This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1951.

(1) The lands described in subsection six of this section are hereby declared to be no longer set apart as endowments for the establishment of an experimental dairy school for the North Island and shall be deemed to be Crown land under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948 subject to all leases, encumbrances, liens, and easements affecting the same.

(2) All moneys standing to the credit of the special account known as the North Island Experimental Dairy School Account shall, without further authority than this section, be transferred to the Loans Redemption Account and the said special account shall be closed.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Taranaki Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to do all such things as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section and to make all necessary endorsements on any certificates of title in respect of the said lands, and any such certificates shall enure in the name of His Majesty until the expiration or sooner determination of any lease registered against the same, and shall then be cancelled by the said District Land Registrar.

(4) The cancellation of any certificate of title under the provisions of subsection three of this section shall not affect the legal or equitable rights or interests of any person in or concerning the land comprised in any such certificate of title.

(5) The Land Settlement Board may accept a surrender of any lease in respect of the said lands, or any part thereof, which subsists at the coming into force of this section, and any such surrender shall be on such terms and conditions as the Board thinks fit.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Taranaki Land District, Waimate West County, containing by admeasurement ninety acres and twenty perches, more or less, being Section 32, Block III, Waimate Survey District, part of the said land being more particularly delineated as Lot 19 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at New Plymouth under Number 4321, the said land being the whole of that comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 147, folio 167, Taranaki Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Taranaki Land District, Hawera County, containing by admeasurement sixty-five acres one rood twenty-four perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Subdivisions 1, 2, and 4 of Section 534, Patea District, situated in Block XI, Hawera Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 26/787B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO Plan 7506.)

(1) The lands described in subsection three of this section are hereby declared to be no longer portions of the Hutt Valley Domain under the control of the Hutt Valley Domain Board, and the said lands are hereby vested in the Corporation of the City of Lower Hutt in trust as reserves for recreation purposes under and subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Wellington Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in his register books and 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 those areas in the Wellington Land District, City of Lower Hutt, containing by admeasurement one acre two roods and two hundredths of a perch, more or less, being lots 24 and 34 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 9893, and being parts of Section 34, Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 164, folio 166, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Wellington Land District, City of Lower Hutt, containing by admeasurement one acre and one rood, more or less, being Lot 12 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 6516, and being part of Section 52, Hutt Registration District, Block IX, Belmont Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 306, folio 190, Wellington Registry.

Section twenty-six of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1948 is hereby repealed.

(1) The land described in subsection two of this section is hereby declared to be no longer subject to the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

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

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement five acres and twenty-seven perches, more or less, being part of Reserve 3171, Block VII, Cheviot Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/143D, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO Plan 1395.)

(1) So much of the said Order in Council as relates to the land described in subsection two of this section is hereby revoked.

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

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Little Barrier Survey District, containing by admeasurement six thousand nine hundred and sixty acres, more or less, being the Hauturu Block (or Little Barrier Island) and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 74, folio 147, Auckland Registry.

(1) The portions of Mill Road firstly described in subsection six of this section are hereby declared to be closed and the inclusion of those areas, as parts of Lots 1 and 2 on the said Deposited Plan Number 12320, in certificate of title, Volume 513, folio 198, Canterbury Registry, is hereby validated.

(2) The portion of Mill Road secondly described in subsection six of this section is hereby declared to be closed, and the inclusion of that portion, as part of Lot 4 on the said Deposited Plan Number 12320, in certificate of title, Volume 486, folio 114, Canterbury Registry, is hereby validated.

(3) The portion of Mill Road thirdly described in subsection six of this section is hereby declared to be closed, and the area comprised therein shall form part of the bed of Waimate Stream subject to any riparian rights appurtenant to the adjoining land.

(4) The portions of Rural Section Number 4316 and the portion of the bed of Waimate Stream fourthly described in subsection six of this section are hereby declared to be portions of a public road called Mill Road, and the control thereof is hereby vested in the Waimate County Council and the delineation of those areas as road on the said Deposited Plan Number 12320, and on all relevant certificates of title, is hereby validated.

(5) 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.

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

Firstly, all those areas in the Canterbury Land District, County of Waimate, situated in Block XIV, Waimate Survey District, containing by admeasurement twenty-four perches and one-tenth of a perch; one rood twelve perches and one-tenth of a perch; one rood four perches; and one perch and nine-tenths of a perch, being portions of Mill Road passing through Rural Section Number 4316: as the same are more particularly delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Christchurch, under Number 8396, and thereon coloured green.

Secondly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, County of Waimate, situated in Block XIV, Waimate Survey District, containing by admeasurement four-tenths of a perch, being portion of Mill Road passing through Rural Section Number 4316: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Christchurch, under Number 8396, and thereon coloured green and bordered green.

Thirdly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, County of Waimate, situated in Block XIV, Waimate Survey District, containing by admeasurement eight perches and nine-tenths of a perch, being portion of Mill Road over the bed of Waimate Stream: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Christchurch, under Number 8396, and thereon coloured green and bordered green.

Fourthly, all those areas in the Canterbury Land District, County of Waimate, situated in Block XIV, Waimate Survey District, containing by admeasurement two roods three perches and eight-tenths of a perch; one rood eleven perches; and one perch and three-tenths of a perch, being portions of Rural Section Number 4316 and portion of the bed of Waimate Stream: as the same are more particularly delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Christchurch, under Number 8396, and thereon coloured red.

(1) The lands described in subsection six of this section are hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Bluff for the purposes of endowments in aid of the general funds of that borough.

(2) The Council may grant leases of parts of the said lands to the existing tenants of any such parts by private treaty and without complying with the provisions of paragraph (a) of section one hundred and fifty-nine of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(3) It shall be lawful for the Council to require any person to whom it proposes to grant a lease under this section to purchase the buildings and other fixtures on the land concerned at such price as may be agreed upon and on such conditions as to the payment of the purchase moneys and interest thereon as the Council thinks fit.

(4) The powers conferred on the Council by this section shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other powers of the Council relating to the leasing of lands held by the Corporation of the Borough of Bluff.

(5) The District Land Registrar for the Southland Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, 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.

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

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement two acres one rood twenty-eight perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1 to 12 inclusive, 14, 15, 21, and 22 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Invercargill under Number 4386, and being Section 5 and part of Section 4, Block V, and part of Section 1, Block XXV, Town of Campbelltown.

(1) The vesting of the control of the land described in subsection two of this section in the Minister of Health is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

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

All that area situated in Hanmer Township, Block II, Lyndon Survey District, containing by admeasurement ten perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, being part of Reserve 3780: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 9/796/6, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO Plan 8286.)

(1) The trustees for the time being of the will of the said James Gammack, deceased, may, with the consent of the beneficiaries interested in the lands and with the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury Land District, sell the lands described in subsection three of this section and invest the proceeds of any such sales for the benefit of the beneficiaries under the said will.

(2) Subject to the consent of the said beneficiaries, and to the approval of the said Commissioner, any such lands may be sold either in one lot or in several lots by public auction or by private contract upon such terms as to payment of purchase money and subject to such stipulations as to title or otherwise as the aforesaid trustees shall think fit, with power for the said trustees to buy in or rescind or vary contracts for sale and to resell without responsibility for loss.

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

Firstly, all that area situated in Block VIII, Leeston Survey District, containing by admeasurement three acres three roods and thirty-eight perches, more or less, being Lot 7 on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 11913, being part of Rural Section Number 3043, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 515, folio 16, Canterbury Registry.

Secondly, all that area situated in Block VIII, Leeston Survey District, containing by admeasurement seven acres two roods and fifteen perches, more or less, being Lot 12 on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 5565, being part of Rural Section Number 3043, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 515, folio 16, Canterbury Registry.

(1) The vesting in the Minister for the time being having the administration of the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act 1908 of the control of the land described in subsection three of this section is hereby cancelled.

(2) The reservation of the said land for scenic purposes is hereby revoked and the land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

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

All that area in the South Auckland Land District, Waitomo County, containing by admeasurement fifty-five acres, more or less, being part of Section 6 of Block X, Orahiri Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 4/156B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Auckland SO Plan 34626.)

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Burial and Cremation Act 1964, or in any other Act, the Christchurch City Council may sell the lands described in subsection three of this section or any part or parts thereof in such manner, on such terms, and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, and on the sale of any of the said lands any trust, reservation, or restriction theretofore affecting the same shall be deemed to be cancelled.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Canterbury Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed, on the deposit of such plan or plans as he may require, 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.

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

All those areas in the Canterbury Land District, City of Christchurch, containing a total area of one rood thirty-two perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Rural Section 154 and being parts of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 202, folio 292, Canterbury Registry: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch under Number 8412, and thereon coloured red and blue.

(1) The land firstly described in subsection six of this section is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation of the City of Auckland freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

(2) The Auckland City Council may from time to time sell the whole or any part or parts of the said land firstly described by private treaty or otherwise. Any such sale or sales may be for cash or upon such terms and conditions as the Council thinks fit.

(3) The proceeds of the sale of any of the said land firstly described shall, after payment thereout of any costs connected with the sale, be applied by the Council towards the maintenance or improvement of other lands held under the provisions of the Grey Lynn Domain Vesting Act 1909.

(4) All trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the land secondly described in subsection six of this section are hereby cancelled and that land is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation of the City of Auckland for the purposes of a public street.

(5) The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, 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.

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

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District situated in Block XVI, Waitemata Survey District, containing by admeasurement thirty-eight perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 19 and 20, Block 74, on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 1720, and being portion of Allotment 40, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 165, folio 140, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/287, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO Plan 36823.)

Secondly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District situated in Block XVI, Waitemata Survey District, containing by admeasurement nineteen perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being portion of a closed street and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 165, folio 140, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/287, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow. (SO Plan 36823.)

(1) The said lands are hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Newmarket in trust for municipal purposes without power of sale but otherwise freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

(2) That portion of the said lands hereby vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Newmarket as is described secondly in subsection five of this section shall be maintained and administered by the Newmarket Borough Council as an open recreation space for the use, benefit, and enjoyment of the public generally, and the said Newmarket Borough Council shall accordingly have no power to erect any building or other structure on the said land that would be likely to interfere with the use of that portion as an open recreation space as aforesaid.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, the said Newmarket Borough Council shall have and may exercise in respect of the said lands all the powers conferred by the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(4) The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District 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.

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

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Newmarket, situated in Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, containing by admeasurement three roods seventeen perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part Allotments 32 and 39 of Section 4, Suburbs of Auckland, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title Volume 6, folio 181, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under Number 36943, and thereon bordered red.

Secondly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Newmarket, situated in Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, containing by admeasurement one rood fourteen perches and sixty-seven hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Allotments 32 and 39 of Section 4, Suburbs of Auckland, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 6, folio 181, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under Number 36943, and thereon bordered yellow.

(1) All leases in respect of the lands described in subsection five of this section, or in respect of any parts of any such lands, granted heretofore by the Council and all rights of way granted or reserved in connection therewith are hereby declared to be and to have been valid and binding and of full force and effect according to their tenor.

(2) The registration of any of the said leases under the Land Transfer Act 1952 is hereby validated.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Council shall have, in respect of the lands described in subsection five of this section, all powers of leasing and other powers set forth in sections one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine, and one hundred and sixty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

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

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

All those areas in the Otago Land District being—

Firstly, all that area situated in the Palmerston Borough containing one rood, more or less, and being Section 15, Block XVII, Town of Palmerston, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 96, folio 176, Otago Registry (SO Plan 756TN); being reserved as a site for Borough Council offices.

Secondly, all that area situated in the Waihemo County containing eight hundred and fifty-nine acres two roods, more or less, being Section 8, Block VI, Dunback Survey District, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 96, folio 73, Otago Registry (SO Plan 421); being reserved for the purposes of the Palmerston Free Library.

Thirdly, all that area situated in the Palmerston Borough containing five acres and two perches, more or less, being Section 18, Block XXXIII, Town of Palmerston, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 12, folio 192, Otago Registry (SO Plan 758TN); being reserved for a public market.

Fourthly, all those areas situated in the Palmerston Borough containing together ninety-six acres one rood twenty-eight perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Sections 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and Part Sections 20 and 21, Block XXXIII, Town of Palmerston, and being the balance of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 46, folio 57, Otago Registry (SO Plan 758TN); being reserved for a public pound, cattle yards, and other municipal purposes.

(1) The land firstly described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be no longer set apart for scenic purposes under the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977, and that land is hereby vested in the Corporation of the City of Auckland in trust as a reserve for water supply purposes subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

(2) The land secondly described in subsection three of this section is hereby reserved for water supply purposes and vested in the Corporation of the City of Auckland in trust for those purposes subject to the provisions of Part 1 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

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

All those areas in the North Auckland Land District, Franklin County, being—

Firstly, all that area situated in Block II, Opaheke Survey District, containing by admeasurement sixty-seven acres and three roods, more or less, being part of Allotments 48, 49, and 50, Otau Parish: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 4/450, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow. (SO Plan 36021.)

Secondly, all that area situated in Blocks II and III, Opaheke Survey District, and Blocks XII and XIII, Wairoa Survey District, containing by admeasurement two hundred and thirty-three acres, more or less, being part Allotment 67, Otau Parish: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 4/450, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia. (SO Plan 36021.)

(1) The land described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be vested in the society for an estate in fee simple freed and discharged from all liens, encumbrances, interests, and restrictions (if any) heretofore affecting the same.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed, on application being made to him in that behalf, and on payment of the appropriate fees, to cancel the existing certificate of title in respect of the said land, and to issue a new certificate of title thereover in the name of the society, 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 South Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement three roods and thirty-six perches, more or less, being Section 5A of Block IX, Pirongia Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 243, folio 53, Auckland Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Harbours Act 1950 or in any other Act or rule of law, the Council is hereby authorized and empowered to reclaim from the sea the land described in subsection three of this section, and the reclamation may be carried out without the necessity of complying with any provision of the Harbours Act 1950 relating to the reclamation of land from the sea.

(2) For the purposes of the Harbours Act 1950 this section shall be deemed to be a special Act.

(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 XVI, Waitemata Survey District, containing by admeasurement twenty-eight acres one rood and fourteen perches, more or less, being Allotment 21 of Section 9, Suburbs of Auckland, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 165, folio 87, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked MD 9292, deposited in the Head Office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (SO Plan 15262.)

(1) All trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the land described in subsection three of this section are hereby revoked and the said land shall be deemed for all purposes to have been granted to the Corporation of the Borough of Arrowtown, from the nineteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, in trust for the purposes of an endowment in aid of the funds of the Borough of Arrowtown.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Otago Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, 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 to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Otago Land District, Borough of Arrowtown, containing by admeasurement one acre twenty-eight perches and sixty-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Sections 1, 2, 9, 10, and 11 of Block III, Town of Arrowtown, the said land being the whole of that comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 327, folio 247, Otago Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Gisborne Borough Council may sell the lands described in subsection four of this section or any part or parts thereof, in such manner, on such terms, and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, and on the sale of any such land all trusts, reservations, and restrictions theretofore affecting the same shall be deemed to be cancelled.

(2) The net proceeds from the sale of the said lands shall be paid into a separate account and be applied in or towards the cost of purchasing land for municipal purposes or the erection or construction of buildings, improvements, or amenities of any kind on land controlled by the Gisborne Borough Council or vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Gisborne.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Gisborne Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, 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 lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:—

All those areas in the Borough of Gisborne, Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement ten acres two roods and one perch, more or less, being Sections 62A, 63A, 64A, 65A, 66A, 67A, 68A, 69A, and 70A, Town of Gisborne, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 76, folio 70, Gisborne Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Stratford Borough Council may sell the land described in subsection (4) of this section by private treaty, in such manner, on such terms, and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit and on the sale all trusts, reservations, and restrictions theretofore affecting the land shall be deemed to be cancelled.

(2) The net proceeds from the sale of the said land shall be applied in or towards the purchase of other land to be held by the Corporation of the Borough of Stratford in trust as an endowment in aid of the borough funds.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Taranaki Land Registration District 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.

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

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, Borough of Stratford, containing by admeasurement one rood and three perches, more or less, being Section 816, Town of Stratford, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 70, folio 116, Taranaki Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Works Act 1928, the said compensation moneys may be paid direct to the Wanganui City Council, and the Council's receipt therefor shall be a valid and complete discharge of liability for compensation.

(2) A portion of the compensation moneys, amounting to two thousand dollars, representing the value of the land (exclusive of any improvements) shall be paid by the Wanganui City Council into a separate account and be applied, with the consent of the Minister of Lands, either towards the purchase of land for municipal purposes or for the improvement of land used by the public for recreation purposes. The remainder of the said compensation moneys shall be paid by the said Wanganui City Council into its general account and be applied for such purposes as the Council thinks fit.

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

All that area in the City of Wanganui, containing two roods and twenty perches, more or less, which is shown as Lots 5 and 6 on Deeds Plan 237, being part Reserve L of the Town of Wanganui, and being part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 509, folio 29 (limited as to parcels and title), Wellington Registry.

(1) The setting apart of the lands described in subsection two of this section as permanent State forest land is hereby revoked and the said lands are hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Kaitieke County, Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement six acres one rood thirty-five perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 of Block V, Town of Kakahi, situated in Block VI, Hunua Survey District. (Wellington SO Plan 16929.)

Secondly, all that area in the Southland Land District containing by estimation two thousand and five hundred acres, more or less, inclusive of roads, tramway reserve, and streams, and bounded as follows:—

Commencing at the south-western corner of Section 4, Block XXI, Jacobs River Hundred; thence in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of the said Section 4 and that boundary produced to the left bank of the Pourakino River; thence in a southerly direction generally by the left bank of the Pourakino River, to a point in line with the western boundary of Section 26, Ermedale Settlement, Block XIII, Jacobs River Hundred; thence southerly to and along the western boundary of the said Section 26, across the Pourakino River and a road reserve, and along the western boundary of Section 21, Ermedale Settlement aforesaid, to the south-western corner thereof; thence westerly along the northern side of a public road forming the northern boundary of Part Section 1 and Section 37, Block XIX, Jacobs River Hundred, to Pourakino Road; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of Pourakino Road to a point in line with the northern boundary of the aforesaid Section 37; thence south-westerly to and along the northern boundary of the aforesaid Section 37 for a distance of 4180 links; thence through Sections 19 and 17, Block XX, Jacobs River Hundred, north-westerly by a right line on a bearing of 329° 27′ for a distance of 5160 links, and south-westerly generally by right lines on a bearing of 239° 27′ for a distance of 1071.7 links, on a bearing of 149° 27′ for a distance of 1494.0 links, on a bearing of 162° 03′ for a distance of 194.8 links, on a bearing of 239° 27′ for a distance of 1070 links, on a bearing of 149° 27′ for a distance of 1755.9 links, on a bearing of 59° 26′ 50″ for a distance of 473.1 links, on a bearing of 149° 26′ 50″ for a distance of 601 links, and on a bearing of 239° 26′ 50″ for a distance of 700 links, to the eastern boundary of Section 16, Block XX aforesaid; thence north-westerly along the eastern boundary of the aforesaid Section 16 to Cascade Road; thence westerly generally, along the southern side of Cascade Road to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Section 9, Block XX aforesaid; thence north-westerly to and along the eastern boundary of the aforesaid Section 9 to the south-western corner of Section 10, Block XX aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the southern boundary of the aforesaid Section 10, to and across a tramway reserve and the Pourakino Road to the eastern side thereof; thence northerly generally along the eastern side of the Pourakino Road to the point of commencement. Excepting from the above description the public road known as Pourakino Road: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/2053A, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Thirdly, all that area in the Westland County, Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement six acres, more or less, situated in Block VII, Bruce Bay Survey District, being part of State Forest Reserve Number 1685, and being also part of Section 2650, bounded as follows:—

Commencing at the most easterly corner of Section 780; thence by a right line to a point on the south-eastern boundary of Section 2650 in line with the northern corner of Section 890; thence south-westerly and north-westerly along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 2650 aforesaid to the point of commencement: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 10/98/119A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Fourthly, all that area in the Piako County, South Auckland Land District, situated in Blocks III, IV, VII, and VIII, Hapuakohe Survey District, containing by admeasurement thirty-seven acres two roods and thirty-four perches, more or less, being parts of Hoe-o-Tainui North Numbers 6B 2J 1 and 6B 2J 2 Blocks: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 21/130, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Auckland SO Plan 34922.)

Fifthly, all that area in the Clifton County, Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement one rood seventeen perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 10, Block IV, Mimi Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 10/94/17, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Taranaki SO Plan 8473.)

Sixthly, all that area in the Taupo County, Wellington Land District, situated in Blocks VIII and XII, Pihanga Survey District, containing twelve hundred acres approximately, and being part of Hautu 5B 2A Block: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 10/92/82A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Seventhly, all that area in the Thames County, South Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement ninety-two acres three roods twenty-three perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Whangamata Number 2 Block and now known as Sections 32, 33, and Part 31, Block XVI, Tairua Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/1432/29, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Auckland SO Plan 34594.)

Whereas by section fifteen of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1941 the trustees of the will of the late Sir John Logan Campbell were authorized and empowered to expend from the trust funds held by them the sum of four thousand dollars in the construction and tar sealing of a roadway and footpath from the roadway through the One Tree Hill Domain to the obelisk on One Tree Hill: And whereas this work has not been done and the said money has not been expended: And whereas it is now proposed to construct the roadway and footpath in more permanent form and to higher standards, and it is desired to increase the amount which the trustees may expend on those works: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

Section fifteen of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1941 is hereby amended by omitting the words “four thousand dollars”, and substituting the words “thirty-two thousand dollars”.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Minister shall be deemed for all purposes to have and to have had all powers and authorities necessary to enter into and execute the said agreement and to do all things requisite for the carrying out of the terms and conditions thereof, and to execute the necessary documents to give effect to that agreement.

(2) The said agreement is hereby confirmed and validated and declared binding in all respects on the parties thereto, and shall have full force and effect according to its tenor.

(1) The land described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be and to have been vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple for the purposes of a public park and recreation ground under the Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed, upon application being made to him in that behalf, and upon payment of all necessary fees and the deposit of such plan or plans as he may require, to issue a certificate of title for the said land in the name of the Corporation 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 II, Otahuhu Survey District, containing fifty-five acres and twenty perches, more or less, being the bed of Lake Waiatarua: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/1299, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Auckland SO Plan 36937.)

(1) The portions of public street described in subsection six of this section are hereby declared to be closed and to be vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Hokitika freed and discharged from all rights of the public thereover as a public highway.

(2) The Council may subdivide the said lands and may, by private treaty, either sell the lots in any subdivision to the respective occupier or occupiers thereof, or to the person or persons appearing to the Council to be entitled to the buildings and other improvements erected thereon, for such consideration as it thinks fit, or the Council may grant leases of any such lots to any such occupier or person under Part 16 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, at such rental as it thinks fit, without, in either case, complying with the provisions of paragraph (a) of section one hundred and fifty-nine or section one hundred and ninety-four of that Act, or of section one hundred and twenty-eight of the Public Works Act 1928.

(3) The powers conferred on the Council by this section are in addition to and not in substitution for any other powers of the Council relating to the leasing of lands held by the Corporation of the Borough of Hokitika.

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

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

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

All those areas in the Westland Land District, Borough of Hokitika, containing by admeasurement two acres thirty-six perches and five-tenths of a perch and one acre twenty-three perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being portions of Revell Street, Town of Hokitika, situated in Block I, Kaniere Survey District: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Hokitika under Number 4568, and thereon coloured green.

(1) The land described in subsection five of this section is hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty as Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Southland Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the certificate of title for the said land.

(3) Any person claiming to have a legal or equitable interest in the said land immediately prior to the commencement of this Act shall, on proving his claim to the satisfaction of the Minister of Lands, be entitled to payment of compensation in respect of the taking of his interest.

(4) Any such compensation shall be paid from the Land Settlement Account and shall not exceed the value of the land as at the date of the commencement of this Act:

Provided that no payment of compensation shall be made under this section unless the claim for compensation is made within five years from that date.

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

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement nine acres two roods three perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Section 24, Block XIX, Invercargill Hundred, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 135, folio 216 (limited as to title), Southland Registry.

(1) The lands described in subsection seven of this section are hereby declared to be no longer held for the purposes of an endowment for Maori schools and the said lands are hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty the King as Crown land under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948 but subject to all leases, encumbrances, liens, and easements affecting the same.

(2) All rents, profits, proceeds, and other revenues accrued from the said lands and not applied in aid of Maori schools as provided by section seven of the Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act 1896 shall, without further authority than this section, be paid into the Public Account and shall be credited to the Consolidated Fund.

(3) All leases over the whole or any part of the said lands shall be deemed to be made between His Majesty and the lessee named in the instrument of lease.

(4) The provisions of section one hundred and twenty-two, subsections one and two of section one hundred and twenty-five, and section one hundred and twenty-six of the Land Act 1948 shall, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply in the case of every lease which is in existence on the coming into force of this section over any part of the said lands and under which the lessee has a perpetual right of renewal.

(5) Every certificate of title in respect of any of the lands vested in His Majesty pursuant to this section which is not subject to a registered lease current at the date of the coming into force thereof shall, without further authority than this section, be cancelled by the District Land Registrar. Where any such land is subject to a registered lease current at the said date, the District Land Registrar shall, without further authority than this section, make all necessary endorsements on the certificate of title in respect of the land, and the certificate shall enure in the name of His Majesty until the expiration or sooner determination of the lease and shall then be cancelled by the District Land Registrar.

(6) No cancellation of a certificate of title under the provisions of subsection five of this section shall in any way affect the rights of any person entitled to any lease, encumbrance, lien, or easement, in existence at the time of cancellation, over the land comprised in any such certificate of title.

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

All those areas in the South Auckland Land District being—

Firstly, all that area in the Borough of Tauranga situated in Block X, Tauranga Survey District, containing by admeasurement one rood thirty-nine perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, and 3 as shown on the plan numbered 24445, deposited in the Auckland Land Registry Office, being Allotments 3 and 4 of Section 2, Town of Tauranga, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 639, folio 159, Auckland Registry, subject to Memoranda of Lease Numbers 15007, 15008, and 15009.

Secondly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement one rood, more or less, being Allotment 193 of Section 2, Town of Tauranga.

Thirdly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement twenty-four perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 1 as shown on the plan numbered 26977, deposited as aforesaid, being Allotment 72 of Section 1, Town of Tauranga, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 687, folio 41, Auckland Registry, subject to Memorandum of Lease Number 16656.

Fourthly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement one rood and twenty-four perches, more or less, being Allotments 140 and 141 of Section 1, Town of Tauranga, as shown on the plan numbered 25532, deposited as aforesaid, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 661, folio 20, Auckland Registry, subject to Memorandum of Lease Number 15661.

Fifthly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement one acre three roods thirty-eight perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 as shown on the plan numbered 29074, deposited as aforesaid, being Allotments 702 and 703 of Section 2, Town of Tauranga, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 669, folio 95, Auckland Registry, subject to Memoranda of Lease Numbers 17656, 17657, 17658, and 17659.

Sixthly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement one acre three roods thirty-nine perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as shown on the plan numbered 30164, deposited as aforesaid, being Allotments 714 and 715 of Section 2, Town of Tauranga, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 690, folio 161, Auckland Registry, subject to Memoranda of Lease Numbers 19614, 19615, and 19616.

Seventhly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement five acres and two roods, more or less, being Allotment 50, Suburbs of Tauranga, as shown on the plan numbered 25594, deposited as aforesaid, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 662, folio 32, Auckland Registry, subject to Memorandum of Lease Number 15751.

Eighthly, all that area in the Tauranga County situated in Block X, Tauranga Survey District, containing by admeasurement ninety-seven acres two roods and twenty perches, more or less, being Lots 1, 3, and 4 as shown on the plan numbered 30217, deposited as aforesaid, being part of Allotment 114, Te Papa Parish, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 747, folio 284, Auckland Registry, subject to Memoranda of Lease Numbers 18470 and 18471.

Ninthly, all that area situated as aforesaid containing by admeasurement fifty-six acres and fifteen perches, more or less, being Lots 1 and 2 as shown on the plan numbered 25466, deposited as aforesaid, being Allotment 14, Te Papa Parish, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 659, folio 217, Auckland Registry, subject to Memorandum of Lease Number 15632.

(8) Sections one, three, five, six, and seven of the Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act 1896, and the Schedules to that Act, the Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act 1902, section thirty-six of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1923, section thirty-nine of the Maori Trustee Act 1930, and Schedule 1 to that Act, are hereby repealed.

(9) This section shall come into force on the first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-two.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Works Act 1928, or in any other Act, the area of road described in subsection two of this section is hereby closed and declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

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

All that area in the Wellington Land District, Rangitikei County, containing by admeasurement one acre two roods and thirty-seven perches, more or less, adjoining Part Awarua 2C 15 Block and road to be closed shown on SO Plan 22097, situated in Block XI, Ohinewairua Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 36/1610, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green. (SO Plan 22447.)

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Council is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the lands described in the Schedule to this Act in the manner authorized by section four of the Patea Borough Council Empowering Act 1930, and Schedule 2 to that Act shall be deemed to be amended by the addition thereto of the descriptions in the Schedule to this Act, and the provisions of the Patea Borough Council Empowering Act 1930, as far as they are applicable, shall apply to the said lands and the proceeds of any sale of those lands.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Taranaki Land Registration District 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.