Declaring Land in Auckland Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and five of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and shall hereafter form part of the Waitakaruru Settlement.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 18 acres 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, being Section 33, Block VII, Piako Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section 9, Block VII, Piako Survey District, 2296·6 links; towards the east by Section 4, Block III, Piako Survey District, 787·2 links; towards the south-east and west generally by public roads, 968·2, 240·4, 295·1, 669·4, 365·1, 385·6, and 978 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/2972, deposited under No. 2638 in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland plan: S.O. 26728.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of July, 1933.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/2972.)

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the 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 accept from 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 Crown 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 Auckland Land District, Tauranga County, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 10 perches, more or less, being Allotment 250, Apata Parish. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 34/3/12/4A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, Tauranga County, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 34·7 perches, more or less, being Allotment 246 and part Allotment 212, Apata Parish: Bounded commencing at a point on a public road being the southernmost corner of Allotment 246 aforesaid; towards the north-west generally by that public road by lines, distance 4·2 links, bearing 41° 05'; distance 687·4 links, bearing 65° 03'; distance 320·4 links, bearing 38° 17'; distance 372·3 links, bearing 348° 21'; distance 232·8 links, bearing 16° 09'; distance 660·9 links, bearing 48° 06'; distance 621·1 links, bearing 51° 26'; distance 193·9 links, bearing 81° 22'; thence on the south-east generally by part Allotment 217, Apata Parish, by lines, distance 711·6 links, bearing 239° 02'; distance 1335·8 links, bearing 199° 35'; distance 994·6 links, bearing 248° 23', to the point of commencement; be all the aforesaid measurements more or less. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 34/3/12/4A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of July, 1933.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 34/3/12/4.)

Opening Land in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

I N 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, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the eleventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, at the price specified in the said Schedule, and for the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Land Act, 1924, the said land shall be deemed to be "bush land."

2. The said land may be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

3. After the first half-year's rent (or the deposit on deferred payments, as the case may be) has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent (or such parts of the instalments on deferred payments as consist of interest) payable by him for the period specified in the Schedule hereto, shall not be demanded : Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent or interest so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Rimu Survey District.

(Exempt from rent or interest for four years.)

SECTION 29, Block XIV : Area, 176 acres 2 roods 24 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of July, 1933.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/1098/556.)

Officer authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that Annie Emily Maud Morrison, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Postmaster at Patetonga, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 22nd day of July, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.