Aug. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 885

Rural Lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District open for
Sale or Selection.

W. F. D. JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said
Act”), I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the
name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of
the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of forty-five days from the date of
the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon
the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price
per acre respectively set opposite such land in the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

SURVEYED LAND.

WEBER SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Lands.

| I. | 3 | 196 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
| | 6 | 216 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Description of Land: Hilly, but good land, though very
rough in parts, all covered with mixed timber, including
a little totara, well watered.

| IX. | 2 | 635 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
| VIII. | 11 | 626 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 12 | 305 0 0 | 1 2 6 |
| | 13 | 385 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 14 | 417 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| XIII. | 1 | 550 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| | 2 | 354 0 0 | 1 7 6 |

Description of Land: Good quality and well watered,
hilly, and covered mostly with forest of a light description;
about a third, however, is already laid down in grasses and
clovers; papa formation.

Second-class Lands.

| VII. | 10 | 754 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| VIII. | 9 | 640 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 10 | 636 0 0 | 0 12 6 |
| IX. | 1 | 1,272 0 0 | 0 10 0 |
| | 3 | 578 3 0 | 0 10 0 |

Description of Land: Inferior and very broken, of light
quality of soil, covered with manuka and black birch;
Section 10, Block VII., is partially grassed.

UNSURVEYED LAND.

First-class Lands.

| I. | 1 | 445 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 2 | 510 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 5 | 324 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Description of Land: Hilly but good, though very rough
in parts, all covered with mixed timber, including a little
totara; well watered.

| V. | 59 | 269 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 60 | 193 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 61 | 203 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 62 | 208 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 63 | 280 0 0 | 1 10 0 |
| | 64 | 78 0 0 | 1 2 6 |
| | 65 | 100 0 0 | 1 5 0 |
| | 66 | 241 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 67 | 344 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 68 | 17 0 0 | 2 0 0 |

Description of Land: Good undulating land, well watered,
with a considerable number of good small flats; all covered
with heavy bush, containing a fair percentage of totara.

Description of Land: All well-watered undulating or hilly
country, of a good but light quality of soil. The timber is
very mixed, but generally light, with a sprinkling of totara
along the river-flats.

| XV. | 6 | 204 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 7 | 159 0 0 | 1 2 6 |
| | 8 | 174 0 0 | 1 0 0 |
| | 9 | 208 0 0 | 1 2 6 |
| | 10 | 232 0 0 | 1 5 0 |

Description of Land: Well-watered, good, undulating land,
with a good deal of flat land in each section; mixed bush,
containing totara.

| XVI. | 5 | 143 0 0 | 1 0 0 |

Description of Land: A good section, though only fair
land along the rabbit-line; it is flat along its road boundary;
covered with mixed bush, containing a good deal of totara.

Second-class Lands.

| I. | 4 | 441 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 7 | 363 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 8 | 293 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 9 | 267 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 10 | 300 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 11 | 299 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 12 | 176 0 0 | 0 15 0 |

Description of Land: Very rough, heavily-bushed land,
timber mixed, containing a little totara; soil very fair;
would be worth more if more accessible; well watered.

| V. | 57 | 425 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 58 | 461 0 0 | 0 17 6 |

Description of Land: Undulating, covered with mixed
bush and manuka, contains a little totara; well watered,
soil fair.

| VI. | 4 | 233 3 0 | 0 12 6 |
| | 6 | 247 2 0 | 0 10 6 |
| | 7 | 227 0 0 | 0 7 6 |
| | 8 | 248 2 0 | 0 7 6 |

Description of Land: Undulating, but very rocky and
poor, well watered, and mostly clear or covered with rangiora
and manuka.

| XV. | 1 | 159 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 2 | 260 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 3 | 432 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 4 | 197 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 5 | 184 0 0 | 0 17 6 |

Description of Land: Undulating country, well watered,
covered with mixed timber and manuka, and contains a
little totara; soil fair and in some parts good.

| XIV. | 1 | 481 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 2 | 720 0 0 | 0 15 0 |

Description of Land: Good land, but very difficult of
access; very rough, and covered with mixed timber; well
watered.

| XVI. | 1 | 378 0 0 | 0 12 6 |
| | 2 | 587 0 0 | 0 15 0 |
| | 3 | 305 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 4 | 404 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 6 | 219 0 0 | 0 17 6 |
| | 7 | 403 0 0 | 0 10 6 |

Description of Land: Fair land, undulating, and well
watered, covered with mixed bush and manuka, contains a
little totara.

The land above described partly bounds upon the formed
road from Cape Turnagain (shipping port) to Danevirke, and
is situated about fourteen miles from the former. Access
can also be obtained from Akitio along a partly-formed road,
where goods can also be landed from steamer. The land as