This Act may be cited as the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1935.

Whereas a deed of agreement (of which a copy is deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Public Works at Wellington under number PW 23/413/1) was made on 20 July 1935 between Eliza Jane Reid, Andrew Craig, James Scott Johnstone, and Frederick John Cooper (the surviving trustees of the will of James Reid, late of the Island of Motutapu, deceased) of the first part, the said Eliza Jane Reid (the life tenant under the said will) of the second part, Helen Elizabeth Buining and Florence Jean Loomans (the children of the said James Reid, deceased) of the third part, and His Majesty the King (acting by and through the Minister of Public Works) of the fourth part:

And whereas by the said deed provision was made for the taking by the Minister of Public Works for defence purposes of certain land on the said Island of Motutapu, and in connection therewith provision was also made by the said deed (inter alia) for the granting to the Crown of certain rights relating to roads and rights of way, camp accommodation, the taking of water, shingle, and sand, the construction of electric lines, and other matters, and for the granting to the said trustees, life tenant, and children of the said deceased of certain rights relating to telephone communication, the use of wharves and jetties to be erected by the Minister, and other matters:

And whereas doubts have arisen as to the power and authority of the parties thereto to enter into the said deed, and it is expedient to remove such doubts:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The said deed is hereby declared to be valid and binding in all respects and shall have full force and effect according to the tenor thereof.

The parties to the said deed are hereby declared to have been competent to enter into the deed and to bind themselves respectively by the provisions therein contained.

Upon production of the said deed to the District Land Registrar at Auckland, with a copy thereof to be retained by the Registrar, the Registrar shall register against the title to all land affected by the deed a memorial that the land is subject to the deed as validated by this section.

Whereas the lands described in the Schedules of Orders in Council published in the Gazette of 26 April 1918 and of 2 May 1935 constitute, with the exception thereout of an area taken as a site for a public school by section 8 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1918, the Devonport Domain, under the control of the Devonport Borough Council as the Domain Board:

And whereas it is expedient that the portion of the said Domain hereinafter described should be vested in the Auckland Harbour Board as a site for a signal station, together with a right of way thereto over the said Domain:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the reservation as a public domain over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the control thereof by the Devonport Domain Board is hereby revoked, and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in the Auckland Harbour Board for the purpose of a site for a signal station.

There is hereby granted to the Auckland Harbour Board, its servants, agents, and workmen, a free right of ingress, egress, and regress at all times over the Devonport Domain to and from the said site for a signal station.

Whenever the aforesaid Auckland Harbour Board shall cease to use or occupy the land hereinafter described for the purpose of a site for a signal station the said land shall revest in His Majesty the King as a public domain, and all the rights granted to the Auckland Harbour Board, its servants, agents, and workmen by this section shall thereupon be determined.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing 1 rood 12 perches and thirty-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, being portions of Sections 42 and 46 of Allotment 2 of the Parish of Takapuna: as the same is delineated on the plan numbered 28075, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland, and thereon edged red.

Whereas upon the deposit by the Matarawa Land Company, Limited, in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, on 16 June 1922, of a survey plan of the Town of Tokoroa, numbered 15561, the reserves shown thereon became vested in the Crown pursuant to section 17 of the Land Laws Amendment Act 1920:

And whereas one of those reserves, containing 1 rood 6 perches and two-tenths of a perch, being Lot 8 on the said plan, was set apart thereon as a post office site:

And whereas the said Lot 8 was not considered suitable for a post office site:

And whereas the said company subsequently transferred to the Crown for this purpose Lot 45, containing 34 perches and sixty-two hundredths of a perch:

And whereas it is equitable that the said Lot 8 should now be revested in the said company:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the reservation as a post office site over Lot 8 on plan numbered 15561, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, is hereby cancelled, and the Governor-General may by Warrant under his hand authorise the District Land Registrar at Auckland to issue in respect of the said Lot 8 a certificate of title to the Matarawa Land Company, Limited, being a company duly incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act 1908.

Such certificate of title shall be issued without payment of any fee and no consideration shall be payable by the company on the revesting in it of the said Lot 8.

Whereas the Huirangi Domain and Huirangi Institute Empowering Act 1903 vested in the Huirangi Domain Board Section 80 of the Township of Huirangi, together with all buildings thereon and all property whatsoever held by the Huirangi Institute Trustees:

And whereas it is advisable that the said Section 80 should be vested in His Majesty the King as a recreation reserve and added to the Huirangi Domain:

And whereas the said Board is agreeable to the said Section 80 being so dealt with:

And whereas the above-mentioned Act will then have no force or effect, and it is expedient that it be repealed:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Section 80 of the Township of Huirangi, together with all buildings erected thereon, is hereby declared to be no longer vested in the Huirangi Domain Board but to be vested in His Majesty the King as a recreation reserve under and subject to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to form part of the Huirangi Domain.

The Registrar of Deeds for the Deeds Registration District of Taranaki is hereby empowered to make such entries in the Registers as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions of the last preceding subsection.

The Huirangi Domain and Huirangi Institute Empowering Act 1903 is hereby repealed.

Whereas by the Taranaki Botanic Garden Act 1876 undefined portions of Sections 1106 and 1126, Town of New Plymouth, were with other lands vested in the Board of Trustees constituted under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas the remaining undefined portions of the said Sections 1106 and 1126 were at the time of the passing of the said Act vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki and are now vested in His Majesty the King:

And whereas on 26 March 1929 the said Board of Trustees was dissolved pursuant to section 18 of the said Act, and on such dissolution the lands which had been vested in the said Board became vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth:

And whereas the whole of the said Sections 1106 and 1126 have for many years been regarded as portion of the botanic garden and public recreation grounds (now known as Pukekura Park) dealt with under the said Act, and it is expedient that they should be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth for the purposes of the said Act:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The remaining undefined portions of the land hereinafter described that were not dealt with by the Taranaki Botanic Garden Act 1876 are hereby set apart as a reserve for botanic gardens and public recreation purposes and vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth, to be managed and administered under the provisions of the Taranaki Botanic Garden Act 1876 as if the whole of the said land had been included in Schedule 1 of the said Act.

The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Taranaki is hereby authorised to make such entries in the Registers as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing 2 roods 2 perches, more or less, being Sections 1106 and 1126 on the public map of the Town of New Plymouth: as the same is delineated on plan marked L and S 1/536B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Whereas Crown Grant Number 1622, being a grant of a parcel of land known as Block B, Masterton Small Farms Settlement, described the said land to be bounded on the south-west by a public road, 50 links wide:

And whereas Crown Grant Number 1448, subsequently issued for Section 20, Masterton Small Farms Settlement, included within the boundaries of the said section portion of the public road, 50 links wide, before-mentioned:

And whereas Crown Grants Numbers 2325 and 2330 issued for Sections 1 and 43, Manaia Block, respectively, describe the north-eastern boundary of the said sections to be the Kuripuni Stream:

And whereas the said Kuripuni Stream intersects the said public road, 50 links wide, and causes some portions of the said road to be included within the boundaries of the said Sections 1 and 43, Manaia Block:

And whereas part of the land included in Crown Grant Number 1622 is also included in Crown Grant Number 2330:

And whereas a portion of the land between the south-western boundary of the said road and the Kuripuni Stream has not been included in any Crown Grant:

And whereas the Kuripuni Stream has been generally accepted as the common boundary of the lands in Crown Grants Numbers 1622, 2330, and 2325:

And whereas by Crown Grant Number 1622 part of the north-western boundary of the land included therein was shown to be a public road, 50 links wide (now part of Chapel Street in the Borough of Masterton):

And whereas by Crown Grant Number 1448 the south-eastern boundary of the land therein is shown as the said public road, 50 links wide (now part of Chapel Street):

And whereas by memorandum of transfer Number 50421 part of Section 43, Manaia Block, was dedicated as a public street (part Chapel Street) in 1904:

And whereas in 1907, by conveyance Number 98110, a part of Section 20 was dedicated as a public street to widen that portion of Chapel Street north of the Kuripuni Stream:

And whereas another portion of Section 20 lying between the land in the said conveyance Number 98110 and the south-eastern boundary of Chapel Street was not dedicated but from the date of the said conveyance has been included in and used as part of the said Chapel Street:

And whereas another part of the said Section 20, bounded on the north-west by Chapel Street, on the south by the Kuripuni Stream, and on the north-east by Block B aforesaid (which part includes part of the public road, 50 links wide, shown as the south-western boundary of the said Block B) was for some years prior to the date of conveyance Number 98110 considered to be part of Section 43, Manaia Block:

And whereas parts of the lands in the various Crown Grants Numbers 1448, 1622, 2325, and 2330 have been brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act 1915 or are in process of being brought under the provisions of the said Act by the Land Transfer (Compulsory Registration of Titles) Act 1924:

And whereas difficulties have arisen in issuing titles for the said lands on account of the overlapping of some of the Crown Grants and the inclusion therein of land which is shown as a public road on one Crown Grant:

And whereas it is desired to amend the descriptions of the lands in such Crown Grants in order to remove such overlapping and to dispose of such road:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The public road, 50 links wide, forming the most south-westerly boundary of the land in Crown Grant 1622 is deemed never to have been a road but to have been Crown land available for inclusion in Crown Grants 1622, 2325, and 2330.

The description of Block B, Masterton Small Farms Settlement, as set out in Crown Grant Number 1622, is hereby cancelled, and the said Block B is hereby described as follows:

All that piece of land, containing by admeasurement 120 acres, more or less, being the block marked “B” on the plan of the Small Farms Settlement of Masterton, in the Wairarapa District: bounded towards the north-east by the Waipoua River; towards the south-east and again towards the north-east by the public roads forming the north-western and south-western boundaries of Section Number 19, 1 200 and 1 600 links respectively; again towards the south-east by Section Number 18, 1 100 links; towards the south-west and again towards the south-east by the public roads forming the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Section Number 6 and the north-western boundaries of Sections Numbers 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, 1 600 and 6 500 links respectively; again towards the south-west by the Kuripuni Stream; towards the north-west and again towards the south-west by the public roads forming the south-eastern boundaries of Sections Numbers 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 30, and the north-eastern boundary of the said Section Number 30 and part Section Number 55, 6 630 and 1 800 links respectively; again towards the north-west by part of the said Section Number 55, 500 links; again towards the north-east by a public road, 200 links; again towards the north-west by the crossing of a public road and by part of the said Section Number 55, 600 links; and again towards the north-east and north-west by the public roads forming the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of part of the said Section Number 55 and part of the south-eastern boundary of Section Number 56, 1 600 and 1 650 links respectively.

The description of Section 20, Masterton Small Farms Settlement, as set out in Crown Grant Number 1448, is hereby cancelled, and the said Section 20 is hereby described as follows:

All that piece of land, containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being the section numbered 20 on the plan of the Small Farms Settlement of Masterton, in the Wairarapa District: bounded towards the north-east by Section Number 21, 4 000 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 1 450 links; towards the south-west by the Kuripuni Stream; and towards the north-west by Sections Numbers 33 and 29, 1 075 links.

The District Land Registrar at Wellington is hereby empowered to issue the necessary certificates of title to agree with the descriptions set forth in subsections (2) and (3) as if they were the original descriptions of the lands comprised in Crown Grants Numbers 1622 and 1448 respectively.

The District Land Registrar at Wellington is further empowered to amend any plans or certificates of title in his office which may require to be amended to agree with the descriptions of the lands comprised in Crown Grants Numbers 1622 and 1448 as the descriptions of the said lands are set out in subsections (2) and (3) respectively.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Scenery Preservation Act 1908 or in any other Act, the Hundalee Scenic Reserves Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) may accept a lease of the land described in subsection (4) for a term of 10 years from 1 October 1935, upon such terms and conditions as the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act may approve.

The Board may during the currency of any lease accepted as aforesaid deal with the land comprised therein in the same manner as it may deal with the reserves the control of which is vested in it, and may out of any funds at its disposal pay all rents and other charges now due or accruing due under any such lease.

The execution by the Chairman and 1 other member of the Board of any lease accepted as aforesaid shall be a sufficient execution thereof on behalf of the Board.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 35 perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Subdivision 1 of the Omihi or “K” Native Block, situated in Block XV, Hundalee Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 505, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Whereas by section 13 of the Reserves and Crown Lands Disposal and Enabling Act 1896 certain land was set apart as a reserve (now known as the Ship Cove Reserve) in memory of its occupation by Captain Cook:

And whereas it is desirable to add to the said reserve the Crown land firstly hereinafter described:

And whereas an unformed road secondly hereinafter described, which for the most part is impracticable for access purposes, lies between the said reserve and Crown land and the foreshore:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to close the said road and add it also to the said reserve, and to vest the control of the reserve as then constituted in a Board:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Crown land described in subsection (4) is hereby declared to form part of the Ship Cove Reserve, as set apart by section 13 of the Reserves and Crown Lands Disposal and Enabling Act 1896.

The road described in subsection (5) is hereby closed and declared to form part of the above-mentioned reserve.

The provisions of section 13 of the Scenery Preservation Act 1908 and of sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act 1933 shall apply with respect to the above-mentioned reserve and to the lands added thereto as hereinbefore provided as if the said reserve and lands constituted a scenic reserve under the first-mentioned Act.

The Crown land to which subsection (1) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing 439 acres and 2 roods, more or less, being Section 1 of 37, Block XI, and Section 1 of 2, Block XV, Gore Survey District, bounded as follows: towards the north and east by Sections 36, Block XI, and part 1, Block XV, 6 381.1 links and 4 191 links respectively; towards the south by Sections 2 of 2, Block XV, and 2 of 37, Block XI, 5 953.9 links and 10 492.5 links respectively; and towards the west by Sections 41 and 42, Block XI, Gore Survey District, 3 122 links and 2 031 links respectively, to the point of commencement. Saving and excepting from the above description the road 1 chain wide running through the said area:

Also all that area containing 193 acres, more or less, being Section 3 of 2, Block XV, Gore Survey District: bounded towards the west by Section 2 of 2, Block XV, 4 808.6 links; towards the east by part Section 1, Block XV, 9 668.1 links; towards the south by a road reserve 1 chain wide from high-water mark to Section 141, Queen Charlotte Sound; thence by the south-east, north-east, and north-west boundaries of the said Section 141 to the road reserve 1 chain wide; thence by the said road reserve to the point of commencement:

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 4/446, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

The road to which subsection (2) relates is particularly described as follows:

All those areas in the Marlborough Land District, containing 46 acres 3 roods, more or less, being a Government Road 1 chain in width from high-water mark along the shores of Ship Cove, Resolution Bay, and Queen Charlotte Sound, fronting Sections 1 and 3 of 2, Block XV, and Section 2, Block XVI, Gore Survey District: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked L and S 4/446A and 4/446B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Whereas the land hereinafter described is a reserve subject to Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and is known as the Buller Domain:

And whereas the control of the said land is vested in the Buller County Council as the Buller Domain Board:

And whereas the said land is unsuitable and has never been used for the purpose of public recreation:

And whereas it is desired to declare the said land to be subject to the provisions of the Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Act 1932–33:

And whereas the Buller County Council in its capacity as the Buller Domain Board has, by resolution, agreed to the cancellation of the reservation over the said land:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, the reservation for the purpose of a public domain over the Buller Domain as hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the appointment of the Buller County Council as the Buller Domain Board is hereby revoked, and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the provisions of the Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Act 1932–33.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 200 acres, more or less, being Section 35, Block IV, Kawatiri Survey District.

Whereas the land described in subsection (3) forms portion of the Coes Ford Domain, and for the purpose of straightening the boundaries and generally improving the shape of the said domain it is desirable that such land, together with the Crown land described in subsection (4), should be exchanged for the freehold land described in subsection (5):

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The reservation for recreation purposes over that portion of the Coes Ford Domain described in subsection (3), the subjection of the said land to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and the vesting of the control of the said land in the Coes Ford Domain Board, are hereby cancelled.

Upon the conveyance or transfer to His Majesty the King of the freehold land described in subsection (5) the said land shall be deemed to be permanently reserved for recreation purposes, to be subject to the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and to form part of and to be included in the Coes Ford Domain under the control of the Coes Ford Domain Board. The Governor-General may thereupon, by Warrant under his hand, authorise the issue to the owner of the said freehold land of a certificate of title over the lands described in subsections (3) and (4).

The land to which subsection (1) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres and 15 perches, more or less, and being part of Reserve Number 4329, situated in Block XI of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-west by Crown land, 330 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 325 links; towards the east by other part of Reserve Number 4329 aforesaid; and towards the south-west by Rural Section Number 5615: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/968A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

The Crown land to which subsection (2) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 30 perches, more or less, and being a portion of Crown land situated in Block XI of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-east generally by Reserve Number 4329; and towards the south-west and west by Rural Section Number 5615:

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 13 perches, more or less, and being a portion of Crown land situated in Block XII of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north by Crown land, 240 links; and towards the south generally by Rural Section Number 34272:

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres and 30 perches, more or less, and being a portion of Crown land situated in Block XII of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north by Crown land, 312.3, 291.8, 269.6, 315.4, and 194.4 links; towards the south generally by Rural Section Number 5319; and towards the west by the Lake Road, 107.7 and 245.2 links:

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 perches, more or less, and being a portion of Crown land situated in Block XII of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-east and east by Crown land; and towards the south-west and west by Rural Section Number 5319:

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/968B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered yellow.

The freehold land to which subsection (2) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 1 rood 10 perches, more or less, and being part of Rural Sections Numbers 34272 and 5615, situated in Blocks XI and XII of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north generally by Reserve Number 4329 and Crown land; and towards the south and south-west by other part of Rural Sections Numbers 34272 and 5615:

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 37 perches, more or less, and being part of Rural Sections Numbers 5319 and 34272, situated in Block XII of the Leeston Survey District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-west by Crown land; towards the east by the Lake Road, 190 links; and towards the south by other part of Rural Sections Numbers 5319 and 34272, 248.55 links:

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/968C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

Whereas the lands hereinafter described, being lands reserved as endowments for primary and secondary education, are being utilised for the purposes of the Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Act 1932–33:

And whereas it is provided by the said Act that all leases issued thereunder shall contain the right to acquire the fee simple of the lands comprised therein:

And whereas such right cannot lawfully be given in respect of education-endowment lands:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that the reservations over the said lands should be cancelled in order that they may be disposed of by way of lease under the said Act:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The reservation as endowments for primary or secondary education of the lands hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and the said lands are hereby declared to be Crown lands, subject to the provisions of the Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Act 1932–33.

There shall be paid to the credit of the appropriate Education Endowments Deposit Accounts in respect of each of the several pieces of land hereinafter described such sum as the Minister of Lands and the Minister of Education may agree to be the value of the interest of the said accounts in such land, and every such sum shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of section 27 of the Education Reserves Act 1928.

The primary-education-endowment lands to which this section relates are described as follows:

North Auckland Land District—Allotment 77, Mangatete Parish, containing 105 acres, more or less; part Allotments N 34 and 35, Toka Toka Parish, containing 23 acres 3 roods 10  perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less: Allotment 126, Mareretu Parish, containing 89 acres, more or less:

Auckland Land District—Part Allotment 223 and Allotment 224, Hautapu Parish, containing 53 acres 3 roods, more or less:

Wellington Land District—Section 4, Block I, Karioi Survey District, containing 320 acres and 18 perches, more or less; part Section 6, Block I, Karioi Survey District, containing 113 acres 2 roods 17 perches, more or less:

Southland Land District—Section 10, Block IX, Waikaia Survey District, containing 4 acres 2 roods, more or less.

The secondary-education-endowment land to which this section relates is described as follows:

Auckland Land District—Part Allotment 223, Hautapu Parish, containing 35 acres, more or less.

Whereas in March 1886 a portion of Kaitara Number 2 Block, situated in the Otamatea Survey District, North Auckland Land District, was surveyed for the purposes of a road, such survey being shown on a plan numbered 4217G, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland:

And whereas such plan indicates that the consents of the Maori owners at that time of the said block to the taking of the land required for such road were obtained, but the formality of taking was not completed:

And whereas the land defined in the said plan was subsequently regarded as a public road, a deviation of which was purported to have been made by Proclamation published in the Gazette of 17 March 1927:

And whereas in consequence of the said Proclamation the area of 2 roods 7 perches and one-tenth of a perch described in Schedule 2 of that Proclamation, being portion of the land laid out as a road as aforesaid, purported to have become closed road, and was subsequently described as Section 1, Block IX, Otamatea Survey District, by certificate of title registered in Volume 458, folio 90, Auckland Registry:

And whereas it is expedient to validate the said certificate of title:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land described in certificate of title, Volume 458, folio 90, Auckland Registry, is hereby declared to have been a public road at the time of the taking effect of the aforesaid Proclamation, and the District Land Registrar is hereby directed to make any references on the said certificate of title which may be necessary to give effect to this section.

Whereas in April 1886 a portion of Kaitara Number 1 Block, situated in Block II, Otamatea Survey District, North Auckland Land District, was surveyed for the purposes of a road, such survey being shown on a plan numbered 4217A, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland:

And whereas such plan indicates that the consent of the freehold owner at that time of the said block to the taking of the land required for such road was obtained, but the formality of taking was not completed:

And whereas the land defined by the said survey has since been regarded as a public road, deviations of which were purported to have been made by Proclamations published in the Gazette of 18 May 1905 and 7 January 1915:

And whereas the areas described in Schedule 2 of the said Proclamations, being portion of the land laid out as a road as aforesaid, purported to have become closed roads and were subsequently described as Sections 1 and 2, Block II, Otamatea Survey District, by certificates of title registered in Volume 131, folio 264, and Volume 251, folio 74, Auckland Registry:

And whereas it is expedient to validate the said certificates of title:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The strip of land surveyed in 1886 through part of the Kaitara Number 1 Block, and shown on the said Plan Number 4217A, is hereby declared to have been a public road at the time of the taking effect of the aforesaid Proclamations, and the District Land Registrar at Auckland is hereby directed to make any entries on the said certificates of title which may be necessary to give effect to this section.

Whereas the land hereinafter described forms part of a reserve vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Onehunga in trust as a place of public recreation and is subject to the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928:

And whereas the said land adjoins a reserve vested in the said Corporation in trust for a cemetery, known as the Waikaraka Cemetery, which is subject to the provisions of the Cemeteries Act 1908:

And whereas it is desirable that the said land should be added to the said Waikaraka Cemetery:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928 and the Cemeteries Act 1908, the reservation as a place of public recreation over the land hereinafter described is hereby declared to be changed to a reservation for a cemetery, and the said land is hereby added to and declared to be part of the Waikaraka Cemetery.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the North Auckland Land District in the Borough of Onehunga, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 25 perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Sections N Portions 44, 45, 46, and 61, near Town of Onehunga, as shown on plan numbered 25943, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland: bounded towards the north generally by other parts of Sections N Portions 61, 44, 45, and 46, near Town of Onehunga, 1 250.5 and 429.4 links; towards the south generally by Sections S Portions 46, 45, 44, and M 61, near Town of Onehunga, 1 653.4 links; and towards the west generally by Alfred Street, 51.4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 2/403, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Whereas the land hereinafter described is reserved as an endowment for secondary education:

And whereas by the provisions of the Education Reserves Act 1928 and of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act 1908 no lease of the said land carrying a right of renewal may be disposed of unless it has first been offered by public auction or public tender:

And whereas the said land adjoins similar endowment land held under lease by the Corporation of the County of Hawke’s Bay (hereinafter called the Corporation):

And whereas it is desired to grant to the said Corporation without competition a lease with rights of renewal of the land hereinafter described:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Education Reserves Act 1928 or in the Public Bodies’ Leases Act 1908, the Land Board for the Land District of Hawke’s Bay is hereby empowered to grant to the Corporation any lease of the land hereinafter described authorised by the above-mentioned enactments without the necessity of offering any such lease by public auction or public tender:

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing 8 perches and thirty-three hundredths of a perch, being portion of Town Section 142, Napier, and being Lots 3, 4, and 10 on a plan deposited in the Land Transfer Office at Napier as Number 6356.

Whereas Suburban Section 96 of the Borough of Napier was granted from the Crown on 1 February 1861 to the Superintendent of the Province of Hawke’s Bay in trust for a site for emigration barracks and a Maori hostelry:

And whereas subsequent dealings with the said section have purported to reserve portions thereof as a site for a drill-shed and for telegraph purposes:

And whereas a building erected on the area purported to have been reserved for a drill-shed site encroached upon a public street (known as Coote Road):

And whereas the original trust over the said section has never been extinguished and the said purported subsequent dealings have no force or effect:

And whereas no portion of the said section is now required as a site for emigration barracks and a Maori hostelry or for telegraph purposes:

And whereas it is expedient that all trusts and reservations heretofore affecting the said section should be extinguished in order that portion of the land may be properly set apart as a drill-shed site and the remainder dealt with as Crown land:

And whereas by Proclamation issued under section 12 of the Land Act 1924 and published in the Gazette of 28 March 1935 portion of Coote Road (including the area encroached upon as above mentioned), which forms the south-western boundary of the said section, was declared to be closed:

And whereas an area of Crown land, being part Suburban Section 95 of the said borough, was by the said Proclamation proclaimed a street:

And whereas it is equitable that the Crown should receive that portion of the said closed street which forms the south-western boundary of the said Section 96 in exchange for the portion of the said Section 95 proclaimed as a street:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928 or in any other Act, Suburban Section 96, Borough of Napier, described in subsection (5), is hereby declared to be freed from all trusts and reservations whatsoever heretofore affecting the same.

The land described in subsection (6), being that portion of Coote Road closed as hereinbefore mentioned, is hereby declared to be vested in His Majesty the King.

The land described in subsection (7), being portion of Suburban Section 96, Borough of Napier, together with part of the closed portion of Coote Road referred to in the last preceding subsection, is hereby declared to be a reserve for a drill-shed site under and subject to the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

The land described in subsection (8), being the remaining portion of Suburban Section 96, Borough of Napier, together with the remaining part of the closed portion of Coote Road, is hereby declared to be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1924.

The land to which subsection (1) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Napier, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 19 perches and seventy-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Suburban Section 96, Town of Napier: bounded towards the north by Lot 1 on Plan Number 5078, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Napier, and part of Suburban Section 83, Town of Napier, such boundary bearing 86°12′, 542.04 links, and by lines as follows—commencing from the easternmost extremity of the last-mentioned line; thence southerly along Marine Parade by a line bearing 191°19′, 334.26 links; thence generally north-westerly by lines bearing 277°47′30″, 71.97 links, bearing 320°38′30″, 122.7 links, and bearing 299°51′30″, 376.02 links, to the westernmost extremity of the first-mentioned boundary line: as delineated on Plan 1784, red, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Napier.

The land to which subsection (2) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Napier, containing by admeasurement 32 perches and three-hundredths of a perch, more or less, being that portion of Coote Road, closed as hereinbefore referred to: bounded by lines as follows—commencing at a point bearing 119°51′30″, 11.71 links, from the westernmost corner of Suburban Section 96; thence south-easterly by lines bearing 119°51′30″, 364.31 links, and bearing 140°38′30″, 122.70 links; thence northwesterly by lines bearing 284°49′, 42.51 links, and bearing 301°43′20″, 424.42 links; thence northerly by a line bearing 11°13′10″, 43.02 links, to the point of commencement: as delineated on the aforesaid Plan 1784, red.

The land to which subsection (3) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Napier, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 35 perches and eighty-one hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Suburban Section 96 and part of the closed street included in the area described in subsection (6): bounded by lines as follows—commencing at a point bearing 266°12′, 98.01 links, from the easternmost corner of Suburban Section 96; thence southerly by a line bearing 192°57′, 311.30 links; thence north-westerly by lines bearing 284°49′, 10.78 links, and bearing 301°43′20″, 198.74 links; thence northerly by a line bearing 20°47′10″, 197.04 links; thence easterly by a line bearing 86°12′, 179.77 links, to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the aforesaid Plan 1784, red.

The land to which subsection (4) relates is particularly described as follows:

Firstly, all that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Napier, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 11 perches and twenty-eight hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Suburban Section 96, Town of Napier, and part of the closed street included in the area described in subsection (6): bounded by lines as follows—commencing at the easternmost corner of Suburban Section 96; thence southerly by a line bearing 191°19′, 334.26 links; thence westerly by lines bearing 277°47′30″, 71.97 links, and bearing 284°49′, 31.73 links; thence northerly by a line bearing 12°57′, 311.30 links; thence easterly by a line bearing 86°12′, 98.01 links, to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the aforesaid Plan 1784, red:

Secondly, all that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Napier, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 4 perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Suburban Section 96 and part of the closed street included in the area described in subsection (6): bounded by lines as follows—commencing at the westernmost corner of Suburban Section 96; thence easterly by a line bearing 86°12′, 264.26 links; thence southerly by a line bearing 200°47′10″, 197.04 links; thence generally north-westerly by lines bearing 301°43′20″, 225.68 links, bearing 11°13′10″, 43.02 links, and bearing 299°51′30″, 11.71 links, to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the aforesaid Plan 1784, red.

Whereas upon the subdivision of certain land at Miramar acquired under the Housing Act 1919 the land hereinafter described was set apart for recreation purposes:

And whereas it is desired that the said land should be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington in trust for the said purposes:

And whereas the Wellington City Council has agreed to accept the said land subject to the said trust:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land hereinafter described is hereby permanently reserved for recreation purposes, and declared to be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington in trust for such purposes.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the City of Wellington, situated in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 13 perches and sixty-eight hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 43, Block IV, Deposited Plan 6174, being part of Section 9, Watts Peninsula Registration District, Block VII, Port Nicholson Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/739A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red:

Also all that area in the City of Wellington, situated in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 38 perches and forty-five hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 32, Block VII, Deposited Plan 6175, being part of Section 11, Watts Peninsula Registration District, Block VII, Port Nicholson Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 1/739B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

The land hereinafter described is hereby vested in the Palmerston North Hospital Board in trust for the purposes of a sanatorium for consumptive patients, and shall be held by the said Board under and subject to the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing 2 roods 30 perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, situate in Block IX, Waitohu Survey District, being part of Subdivision 11, Haruatai Block, and being Lot 25 and part Lot 26 on Plan Number 2464, deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 283, folio 115, Wellington Registry.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928 or in any other Act, the payments amounting to 20 pounds 1 shilling and 11 pence made by the Christchurch Domain Board during the financial year ended 31 March 1935 in sending a display of plants and flowers to the National Show held at Dunedin on 24 January 1935, and in preparing the said display, and for the expenses of the Curator of the said Board in attending the annual conference of Superintendents and Curators of Public Parks and Gardens held at Dunedin on the said 24 January, are hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.

Whereas the land hereinafter described, being portion of the land referred to in section 14 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1930, is part of the old railway station site at Auckland:

And whereas it is desirable that such land should become Crown land to be administered under the Land Act 1924:

And whereas it is desirable to confer upon the Governor-General power to lease the said land to the Corporation of the City of Auckland for the purpose of establishing a transport terminus, and to grant to the Auckland City Council power to establish and operate the said terminus and certain ancillary powers:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land described in subsection (14) is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1924.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Act 1924 or in any other Act, the Governor-General is hereby authorised and empowered to grant to the Corporation of the City of Auckland (hereinafter called the Corporation) and the Auckland City Council (hereinafter called the Council) is hereby authorised to accept on behalf of the Corporation a lease of the said land for such period with such rights of renewal and subject to such rent, terms, and conditions as the Governor-General may determine.

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to establish on the said land and on any adjacent lands a transport terminus and to equip the same with loading stations, offices, workshops, waiting rooms, service stations, shops, and such other facilities as it may consider expedient, and to maintain, operate, and develop the same, and the Council may by special order and without taking the steps described in sections 9 to 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926 raise a special loan, not exceeding 39,000 pounds, for the purpose of establishing and equipping the said terminus.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transport Licensing Act 1931, or in any other Act, or in any licence issued thereunder, the Council may make and enforce bylaws for all or any of the following purposes:

All fees and charges payable under any such bylaw shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction from the persons by whom they are payable as a debt due to the Corporation.

A copy of every bylaw made under this section shall within 7 days after the making thereof be sent by the Council to the Minister of Transport, who may at any time thereafter by notice published in the Gazette disallow the bylaw or any part thereof. On the publication in the Gazette of any such notice of disallowance the bylaw or part thereof disallowed shall cease to have effect, but such disallowance shall not affect the validity of anything theretofore done under the bylaw.

During the continuance of the lease mentioned in subsection (2) or any renewal thereof, the Council may by special order close the street running from Gore Street Extension to Britomart Street and that portion of Gore Street Extension extending from the southern boundary of the land described in subsection (14) to Quay Street, and may utilise any land comprised in the streets so closed for the purposes of this section.

The Auckland Harbour Board may grant to the Corporation and the Council may accept on behalf of the Corporation a lease of any lands adjacent to the lands described in subsection (14) for the purpose of being used for access to or in connection with the said terminus for such period and with such rights of renewal and subject to such rent, terms, and conditions as may be agreed on between the said Board and the Council, and the Council may acquire as for a public work for any such purpose any adjacent lands or any leasehold or other interest therein.

The Council may by special order lease the said terminus and the plant and equipment thereof, or contract with any person for the operation thereof, in each case upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed on between the Council and the lessee or contractor, as the case may be.

The Council may, without offering the same by public auction or tender, grant a lease of any portion of the lands described in subsections (7) and (14), and not required for the purpose of the said terminus, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed on between the Council and the lessee, provided that such powers shall be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the lease mentioned in subsection (2).

In any case where the person carrying on any passenger service or goods service as aforesaid has before the passing of this Act entered into any obligations or incurred any expenses in relation to any freehold or leasehold property acquired or to be acquired by him, and in consequence thereof suffers loss by reason of being required to use the said terminus, he shall be entitled to recover from the Council compensation for such loss under the provisions of the Public Works Act 1928.

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to equip and utilise any portion of the lands mentioned herein as and for a parking station or for any other purpose for the time being authorised by law or approved by the Governor-General, and to make reasonable charges for the use thereof or of any facility provided in connection therewith.

The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby empowered and directed, upon application being made to him in that behalf, and upon payment of all necessary fees, to register the leases authorised by this section against the relevant title or titles.

The land which is declared to be Crown land to be leased to the Council as hereinbefore provided is particularly described as follows:

All that area in the City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 7 perches and eighty-nine hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1 to 39, both inclusive, on a plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland and numbered 24330, being a subdivision of part Section 1, City of Auckland, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 624, folio 189, Auckland Registry.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, there may in any year be paid to the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board from the moneys received in respect of the Onairo Domain such sum or sums as may from time to time be determined by the Minister of Lands, and all moneys so paid shall be applied by the said Board towards the management, administration, and improvement of the Pukemiro and Onairo River Scenic Reserves, which reserves adjoin the said Onairo Domain.