This Act may be cited as the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1947.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the reservation for scenic purposes over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby declared to be a recreation reserve and to be set apart under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, as an addition to the Beachlands Domain under and subject to the control of the Beachlands Domain Board

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement fourteen acres, more or less, being Section 1, Block IV, Otahuhu Survey District, and known as Motukaraka Island, bounded on all sides by the Tamaki Strait: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 170, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) The vesting in the Corporation of the County of Whakatane of the lands firstly and secondly described in subsection four hereof is hereby revoked and the reservation for tree-planting purposes over the said lands is hereby cancelled.

(2) The land firstly described in subsection four hereof is hereby declared to be a recreation reserve and to be set apart under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, as a public domain to be known as the Onepu Domain.

(3) The land secondly described in subsection four hereof is hereby reserved as and for the purposes of a site for a public hall under and subject to Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

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

Firstly, all that area situated in the Auckland Land District, County of Whakatane, containing by admeasurement eight acres one rood and twenty perches, more or less, being Section 17 (formerly part of Section 3), Block VI, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District:

Secondly, all that area situated as aforesaid, containing two roods and sixteen perches, more or less, being Section 16 (formerly part of the aforesaid Section 3), Block VI, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District:

The said lands firstly and secondly described being more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/1131, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

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

All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement two hundred acres and eighteen perches, more or less, being Sections 34 and 36, Block I, Rankleburn Survey District, and being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 180, folio 235, Otago Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 36/1620, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation as an endowment for primary education purposes over the land described in subsection three of this section is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby declared to be reserved for recreation purposes, and to be set apart under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, as the Mossburn War Memorial Park Domain.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the Minister of Lands may authorize the erection of buildings to be used for the purposes of a community centre on the land referred to in the said subsection three hereof.

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

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement five acres two roods and two perches, more or less, being Lots 1 to 10 inclusive, Block II, Township of South Mossburn (Deposited Plan Number 192), being part of Section 102, Block I, Taringatura Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 112, folio 196, Southland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/1178, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) The vesting of the lands firstly and secondly described in subsection three of this section in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Hutt, for an estate in fee-simple, for the purposes of a cemetery, is hereby cancelled, and the said lands, together with the land thirdly described in the said subsection three are hereby vested in the Corporation of the City of Lower Iutt for an estate in fee-simple for a like purpose.

(2) The District Land Registrar and the Registrar of Deeds for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register-books, to deposit such plans, to issue such certificates of title or other documents, and generally to do all such things as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

Firstly, all that piece of land situated in Block X, Belmont Survey District, in the City of Lower Hutt, containing by admeasurement one hundred and forty-one acres one rood and twenty-five perches, more or less, being part of Section 45 and part of Section 44, Hutt District, part of the said Section 44 being also part of Lot 16 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 1680, the said land being the residue of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 322, folio 236, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, all that piece of land situated as aforesaid, containing two roods, thirteen perches, and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 44, Hutt District, being all of the land edged green on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 9145, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 397, folio 76, Wellington Registry, the said land being subject to an agreement as to fencing contained in Transfer 94847.

Thirdly, all those parcels of land containing together thirteen acres two roods twelve perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 44, Hutt District, and being the lands more particularly described in Conveyance Number 1775 bearing date the thirteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and in Conveyance Number 55383 bearing date the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, the said lands being the whole of those more particularly delineated on the plan numbered SO 12826, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington:

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 2/38, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged yellow, blue, and green, respectively.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1916, or of any other Act, the Gisborne Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board) is hereby empowered to lease, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies Leases Act 1969, the land situated in the Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement thirty-seven perches, more or less, being Section 14, Town of Gisborne, which said land is vested in the Board for the purposes of a pilot-station and for harbour-improvement purposes.

(1) The vesting in the Corporation of the City of Auckland pursuant to the Auckland Domain Vesting Act 1893, of the land described in subsection three of this section is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty the King as a reserve for hospital purposes.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized 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.

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, in the County of Eden, and situated in Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, being part of the Auckland Domain, containing by admeasurement four acres thirty-six perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, bounded, commencing at a point, being the easternmost corner of the portion of the Auckland Domain, shown on a plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland under Number 19809, and proceeding north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of the land shown on the said deposited plan 19809 for a distance of 588.78 links bearing 295° 51′; thence in a northerly, easterly, south-easterly, and westerly direction generally by lines bearing 22° 21′ 30″, distance 411.77 links; bearing 39° 03′, distance 50.47 links; bearing 73° 32′, distance 50.10 links; bearing 91° 34′, distance 225.81 links; bearing 98° 52′, distance 97.03 links; bearing 112° 52′, distance 102.56 links; bearing 148° 34′ 30″, distance 75.31 links, bearing 152° 43′, distance 164.17 links; bearing 156° 29′ 20″, distance 263.93 links; bearing 180° 13′ 40″, distance 141.31 links; bearing 263° 56′, distance 343.94 links, to the point of commencement: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/550A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section sixty-two of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the Council is hereby authorized to keep an account, to be known as the East Tamaki Recreation Reserve Account, for the purpose of recording receipts and expenditure in respect of both areas described in subsection three hereof and to apply the moneys from time to time in the account for the benefit of either or both of the said areas, and also to apply and account for any moneys which may be lawfully borrowed by the Council for any purpose in connection with either or both areas in the same manner.

(2) So long as the Council continues to keep the said account it shall not be necessary for it to comply with the provisions and requirements of section sixty-two of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

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

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Manukau County, situated in Block VII, Otahuhu Survey District, and containing by admeasurement five acres two roods, more or less, being Lot 11 and part of Lot 10 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 9824, being part of Allotment 51, Pakuranga Parish, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 411, folio 275, Auckland Registry:

Secondly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement five acres two roods twenty-eight perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Lots 9 and 10 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 9824, being part of Allotment 51, Pakuranga Parish, and being the residue of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 317, folio 248, Auckland Registry. As the lands firstly and secondly described are more by particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/216A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red and blue respectively.

(1) The vesting of the land described in subsection four of this section in the Corporation is hereby cancelled, and the reservation as a public park and recreation ground and botanical gardens is hereby revoked.

(2) The said land is hereby vested in the Board as a site for a hostel and for the erection of additional school buildings.

(3) 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 to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

All that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in the City of Palmerston North, containing by admeasurement one acre one rood and twenty-four perches, more or less, being parts of Lots 8, 10, and 11 on plan Number 545, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, and being part of Rural Section 1536, Town of Palmerston North, and being part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 308, folio 185, Wellington Registry, and bounded as follows: on the north-east by Lots 1 and 2, Deposited Plan 11820, a distance of 200 links, bearing 149° 42′ 53″; on the south-east by Lots 10, 11, and 12, Deposited Plan 11820, and part Lot 10, Deposited Plan 545, a distance of 700 links, bearing 239° 42′ 53″; on the south-west by parts Lots 10 and 11, Deposited Plan 545, a distance of 200 links, bearing 329° 42′ 53″; and on the north-west by parts Lots 11 and 7, Deposited Plan 545, a distance of 700 links bearing 59° 42′ 53″: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/1158, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Board is hereby empowered to sell the land described in subsection three of this section, freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the same.

(2) The moneys received by the Board from the sale of the said land shall be paid into and form part of the sinking fund in connection with the Tolaga Bay Harbour Board Conversion Loan, 1934.

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

All that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement one acre, more or less, being Section 2, Block V, Township of Tolaga Bay, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 27, folio 269, Gisborne Registry.

(1) The reservation as an endowment for the Auckland Museum over the land described in subsection three 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 sum of two hundred and forty dollars, being the agreed value of the lands referred to in the next succeeding subsection, shall be paid from the appropriate account to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Gisborne and shall be disbursed in the manner set out in the Auckland Museum Endowment Act 1882.

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

All that area in the Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement one acre, more or less, being Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, Block XIII, Tolaga Bay Township, situated in Block XII, Uawa Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/2499, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

(2) The lands reserved as endowment for primary education are particularly described as follows:—

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement three roods nineteen perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 18359, being a subdivision of Allotments 55 and 56 of Section 2 of Whau Township North, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 5, folio 39, Auckland Registry, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 30/228/1C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at, Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow and yellow edged yellow.

Secondly, all that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Borough of Rotorua, and containing by admeasurement one rood, more or less, being Section 28, Block LXVII, Town of Rotorua, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 30/228/28C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Thirdly, all that area in the Gisborne Land District, Block XII, Uawa Survey District, containing by admeasurement one acre and one rood, more or less, being Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block VIII, Tolaga Bay Township, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 17, folio 57, Gisborne Registry.

Fourthly, all that area in the Wellington Land District, in the Borough of Raetihi, containing by admeasurement one rood, more or less, being Section 164, Town of Raetihi, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 91, folio 246, Wellington Registry.

Fifthly, all that area in the Nelson Land District, Inangahua County, containing by admeasurement one rood eight perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Sections 748, 749, 750, and 751, Town of Reefton, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 37, folio 183, Nelson Registry, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 20/990, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(3) The lands reserved as an endowment for secondary enducation are particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Nelson Land District, Inangahua County, containing by admeasurement one rood thirty-three perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Sections 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, and 717, Town of Reefton, and being parts of the lands comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 42, folios 78 and 79, Nelson Registry: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 20/195, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Section twenty-five of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1941, as amended by section three of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1943, is hereby further amended as follows:—

• (a) By omitting from subsection three the words “seven years”, and substituting the words “nine years”:

• (b) By omitting from subsection four the words “seven years”, and substituting the words “nine years”.

(2) Section three of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1943, is hereby amended as follows:—

• (a) By omitting from subsection two the words “two years” and substituting the words “four years”:

• (b) By omitting from the proviso to subsection three the words “two years later” and substituting the words “four years later”.

(3) The term of each lease to which section twenty-five of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1941, applies and which, but for the passing of that section and this section, would expire by effluxion of time after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and on or before the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, is hereby extended for a period of four years from the date of the expiry thereof subject to the same covenants, conditions, and restrictions as are contained and implied in the lease, and the estate of the lessee thereunder shall continue to be subject to all encumbrances, liens, and interests to which it is subject on the date of the expiry of the lease.

(4) The provisions of subsections four to nine of the said section twenty-five shall, so far as applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply in the case of any lease the term whereof is extended by the last preceding subsection:

Provided that in the application of subsection four of the said section twenty-five (as amended by this section) to any lease the term whereof is extended by the last preceding subsection, the said subsection four shall be read and construed as if the words “nine years later” were omitted therefrom, and the words “four years later” were substituted.

(1) The reservation for recreation purposes 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 Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement one acre three roods and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Reserve 4419 (formerly Lot 1, on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 11689) and situated in Block XI, Christchurch Survey District.

(1) The vesting of the said land in the Russell Town Board is hereby cancelled and the land is hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty the King 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 Kororareka Domain Board.

(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 Russell Town District, containing by admeasurement one rood seventeen perches and eighty-eight one-hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 5 and 6 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 7147, being part of Allotment 2 of Section 6, Town of Russell, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 318, folio 66, Auckland Registry, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/327B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) The reservation as an endowment for primary education over the said land is hereby cancelled, and the said land 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 portion of the Okaihau Domain.

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of Islands County, situated in Blocks X and VI, Omapere Survey District, containing by admeasurement seven acres fourteen perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 2 on a plan numbered 33808, deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland, being part of Allotment 22, Okaihau Parish, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 6, folio 163, Auckland Registry, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and 48037A, deposited in the Head Office be of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) The Council is hereby empowered to grant a lease of the land firstly described in subsection four of this section to the Association for a term of twenty-five years upon and subject to the terms and conditions set out in a certain Memorandum of Lease, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, a copy whereof is deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under Wellington Deed Number 1618, and the said Memorandum of Lease is hereby validated and shall be deemed to have been lawfully given.

(2) The Council is hereby further empowered to grant a lease of the land secondly described in subsection four of this section to the Club for a term of twenty-one years upon and subject to the terms and conditions set out in a certain Memorandum of Lease bearing date the seventh day of February, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, a copy whereof is deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under Wellington Deed Number 1619, and the said Memorandum of Lease is hereby validated and shall be deemed to have been lawfully given.

(3) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed to receive such documents for registration, to make such entries in the Register books, and to do all such things as nay be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

Firstly, all that piece or parcel of land situated in the City of Lower Hutt, and containing two acres two roods three perches and sixty-five hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Sections 35 and 38, Hutt District, and being also Lot 2 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 13438, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 438, folio 192, Wellington Registry

Secondly, all that piece or parcel of land situated as aforesaid, and containing one acre three roods fourteen perches and thirty-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 35, Hutt District, and being also Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 13438, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 438, folio 192, Wellington Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928 the reservation for the purpose of a public domain over the land firstly described in subsection four of this section is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land a available for disposal by private treaty or otherwise on such terms and conditions as the Minister of Lands may determine.

(2) The provisions of subsection 2 of section forty-one of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, are hereby declared to apply to the proceeds from the sale of the land referred to in the last preceding subsection.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, the Hukerenui Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Incorporated, may sell by private treaty or otherwise the land secondly described in subsection four of this section, and the Association is hereby authorized to apply the proceeds from the sale towards the purchase and improvement of other land, part of which shall be conveyed to His Majesty the King as a site for a memorial hall subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and the balance conveyed to His Majesty the King as a recreation reserve subject to the provisions of Part 2 of that Act.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Bay of Islands County, North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement twenty-four acres, more or less, being Sections 51 and 53 of Block VI, Hukerenui Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/296A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Secondly, all that area in the Whangarei County, North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement a total of seventy-four acres one rood fifteen perches and twenty-three one-hundredths of a perch, more or less being part of Section 44, Block X, Hukerenui Survey District, being the residue of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 253, folio 185, Auckland Land Registry; and Sections 59 and 60, Block X, Hukerenui Survey District, being the whole of the lands comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 445, folio 109, Auckland Land Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/296B, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, or in any other Act, the Board and the Napier Borough Council are hereby authorized to enter into and carry out an agreement whereby part of the land described in subsection four of this section is to be retained by the Corporation for the purpose for which the land is now held, and whereby the balance of the said land is to be subdivided by the Council into building allotments of which allotments up to but not exceeding one-half shall be transferred by the, Corporation to the Board.

(2) The building allotments retained by the Corporation and the building allotments transferred by the of Corporation to the Board shall be held by the Corporation and the Board respectively as their own absolute property freed from any trust, condition, or restriction now affecting the same or the proceeds of the sale thereof.

(3) With respect to the building allotments retained by the Corporation, the Napier Borough Council shall have power, subject to compliance with the provisions of sections one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, to lease the whole or any part or parts thereof, and, without complying with the provisions of section one hundred and fifty-six of the said Act, to confer on any lessee or lessees the option of purchasing the fee-simple of the land comprised in the lease to him, either forthwith or at the expiration of such period as the said Council shall think fit, and otherwise upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the said Council shall think fit.

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

All that area of land situate in the Borough of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing two acres one perch and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 209 on Deposited Plan Number 6598, which said parcel of land is part of Te Whare-o-Marae-nui Block, and part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 106, folio 147 (Hawke's Bay Registry).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the reservation for the purposes of a public domain over the lands described in subsection two hereof (being portion of the Millerton Domain) is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1948.

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

All that area in the Nelson Land District, Buller County, containing by admeasurement four acres two roods fourteen perches, more or less, being Part Sections 142 and 263 and Sections 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279, Town of Millerton, bounded generally as follows: commencing at a point being the intersection of Rodney and Seymour Streets, thence on the south-west by Seymour Street, on the north-west by other parts of Sections 142 and 263, Recreation Reserve (Millerton Domain), on the north-east by a Westport Coal Company's mining privilege, and on the south-east by Rodney Street, to the point of commencement, excepting thereout the formed and used road one hundred links in width: as the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L and S 1/35A deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Nelson SO Plan 9517).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section twenty-one of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1941, the period for which the portion of the Rotorua Domain and the stopped streets described in the said section may be used for the purposes set out therein, shall be ten years from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and during that period the said lands may be used as a site for a hospital for convalescent soldiers and for persons suffering from rheumatism or other crippling diseases or disabilities.

(2) The lease authorized by subsection two of the said section is hereby varied to the extent that the term thereof shall be ten years from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and the purpose for which the leased lands may be used shall be as a site for a hospital for convalescent soldiers and for persons suffering from rheumatism and other crippling diseases or disabilities and for purposes incidental thereto.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section four of the Nelson Harbour Act 1905, or in any other Act, the Board is hereby empowered to relinquish all rights and title to the land described in subsection, three of this section and to acknowledge the right and title of the Council to the said land:

Provided that nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect the claims of either the Board or the Council in respect of further accretions to the said land.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land District of Nelson is hereby empowered and directed, on deposit with him of a plan of the land described in subsection three of this section, to issue a certificate of title in favour of the Council in respect of the said the land, and the Council shall hold the said land in trust for recreation purposes.

(3) The accretion area to which subsections one and two of this section relate is described as follows:—

All that area in the Nelson Land District, situated partly in the Tahunanui Town District and partly in the Waimea County, containing by estimation two hundred and twenty acres, more or less, and being partly accretion and partly tidal flats, now designated Section 99, District of Suburban South and bounded generally as follows: towards the north and north-west generally by the mean high-water mark of Tasman Bay, extending from Rocks Road to the most south-westerly point of Section 99 aforesaid; towards the south-west by a right line across tidal lands from the last mentioned point to the most westerly point of the land held by the Nelson City Council under Conveyance Number 35647 (Nelson Registry); towards the south and south-east generally by the aforesaid Nelson city Council land, the abuttal of a public road, again by the aforesaid Nelson City Council land, by the abuttal of another public road, and again by the aforesaid Nelson City Council land, and by a portion of Rocks Road: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan marked L and S 22/3258A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon in outline edged red.

(1) The Governor-General may from time to time by Proclamation declare such portions as he thinks fit of the street in the Borough of Runanga known as Seven Mile Road to be closed:

Provided that the power hereby conferred shall not be exercised so as to reduce the width of the said street below a uniform width of one hundred and fifty links.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, or in any other Act, the land comprised in any portion of the street closed under the last preceding subsection shall vest in His Majesty as Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

(1) The reservation for permanent State forest purposes over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby set apart as a reserve for water-supply purposes and vested in the Corporation in trust for those purposes.

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

All that area in the Nelson Land District, Waimea County, containing by admeasurement two thousand nine hundred and twenty-five acres, more or less, and being portion of State Forest Reserve of five thousand three hundred and forty acres, situated in Blocks IV and II, Maungatapu Survey District, and Block XII, Waimea Survey District, and bounded generally as follows: commencing at peg IX on the south-eastern boundary of Section 12, Waterworks Reserve Block XII, Waimea Survey District, thence towards the north-west by the said Section 12 and Section 13, Waterworks Reserve Block XII aforesaid, and Section 15, Waterworks Reserve Block IV, Maungatapu Survey District, to Mount Claude, thence towards the north and north-east by the Dun Mountain Scenic Reserve to Trig H (Rocks); thence towards the south-east by State Forest Reserve twenty-six thousand acres (Gazette, 1931, page 1) to Trig L A; thence towards the south-west by a right line from Trig L A to peg IX, being the point of commencement: as the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L and S 13/108/68, deposited in the Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Timaru Borough Council is hereby empowered from time to time by private treaty or otherwise, to sell the said land freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the same.

(2) The net proceeds from the sale shall be applied in the purchase of other land for municipal purposes.

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

All those parcels of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing together two thousand and two acres two roods thirty-eight perches, more or less, in Blocks VIII and XII of the Tengawai and Blocks V and IX of the Opihi Survey Districts, being Reserve 2195X and parts Reserve 2195 and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 188, folio 287, Canterbury Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law and particularly any restriction on the title to the lands described in subsection four hereof or any part thereof or on the use thereof as set out in the said memorial of judgment registered Number 358651, or otherwise howsoever, it shall be lawful for the Board—

• (a) To accept surrenders of the said leases registered numbers 17020 and 16878 and to grant a new lease of the land firstly described in subsection four hereof to the Association for a term expiring on the thirty-first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and a new lease of the land secondly so described to the Club for a term expiring on the thirty-first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, upon such terms as may be agreed between the parties thereto respectively:

• (b) To consent to the utilization by His Majesty the King of the buildings on the lands firstly described in subsection four hereof as temporary housing units upon such terms as may be agreed upon between His Majesty the King and the Association during the term of the Association's lease:

• (c) On the grant of the said lease to the Club, to consent to the grant of a sub-lease by the Club to His Majesty the King of the land thirdly described in subsection four hereof for the purposes of a nurses' training school and nurses' home upon such terms as may be agreed between His Majesty the King and the Club and approved by the Board:

• (d) After the grant of any sub-lease referred to in the last preceding paragraph, to consent to the grant of a further sub-lease by His Majesty the King to the Auckland Hospital Board of the land described in the sub-lease for the like purpose, on such terms as may be agreed between His Majesty the King and the Auckland Hospital Board and approved by the Board.

(2) Notwithstanding any restriction hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Club and His Majesty the King respectively to grant the sub-leases referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection one hereof, and the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to register any such leases and sub-leases and 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.

(3) No action or other proceeding shall hereafter lie against the Board, the Association, the Club, or any other person on the ground that any consent, lease, sub-lease, act, or thing given or granted or done pursuant to the terms of this section or to give effect thereto constitutes a breach of any restriction on the user of any part of the lands described in subsection four hereof.

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

Firstly, all that parcel of land situated in Block I, Otahuhu Survey District, in the City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement fourteen acres twenty perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland, under Number SO 34901, and thereon edged blue, being parts of Allotments 6, 7, and 13 of Section 11 and part of Allotment 1 of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, and being parts of the lands described in certificates of title, Volume 604, folio 54, limited as to parcels, Volume 513, folio 274, limited as to parcels, and Volume 12, folio 178 (Auckland Registry).

Secondly, all those parcels of land situated in Block I, Otahuhu Survey District, in the City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement one acre two roods eight perches and four-tenths of a perch and one acre thirty perches, more or less, being Lots 2 and 3 respectively, on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under Number SO 34901, and thereon edged red and yellow respectively, being parts of Allotments 7 and 13 of Section 11 and part of Allotment 1 of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, and being parts of the lands described in certificates of title, Volume 513, folio 274, limited as to parcels, Volume 604, folio 54, limited as to parcels, and Volume 12, folio 178 (Auckland Registry).

Thirdly, all that parcel of land situated in Block I, Otahuhu Survey District, in the City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement one acre thirty perches, more or less, being Lot 3 on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under Number SO 34901, and thereon edged yellow, being part of Allotment 7 of Section 11, Suburbs of Auckland, and being part of the land described in certificate of title, Volume 513, folio 274, limited as to parcels (Auckland Registry).

(1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, authorize the trustees for the time being of the will of the said James Gammack, deceased, subject to such conditions as the Governor-General shall think fit, to sell the lands hereinafter described and to invest the proceeds from the sale for the benefit of the beneficiaries according as they are entitled to the same under the said will.

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

Firstly, all that piece of land situated in Block VIII of the Leeston Survey District, containing two acres one rood twenty-five perches and eight-tenths of a perch, that more or less, being part of Rural Section 3053 and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 501, folio 192, and more particularly shown as Lot 1 on Deposited Plan Number 13488 (Land Registration District of Canterbury).

Secondly, all that piece of land situated in Block VIII of the Leeston Survey District, containing three roods twenty-four perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Rural Section 3053, and being part of the land, comprised in certificate of title, Volume 501, folio 192, and the whole of the land in memorandum of lease Number 11728, and more particularly shown as part of Lot 3 on Deposited Plan Number 5565 (Land Registration District of Canterbury).

Thirdly, all that piece of land situated in Block VIII of the Leeston Survey District, containing one acre two roods, more or less, being part of Rural Section 7152, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 501, folio 192, and more particularly shown as Lot 1 on Deposited Plan Number 11913 (Land Registration District of Canterbury).

Fourthly, all that piece of land situated in Block III of the Leeston Survey District, containing three acres three roods three perches, more or less, being parts of Rural Sections 7006 and 7007 and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 501, folio 192, and more particularly shown as Lots 10 and 11 on Deposited Plan Number 5565 (Land Registration District of Canterbury).

Fifthly, all that piece of land situated in Block VIII of the Leeston Survey District, containing two acres three roods five perches, more or less, being part of Rural Section 7006, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 501, folio 192, and, more particularly shown as Lot 9 on Deposited Plan Number 5565 (Land Registration District of Canterbury).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Wellington Ladies Christian Association Trustees are hereby empowered to sell the land described in subsection three of this section 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 private contract or otherwise and may be for cash or upon such terms as the said Trustees may in their discretion decide. The net proceeds from the sale shall be applied by the Trustees in or towards the purchase of other land to be held in trust for the purposes of a home for girls, or generally towards the cost of equipping and maintaining such a home.

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

All that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in the City of Wellington, containing by admeasurement one acre, more or less, being Section 1041 of the Town of Wellington, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 80, folio 300, Wellington Registry.