murchison, while Glenhope Railway-station is twenty-three miles distant. Access is by twenty miles of good road; the balance being bridle-track and unformed road. With the exception of cleared portion, the whole section is in standing bush. Good soil along flats of Nuggety Creek and branches, fair on slopes, resting on conglomerate and sandstone formation. Well watered. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level.

(Exempt from payment of rent for ten years.)

Section 14, Block XII : Area, 1,156 acres. Capital value, £300. Half-yearly rent, £6.

Situated in Nuggety Creek Valley, ten miles from Murchison, one mile from a school, and three miles from telephone-office. Access is by metalled road to within three miles of section; thence by bridle-track. About 15 acres are felled and grassed, the balance being covered in heavy birch bush, of no commercial value. Mostly hillside broken land, which is well watered but inclined to be shady. Small flat area at front of section. Altitude, 950 ft. to 2,100 ft. above sea-level.

Murchison County.—Matakutaki Survey District.—Westland Mining District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for four years.)

Sections 3 and 4, Block IX : Area, 706 acres. Capital value, £250. Half-yearly rent, £5.

These sections are part of the Rappahannock Block, situated four miles and a half from Maruawera Post and Telephone Office. The Access is from Murchison, thirty miles distant—twenty-seven miles of which is good road, two miles and a half of newly formed road, the balance being bridle-track. There is a good building-site on Cave Stream, and small flats up Diamond Creek, but mostly the sections consist of hillside, entirely bushclad. Improvements comprise 32 acres felled and grassed, in fair condition. The soil is good on frontage and gullies, and poor to fair on hillside, the whole being on a conglomerate formation. The forest consists of medium brown and red birch and some totara and rata, of no commercial value. The undergrowth is light, consisting of birch scrub, konini, and horopito. General quality fair, but inclined to be shady. Well watered. Elevation, 1,300 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level.

Murchison County.—Maruia Survey District.

Crown Land.

(Exempt from payment of rent for ten years.)

Section 5, Block VII : Area, 1,247 acres. Capital value, £312. Half-yearly rent, £6 4s. 10d.

Situated in North Maruia Valley, about two miles from telephone-office and school. Access is from Murchison, fifteen miles and a half distant, by fourteen miles of good road and then one mile and a quarter dray-road. About 100 acres have been felled and grassed, but fern is taking hold. About 140 acres of flat terrace and easy undulating land; balance hillside. Bush of medium mixed birch with a few pines. Well watered. Altitude, 625 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of August, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 9/2472.)

Opening Lands in the Nelson 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