This Act may be cited as the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1946.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections two and three of the New Plymouth Borough and Taranaki Hospital Exchange Act 1903 [Repealed], the reservation of the land above described as a site for an old-men's home is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in the Board, freed and discharged from the trust heretofore affecting the land.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Taranaki is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the Register and generally to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(1) The reservation as an endowment for primary education over the land described in subsection two of this section is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby set apart for housing purposes subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1919.

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

All that area in the Southland Land District containing by admeasurement one rood, more or less, being Section 15, Block XVII, Town of Winton, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 122, folio 294, Southland Registry: As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 30/228/82, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation as endowments for primary and secondary education over the lands described in subsection two of this section is hereby cancelled and the said lands are hereby set apart as permanent State forests under and subject to the provisions of the Forests Act 1921-22.

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

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District containing by admeasurement sixty-six acres three roods sixteen perches, more or less, being the north-western portion of Allotment 58, Hikurangi Parish, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 275, folio 83, Auckland Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Otago Land District containing by admeasurement two hundred and eighty-one acres three roods thirty-three perches, more or less, being Section 1, Block IX, and Section 12, Block X, Clarendon Survey District, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 21/149/2544, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Thirdly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District containing by admeasurement seventy-four acres two roods sixteen perches, more or less, being the south-western portion of Allotment 65, Hikurangi Parish, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 613, folio 65, Auckland Registry.

Fourthly, all that area in the Otago Land District containing by admeasurement one hundred and forty-five acres two roods and four perches, more or less, and being Section 1, Block VIII, Akatore Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised in deeds register, Volume 27, folio 276, Otago Registry: As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S X/100/35, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The land firstly described in subsection five of this section is hereby vested in the Corporation of the County of Featherston as and for the purposes of a public recreation-ground and racecourse subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains and National Parks Act 1928.

(2) The lands secondly and thirdly described in subsection five of this section are hereby vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Martinborough as and for a public recreation reserve subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

(3) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the Register-books and in the outstanding certificates of title for the said lands as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(4) The said trustees are hereby empowered and directed to dispose of the said funds in the manner following:—

Firstly, in payment of the sum of two hundred dollars to the Corporation of the Borough of Martinborough to be held by it for the purposes of the said public recreation reserve, and secondly, in payment of the balance of the said funds to the Corporation of the County of Featherston to be held by it for the purposes of the said recreation-ground and racecourse.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Wellington Land District containing one hundred and one acres and twenty-six perches, more or less, being Lot 75 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 579, being part of Section 1, Wharekaka Block, situated in Block IX, Huangarua Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 103, folio 58, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Borough of Martinborough containing thirteen acres, more or less, being Lots 721 and 722, on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 250, being part of Section 1, Wharekaka Block, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 374, folio 211, Wellington Registry.

Thirdly, all that area in the Borough of Martinborough containing seven acres two roods, more or less, being Lots 612 to 619, inclusive, on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 248, being part of Section 1, Wharekaka Block, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 459, folio 122, Wellington Registry.

(1) The reservation as endowments for primary education purposes over the lands described in subsection two hereof is hereby cancelled and the said lands are hereby declared to be Crown land set apart under and subject to the provisions of the Small Farms Act 1932-33 [Repealed].

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

Firstly, all that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District containing by admeasurement nine hundred and eighty-five acres, more or less, situated in Block IV, Patoka Survey District, being Pakiaka Rural Sections 23, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 57, folio 295, Hawke's Bay Registry: As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 36/1531, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

Secondly, all those areas in the Wellington Land District, Rangitikei County, containing respectively by admeasurement ninety-eight acres one rood, and seven acres one rood, more or less, being parts of Section 6, Block VIII, Hautapu Survey District and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 94, folio 134, Wellington Registry, as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 36/1496, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (SO Plan 21395).

(1) The reservation for recreation purposes over the land described in subsection six of this section is hereby revoked and the said land is hereby vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Oamaru subject to the provisions of this section and freed from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

(2) The Council shall pay to a special reserve account a sum equivalent to the value of the said land as determined by the Valuer-General by special valuation and the moneys so paid shall be applied by the Council in the purchase of other land for recreation purposes or for the improvement of existing recreation reserves or for any of such purposes as the Council may decide.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Council may without further authority than this section subdivide the land hereinafter described into building lots and may sell such lots to servicemen within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act 1941, by public auction or tender or public application and ballot at a fixed price or by private contract as the Council may in its discretion decide.

(4) Any sale authorized by this section may be for cash or upon such terms as the Council may in its discretion decide.

(5) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby empowered and directed to deposit such plans, make such entries in the register-books, and to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

All that area in the Otago Land District, situated in the Borough of Oamaru, containing by admeasurement three acres and twenty-two perches, more or less, being Block 96, Town of Oamaru, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 45, folio 39, Otago Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Hastings Borough Council is hereby empowered to sell the land described in subsection three hereof freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the said land.

(2) Any sale authorized by the last preceding subsection may be by public auction or tender or public application and ballot at a fixed price or private contract and may be for cash or upon such terms as the Council may in its discretion decide and the net proceeds from such sale shall be applied by the Council towards the cost of erecting a new library building.

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

All that piece or parcel of land, in the Hawke's Bay Land District, situated in the Borough of Hastings, containing by admeasurement one rood, more or less, being Lot 259 on a plan lodged in the Deeds Registry Office at Napier as Number 67, being part of Subdivision E of the Heretaunga Block, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 68, folio, 131, Hawke's Bay Registry, the said certificate of title being limited as to parcels and title.

(1) The Council is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer the lands firstly and secondly described in subsection three of this section to the Waihi Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Incorporated, without consideration as a site for a permanent showground freed and discharged from the trusts and reservations heretofore affecting the land secondly described in that subsection:

Provided that notwithstanding the provisions of section seven of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, the Association shall not have power to sell or exchange the land vested in it pursuant to this section.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby empowered and directed to accept and register a memorandum of transfer of the said lands by the Corporation to the Waihi Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Incorporated, and to make such entries in the register-books and to do all things necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

Firstly, all that area of land in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Borough of Waihi, containing by admeasurement eight acres two roods five perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 157, Block XV, Ohinemuri Survey District, but excluding therefrom any minerals on or under the said land and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 678, folio 2, Auckland Registry, subject however to the restrictions imposed by Part 13 of the Land Act 1924, and by section 315 of the said Act.

Secondly, all that area situated in the aforesaid Land District and Borough and containing five acres two roods twelve perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 32786, which said parcel of land is portion of Section 84, Block XV, Ohinemuri Survey District, and portion of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 649, folio 187, Auckland Registry, subject however to the said land being available for mining at a depth of fifty feet from the surface.

(1) The reservation for the purposes of a public recreation reserve and motor-camp site over the land firstly described in subsection five hereof is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the same.

(2) The Otaki Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) may sell the land firstly described in subsection five hereof either by public application and ballot at fixed prices or by public auction or tender, or private contract.

(3) Any sale of the said land authorized by the last preceding subsection may be for cash or upon such terms as the Council may in its discretion decide and the net proceeds from such sale shall be held by the Council and applied by it in the development of the balance of the area secondly described in subsection five hereof exclusive of the land authorized to be sold pursuant to this section.

(4) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register-books and generally to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in the Borough of Otaki, containing by admeasurement four acres and two perches, more or less, being Lots 1 to 19, inclusive, on a plan numbered 21466 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, and thereon bordered green, the said area being portion of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 453, folio 192, Wellington Registry, and described therein as part Taumanuka No 1 Block.

Secondly, all that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in the Borough of Otaki, containing fifteen acres two roods and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Taumanuka No 1 Block, part of the said parcel of land being also Lots 38 to 46, inclusive, on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 4384, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 453, folio 192, Wellington Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Rotorua Borough Council is hereby authorized to receive from the Rotorua Fire Board, and the said Fire Board is hereby authorized to pay to the said Council, the sum of one thousand dollars as compensation for portion of a reserve for a site for municipal buildings, being part of the Rotorua Town Belt, which is vested in the Corporation of the said Borough in trust by an Order in Council dated the twenty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and published in the Gazette of the twelfth day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and which is being acquired by the said Fire Board under the provisions of the Public Works Act 1928, for a fire-station.

(2) The said Council is hereby authorized to expend the said moneys on the acquisition and development of other land for recreation purposes.

(1) The reservation as an endowment for primary education over the land described in subsection two of this section is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart under Part 3 of the Coal-mines Act 1925.

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

All that area in the Nelson Land District, situated in the Inangahua County, containing a total area of one acre and ten perches, more or less, being Sections 602, 603, 604, 605, 655, 656, 657, 694, 695, 696, 744, 745, 746, and 747, Town of Reefton.

(1) The deed dated the fifteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and forty-six, made between the Minister of Works on behalf of His Majesty the King and the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth affecting all that piece of land comprising twenty-two perches and forty-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, situate in the Borough of New Plymouth, being Lots 1, 2, and 3, on Deposited Plan 1282, being part Section 2335, Town of New Plymouth, is hereby declared to be valid and binding in all respects according to its tenor.

(2) The Minister of Works on behalf of His Majesty the King, and the New Plymouth Borough Council, shall be deemed to have had full power and authority to enter into and execute the said deed and to be at all times empowered to do all things necessary to give full force and effect to the provisions thereof.

(1) The area firstly described in subsection five of this section is hereby declared to be reserved for recreation purposes, to be subject to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to form part of the Orakei Domain.

(2) On the completion of the vesting in His Majesty the King of the land secondly described in subsection five of this section the said land shall be deemed to be a recreation reserve subject to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to form part of the Orakei Domain.

(3) The lands referred to in subsections one and two hereof shall be deemed to be an addition to the MJ Savage Memorial Park.

(4) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, declare such other lands as in his opinion are suitable for addition to the said park to be added to it and to be added to and deemed to form part of the Orakei Domain.

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

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District situated in Block IX, Rangitoto Survey District, in the City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement a total area of twenty acres three roods twenty-nine perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, shown in plan numbered 34195, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland as part Orakei Block, containing two acres two roods thirty-seven perches and seven-tenths of a perch, coloured sepia on the said plan; part Orakei 4C Block, containing six acres eleven perches and two-tenths of a perch, edged yellow on the said plan; part Orakei 4B and 4C Blocks, containing twelve acres and twenty perches and six-tenths of a perch, edged yellow on the said plan.

Secondly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement one acre, more or less, being Section 2, Block IX, Rangitoto Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 310, folio 232, Auckland Registry, the said land being edged blue on the said plan numbered 34195, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland.

(1) The reservation for recreation purposes over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be a reserve for water-conservation purposes and is hereby vested in trust for those purposes in the Corporation: Provided that in the event of the said land not being required at any time for those purposes it shall revert to the Crown and shall be held for the purposes of a recreation reserve.

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District situated in the County of Waitemata, containing by admeasurement two hundred and forty-eight acres two roods twenty-five perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Allotments 129 and 130 and part of Allotment 72, Parish of Karangahape, bounded generally towards the north by a public road and Allotments 134 and 73, Karangahape Parish, towards the east by Allotments Section 75 and 112 of the said parish, towards the south by Allotment N 71 of the said parish, and towards the west by a public road: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/552/C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The Council is hereby authorized to subdivide the Sandilands Settlement or any part thereof into lots, to dedicate the part or parts thereof described in subsection eight of this section for road, reserve, or other purposes, to form and lay out any reserve areas for playgrounds, to lay out and form roads, to build, make, and lay down in or under the same any sewers, drains, gaspipes, cables, and wires for electric lighting and electric-power purposes, waterpipes and other conveniences, and generally, so far as the Sandilands Settlement is concerned, to act with all the powers of absolute owners without being obliged to comply with the provisions of section one hundred and fifty-six of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(2) The power of the Council to grant to the Association a lease of the land described in subsection three of section thirteen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1933, is hereby cancelled except so far as that power relates to the lands mentioned in the next succeeding subsection.

(3) The Council may at any time grant to the Association a lease of that part of the reserve described in subsection nine of this section, already built upon by the Association as provided for by subsection two of the said section thirteen, and subject to the terms and conditions set out therein, except as modified by this section.

(4) The Council may at any time, and from time to time and without the authority of a special order, enter into tenancies or grant leases of any double-unit houses or of each separate unit of any such double-unit houses of the Sandilands Settlement, being the land described in subsection ten of this section for a term not exceeding twenty-one years at such rents and upon such conditions as the Council may deem expedient, and so that there shall be contained in any such lease such provisions as may be considered necessary by the Council for the right of re-entry over the said land and for the preservation of the amenities of the district.

(5) The Council may at any time, and from time to time without the necessity of a special order, sell any of the lots of the Sandilands Settlement on which single-unit houses have been or shall be built by it (being the land described in subsection eleven of this section) for cash, or upon the security of the purchased lot, or upon such other terms and conditions in all respects as the Council shall in its absolute discretion think fit.

(6) The Council shall upon receipt of the purchase-money, or upon the purchaser giving to the Council a mortgage to secure the purchase-money or any part thereof, have power to transfer any single-unit lot to the purchaser.

(7) On deposit by him of a plan showing the subdivisions of the lands referred to in this section the District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Canterbury shall accept such documents for registration, make such entries in the register-books, and generally do all such things as shall be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(8) The portions of the Sandilands Settlement, which are authorized by this section to be dedicated for roads and set aside as reserves, are the areas particularly described as follows:—

All those areas of land in the Canterbury Land District situated in the City of Christchurch, containing by admeasurement a total area of four acres eight perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Reserve 212, and being Lots 47, 48, and 49 on a plan recorded in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch as Number SO 7789, and thereon coloured red.

(9) The land referred to in this section as being built on by the Association is particularly described as follows:—

All those areas in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement a total area of one acre two roods thirty perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being part of Reserve 212, situated in the City of Christchurch, being Lots 45 and 46 on a plan recorded in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch as Number SO 7789, and thereon bordered sepia.

(10) The land referred to in this section as the land on which are erected double-unit houses is particularly described as follows:—

All those areas in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement a total area of two acres two roods twenty-two perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Reserve 212, situated in the City of Christchurch, being Lots 9, 10, 16, 17, 24, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 37, and 38, on a plan recorded in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch as Number SO 7789, and thereon bordered blue.

(11) The land referred to in this section as the land on which single-unit houses are erected is particularly described as follows:—

All those areas in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement a total area of six acres two roods seventeen perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, and being part of Reserve 212, situated in the City of Christchurch, being Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44, on a plan recorded in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch as Number SO 7789, and thereon bordered orange.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Hurunui Rabbit Board is hereby empowered to sell the said land freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the same and to execute a transfer to the purchaser thereof, and the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Canterbury is hereby authorized to register such transfer accordingly.

(2) The net proceeds from the sale of the said land shall be applied in and towards the costs of purchasing other land and buildings and such land shall be held in trust as a site for buildings of the said Board, subject to the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

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

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement nine acres three roods and twenty-eight perches, more or less, and being part Reserve Number 286, situated in Block III, Waitohi Survey District, bounded as follows: towards the north-west and north-east by other part of Reserve Number 286, 1607 and 614 links respectively; towards the south-east by Reserve Number 2005, 1607.2 links; and again towards the south-west by a public road, 621 links: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 6/1/453, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation as a school-site over Section 67, Block XI, Ongo Survey District, containing ten acres and thirty-two perches, more or less, as shown on a plan numbered 13142 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, is hereby cancelled, and Section 67, Block XI, Ongo Survey District, containing ten acres and thirty-two perches, more or less, as shown on a plan numbered 13841, lodged as aforesaid, is hereby reserved as a school-site in lieu thereof.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register-books and to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(1) The vesting in the said trustees of the lands firstly, secondly, and thirdly described in subsection four of this section is hereby cancelled, and the said lands are hereby vested in the Corporation freed and discharged from the trusts contained in the aforesaid deeds.

(2) The vesting in the Corporation of the land fourthly described in subsection four of this section is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby vested in the said trustees upon the same trusts as are set out in the said deeds bearing date the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and the seventh day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, freed and discharged from all the provisions of the Wellington City and Suburban Water-supply Act 1927.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register-books and in the outstanding certificates of title for the said lands, and to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

Firstly, all that piece or parcel of land situated in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement four acres one rood twenty-one perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, situate in Block IV, Belmont Survey District, being part of Section 196, Hutt District, and being also part of Lot 3 on a plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington under Number 7415, and being the balance of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 328, folio 172, Wellington Registry, together with the right-of-way appurtenant thereto over part of Lot 2 on the said deposited plan Number 7415, coloured blue on the diagram endorsed on the said certificate of title and created by Transfer 172021.

Secondly, all that piece of land situated as aforesaid, containing by admeasurement three perches, more or less, situate in Block IV, Belmont Survey District, being part of Section 196, Hutt District, and being also portion of Lot 2 on a plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington under Number 8202, as more particularly shown on plan numbered 20148, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, and being part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 383, folio 149, Wellington Registry.

Thirdly, all that piece of land situated as aforesaid and containing fourteen perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, situate in Block IV, Belmont Survey District, being part of Section 196, Hutt District, and being also a portion of Lot 2 on a plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington under Number 8202, as more particularly shown on Plan 20148, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, and being part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 383, folio 149, Wellington Registry.

Fourthly, all that piece of land situated as aforesaid, containing twenty-five acres, more or less, being part of Section 32, Block XVI, of the Akatarawa Survey District, and being also Lot 3 on the plan lodged for deposit in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington under Number 12827, the said area being portion of the land described in clause nine of Schedule 1 to the Wellington City and Suburban Water-supply Act 1927.

(1) The roads hatched green and coloured green on Plan 21376, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, are hereby deemed to be and to have been closed and declared subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act 1908, and to have formed part of the Tuturumuri Settlement as from the thirteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty.

(2) The areas coloured red on the said Plan 21376 are hereby deemed to have been proclaimed road as from the thirteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty.

(3) All leases heretofore registered under the Land Transfer Act 1915, of the said Tuturumuri Settlement, and all registered dealings therewith, all Proclamations affecting the said Tuturumuri Settlement registered since the said thirteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty, and certificate of title, Volume 503, folio 118, Wellington Registry, for Sections 12S and 13S of the said settlement in favour of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Featherston, are hereby validated and declared to be and to have been of full force and effect.

(4) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register-books, in the outstanding duplicate leases, and in the outstanding certificate of title as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said declaration of trust, the trustees of the said reserve are hereby empowered to remove the said public hall and to sell the land hereinafter described freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the same.

(2) The net proceeds from the sale shall be applied towards the cost of removing the said public hall to its new site and repairing and improving the said hall.

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

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement thirty-seven perches, more or less, being a portion of Section 64, Square 3, situated in Block X, Motueka Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 63, folio 148, Nelson Registry, the said certificate of title being limited as to parcels.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the reservation for State forest purposes over the land firstly described in subsection two of this section and the reservation for scenic purposes over the land secondly so described is hereby cancelled, and the said lands are, together with the land thirdly so described, hereby declared to be recreation reserves and to be set apart under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, as the Pohangina Valley Domain, and the control thereof is hereby vested in the Palmerston North City Council acting as the Pohangina Valley Domain Board.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Wellington Land District situated in the Pohangina County, containing by admeasurement six hundred and forty-four acres, more or less, and being part of Section 48, Block VII, Pohangina Survey District, bounded as follows: commencing at a point on the northern side of the Pohangina Valley Road, being the southernmost corner of Section 62, Block VII; thence towards the east by the crossing of that road and by Section 64 to Opawe Road; thence in a north-westerly direction by the northern side of that road to the Pohangina Valley Road aforesaid; thence in a southerly and easterly direction generally by the crossing of Opawe Road and the western and southern boundaries of Sections 7 and 8, Block VII, to the western boundary of Section 64 aforesaid; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundaries of Section 64, Block VII, and Section 12, Block XI; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of Section 12 aforesaid, the crossing of the Pohangina Valley Road and along the northern boundary of Section 11, Block XI, to the Pohangina River; thence in a northerly direction generally by that river to the south-western boundary of Section 62 aforesaid; thence along that boundary to a point on the Pohangina Valley Road, the place of commencement, excepting therefrom the Pohangina Valley Road; also excepting a stopped road as shown on plan numbered SO 14255: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, numbered SO 15532, and thereon coloured red.

Secondly, all that area in the Wellington Land District situate in the Pohangina County, containing by admeasurement ninety acres two roods, more or less, being part Section 62, Block VII, Pohangina Survey District, bounded toward the west and north generally by the Pohangina River, toward the east and south by the abutment of a river-bank reserve, Section 64, the Pohangina Valley Road aforesaid, Section 4A, again by the Pohangina Valley Road and by Section 48, Block VII, Pohangina Survey District, excepting therefrom a public road 100 links wide: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in the district office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, numbered SO 12884, and thereon coloured red.

Thirdly, all that area in the Wellington Land District situate in the Pohangina County, containing by admeasurement sixteen acres, more or less, and being Section 65, Block VII, Pohangina Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in the district office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, numbered SO 14255, and thereon coloured green.

(1) This section applies—

• (a) To all deferred-payment licenses of any land situated within the Borough of Te Kuiti, the Borough of Taumarunui, or the Town District of Otorohanga that has been acquired by the Crown, if the licenses were granted under the Native Townships Act 1910, or under section 60 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1924, or were granted in substitution (whether mediately or immediately) for any such license so granted:

• (b) To all leases of any land situated as aforesaid that has been acquired by the Crown, if the leases were granted by or on behalf of the Native owners or by a Maori Land Board or were granted in renewal (whether mediately or immediately) of any such lease so granted.

(2) The lessee or licensee under any lease or license to which this section applies shall, subject to the provisions of this section and with the consent in writing of the encumbrancers (if any), have a right at any time before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to surrender his lease or license and obtain in exchange a renewable lease under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 131 of the Land Act 1924.

(3) The capital value and annual rental reserved in such renewable lease as aforesaid shall be determined by the Auckland Land Board on the basis of the present value of the land (excluding the value of improvements effected or purchased by the lessee or licensee) at the time at which application is made for a renewable lease.

(4) Any renewable lease issued under this section shall be deemed to be subject to all existing encumbrances, liens, and interests (if any) affecting the surrendered lease or license; and the District Land Registrar shall record on the lease all such encumbrances, liens, and interests accordingly in the order of their registered priority.

(1) The portions of Taupaki Block taken for railway by the aforesaid Proclamation Number 706, and shown in the schedule of areas on the plan numbered 3343, deposited as aforesaid, as being required for road, and comprising areas of three roods thirty-four perches and thirty-three perches respectively, shall be deemed to have been taken for road as from the date of the aforesaid Proclamation.

(2) The definition of the areas referred to in subsection one hereof shall be deemed to be as shown on the said plan numbered 2773 and as redefined on the said plan numbered 33799 as, firstly, portions of Taupaki Block, comprising areas of three roods and of sixteen perches respectively, edged yellow; secondly, portions of Section 1, Block V, Waitemata Survey District, comprising areas of nineteen perches and five-tenths of a perch and of thirteen perches and four-tenths of a perch respectively, edged red; and, thirdly, Section 2, Block V, Waitemata Survey District, comprising twenty-four perches and one-tenth of a perch, edged red.

(3) The issue of the said certificate of title in lieu of Crown Grant, Volume 62, folio 18, is hereby validated as to the said Sections 1 and 2, Block V, Waitemata Survey District.

(4) Section 3 of the aforesaid block and survey district, being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 137, folio 189, Auckland Registry, shall be deemed to have been stopped road at the time of the issue of certificate of title in lieu of Crown Grant, Volume 62, folio 18, and its definition shall be deemed to be as shown in Plan 33799 aforesaid, and the issue of the said certificate of title in lieu of Crown Grant, Volume 62, folio 18, is hereby validated as to the said Section 3.

(5) The said Proclamation 9840 is hereby cancelled, and the said Proclamation 10218 is hereby cancelled so far as it concerns that part of Taupaki Block containing four-tenths of a perch, and in lieu of the areas taken for road by the said Proclamation 9840 and the area of four-tenths of a perch taken for road by the said Proclamation 10218 that portion of Section 1, Block V, Waitemata Survey District, containing thirteen perches and four-tenths of a perch, and that portion of Taupaki Block containing nine perches and two-tenths of a perch, shown in the said Plan 33799 by red edging and blue wash respectively, are hereby declared to be road.

(6) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland and the Registrar of Deeds for the said district are hereby authorized and directed to make all such entries in the register-books and to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

Whereas the Minister of Works on behalf of His Majesty the King and the Wellington Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board) have entered into and executed a certain agreement dated the twenty-fifth day of September, nineteen hundred and forty-six, relating to the acquisition and exchange of certain lands in the City of Wellington, a copy of which agreement is deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington under No A 365 (P W 24/2799): And whereas it is expedient that the said agreement should be authorized and validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Minister of Works acting on behalf of His Majesty the King and the Board shall be deemed to have had all powers and authority necessary to enter into and execute the said agreement, and the same is hereby confirmed and validated and declared binding in law in all respects and shall have full force and effect according to its tenor.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act the Board may sell the said land or any part or parts thereof either together or in lots by public auction, public tender, or private contract or partly by one or partly by another or others of such modes and subject to such conditions as to title, time, or mode of payment of purchase money or otherwise as the Board thinks fit and with or without grants or reservations of rights of way or other rights and privileges of any description in relation to the land sold or any land remaining unsold. Provided that before any land is disposed of under this section the Board shall set aside and reserve for public purposes a strip of land of such width as may be agreed upon between the Minister of Lands and the Board along the mean high-water mark along so much of the land described in subsection four hereof as adjoins the Onepoto Stream.

(2) All moneys received by the Board by way of purchase-money shall be held by the Board upon and subject to the same trusts, conditions, and purposes as the said land is held by the Board, or expended by the Board in the purchase or towards the purchase of other freehold land to be held upon the like trusts and conditions.

(3) The powers conferred by this section are in addition to all other powers and authorities vested in the Board by any other Act.

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

All those areas in the North Auckland Land District, Block XII, Waitemata Survey District, being—

Firstly, nine acres two roods seventeen perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1 to 24, Lots 26 to 31, and right-of-way on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 20403, and being portions of Allotments 14 and 15, Parish of Takapuna, and being the balance of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 531, folio 12, Auckland Registry.

Secondly, seventeen perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 25 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 20403, being portion of Allotment 14, Parish of Takapuna, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 698, folio 134, Auckland Registry.