SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2773

Kawhia County.—Karioi Survey District.

NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 5, Block XV : Area, 957 acres. Capital value, £720.
Half-yearly rent, £18.
Weighted with £265 for improvements.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 3, Block XV : Area, 288 acres. Capital value,
£100. Half-yearly rent, £2.
Weighted with £115 for improvements.

Waitomo County.—Whareorino Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section l, Block VIII, and Section 1, Block XI : Area,
814 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £410. Half-yearly rent,
£8 4s.

Waitomo County.—Maungamangero Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 2l, Block VI : Area, 462 acres. Capital value,
£230. Half-yearly rent, £4 12s.
Weighted with £150 for improvements.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia South Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 2, Block III : Area, 983 acres. Capital value,
£350. Half-yearly rent, £7.
Weighted with £50 for improvements.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia North Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 1, Block IV : Area, 1,332 acres 1 rood 39·2 perches.
Capital value, £650. Half-yearly rent, £13.
Weighted with £645 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 8th day of September, 1931.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2683.)

Opening Lands in the Taranaki Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
I N 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 Friday, the twenty-third day of October, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waitomo County.—Totoro Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Sub. 2 of Section ll, Block XI : Area, 158 acres. Capital
value, £100. Half-yearly rent, £2.
Weighted with £220 for improvements.
Section 10, Block V : Area, 470 acres. Capital value, £470.
Half-yearly rent, £9 8s.
Weighted with £590 for improvements.

Ohura County.—Rangi Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 10, Block I : Area, 458 acres. Capital value, £200.
Half-yearly rent, £4.
Weighted with £250 for improvements.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Taumarunui County.—Rangi Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 6, Block III : Area, 752 acres. Capital value, £400,
Half-yearly rent, £8.
Weighted with £725 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 8th day of September, 1931.
A. J. MURDOCH, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2685.)

C

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 Friday, the twenty-third day of October, one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-one, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waitomo County.—Mapara Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for four years.)
SECTION 9, Block X : Area, 208 acres l rood. Capital value,
£160. Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.
Weighted with £170 for improvements.

Ohura County.—Waro Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 11, Block VIII : Area, 532 acres. Capital value,
£300. Half-yearly rent, £6.
Weighted with £125 for improvements.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Ohura County.—Aria Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 9, Block V : Area, 844 acres. Capital value, £215.
Half-yearly rent, £4 6s.
Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Ohura County.—Aria Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Sections 7 and 15, Block VI : Area, 721 acres. Capital
value, £180. Half-yearly rent, £3 12s.
Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Taumarunui County.—Ohura Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Sections 5 and 10, Block XVI : Area, 439 acres 2 roods.
Capital value, £120. Half-yearly rent, £2 8s.
Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Waitomo County.—Pahi Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)
Section l, Block III : Area, 333 acres. Capital value, £100.
Half-yearly rent, £2.
Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Whangamomona County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.
(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)
Section 2, Block XII : Area, 1,022 acres. Capital value,
£260. Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.
Weighted with £100 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 8th day of September, 1931.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2684.)

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Northcote Borough
Council.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the said
Act"), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic
reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved
under the said Act) in the Northcote Borough Council, subject
to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby
   vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the
   reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said
   Act.
2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending
   on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of
   receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve.