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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

FOREST AND SCENIC RESERVES FROM WHICH RESERVATION HAS BEEN REMOVED SINCE THE 1st AUGUST, 1912.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the sth September, 1913. Ordered, « oe .id be,™ L areas of forest reserves or seen.c reserves rom °p UrpOB6 s : Buoh return to give (a) the name of removed with a view of offering such^ s for <1 spos al for set tie d) P he ' , iniormation as to whet her in each case a a-thorgt tt ( L expedient in the pubHc interest that such reservation should be removed."—(Mr. Hanan.)

Return showing the Areas of Forest or Scenic Reserves from which the Reservation has been removed or in Process of being removed, with a view to offering such Lands for Disposal for Settlement Pursposes, from the 1st August, 1912, to Date of Order.

OP IKDBE. Name and Locality. Area. l Report. Land District. State Forest, Whakapaku Parish, Block II, Wangaroa Survey District Acres. 1,299 J Beport by officer of Department favourable to reservation being removed. Ditto. Auckland a Puhipuhi State Forest (part) ••■ ••• State Forest Eeserve, Owhiwa Parish, Block X, Whangarei Survey District State Forest Eeserve, Block XV, Maramarua Survey District, Te Kauwhata Scenic Eeserve, part Sections 1 and 2, Block XIV, Coromandel Survey District Part Hamurana Scenic Eeserve, Eotorua and Eotoiti Survey Districts 11,900 660 It it 150 u 101 it It ' ' " 3,049 It If Total 17,159 Hawke'sBay... Forest Eeserve, Sections27 and28, Block IX, Woodville Survey District 352 Taranaki Growth and preservation of timber reserves : — Omona Survey District— Section 5, Bld'ck VII Section 5, Block VIII Opaku Survey District - Part Section 13, Block IX ... Ohura Survey DistrictSection 9, Block XII 2,761 3,270 tt 117 it tt 370 il Total 6,518 Wellington -■■ Mangoira State Forest, BlocksXIII and XIV, Euahine Survey District Part Haurangi State Forest, Haurangi Survev District Gorge Block, growth ana preservation of timber reserve, Blocks I and II, Mangahao Survey District 1,650 12,894 II 2,681 It Total 17,225