3110
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 81

Amending the Conditions of Control in respect to a Hot Springs Reserve in Rangitaiki Parish, Auckland Land District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and published in the Gazette of the fourteenth day of that month, the control of portion of Section 12, Rangitaiki Parish, Block VII, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, known as the Pukaahu Hot Springs Reserve, was vested in the Whakatane County Council in pursuance of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 :

And whereas it is desirable that the conditions contained in the said Warrant should be altered by adding an additional clause thereto :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby amend the said conditions by adding to the said Warrant the following new clause :-

4. The said Council may make special by-laws regulating the use of the springs and fixing charges for the use thereof. Such by-laws shall come into operation upon being approved by the Minister.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of November, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 611.)

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction for cash ; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Kaitieke Survey District.

TOWNSHIP OF RAURIMU.

SECTION 34, Block XII : Area, 4 acres 3 roods. Upset price, £12.

Weighted with the sum of £13 for improvements.

OWHANGO TOWNSHIP.

Section 3, Block VI : Area, 2 roods 4 perches. Upset price, £10.

Weighted with the sum of £2 for improvements.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of October, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2688.)

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the North Auckland Land District for other Land.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange, and has agreed to pay to the Crown a sum of money by way of equality of exchange :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule upon payment by the owner thereof of the sum of money hereinbefore referred to by way of equality of exchange.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Whangarei County, situate in Block XIII, Ruakaka Survey District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 0 roods 10 perches, more or less, being Allotment 495, Waipu Parish. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/4/17A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (North Auckland plan 26133.)

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Whangarei County, situate in Block XIII, Ruakaka Survey District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 0 roods 31 perches, more or less, being part Allotment 11, Waipu Parish, and being the land shown on a plan deposited at the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland numbered 23837, and bounded as follows : Commencing at a point being the south-western corner of Allotment S.E. 10, Waipu Parish ; thence on the north by Allotment S.E. 10 aforesaid, bearing 73° 45' distance 263·7 links to a public road ; thence on the east and south generally by that road bearing 185° 56' distance 533·05 links, bearing 157° 44' distance 485·5 links, bearing 148° 03' distance 582·5 links, bearing 158° 02' distance 471·4 links, bearing 205° 34' distance 278·9 links, bearing 262° 14' distance 138·3 links ; and on the west by Crown land bearing 343° 52' distance 2193·3 links, to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/4/17B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of October, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 6/4/17.)

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 fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicants, 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 hereby 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Takahue Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block XVI : Area, 116 acres 2 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 11s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £3.

Mangonui County.—Maungataniwha Parish.

Allotment 225 : Area, 73 acres 1 rood 16 perches. Capital value, £185. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £5 13s. 9d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £3 14s.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of October, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2702.)