350 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 18

middle of the Maraetaha River to the north-western side of Reay
Bridge near the northern corner of Tapoto Maori Reserve in
Block XI, Patutahi Survey District; thence southerly generally
along the western side of the road, passing through that reserve
forming the eastern boundaries of Lots 1 and 2 on the plans
numbered 1733 and 1732 respectively, deposited in the office of the
District Land Registrar at Gisborne, passing through Lot 2, Te
Rangi o Hinehau, Section 5, Block XV, Patutahi Survey District,
forming the eastern boundary of the Tarewauru Block, Sections 1,
4, and 2, Block II, Nuhaka North Survey District, passing through
part Section 6, Block III, of that survey district, part Section 3,
Block VII, of that survey district, Puninga Block, Maraetaha 2c
Block, Small Grazing-run 40, and forming the eastern boundaries
of Section 3, Block X, Sections 10, 9, and 8, Block XI, Nuhaka
North Survey District, to its intersection with a right line from
Paritu on the sea-coast to the junction of the Hangaroa and Rua-
kituri Rivers; thence north-westerly along that line to the middle
of the Mangarangiora Stream; thence up the middle of that stream
to the northernmost corner of Mangapoike No. 2b Block in Block
IV, Opeiti Survey District, and a right line to the north-western
corner of Whakaongaonga 2c 2 Block; thence northerly along the
generally eastern side of a road to the southernmost corner of Section
46, Block XVI, Hangaroa Survey District, being the point of
commencement.

Rongowhakaata Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point on the
north-western side of Reay Bridge in the middle of the Maraetaha
River in Block XI, Patutahi Survey District, and being a point on
the boundary of the Ohako Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore
described; thence north-easterly generally and southerly along
the south-eastern and western boundaries of the area and the Tarere
Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described to the confluence of
the Karaura Creek and the Waipaoa River; thence westerly up
the middle of that creek, to and along the southern side of the
Tauru Valley Road, and to the north-western side of Reay Bridge,
being the point of commencement.

Muriwai-Bartlett Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point in the
middle of the mouth of the Waipaoa River in Block IX, Turanganui
Survey District; thence southerly generally to and along the sea-
coast to Paritu in Block XIII, Paritu Survey District; thence
north-westerly along a right line in the direction of the junction of
the Hangaroa and Ruakituri Rivers to the south-eastern corner of
the Ohako Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence
northerly, north-easterly, and south-easterly along that boundary
and the boundaries of the Rongowhakaata and Tarere Tribal
Committee Areas hereinbefore described to a point in the middle of
the mouth of the Waipaoa River, being the point of commencement.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1950.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 35/22/1.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice Declaring Land Taken for the Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24 of the Servicemen’s Settlement 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 No. 23 on the 29th day of April, 1948, at page 447:

And whereas an objection was made by the owners of the said lands in the manner prescribed by the said Act, objecting to the taking of the said lands and claiming the right to retain portion of the said lands:

And whereas the Minister of Lands did not revoke the Notice of Intention to Take issued over the said lands and did not agree to the retention area claimed in the said objection:

And whereas the Minister of Lands did offer to the owners an alternative area to be retained from the said lands:

And whereas the owners did not accept the said offer:

And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which such objection was referred did on the 22nd day of June, 1949, make an order disallowing such objection subject to the Crown being allowed to take the limited area of the said lands described in the Second Schedule hereto:

And whereas no appeal was made against such order by the owners in the manner prescribed by the said Act:

And whereas the owners have agreed to an amended vesting date:

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 27 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the lands described in the said Second Schedule hereto are taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 1st day of April, 1950, as the date on which the said lands shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

FIRST SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land situated in Blocks VI, VII, X, and XI, Komakorau Survey District, containing by admeasurement one thousand one hundred and sixty-five (1,165) acres one (1) rood twenty-one decimal four (21·4) perches, more or less, being part Lot 2b on Deposited Plan 7126, being portion of Allotment 224, Parish of Komakorau, and part of a block granted to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, by grant dated 20th July, 1876, and being all the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 838, folio 72 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that parcel of land situated in Block VI, Komakorau Survey District, containing by admeasurement eighteen (18) acres one (1) rood thirty-three decimal five (33·5) perches, more or less, being Lot 2a and part Lot 2b on Deposited Plan 7126, being portion of Allotment 224, Parish of Komakorau, and being all the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 195, folio 297 (Auckland Registry).

SECOND SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land situated in Blocks VII and XI, Komakorau Survey District, containing by admeasurement two hundred and nineteen (219) acres three (3) roods thirty-two (32) perches, more or less, being part of Lot 2b on Deposited Plan 7126, being part of a block granted to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, by grant dated 20th July, 1876, and being part of the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 893, folio 226 (Auckland Registry).

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington as Number 3049, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, this 29th day of March, 1950.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 21/149/3290; D.O. 4/1049.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Revocation of Notice Declaring Land Taken for the Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 32 of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, the Minister of Lands doth hereby revoke the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59 on the 18th day of November, 1948, at page 1405, declaring the land described in the Schedule hereto to be taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen.

SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL those parcels of land containing by admeasurement two thousand five hundred and eighty-two (2,582) acres two (2) roods thirty-four decimal one (34·1) poles, more or less, being Sections 27, 33, 36, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45, 55, 56, 57, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, and 73, and part Sections 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 53, 59, 60, 63, 71, and closed roads, and Lot 1, Deposited Plan 690, being part Section 40, Block III, Sections 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, part Section 74, part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 2851, being part Section 1, Lots 1, 2, and 3, Deposited Plan 3755, being part Sections 42 and 64, Block IV, Sections 69, 72, and 73, Block VI, Tuturau Survey District, being all of the land contained in certificates of title, Vol. 1, folio 48, Vol. 5, folio 82, Vol. 36, folio 297, Vol. 37, folio 63, Vol. 37, folio 118, Vol. 37, folio 119, Vol. 38, folio 218, Vol. 45, folio 25, Vol. 45, folio 84, Vol. 49, folio 91, Vol. 49, folio 99, Vol. 59, folio 107, Vol. 76, folio 60, Vol. 92, folio 40, Vol. 119, folio 150, Vol. 152, folio 177, Vol. 154, folio 31, Vol. 154, folio 32, Vol. 160, folio 245, Vol. 124, folio 95, limited as to parcels, and Vol. 124, folio 126, limited as to parcels and title (Southland Registry).

As witness my hand, this 29th day of March, 1950.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1874; D.O. 32/10.)

Approval of Testing Officer Under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1. Column 2.
Hamilton City Council . . . . . . . . . Jack McCook.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD,
For the Minister of Transport.