side of the Old Porirua Road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 9, Porirua Registration District; thence to and along that boundary to the south-eastern corner of Lot 37 on plan 1637, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence along the eastern boundary of that lot to Chamberlain Road; thence along the southern side of Chamberlain Road to a point in line with the eastern side of Kensington Street; thence along the eastern and southern sides of Kensington Street to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Lot 10 of plan 2422, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence to and along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of the said Lot 10; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Lot 11 for a distance of 26·6 links; thence along right lines bearing 45° distance 1295·7 links, bearing 18° 8' 40" distance 811·15 links to the southern boundary of the Paparangi Settlement; thence north-westerly along the southern boundary of the Paparangi Settlement to the Main North Road (Porirua Road); thence south-westerly along the eastern side of that road to a point in line with the southern boundary of the Hawtrey Settlement; thence to and along that boundary to the south-western corner of Section 4, Block I, Hawtrey Settlement, the place of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

OHARIU RIDING.—COUNTY OF MAKARA.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded on the north-west by the sea from the south-western corner of Section 41, Ohariu Registration District, Block V, Belmont Survey District, to the south-western corner of Section 111, Ohariu Registration District, Block I, Port Nicholson Survey District; thence along the southern boundaries of Sections 111 and 73, Ohariu District, to the western boundary of Section 74, Ohariu District; thence along the western boundaries of Sections 74 and 75, Ohariu, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the southern boundaries of Sections 75, 78, 100, 101, Ohariu District, Block III, Port Nicholson Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of Section 104, Ohariu District; thence along the western boundaries of Sections 101 and 103, Ohariu District, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the southern boundary of Section 103 aforesaid, and the western and southern boundaries of Section 55, Makara District, Block III, Port Nicholson Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of the said Section 55; thence along the south-eastern and eastern boundaries of Section 129, Ohariu District, Block III, Port Nicholson Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the said section; thence along the southern and eastern boundaries of Section 128. Ohariu District, to the western boundary of the City of Wellington, as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1923, page 751; thence northerly along that boundary to the northern side of the Old Ohariu Road; thence south-easterly along the northern side of that road to the north-western boundary of the Johnsonville Town District, hereinbefore described; thence northeasterly along that boundary to the south-western corner of Section 4, Block I, Hawtrey Settlement; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Sections 105 and 106, Ohariu District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence northerly along the western boundaries of Sections 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45, and 47, Porirua Registration District, Blocks V, VI, and VII, Belmont Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence westerly and northerly along the southern and western boundaries of the land shown in plan 71/52, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor in Wellington, to the north-western corner of the said land; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the land shown in plan 71/17, deposited as aforesaid, and northerly, for a distance of 1404·7 links, along the western boundary of the said plan; thence westerly along a bearing of 297° 50' for a distance of 1371·5 links to the south-eastern boundary of Section 44, Ohariu District, Block V, Belmont Survey District; thence northerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 44, 43, and 42, Ohariu District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence westerly along the north-eastern boundary of Section 42 aforesaid to its north-western corner; thence southerly and westerly along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 41, Ohariu District, Block V, Belmont Survey District, to the sea, the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 11th day of November, 1931.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(I.A. 19/111/34.)

Abolishing Lochiel River District, County of Southland.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the River Boards Act, 1908, as amended by the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor-General may, on petition signed by not less than a majority of the rate-payers of a river district, abolish any such district:

And whereas a petition signed as aforesaid has been duly presented, praying that the Lochiel River District, established under the said River Boards Act, 1908, may be abolished:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Lochiel River District shall be and the same is hereby abolished.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 7th day of November, 1931.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(I.A. 19/63/27.)

Setting apart Tidal Lands for Disposal under Section 146 of Harbours Act, 1923.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred and forty-six of the Harbours Act, 1923, and of the regulations made thereunder, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act hereinbefore mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of Islands County, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section 12, Block VIII, Kawakawa Survey District, and the land marked "Foreshore Reserve" on a plan deposited at the office of the Chief Surveyor, North Auckland, at Auckland, and numbered 26509. As the same is more particularly delineated on a plan marked M.D. 7001, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of October, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Approved in Executive Council.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exempting certain Native Land from Rates.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1931.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of section one hundred and four of the Rating Act, 1925, and as therein mentioned, the Governor-General may from time to time, for the reasons therein specified, exempt any Native land liable to rates from all or any part of such rates:

And whereas it is desirable that such power should be exercised in respect of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, and of every other power thereunto him enabling, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby exempt the Native land named in the Schedule hereto from all rates made or levied by any local authority under the provisions of the Rating Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

THE following land situate in Block X, Heretaunga Survey District, Hawke's Bay County:

Omahu 2R Block : Area, 14 acres 0 roods 17 perches.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.