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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 11

Pukehina-Otamara kau Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at the middle
of the entrance of the Waihi Estuary; thence south-easterly to
and along the sea-coast to a point due north of Trig. Station J,
situated in Block IV, Waihi South Survey District; thence due
south along a right line through the said Trig. Station J to the
north-eastern corner of Section 2, Block XI, Waihi South Survey
District; thence due west along a right line towards Trig. Station
1039 (Otanewainuku) in Block XVI, Otanewainuku Survey District,
to the south-eastern corner of the Maketu Tribal Committee Area
hereinbefore described; thence north-easterly along the south-
eastern boundary of that area to the middle of the entrance of the
Waihi Estuary, being the point of commencement.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1948.
P. FRASER, Minister of Maori Affairs.
(N.D. 35/40/l.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Borough of Upper Hutt for
an Automatic-telephone Exchange

NOTICE is hereby given that is is proposed, under the provisions
of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute a certain public
work—to wit, the construction of an automatic-telephone exchange—
and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the
Schedule hereto is required to be taken : And notice is hereby further
given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited
in the post-office at Upper Hutt and is there open for inspection;
and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public
work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any
well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work
or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and
send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of
this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken :
2 roods 0·4 perches.
Being part of Section 94 of the Hutt District, D.P. 9309, and being
the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate
of title, Vol. 348, folio 283 (Wellington Land Registry).
As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 126708, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at
Wellington, and thereon edged red.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 24th day of February,
1948.

C. F. SKINNER,
For the Minister of Works.
(P.W. 20/426.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Borough of Whakatane for
Housing Purposes

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions
of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in
the Schedule hereto for housing purposes : And notice is hereby
further given that the plan of the land required to be taken is deposited
in the post-office at Whakatane and is there open for inspection ; and
that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if
they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land,
set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty
days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of
Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :-
A. R. P.
Being
5 0 0 Part Allotment 230, Parish of Waimana.
3 3 13 Parts Allotment 228, Parish of Waimana.
3 0 2 }
1 3 26.6 Lot 6B No. 3A, Parish of Waimana, Block I,
Whakatane Survey District.
1 3 26.7 Portion of Allotment 6B, Parish of Waimana,
called Lot 6B No. 3B, Parish of Waimana.
1 3 26.7 Lot 6B No. 3c }
1 3 26.7 Lot 6B No. 3e Being parts Allotment 6B, Parish
1 2 15.8 Road-line of Waimana.
Situated in the Borough of Whakatane.
In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particu-
larly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 126555, deposited in
the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon edged
red.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 24th day of February,
1948.

C. F. SKINNER,
For the Minister of Works.
(P.W. 80/39.)

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909,
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
license
Frederick Henry Corbin, Esquire,
of Hastings, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909.
A. H. NORMEYER,
For the Minister in Charge of Friendly Societies.

The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice
Declaring Lands taken for the Settlement of Discharged Service-
men

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24 of the Servicemen's Settle-
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 land described in the First Schedule hereto, and a copy of
the said notice was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 51 on
the 25th day of July, 1946, at page 1024:
And whereas an objection was made by the owners in the manner
prescribed by the said Act, objecting to the taking of the said land
and claiming the right to retain a part of the said land:
And whereas the Minister of Lands did not revoke his notice
of intention to take the said land, and did not agree to the retention
area specified in the said objection:
And whereas the Minister of Lands did make to the owners an
offer of an area to be retained:
And whereas the owners did accept the offer of such retention
area:
And whereas the owners did withdraw the said objection to the
taking of the lands described in the Second Schedule hereto and did
agree to an amended vesting-date:
And whereas the Land Sales Committee did on the 16th day of
January, 1948, make an order determining that the lands described in
the said Second Schedule are farm lands suitable or adaptable for the
settlement of a discharged serviceman or of two or more discharged
servicemen:
And whereas the lands in the said Second Schedule are not the
lands 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 27 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the lands
described in the said Second Schedule are taken for the settlement of
discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 1st day of March,
1948, as the date on which the said lands shall be deemed to be
vested in His Majesty the King.

FIRST SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that area situated in Blocks V and IX, Drury Survey District,
containing by admeasurement eight hundred and thirty-one (831)
acres, more or less, being Allotments 20, 21, 22, 52, and 61, Waiau
Parish, and being the whole of the land described in certificate of
title, Vol. 766, folio 64, limited as to parcels (Auckland Registry).

SECOND SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that parcel of land situated in Blocks V and IX, Drury Survey
District, containing by admeasurement four hundred and thirty-
nine (439) acres three (3) roods, more or less, being Allotments 52
and 61, Waiau Parish, and being part of the land described in
certificate of title, Vol. 766, folio 64, limited as to parcels (Auckland
Registry).
Also all that parcel of land situated in Block IX, Drury Survey
District, containing by admeasurement one hundred and fifty-one
(151) acres three (3) roods thirty (30) perches, more or less, being
parts of Allotments 20 and 21, Waiau Parish, and being part of the
land described in certificate of title, Vol. 766, folio 64, limited as to
parcels (Auckland Registry).
As the same are more particularly delineated on a plan deposited
in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under No. S.O.
34845, and thereon edged red.
As witness my hand, this 23rd day of February, 1948.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 21/149/2810.)

The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice
declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Service-
man

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 or adaptable 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 19th day of January, 1948, 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: