Land in Borough of Opotiki Declared to be a Public Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby notifies that the following resolution was passed by the Opotiki County Council on the 5th day of July 1957:

“That, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 13 of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Opotiki County Council hereby resolves that the piece of land held by the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the said county in fee simple and described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a public reserve for a site for County Council offices within the meaning of the said Act.”

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

LOT 1, D.P. 4476, being part of Allotment 8 of Section 2, Town of Opotiki: Area, 16·6 perches, more or less. Part certificate of title, Volume 90, folio 206.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/126; D.O. 14/41)

Reservation of Land and Vesting in the Christchurch City Council

PURSUANT to the Land Act 1948, the Minister of Lands hereby sets apart the land described in the Schedule hereto as a reserve for recreation purposes, and further, pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, vests the said reserve in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch, in trust, for that purpose.

SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 4906, situated in Block VII, Christchurch Survey District, City of Christchurch: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 11·7 perches, more or less. (Shown as Lot 88, D.P. 19274, being part Rural Section 292.) Parts certificates of title, 525/271, and 548/112.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/1107/9; D.O. 8/3/210)

Reservation of Land and Vesting in the Auckland City Council

PURSUANT to the Land Act 1948, the Minister of Lands hereby sets apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto as reserves for water conservation purposes, and further, pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, vests the said reserves in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland, in trust, for that purpose.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALLOTMENT 24, Parish of Otau: Area, 16 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less.

Also Allotment 83A, Parish of Otau: Area, 22 acres, more or less.

Both situated in Block XII, Wairoa Survey District. (S.O. Plan 4226.)

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/937; D.O. 3/717)

Reservation of Land and Vesting in the Hastings City Council

PURSUANT to the Land Act 1948, the Minister of Lands hereby sets apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto as reserves for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the said lands and, further, pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, vests the said reserves in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Hastings, in trust, for those purposes.

SCHEDULE

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT

LOT 50, D.P. 8644, being part Heretaunga Block, situated in the City of Hastings: Area, 3 acres and 33 perches, more or less.: Recreation.

Lot 75, D.P. 8205, being part Heretaunga Block, situated in the City of Hastings: Area, 24·39 perches, more or less. Site for a pumphouse.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/1107/3; D.O. 3/133)

Cancellation of the Vesting in the Mount Roskill Borough Council and Change of the Purpose of a Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby cancels the vesting in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the Borough of Mount Roskill and changes the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a metal reserve to a reserve for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

PART Allotment 85A of Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, situated in Block IV, Titirangi Survey District: Area, 2 acres and 7·2 perches, more or less. As shown on the plan marked L. and S. 1/392J deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. Plans 24895, 25221, 29181, 37389.)

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/392; D.O. 8/655)

Cancellation of the Vesting in the Lower Hutt City Council and Revocation of the Reservation Over a Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby cancels the vesting in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Lower Hutt and revokes the reservation for recreation purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 54, Block XLVII, Hutt Valley Settlement, situated in Block XIV, Belmont Survey District: Area, 2 acres 3 roods 37·5 perches, more or less. (S.O. Plan 18206.)

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/754/1; D.O. 3/313)

Kaitaia Drainage Area—Notice of Making and Levying General Rates

PURSUANT to the Swamp Drainage Act 1915 and its amendments, the Minister of Lands does hereby make and levy, on the unimproved value of all land within the Kaitaia Town District Subdivision of the Kaitaia Drainage Area constituted under the said Act, a general rate described in the First Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land in the Subdivision of the Kaitaia Drainage Area outside the Kaitaia Town District, the general rates described in the Second Schedule hereto, to meet maintenance costs for the period from 1 April 1957 to 31 March 1958.

The amount of such rates, together with the amount of the annually recurring special rates already made and levied, will be payable in one sum on 30 August 1957 to the Collector of Rates, Room 8, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland.

The rate book of the area will be open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, and a copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Lands and Survey Department, Kaitaia, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

FIRST SCHEDULE

TOWN SUBDIVISION

On the unimproved value of all lands within the Kaitaia Town District, thirty-eight one-hundredths of a penny (0·38d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE

RURAL SUBDIVISION

Class A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under Section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, forty-five pence and fifty-six one-hundredths of a penny (45·56d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, fifteen pence and ninety-four one-hundredths of a penny (15·94d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, sixpence and eighty-three one-hundredths of a penny (6·83d.) in the pound.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of August 1957.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 15/42/5)