This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1949.

(1) The south-eastern boundary of the land taken by the Proclamation, commencing from the point of intersection of the said boundary with River Road in the City of Hamilton and continuing in a north-easterly direction to its point of intersection with Heaphy Terrace in the same city, shall be deemed to be and to have always been that shown as the north-western boundary on the said plan as redefined by later surveys and shown on plans deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Numbers 3978, 7000, 13040, 14251, and 28995.

(2) The certificates of title issued in accordance with the said plan are hereby validated and declared to have been properly issued.

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

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Local Authorities (Members' Contracts) Act 1934, or in any other Act, the payment of one hundred and thirty dollars made during the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty, by the Moana Domain Board to William Williams, of Moana, in respect of a contract carried out by him while a member of the Board is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made by the Board and to have been lawfully received by the said William Williams, who shall not be deemed to have been disqualified for continuing to hold office as a member of the Board by reason of his being concerned or interested in the contract in respect of which the said sum of one hundred and thirty dollars was paid, nor shall he be deemed to have committed any offence by reason of having done any act as a member of the Board while concerned or interested in the said contract.

Section twenty-two of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1948, is hereby amended by repealing subsection three thereof, and substituting the following subsection:—

(1) The land described in subsection two of this section is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

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

All that area in the City of Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement one rood seven perches and twelve-hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Part Section 226, Town of Wellington, bounded as follows: commencing at a point on the northern side of Buckle Street, being the westernmost corner of Section 233, Town of Wellington; thence westerly along the northern side of Buckle Street for a distance of 153.53 links; thence along right lines bearing 23° 16′ 10″, distance 135.12 links, bearing 117° 24′, distance 1.54 links, bearing 23° 56′, distance 58.17 links, and bearing 113° 12′ 10″, distance 150.23 links, to the western boundary of Section 233, Town of Wellington; and thence southerly along that boundary 193.26 links to the point of commencement, be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 48623, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Section thirty-four of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1948, is hereby amended by repealing subsection four thereof, and substituting the following subsection:—

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the reservation for recreation purposes over the land described in subsection two of this section is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be a scenic reserve subject to the provisions of the Scenery Preservation Act 1908.

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Waitemata County, containing by admeasurement three acres one rood thirty-three perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 28 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 33024, and being part of Allotment 26, Waikomiti Parish, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 766, folio 232, Auckland Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Land Transfer Act 1915, or in any other Act or in any rule of law, the land described in subsection four of this section is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948.

(2) In the event of any claim to the ownership of the said land being proved to the satisfaction of the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Hawke's Bay, the Minister of Lands shall, on receipt of advice from the District Land Registrar, accordingly and without further appropriation than this section, pay to the claimant from the Land Settlement Account a sum not exceeding seventy dollars in full compensation for the said land, and it is hereby further declared that no action at law for possession or for rent or for trespass or for mesne profits or for any other cause whatever shall, after the passing of this Act, be available to the claimant or to any other person in respect of ownership, before the passing of this Act, of the said land.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Hawke's Bay is hereby empowered and directed to accept such documents for registration, to make such entries in the register book, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, in the County of Wairoa, containing by admeasurement seven acres one rood and thirty-four perches, more or less, being Aranui 1A Block, situated in Block XVI, Taramarama Survey District, and being all the land in file R 8873, Hawke's Bay Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 21/149/1074, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The Little River Domain Board Empowering Act 1898, the Little River Domain Board Act 1911, and section seventy-six of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1913, are hereby repealed.

(2) The lands described in subsections four and five of this section are hereby declared to be recreation reserves subject to Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and are hereby constituted as the Little River Domain under the control of the Little River Domain Board.

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

(4) The lands referred to in the Order in Council of the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and published in the Gazette of the eighth day of May of that year appointing the Little River Domain Board are particularly described as follows:—

All those areas in the Canterbury Land District, being—

Firstly, part of Lot 4, Block III of Maori Reserve 887, Wairewa, situated in Block XIII, Pigeon Bay Survey District, and Block II, Akaroa Survey District; area, six acres three roods twelve perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less. (SO 1332L):

Secondly, Reserve 3729, situated in Block XIII, Pigeon Bay Survey District; area, three acres two roods six perches, more or less. (SO 1542L):

Thirdly, Reserve 1649, situated in Block XIII, Pigeon Bay Survey District; area, sixty-two acres two roods, more or less. (SO 2754L):

Fourthly, Reserve 4128, situated in Block II, Akaroa Survey District; area, one rood two perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less. (SO 5994):

Fifthly, Reserve 4280, situated in Block II, Akaroa Survey District; area, eight perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less. (SO 8147):

Sixthly, Reserve 4430, situated in Block II, Akaroa Survey District; area, three perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less. (SO 8147):

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/204A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(5) The land vested in His Majesty upon trust for a recreation reserve and referred to in subsection two of this section is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, being Lot 3B, Block III, of Maori Reserve 887, Wairewa, situated in Block XIII, Pigeon Bay Survey District; area, four acres one rood thirteen perches, more or less (SO 8146): as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/204B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

(1) The lands described in subsection two of this section, being the closed streets hereinbefore referred to, are hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty the King as recreation reserves subject to Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to be subject to the provisions of the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act 1908.

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

All those areas in the South Auckland Land District, Borough of Rotorua, containing by admeasurement two acres one rood, more or less, being Sections 123 and 124, Suburbs of Rotorua: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/2657A, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the reservation for the purpose of public recreation and the setting apart under Part 2 of the said Act over the land firstly described in subsection three of this section, being the Parnassus Domain, are hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1948, and the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Canterbury is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the certificate of title for the said land.

(2) The land secondly described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be reserved for recreation purposes and set apart under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, under the name of the Parnassus Domain, subject to the control of the Parnassus Domain Board appointed by Order in Council as aforesaid.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Block I, Cheviot Survey District, containing by admeasurement five acres three roods and seventeen perches, more or less, being Reserve 4439, and being also described as Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 12043, being part of Section 1, Square 88, Amuri, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 471, folio 45, Canterbury Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/429B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

Secondly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Block I, Cheviot Survey District, containing by admeasurement five acres two roods and thirty-three perches, more or less, being Reserve 4560, formerly Part Lot 6 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 2160, being Part Section 1, Square 88, Amuri: as he same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/429C, deposited in the Head office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO plan 8124.)

(1) The Crown may grant a drainage easement to the Council over the lands taken by the said Proclamations.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and empowered to register the said easement upon certificate of title, Volume 254, folio 208, Wellington Registry, and make such entries in the register book as shall be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the reservation for cemetery purposes over the land described in subsection three of this section is hereby revoked and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

(2) The moneys received from the sale of the said land shall, without further appropriation than this section, be paid out of the Land Settlement Account and applied towards the purchase of other land in the Rodney County more suitable for cemetery purposes, and any land so purchased shall be deemed to vest in His Majesty the King in trust as a site for a cemetery.

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, County of Rodney, situated in Block VI, Mahurangi Survey District, containing by admeasurement nine acres three roods and four perches, more or less, being Allotment 96C of the Parish of Mahurangi: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 2/400, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Section eighteen of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1940, is hereby amended as follows:—

• (a) By omitting from subsection two the words “at a rental of five hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and”:

• (b) By adding the following subsection:—

  • “(4) The rent payable under any lease granted under subsection two of this section shall be such sum or sums as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Minister and the Council:

    “Provided that the Minister may accept the maintenance of the wharf by the Council and the free use thereof for all purposes by His Majesty in lieu of rental to such extent as may be agreed.”

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-seven.

The Pahiatua County Council Empowering Act 1902 is hereby repealed.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the vesting in the trustees of the land described in subsection five of this section in trust as a site for a public library is hereby cancelled and the purpose of the reservation over the said reserve is hereby changed to a reserve as an endowment in aid of the funds of the Ngaruawahia Public Library, and the said reserve is hereby vested in the trustees upon trust for that purpose.

(2) The trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to accept the surrender of the lease existing over the said reserve at the date of the passing of this Act and to grant to the lessee, their successors or assigns, a lease of the said land for a term of twenty-six years commencing from the twenty-second day of September, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, at such annual rental as may be approved by the trustees with a perpetual right of renewal for successive terms not exceeding twenty-one years at a rent to be determined by a valuation made in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Public Bodies Leases Act 1908:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall derogate from the provisions of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act 1943 [Repealed].

(3) The expenditure of the moneys received by the trustees prior to the passing of this Act on the maintenance of the existing library is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made, and the trustees are hereby authorized to expend the income derived from the leasing of the endowment reserve hereby created in maintaining the library erected on the land owned by the Ngaruawahia Borough Council or in paying the wages of any library employees or in maintaining the said endowment reserve.

(4) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to register such instruments and to make such entries in his register book 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:—

All that area in the South Auckland Land District, situated in Block VII, Newcastle Survey District, containing by admeasurement twenty-five perches, more or less, being Allotment 48 of the Town of Newcastle, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 20, folio 299, Auckland Registry.

(1) The vesting upon trust for a public park, recreation ground, and rifle range for the inhabitants of Foxton and its vicinity in the Foxton Borough Council of the land described in subsection three of this section is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in the Manawatu Racecourse Board of Trustees incorporated under the Wellington Provincial Ordinance intituled the Manawatu Racecourse Act 1869, upon trust as a reserve for a racecourse and for purposes connected therewith.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, and to do all such other 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 Wellington Land District, Borough of Foxton, situated in Block I, Mount Robinson Survey District, containing by admeasurement thirteen acres three roods fourteen perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 1 on a plan lodged for deposit in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 14623, being part of Section 410, Township of Foxton, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 314, folio 66, Wellington Registry.

(1) The vesting of the land described in subsection three of this section in the Havelock Athenaeum is hereby cancelled and the reservation as an endowment for an athenaeum at Havelock over the said land is hereby revoked and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the certificates of title in the name of the Crown for the said land and to do all such other 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 those areas in the Otago Land District, Tuapeka County, containing by admeasurement one acre two roods and four perches, more or less, being Sections 3, 4, and 5, Block XXVII, and Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block XIX, Town of Havelock, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 46, folios 29 and 101, Otago Registry.

Section four of the Auckland Education Reserves Act 1912, is hereby repealed, and the following section substituted:—

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Patea Borough Council Empowering Act 1930, or in any other Act, the following provisions shall apply:—

• (a) The land firstly described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be a recreation reserve, to be subject to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to be added to and form part of the Patea Domain under the control of the Patea Domain Board but otherwise freed and discharged from the trusts and restrictions heretofore affecting the same:

• (b) The Council is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the lands secondly described in subsection three of this section as if they were included in Schedule 2 to the said Patea Borough Council Empowering Act 1930, and for the purposes of any such sales the said lands shall be deemed to be included in the said Schedule 2:

• (c) The sale by the Council of the lands thirdly described in subsection three of this section is hereby confirmed and validated and declared to have been lawfully made and the certificates of title issued in the names of the purchasers thereof are hereby validated.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Taranaki is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, accept such instruments for registration, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

All those areas in the Taranaki Land District, Borough of Patea, being—

Firstly, six acres one rood eight perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Sections 8 to 25 inclusive, and part Sections 4, 6, and 7, Block XXXIX, Town of Patea, and being the balance of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 1, folio 248, Taranaki Registry: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth under Number SO 8365, and thereon bordered red.

Secondly, three acres, more or less, being Sections 1 to 12 inclusive, Block XLI, Town of Patea, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 1, folio 258, Taranaki Registry: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth under Number SO 7722, and thereon coloured red.

Thirdly, one acre one rood three perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at New Plymouth under Number 3361, and being Sections 1 and 5 and Part Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, Block XXXIX, Town of Patea: as the same are also shown on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth under Number 8365, and thereon bordered green.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Act or rule of law the deeds of trust dated the second day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the twentieth day of December, nineteen hundred and fifteen, respectively, are hereby rescinded and declared to be null and void.

(2) The land described in subsection four of this section is hereby declared to be set apart as a site for a public hall subject to Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to be vested in trust in the Council for that purpose.

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

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, situated in Block VII, Whangaroa Survey District, containing by admeasurement thirty-eight perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Allotment 52, Parish of Kaeo, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 764, folio 252, Auckland Registry, limited as to parcels.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Cemeteries Act 1908, or in any other Act, the burial of the body of Suzanne Aubert, known as Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, formerly Superior-General of an Order in the Holy Roman Catholic Church known as the Sisters of Compassion, may be lawfully made in the land described in subsection five of this section.

(2) The body of the said Suzanne Aubert may, after due notice to the authorities of the Karori Cemetery, be exhumed and reburied in the said land.

(3) The body of no other person shall be buried in the said land.

(4) Sections eighty-three to eighty-nine and section ninety-one of the Cemeteries Act 1908, shall apply to the said land as if it were a burial-ground under that Act, and as if the Wellington City Council were the managers thereof.

(5) The said land is particularly described as follows:—

All that land the property of the Mother Aubert Home of Compassion Trust Board situated at Island Bay, in the City of Wellington, containing by admeasurement sixty-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Lot 580 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 817, being part of Section 5, Town District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 148, folio 115, Wellington Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 13/244/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO plan 21959.)

(1) The lands secondly, thirdly, fourthly, and fifthly described in subsection five of this section are hereby declared to be revested in the Corporation as endowments in aid of the city funds.

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

(3) The land originally comprising Peat Park is more particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Wellington Land District, City of Wanganui, containing by admeasurement thirteen acres two roods twenty-nine perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Sections 17 and 18, on the plan of the Right Bank of the Wanganui River and comprising Lots 19 to 28, 43 to 52, 83 to 93, 101 to 104, and 108, and parts of Lots 82, 105, and 107, all on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 260; and also other part of the said Section 17 on the plan of the Right Bank of the Wanganui River, bounded by the said Lots 19 and 52 and two public streets, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 202, folio 174, Wellington Registry.

(4) The portion of Peat Park over which the original trust was cancelled and which was vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Wanganui upon trust for public recreation by the Wanganui City Council Vesting and Empowering Act 1924, is more particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Wellington Land District, City of Wanganui, containing by admeasurement seven acres one rood thirty-eight perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Sections 17 and 18 on the plan of the Right Bank of the Wanganui River and being Lots 43 to 52, 83 to 93, and Lot 108 and parts of Lots 82 and 107, on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 260; and also other part of the said Section 17 on the plan of the Right Bank of the Wanganui River bounded by Lots 19 and 52 on the said deposited plan and by two public streets, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 202, folio 174, Wellington Registry.

(5) The five parcels of land which by section six of the Wanganui City Council Vesting and Empowering Act 1924, were declared to be held by the Corporation as places for the recreation, enjoyment, pleasure, and instruction of the children of the inhabitants of the City of Wanganui are more particularly described as follows:—

All those areas in the Wellington Land District, City of Wanganui, being—

Firstly, that area containing by admeasurement one acre three roods ten perches, more or less, being Lots 2, 3, and 4 and parts of Lots 1, 5, and 6 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 1120, being part of Reserve J, Town of Wanganui, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 21, folio 111, Wellington Registry: Bounded on the north-west by Dublin Street, commencing at a distance of 21.21 links from the junction of Dublin and Pitt Streets, 370 links; on the north by other part of the said Lot No 5, 100 links; on the north-east by Somme Parade, commencing at a distance of 90 links from the junction of Dublin Street and Somme Parade, 765 links; on the south-east by other part of the said Lot 1, 28 links; on the south-west by Pitt Street, commencing at a distance of 45 links from the junction of Somme Parade and Pitt Street, 676 links; and on the west by other part of the said Lot No 6, 30 links.

Secondly, that area containing by admeasurement two acres one rood, more or less, being Lots 12 to 21 of Block XXI on the plan of the Town Belt Reserve: Bounded on the north-west by Handley Street, 42 links; on the north-east by the Wanganui Racecourse, 502 links; on the south-east by Anson Street, 472 links; and on the south-west by Carlton Avenue, 500 links.

Thirdly, that area containing by admeasurement two roods fourteen perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 56 of Block XXII on the plan of the Town Belt Reserve: Bounded on the south-east by Queen's Drive, 267.4 links; on the north-east by the Wanganui Racecourse, 320.9 links; on the west by other part of the said Block XXII, 260 links; and on the south by Liffiton Street, 164.5 links.

Fourthly, that area containing by admeasurement one acre and twenty perches, more or less, being part of Sections E and F of Block XII, on the plan of the Town Belt Reserve: Bounded, commencing at a point on the south-eastern side of Parsons Street in line with the south-western side of Kent Street, on the north-east by other part of the said Section F, 194 links; on the south-east by other portions of the said Block XII, 542 links; on the south-west by other part of the said Section E, 220 links; and on the north-west by Parsons Street, 541 links.

Fifthly, that area containing by admeasurement two acres, more or less, being Lots B and G of Block XVI, on a plan of the Town Belt Reserve.

(1) The Governor-General may by Proclamation from time to time declare that the lands (inclusive of roads, legal or otherwise), or any portion of the lands to which this section relates, shall, as from a date to be specified in that behalf in any such Proclamation, be deemed to be vested in His Majesty as Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948, and every such Proclamation shall have effect according to its tenor:

Provided that the Land Settlement Board established under the provisions of the Land Act 1948, may in disposing of any lands vested in His Majesty under this section give preference to the application of any person who may be in bona fide occupation of any such land at the date specified in the Proclamation affecting the same.

(2) Before exercising any of the powers conferred on him by this section the Governor-General shall cause not less than three months' notice of his intention so to do to be given in the Gazette and such newspaper or newspapers as he thinks fit.

(3) If at any time within five years after the date specified in any Proclamation issued under this section the registered proprietor or licensee or any other person having any estate or interest in any land to which the Proclamation relates adduces satisfactory evidence of his title to or interest in that land he shall be entitled to claim compensation for his interest therein. The amount of any such compensation shall in every case be determined by the Land Settlement Board, and on any such determination shall, without further appropriation than this section, be paid out of the Land Settlement Account established under the provisions of the Land Act 1948:

Provided that in no case shall the amount of compensation awarded under this section exceed the unimproved value, as determined by the said Board, of the land as at the date specified in the Proclamation affecting the same, together with the value as at that date and as determined by the said Board of any improvements then existing on the land and effected by the claimant or at his expense.

(4) This section relates to all land laid off as roads, whether or not the same have been legalised, and to all land in respect of which residence site or business site or special claim licences under the Mining Act 1926, or Crown grants, have heretofore been issued, and which are situated in the townships of Kingstone, Kapanga, Wynyardton, Wynyardton North, Bay View, Belleville, or Buffalo, or in any other areas of land in Blocks I, II, V, and VI of the Coromandel Survey District.

(5) The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District and the appropriate Mining Registrar in the Hauraki Mining District shall, on the issue of any Proclamation pursuant to this section, make such entries in any relevant register or other record book and do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to any such Proclamation.

(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Land Settlement Board may delegate all necessary powers and functions for the purpose of administering the said section to a person to be known as the Coromandel Land Claims Authority (in this section referred to as the Authority) whether that person is an officer of the Public Service or otherwise. Any delegation pursuant to this section may, in the sole discretion of the Land Settlement Board, extend to all such acts, things, and matters as are necessary to confer on the Authority the powers required to carry out the provisions of this section and of the Land Act 1948 as if the delegation had been made pursuant to and in accordance with section fifteen of the Land Act 1948.

(7) [Repealed]e

(8) Any compensation money awarded by the Authority in respect of lands proclaimed Crown land pursuant to this section shall, on the application of the Coromandel County Council, and in the discretion of the Authority, have deducted therefrom such amounts as the Authority shall decide as reasonable for rates owing, in any case not exceeding the total of three years' liability for rates based on the valuation roll current at the time of the application by the said County Council, and any money so deducted may be paid to the said County Council in full satisfaction.

(9) In addition to the deduction of money as provided in subsection eight of this section, the Authority may, in his discretion, deduct such further money for the costs of any compensation hearings or for any expenses in connection therewith, and in any disposal of lands proclaimed Crown land may likewise, in addition to the purchase price payable, decide what title fees, survey costs, and other costs or expenses shall be payable by any purchaser, lessee, or licensee.

(10) Any land proclaimed Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948 pursuant to any Proclamation issued under subsection one of this section may, according to the terms of the Proclamation, be vested in Her Majesty either freed and discharged from all leases, licences, encumbrances, liens, easements, or other restrictions, or subject to such leases, licences, encumbrances, liens, easements, or other restrictions as may be set out in the Proclamation.

(1) The vesting of the lands described in subsection three of this section in the Corporation in trust without power of sale as a municipal endowment is hereby cancelled and the said lands are hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty as recreation reserves, to be subject to Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to form part of the Gore Domain under the control of the Gore Borough Council, but otherwise freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the said lands.

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

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

All those areas in the Southland Land District, situated in the Borough of Gore, and containing by admeasurement three acres one rood five perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 3 to 15 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Invercargill under Number 2971, being part of Block F, Town Belt Reserve, Town of Gore, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 137, folio 30, Southland Registry: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/393, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, or in any other Act or in any rule of law, the vesting of the lands firstly and secondly described in subsection three of this section in the Corporation is hereby cancelled and the said lands are hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948, freed and discharged from all reservations, trusts, and restrictions heretofore affecting the said lands.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to cancel such certificates of title, and to do all such other things as may be 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 in the Otago Land District, situated in the Borough of Hampden, containing one rood, more or less, being Section 18, Block LIV, Town of Hampden, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 147, folio 21, Otago Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Otago Land District, situated in the Borough of Hampden, containing by admeasurement two acres two roods, more or less, being Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 17, and 20, Block LIV, and Sections 12, 13, 14, and 15, Block LX, Town of Hampden (SO Plan 299 TN).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, or in any other Act, the Council is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the land described in subsection four of this section either to His Majesty or, with the consent of the Minister of Education, to the Timaru Free Kindergarten Association, Incorporated, as and for a site for a kindergarten and freed and discharged from the provisions of the said Part 27 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(2) Any sale authorized by the last preceding subsection may be for cash, or upon such terms and conditions as the Council may in its discretion decide, and the net proceeds from any such sale shall be applied by the Council towards repayment to the Housing Loan out of which funds were provided for the purchase of the said land.

(3) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Christchurch is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, and to do all such other 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 Canterbury Land District, situated in the City of Timaru, containing by admeasurement one rood one perch and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 33 and 34 on a plan lodged for deposit in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 14008, and being part of Rural Section 1730, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 477, folio 234, and Volume 480, folio 14, Canterbury Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 6/6/926, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation as a public domain over the lands firstly an secondly described in subsection three of this section is hereby cancelled.

(2) The land firstly described in the said subsection is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation as a pleasure ground subject to the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, and the land secondly described in the said subsection is hereby declared to be a street.

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

All those areas in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being—

Firstly, that area containing thirty perches and forty-one hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Reserve 3, Town of Wellington: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington under Number 21963, and thereon bordered orange.

Secondly, that area containing two perches and thirty-five hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Reserve 3, Town of Wellington: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington under Number 21963, and thereon bordered blue.

Section thirty-five of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1948, is hereby amended by adding to subsection two the words, “, or for the improvement of existing recreation reserves, or for either or both of the said purposes as the Council may decide”.

(1) The land firstly described in subsection seven of this section is hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee-simple and shall be held by the Corporation as a public reserve for a public library in the said borough freed and discharged from the trusts heretofore affecting the same.

(2) The land secondly described in subsection seven of this section is hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee-simple as an endowment without power of sale subject to all existing leases and tenancies affecting the said land, provided that all moneys received therefrom shall be expended by the Corporation for library purposes.

(3) All personal property of whatsoever nature, including all choses in action and the benefit of all contracts and agreements and all rights and powers exercisable thereunder or pertaining thereto belonging to the trustees, are hereby vested in the Corporation freed from all trusts and reservations heretofore affecting the same, and all debts and other liabilities lawfully incurred by the trustees and existing on the passing of this section shall hereafter be debts and liabilities of the Corporation, and the Corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to meet the said debts and liabilities out of its general fund.

(4) The solicitor for the Athenaeum, or any other person holding any personal property on behalf of the Athenaeum, is hereby authorized and directed to deliver such personal property to the Corporation, and a receipt therefor under the hand of the Town Clerk of the Borough of Milton shall be sufficient discharge from all liability for the said personal property and shall indemnify the said solicitor or other person from any action at law.

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

(6) The Milton Athenaeum Reserve Act 1876, and section twenty-two of the Reserves Disposal and Exchange Act 1895, are hereby repealed, and the Athenaeum and body corporate are hereby dissolved.

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

All those areas in the Otago Land District, being—

Firstly, that area in the Borough of Milton containing four perches and forty-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part Allotment 93, Block X, on a plan deposited in the Deeds Registry Office at Dunedin under Number 11, being part of Section 132, Block XVI, Tokomairiro Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 248, folio 288, Otago Registry, limited as to parcels and title.

Secondly, that area containing two hundred and fourteen acres, more or less, being Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XVII, Coast Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title Volume 112, folio 201, Otago Registry.

(1) The vesting of the land described in subsection three of this section in the Albany Fruitgrowers' Association is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty the King as a recreation reserve and to be a public domain subject to Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the said land.

(2) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, and to do all such other 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, situated in Block III, Waitemata Survey District, containing by admeasurement nine acres one rood four perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being portion of Lot 14 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 17618, being portion of Allotment 76, Parish of Paremoremo, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 206, folio 231, Auckland Registry, the said land being more particularly shown bordered red on the plan numbered 35703, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland.

Whereas by section twenty-seven of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1946, the Auckland Hospital Board (in this section referred to as the Board) was authorized to sell certain endowment land or any part thereof in the manner specified in the said section on condition that, before any of the said land should be disposed of, the Board would set aside and reserve for public purposes a strip of land adjoining the Onepoto Stream of such width as might be agreed upon between the Minister of Lands and the Board: And whereas agreement has now been reached between the said Minister and the Board as to the location and width of the said reserve: And whereas on a scheme plan of the proposed subdivision of the said land one of the lots in the subdivision was shown as a proposed access way and one of the lots was shown as a proposed right-of-way, and no power was conferred on the Board by the said section to sell the said lots: And whereas the Northcote Borough Council has now approved of the plan of the subdivision of the said endowment land and there is sufficient legal access to the reserve for public purposes set aside by the Board without requiring the said two lots to be used as an access way and a right-of-way respectively, and it is desirable and expedient to authorize and empower the Board to dispose of the said two lots: And whereas certain other land situated in the subdivision and forming part of the said endowment is held by the Board without power of sale, and it is desirable and expedient to authorize the Board to sell the said land. Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

Subsection four of section twenty-seven of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1946, is hereby repealed, and the following subsection substituted:—

(1) The reservation for recreation purposes of the land firstly 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 for the purposes of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1919.

(2) The reservation for recreation purposes and the setting apart under Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, as portions of the Hutt Valley Domain in respect of the lands secondly and thirdly described in subsection three of this section are hereby cancelled, and the said lands are declared to be vested in His Majesty the King for the purposes of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1919.

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

All those areas in the Wellington Land District, City of Lower Hutt, being—

Firstly, that area containing one rood, more or less, being Lot 4 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 8861, being part of Section 39, Hutt Registration District, Block IX, Belmont Survey District, and being formerly part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 102, folio 131, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, that area containing by admeasurement one rood sixteen perches and ninety-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 35 and 36 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 9890, Town of Fairfield, being Part Section 33, Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District, and being formerly part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 409, folio 152, Wellington Registry.

Thirdly, that area containing thirty perches and eighty-three hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 13 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 9391, Town of Thornycroft, being part of Section 39, Hutt Registration District, Block IX, Belmont Survey District, and being formerly part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 348, folio 39, Wellington Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, or in any other Act, the Hurunui Rabbit Board is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the parcels of land firstly, secondly, thirdly, and fourthly described in subsection two of this section, and its leasehold interest in the land fifthly described in the said subsection, to the new Rabbit Boards constituted within the boundaries of the land formerly comprising the said district.

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

All those areas in the Canterbury Land District, being—

Firstly, that area situated in Block VII, Waipara Survey District, containing four acres three roods thirty-nine perches and twenty-five hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Rural Section 7540, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 203, folio 35, Canterbury Registry.

Secondly, that area situated in Block VII, Waipara Survey District, containing two roods, more or less, being Lot 3 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 4691, and part of Lot 2 on a plan deposited as aforesaid under Number 4567, being part of Rural Section 7540, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 486, folio 140, Canterbury Registry.

Thirdly, that area containing two acres, more or less, being Sections 36 and 37, Township of Domett, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 229, folio 203, Canterbury Registry.

Fourthly, that area situated in Block VI, Culverden Survey District, containing five acres, more or less, being Section 46 (Culverden Settlement), Culverden Township, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 427, folio 170, Canterbury Registry.

Fifthly, an estate of leasehold in that land situated in Block I, Lyndon Survey District, containing twenty-two acres three roods and twenty-three perches, more or less, being Sections 17 and 18, Hanmer Town Area, and being the whole of the land in Hanmer Crown Lease 175, registered and recorded as Volume 457, folio 100, Canterbury Registry.

(1) The Corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to the Victoria University College the lands firstly and secondly described in subsection three of this section, and on the registration of the transfer the said lands shall be held by the said Victoria University College pursuant to section thirty-four of the Victoria University College Act 1933, but otherwise freed and discharged from all other trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the said lands.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed to accept such documents for registration and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

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

All those areas in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being—

Firstly, that area containing by admeasurement eleven acres two roods twenty-five perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of the Town Belt on the public map of the Town of Wellington: as the same is more particularly shown bordered green on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 10182, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 401, folio 299, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, that area containing by admeasurement one acre two roods twelve perches and five-hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Subdivision 1 of Block XVB of the Polhill Gully Maori Reserve, and being all the land more particularly defined on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington as Number 53/42 (now SO plan 18596), and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 437, folio 138, Wellington Registry.