This Act may be cited as the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1933.

(1) The reservation for thermal purposes over the land hereinafter described and the vesting of control thereof in the Whakatane County Council under the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977, are hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a public domain subject to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, under the name of the Pukaahu Hot Spring Domain.

(2) The Whakatane County Council shall be the Pukaahu Hot Springs Domain Board, having the care and management of the said land as if it had been duly appointed as such pursuant to the provisions in that behalf of section forty-eight of the Public Reserves Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and notwithstanding anything in that Act it shall be lawful for such Council to exercise and carry out the functions, rights, and powers which as such Domain Board it is entitled to exercise or carry out in the name of the Whakatane County Council and by resolutions and proceedings of the Council without being called together or sitting as a Domain Board.

(3) The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement ten acres three roods thirty-eight perches, more or less, being part of Section 12, Rangitaiki Parish, in Block VII, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District: bounded on the north-east, south-east, and south-west by other part of the the said Section 12, and on the north-west by a public road: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 611, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The parcels of land situated in the Thames Survey District, containing one rood twenty-five perches, two roods two and seven-tenths perches, and two roods eleven and four-fifths perches, being portion of land granted to the Church Mission Society in Crown Grant 545D, as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked PWD 86512, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple, red, and blue respectively, are hereby taken for the Thames Water-race, and shall be deemed to have been included in the said Proclamation.

(2) The said Proclamation is hereby amended by adding “and Korokoro A Blocks” after “1282 Huikaretu A 2” as the description of the area of three roods twenty-six perches included in the schedule thereto.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District is herbey empowered to make such entries in the registers as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves Act 1977, or in any other Act, the payment during the three financial years ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, by the Westshore Domain Board to Charles Richard Gardiner, a member of the said Board, of the sum of three hundred and fifty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made by the said Board and to have been lawfully received by the said Charles Richard Gardiner.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves Act 1977, or in any other Act, the payment during the four financial years ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, by the Pongaroa Scenic Board to Max Kayser, a member of the said Board, of the sum of sixteen dollars and forty-five cents is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made by the said Board and to have been lawfully received by the said Max Kayser.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law all the following acts are hereby validated, namely:—

• (a) The acceptance of the transfer from Matilda McGregor of her interest in memorandum of lease dated the twenty-second day of August, nineteen hundred and six, and registered in the Land Transfer Office at Wellington under Number 7220:

• (b) The acceptance of the surrender of the various subleases on the security of which moneys had been advanced from the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account or the termination by re-entry of such subleases:

• (c) The granting of fresh subleases in lieu of those determined, with rentals in accordance with current values, and the taking of security thereover by way of mortgages in protection of the moneys advanced from the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account.

(2) The Governor-General is hereby empowered to grant from time to time, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, fresh subleases of the unoccupied subdivisions of the land comprised in the said memorandum of lease registered No 7220, and shall have similar powers in respect of any subdivisions, the subleases of which may be determined in any manner whatever, and also to take security over the subleases so arranged for such subdivisions by way of mortgage to preserve the moneys that may have been advanced on such subdivisions from the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account. For the purpose of giving full effect to the provisions of his subsection, the provisions of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act 1921-22, and the amendments thereof, shall apply in respect of the interests acquired by His Majesty in the lands hereinbefore referred to.

(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a scenic reserve subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing two hundred and thirty-six acres, more or less, being Sections 1A and 8A, Block VIII, Wakamarina Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 4/652, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation as a provisional State forest over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a scenic reserve subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing four hundred and fifty acres, more or less, being Section 43, Block VIII, and Section 1, Block XI, Heringa Survey District, and Section 33, Block IX, Wakamarina Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L and S 4/354, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Council may join with the Crown in the acquisition as a public domain under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, of the land hereinafter described, and may for such purpose, but subject always to the consent of the Local Government Loans Board first had and obtained, borrow an amount, not exceeding five thousand dollars, by way of special loan under the Local Bodies Loans Act 1956, to enable the Council to contribute its agreed-upon share of the cost of acquisition of such land.

(2) The land the property of the club proposed to be acquired for the purposes of a public domain in the manner hereinbefore appearing is particularly described as follows:—

All that parcel of land in the Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement one hundred and five acres two roods thirty-eight and five-tenths perches, more or less, being part of subdivisions numbered 1 and 5C on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Gisborne under Number 555, being also part of the Matawhero 5 or B Block delineated on the public map of Block II, Turanganui Survey District, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Gisborne, and being also the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 42, folio 55, Gisborne Registry.

Also all that parcel of land in the Borough of Gisborne, Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement thirty-three and eighty-two hundredths perches, more or less, being Lot numbered 3 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Gisborne under Number 2628, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 77, folio 72, Gisborne Registry.

The provisions of section 124 of the Land Act 1924, are hereby extended so as to apply to the holder of any lease or part of any lease granted pursuant to the provisions of section 35 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1919.

Whereas the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 103, folio 8, Wellington Land Registry containing one hundred and one acres and twenty-six perches (hereinafter referred to as the said land), is vested in trustees in trust as a public recreation-ground and racecourse for the people of Martinborough and the surrounding districts subject (save as otherwise provided in the instrument creating the trust) to the provisions of sections twenty-nine and thirty of the Public Reserves and Domains Act 1908: And whereas revenues from the said land have accumulated in the hands of the trustees and are likely to continue to accumulate: And whereas, in the opinion of the trustees, no object immediately beneficial to the people of Martinborough and the surrounding districts would be achieved by the expenditure of such revenue on the said land: And whereas it is desirable that the trustees should be vested with further powers in respect of the disposal of present and expected accumulations of revenue for the benefit of the people of Martinborough and surrounding districts: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

Out of any revenues derived from the said land which are at present in or which may in the future come to the hands of the trustees, it shall be lawful for the trustees to expend such sums as they think fit in or toward the following purposes:—

• (a) The improvement of any lands, and the improvement or repair of any buildings, now held or which in the future may be held by the trustees or any other trustees or corporation for purposes of public recreation for the benefit of the people of Martinborough and surrounding districts.

• (b) The purchase or other acquisition by the trustees of any lands or buildings situate within the boundaries of the County of Featherston whether forming part of that county or not:

Provided that no lands and buildings shall be so purchased or acquired, save with the prior consent of the Minister of Lands, and that all lands and buildings so purchased or acquired shall be held by the trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the people of Martinborough and surrounding districts as shall be determined by the Minister before granting his consent as aforesaid.

(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a scenic reserve, subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement two hundred and seventy-seven acres two roods twenty-seven perches, more or less, being Section 23, Block VII, Kaiteriteri Survey District: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L and S 6/5/46, deposited in the Head Office Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Municipal Corporations Act 1956, the Reserves Act 1977, or in any other Act, the Christchurch City Council is hereby authorized to grant to the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, Incorporated, for the purpose of establishing a soldiers' and sailors' settlement, a lease of the land hereinafter described at a peppercorn rental for a term of thirty years from the first day of October, nineteen hundred and thirty-three.

(2) The said lease shall contain such provisions, not inconsistent with this section, as may be considered necessary by the said Council for the right of re-entry over the said land and for the preservation of the amenities of the district.

(3) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement fifteen acres, more or less, situated in the City of Christchurch, and being all the western portion of Reserve 212, and bounded as follows: commencing at a point on the westernmost corner of Reserve 212, thence north-easterly along the east side of Junction Road, 914.42 links, 17° 23′; thence north-easterly and easterly along the east and south sides of Pages Road, 775.24 links, 43° 49′ 40″, and 240.15 links, 89° 55′, respectively; thence southerly 2081.6 links, 180° 10′, to a point on the north side of Rudds Road; thence westerly, north-westerly, and again westerly along the north side generally of Rudds Road, 334.9 links, 270° 49′; 904.94 links, 315° 30′ 30″; and 75.3 links, 269° 20′ 30″, respectively, to the point of commencement: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 6/1/523, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a recreation reserve, subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Otago Land District containing by admeasurement thirty-seven acres two roods six perches, more or less, being part Section 28, Block X, Woodland Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-east by a public road 5349.9 links; towards the east by a public road 49.5 links; towards the south by other part of Section 28, 4721.1 links; and towards the west by Section 14 Block IX, Woodland Survey District, 1616.5 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/967, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the land firstly hereinafter described, and the reservation for scenic purposes over the land secondly hereinafter described, is hereby cancelled, and the said lands are hereby set apart for national-park purposes under and subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and are hereby declared to form part of the Sounds National Park.

(2) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:—

Firstly, all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by estimation one thousand nine hundred acres, more or less, being part of Run 441, Manapouri Survey District, and being provisional State forest Number 23 as described in Proclamation published in the Gazette of the eighth day of May, nineteen hundred and nineteen. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L and S X/101/23 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Secondly, all that area in the Southland Land District containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, being Section 3, Block II, and Section 2, Block IV, Manapouri Survey District, and being part of the Horseshoe Bend (Waiau River) Scenic Reserve, as described in Proclamation published in the Gazette of the fifteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and twelve. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L and S X/101/23A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, the association shall not have power to mortgage or pledge the land hereinafter described for any purpose whatsoever other than for the purpose of refinancing the existing mortgage for three thousand dollars over the said land.

(2) The land the property of the association to which his section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing fifty-two acres two roods twenty-eight perches, more or less, being Section 153, Block V, Hawera Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 99, folio 250, Taranaki Registry.

Also all that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing thirty-three and one-tenth perches, more or less, being Allotment 1, part of Subdivision 80, part Section 182, Patea District, Block V, Hawera Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 38, folio 116, Taranaki Registry.

Also all that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing nineteen and five-tenths perches, more or less, being part Allotment 83 on deposited plan 79, part Section 182, Patea District, Block V, Hawera Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 21, folio 20, Taranaki Registry.

Also all that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing eight and eight-tenths perches, more or less, being Allotment 1 of Subdivision 84, part Section 182, Patea District, Block V, Hawera Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 36, folio 247, Taranaki Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Marlborough Land Board is hereby empowered to accept the surrender of the lease hereinbefore referred to, and to issue in substitution therefor a new lease for the balance of the term of thirty-three years from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, subject to the same terms and conditions as are incorporated in the said existing lease modified as follows:—

• (a) For the purposes of such new lease the capital value of the land described in subsection five hereof shall be four thousand two hundred dollars, and the annual rental payable shall be two hundred and ten dollars.

• (b) Such new lease shall contain a condition for the repayment by the lessee of the sum of one thousand three hundred dollars (the value of building improvements) by half-yearly instalments, and the provisions of section 61 of the Land for Settlements Act 1925 shall apply in all respects to such repayment.

• (c) The second schedule to the existing lease shall be incorporated in such new lease only so far as concerns the various items set forth in such schedule relating to improvements other than buildings.

(2) Without further authority than this subsection, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the new lease granted in pursuance of the last preceding subsection may be registered under the Land Transfer Act 1952, and when so registered shall form a folium of the register-book in the Office of the District Land Registrar at Blenheim. Such new lease shall be deemed to be subject to all existing encumbrances, liens, and interests (if any) registered against the surrendered lease at the date of surrender, and the provisions of paragraph (c) of section 96 of the Land Act 1924, shall, with the necessary modifications, apply thereto.

(3) The sum of one thousand six hundred dollars, being the proceeds of insurance policy Number 16195359 at present in the Deposit Account of the Receiver of Land Revenue at Blenheim, shall, on the passing of this Act, be paid into the Land for Settlements Account.

(4) There shall be paid out of the Land for Settlements Account, without further appropriation than this section, the cost of replacing the house destroyed by fire and of rebuilding the farm buildings hereinbefore referred to:

Provided that such payment shall not exceed the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars.

(5) The land comprised in the said existing renewable lease and over which a new lease is to be issued as aforesaid is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement one hundred and eighty acres three roods thirteen perches, situated in Omaka Settlement, Taylor Pass Survey District, being Sections 1 of 4 and 1 of 5, Block I, on the plan of the said district, and being all the land comprised in renewable lease Number 133, registered in the District Land Registry at Blenheim under Volume 26, folio 250.

Whereas by Warrant published in the Gazette of the tenth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, Section 78, Block III, Tahoraite Survey District, Hawke's Bay Land District, containing four acres two roods ten perches, was reserved for police purposes: And whereas it is desired to lease a portion of the said land to the Dannevirke Rugby Football Sub-union, Incorporated, as an extension to the football-grounds of that body: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves Act 1977, the Governor-General may grant to the Dannevirke Rugby Football Sub-union, Incorporated, a lease over an area of approximately one acre three roods fourteen perches of the police reserve hereinbefore referred to (the said area being situated adjoining the existing property of the said sub-union) for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, and upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose.

Subsection two of section twelve of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1932-33, is hereby amended by omitting the words “nineteen hundred and thirty-four”, and substituting the words “nineteen hundred and thirty-five”.

(2) Whenever the said education reserve, or portion or portions of it, are offered for selection under any statutory authority the then value of the aforesaid improvements, or so much of them as are situated on the portion or portions offered, shall be recovered, either by the lessee paying the amount in cash or executing a mortgage in favour of His Majesty for payment over such period and at such rate of interest and subject to such covenants and conditions as the North Auckland Land Board determines.