Also all that parcel of land situate in Block IX, Ikatara Survey
District, containing by admeasurement two hundred and fifty-
two (252) acres, more or less, being Sections 258 and 262, Left
Bank, Wanganui River, and being all the land described in certificate
of title, Vol. 40, folio 13 (Wellington Registry).

Also all that parcel of land situate in Block X, Ikitara Survey
District, containing by admeasurement one hundred and one (101)
acres one (1) rood thirteen (13) perches, more or less, being parts
of Section 274, Left Bank, Wanganui River, and being all the land
described in certificate of title, Vol. 353, folio 11 (Wellington
Registry).

As witness my hand, this 4th day of November, 1946.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 21/149/2548.)

THE SERVICEMEN'S SETTLEMENT AND LAND SALES ACT, 1943.—Notice
declaring Land taken for the Settlement of Discharged Servicemen.

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the
Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land
described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the
Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies :

And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application
has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application
relates is farm land suitable for the settlement of a discharged
serviceman:

And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the
Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of
the land, did on the 11th day of October, 1946, make an order
determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said
order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within
any further time allowed by the Court:

And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who
is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His
Majesty’s Forces or in any British ship:

Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of
section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land is
taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and hereby
specifies the 2nd day of December, 1946, as the date on which the
said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement three hundred
and thirty-six (336) acres three (3) roods, more or less, being Lot 3
on plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch as
No. 2525, situated in Blocks XI, XV, and XVI, Spaxton Survey
District, being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title,
Vol. 250, folio 263 (Canterbury Registry), subject to an easement in
respect of a water-race created in and by Transfer 78641.

As witness my hand, this 30th day of October, 1946.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 36/1444/861.)

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24 of the Servicemen's Settlement-
ment and Land Sales Act, 1943, notice was given of the
intention of the Minister of Lands to take under Part II of the said
Act the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, and a copy
of the said notice was published in the New Zealand Gazette on
the 7th day of February, 1946, at page 136:

And whereas the owner objected to the taking of the said lands
and claimed the right to retain part of the said lands:

And whereas the Minister of Lands did not agree to the retention
of the area specified in the objection and did make to the owner
an offer of an area to be retained:

And whereas the owner agreed to the area offered by the
Minister of Lands with an amended vesting date and withdrew
the objection:

And whereas by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette
on the 19th day of September, 1946, at page 1272, the lands
described in the Second Schedule hereto were declared taken for
the settlement of discharged servicemen:

And whereas the lands described in the said Second Schedule
comprised a portion of the land which the owner had agreed should
be taken:

And whereas the land described in the Third Schedule hereto
comprises the balance of the land which the owner had agreed should
be taken:

Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of
section 27 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the lands
described in the Third Schedule hereto are taken for the settlement
of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 28th day of
February, 1947, as the date on which the said lands shall be
deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

FIRST SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

ALL those parcels of land containing together seven thousand seven
hundred and thirty-seven (7,737) acres three (3) roods twenty-one
decimal four three (21.43) perches, more or less, being part Lot 2,
Deposited Plan 1558, part Okahuatiu Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks, Lot 4,
Deposited Plan 2346, part Okahuatiu No. 1 Block, Lots 1x, 2x,
3x, 4x, and 5x, being parts of closed road (S.O. 1140), part
Okahuatiu No. 1 Block, situated in Blocks XII and XVI, Ngatapa
Survey District, and Blocks IX, X, XIII, and XIV, Waikohu
Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of
title, Vol. 84, folio 154 (Gisborne Registry).

Also all that parcel of land containing eight (8) acres three (3)
roods, more or less, being Lot 18, Deposited Plan 2760, part
Okahuatiu No. 1 Block, situated in Block IX, Waikohu Survey
District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title,
Vol. 82, folio 28 (Gisborne Registry).

Also all that parcel of land containing three hundred and
forty-eight (348) acres three (3) roods eleven (11) perches, more or
less, being portion of Lot 1, Deposited Plan 2350, part Okahuatiu
No. 1 Block, situated in Block XII, Ngatapa Survey District, and
being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 84, folio 15
(Gisborne Registry).

SECOND. SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Gisborne Land District, situated in Blocks IX,
X, XIII, and XIV, Waikohu Survey District, and XII and XVI,
Ngatapa Survey District, containing seven thousand three hundred
and forty-nine (7,349) acres, more or less, being Section 4x, Block IX,
Waikohu Survey District, Lot 4, Deposited Plan 2346, and part
Lot 2, Deposited Plan 1558, part Okahuatiu Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks
(Gisborne plan S.O. 4374), and being part of the land comprised
in certificate of title, Vol. 84, folio 154 (Gisborne Registry). As
the same is more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington,
under No. 2959, and thereon edged red.

THIRD SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing eight (8) acres three (3) roods,
more or less, being Lot 18, Deposited Plan 2760, part of Okahuatiu
No. 1 Block, situated in Block IX, Waikohu Survey District, and
being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 82, folio 28
(Gisborne Registry).

As witness my hand, this 12th day of November, 1946.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 21/149/2595.)

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

TOKERAU NATIVE LAND COURT OFFICE,
Auckland, 31st October, 1946.

IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out in the
Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land Court
under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

J. H. ROBERTSON, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture
Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Tokerau,
Akarana, 31 o Oketopa, 1946.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti
Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931,
tetahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o tetahi tamaiti whangai,
e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

TE RAPIHANA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

TOKERAU NATIVE LAND COURT OFFICE,
Auckland, 5th November, 1946.

IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out in the
Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land Court
under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

J. H. ROBERTSON, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture
Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Tokerau,
Akarana, 5 o Noema, 1946.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti
Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931,
tetahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o tetahi tamaiti whangai,
e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

TE RAPIHANA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)