JUNE 27.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 721

with the exception of patches here and there, varies from fair
to good. The southern part of the block is distant from
Ashurst about ten miles, six miles of which is by dray-road,
the rest by pack-track along the river-bed. The country is
from 600ft. to 1,600ft. above the sea-level; the climate is
moist and favourable, tending to make the lands well
adapted for pastoral pursuits.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Sale or
Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

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, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 enume-
rated 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Section.
Block.
Area.
Cash Price per Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Clarendon District.

Section.
Block.
Area.
Cash Price per Acre.

17*
22
XI.
"
A. R. P.
21 1 37
43 0 14
£ s. d.
1 0 0
1 0 0
Section 17 entirely, and Section 22 partly, covered with
bush. Situated on south side of the mouth of the Taieri
River, about 8 miles from Waihola Railway-station; dis-
tance from Dunedin 32 miles.

• Subject to valuation for improvements, £4 10s.

Glenomaru District.

21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
VI.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
17 2 16
46 2 36
57 0 10
61 2 32
52 2 27
52 3 2
91 0 9
5 0 32
5 1 33
1 0 0
1 5 0
1 5 0
1 5 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
Bush land. Sections 29, 30, and 31, level, remainder un-
dulating; all fairly watered with the exception of 30; alti-
tude of sections from 10ft. to 570ft. above sea-level. Situated
at the confluence of the Owaka and Catlin's Rivers, about
one mile from Owaka Township; distance from Dunedin 80
miles, and from present Railway-station, Romahapa, 14 miles.

Kawarau District.

16
19
V.
"
7 3 4
22 2 28
1 0 0
1 0 0
Level land, dry and stony. Situated at Gibbston, on
main road between Cromwell and Arrowtown.

Kurow District.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Χ.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
72 3 0
63 2 0
32 0 0
78 2 0
115 0 0
114 3 30
127 0 30
150 1 20
233 0 0
108 0 0
94 0 0
30 2 20
146 0 0
101 1 0
194 2 0
307 0 0
1 0 0
1 5 0
1 5 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 10 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
Subdivision of Run 1 of 23. Open, broken sections, fairly
watered; altitude above sea-level from 1000ft. to 1300ft.
Situated from 14 to 4 miles from Kurow Railway-station;
distance from Oamaru 43 miles, and from Dunedin 120
miles.

Section.
Block.
Area.
Naseby District.
Cash Price per
Acre.

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Χ.
"
"
"
"
"
"
A. R. P.
52 0 0
44 0 10
29 2 0
152 3 37
170 1 38
88 2 5
118 3 11
£ s. d.
1 2 6
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 2 6

Open, undulating, agricultural sections; black soil with
clay subsoil; all fairly watered with the exception of Sec-
tions 6 and 7; altitude above sea-level 1850ft. to 1900ft. Situ-
ated from 11 to 13 miles from Naseby, intersected by the
proposed Otago Central Railway-line; distance from Dun-
edin 103 miles. Section 5 is subject to a valuation of £8 for
fencing a stock-yard thereon, and Section 6 to a valuation of
£70 for fencing and house.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Kaitangata District.

2
4
5
III.
"
"
160 1 20
154 1 5
148 3 34
0 15 0
0 15 0
0 15 0

Rough, steep sections; open with the exception of Section
2, which has some patches of bush on it. Situated about 6
miles from Crichton Railway-station, and 12 miles from
Milton; distance from Dunedin 49 miles.

69
III.
Tuapeka West District.

1
42 3 33
0 15 0

Rough section, situate about 8 miles from Lawrence Rail-
way-station, on the Beaumont Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this nineteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District withdrawn from
Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
me by "The Land Act, 1885," and the amendments
thereof, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and
after the day of the date hereof, the notification issued on the
first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
eight, opening land for sale or selection under the provisions
of "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887," shall be and the
same is revoked in so far as it relates to the sections of land
mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Survey District.
Section.
Block.
Area.

Waihemo
Beaumont
3
8
9
1
2
4
5
74A
VIII.
II.
"
VIII.
"
"
"
III.
A. R. P.
266 2 35
439 0 38
613 3 16
578 0 11
536 3 25
635 2 36
537 1 30
417 2 7

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-second day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory
Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
eighth section of "The Justices of the Peace
Amendment Act, 1888," I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
notify and declare that

FREDERIC JAMES ROBERTSHAW,
of Kaikoura, in the said colony, a person holding the office