28 Aug.]

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 137936, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 20th day of August 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(P.W. 23/670/1 ; D.O. 50/30/3/0)

Land Taken in Block VI, Otahuhu Survey District, for Better Utilization

[L.S.]

H. F. O'LEARY,

Administrator of the Government

A PROCLAMATION

Pursuant to the Public Works Act 1928, I, Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand, hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for better utilization; and I also declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the 1st day of September 1952.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken : 15 acres 36-5 perches. Being part Lot 3, D.P. 15832, being part Allotment 9, Parish of Manurewa, and being the residue of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 355, folio 110 (Auckland Land Registry).

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 20th day of August 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(P.W. 82/4 ; D.O. 2/192/133)

Road Closed in Block XII, Oreti Hundred, Wallace County

[L.S.]

H. F. O'LEARY,

Administrator of the Government

A PROCLAMATION

Pursuant to section 29 of the Public Works Amendment Act 1948, I, Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand, hereby proclaim as closed the portions of road described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road closed:-

A. R. P.

Adjoining

2 3 0 Lot 16, D.P. 239, being part Section 6, Block XII, and part Section 4, Block XIII, and Section 238, formerly Old River Bed, Block XII.

3 2 24 Section 238 and Lot 17, D.P. 239, being part Section 6. Situated in Block XII, Oreti Hundred (Southland R.D.). (S.O. 6004.)

In the Southland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 137924, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 20th day of August 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(P.W. 47/1491 ; D.O. 18/767/34)

Varying an Order in Council Prohibiting Alienation of Maori Land

H. F. O'LEARY,

Administrator of the Government

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of August 1952

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL

Pursuant to section 442 of the Maori Land Act 1931, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby varies an Order in Council made on the 7th day of March 1940 and published in the Gazette on the 14th day of March 1940, at page 388, and affecting Motuarara Island and other blocks, by excluding therefrom the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

Block. A. R. P. Title Reference.

Motuarara Island ... 3 2 0 C. T. 23/232

T. L. SHERRARD,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(M.A. 5/5/26)

Constituting the Rangitata Rabbit District—(Notice No. Ag. 5305)

H. F. O'LEARY,

Administrator of the Government

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1952

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL

Pursuant to the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928 and to section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture, made on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby constitutes and declares the area of land, the boundaries of which are described in the Schedule hereto, being an area to which subsection (1) of section 30 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928 applies, a rabbit district, and appoints that the name of the said rabbit district shall be the Rangitata Rabbit District, and orders that the basis on which the Rabbit Board to be established for the said district shall first levy its general rate shall be the acreage of land occupied by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE RANGITATA RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Geraldine and Ashburton Counties, Canterbury Land District, containing 83,300 acres, more or less, bounded by lines commencing at a point at the mouth of the Rangitata River on the boundary of the said Geraldine County; thence in a south-westerly direction along the sea-coast to a point in line with the road on the south-western boundary of Rural Section 15941, Block IV, Kapunatiki Survey District; thence to and along that road to and along the road passing through Rural Sections 19937 and 18813 known as McDonalds Road; thence generally north-westerly by that road to the road known as Balhams to Rangitata Road, south-westerly along that road to the road on the eastern side of Rural Section 14843; thence northerly by that road to the road on the south-eastern side of Rural Section 14774; thence south-westerly by that road to the Orari River; thence up the left bank of that river to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Rural Section 13614 (Block XV, Geraldine Survey District); thence to and along that boundary to the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 10314; thence along that boundary and the north-western boundary of that rural section to Ohapi Settlement; thence along the eastern and northern boundaries of that settlement to and along the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 7212 to Milford Road; thence northerly along that road to the Main South Road; thence north-easterly along that road to Race-course Road; thence north-westerly along that road to the road on the south-east boundary of Reserve 2908 (Racecourse); thence south-westerly along that road to the road on the south-western boundary of said Reserve 2908; thence north-westerly by that road to Packhams Road; thence westerly along that road and northerly along the road on the western side of Rural Section 29559 to and north-westerly along Orari Station Road; thence easterly along the road on the southern boundary of Rural Section 4220; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Rural Sections 4220, 7447, and 14982 to Bennetts Road, south-easterly along that road to the road on the west side of Rural Section 35966, northerly along that road to Metcalfs Road, westerly along that road to Evans Road, northerly along that road to the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 3609, north-westerly along that boundary to Kempsters Road, north-easterly along that road to Orari Gorge Road, north-westerly along that road to the Four Peaks Rabbit District as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 49, 25 August 1949, page 1753; thence north-easterly along that boundary to and across the Orari River, northerly along the left bank of that river to Boundary Road, easterly along that road to a point due north of Trig. Station B (Block VIII, Orari Survey District); thence due south through said Trig. Station B to a point in line with the northern boundary of Rural Section 5763; thence easterly to and along that boundary and its continuation to the Geraldine and Peel Forest Road, southerly along that road, north-easterly along the Geraldine and Rangitata Road, north-westerly along the road on the north-east boundary of Rural Section 35925 to Boundary Road, north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of Rural Sections 32693 and 26406 (on the south side of Arundel) to and northerly along Bridge Road to the road in line with the bridge at Arundel; thence easterly along that road and the bridge to the road on the northern boundary of Reserve 3534; thence easterly along that road to its junction with Trevors Road, Studholme Road, and Rangitata River Road; thence generally south-easterly by the said Rangitata River Road, to and along Ealing-Coldstream Road, to and along Terrace Road to Wrenns Road; thence south-westerly by the said Wrenns Road to Lower Beach Road; thence to and south-easterly by the boundary line between Rural Sections 23552 and 23 27 (in Block IV, Coldstream Survey District) and the production of that boundary line to the sea-coast; thence south-westerly by the sea-coast to a point at the mouth of the Rangitata River on the boundary of the Geraldine County, the place of commencement.

T. J. SHIERRARD,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Ag. 64/1/236)