Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71

Description of Land: Light stony plain land, poor soil, with manuka scrub.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.

R. 349, Sec. 2 | II. | Geraldine | 86 0 22 | 0 17 6
R. 1371, Sec. 54 | VII. | " | 61 2 0 | 0 15 0
Description of Land: Stony dry river-bed land, lightly grassed.

R. 1650, Sec. 10 | VII. | Geraldine | 152 2 0 | 0 15 0
R. 1381, Sec. 17 | IV. | " | 150 2 0 | 0 15 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, on the Rangitata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy floods.

The foregoing notification will supersede so much of

—a: relate to the blocks of land described in the foregoing Schedule.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Canterbury 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, Wiliam 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than 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 stated opposite such land in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Between Hinds and Ashburton Rivers. Lithograph 15.

35894 | II. | Westerfield | 26 0 18 | 1 10 0
35898 | V. | " | 31 1 31 | 1 7 6
35899 | XI. | " | 27 3 38 | 2 0 0
35900 | " | " | 11 3 13 | 1 10 0
35904 | XIV. | " | 36 1 4 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, fairly grassed.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.

35923 | III. | Orari | 22 0 26 | 1 10 0
Description of Land: Fairly-grassed stony land, adjoining creek.

Description of Land: Fairly-grassed river-bed land, below high terrace.

35927 | VIII. | Orari | 61 2 36 | 1 5 0
35928 | " | " | 5 0 36 | 1 5 0
35931 | IX. | " | 37 0 20 | 1 5 0
35932 | " | " | 24 2 28 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Poorly-grassed, light, stony land.

35921 | XII. | Geraldine | 57 3 36 | 1 5 0
35922 | " | " | 32 2 7 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, poorly grassed not suitable for cropping.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.

35929 | VIII. | Orari | 6 1 39 | 0 19 6
Description of land: Stony dry river-bed land, lightly grassed.

R. 1650, Sec. 9 | VII. | Geraldine | 122 2 27 | 0 15 0
Description of Land: Light stony land on the Rangitata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy floods.

UNSURVEYED LANDS.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Between Hinds and Ashburton Rivers. Lithograph 15.

III., IV. | Shepherd’s Bush | 600 0 0 | 1 5 0
IV. | " | 706 0 0 | 1 5 0
| " | 320 0 0 | 1 5 0
IV., VIII. | " | 2,456 0 0 | 1 5 0
VIII. | " | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0
| " | 62 2 34 | 1 5 0
| " | 19 3 33 | 1 7 6
| " | 44 0 34 | 1 7 6
| " | 442 0 0 | 1 10 0
VIII., XII. | " | 400 0 0 | 1 10 0
Description of Land: Well grassed, stony plains, capable of being broken up, and growing turnips and English grass.

I. | Westerfield | 180 0 0 | 1 5 0
" | " | 40 0 0 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Well grassed, stony land.

V., IX. | Westerfield | 653 3 0 | 1 5 0
V. | " | 312 0 0 | 1 7 6
VI. | " | 279 0 0 | 1 7 6
V., VI. | " | 225 0 0 | 1 7 6
IX. | " | 670 0 0 | 1 5 0
" | " | 965 0 0 | 1 5 0
" | " | 460 0 0 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, fairly grassed.

IX., X. | Westerfield | 880 0 0 | 1 2 6
X., XIV. | " | 1,500 0 0 | 1 2 6
Description of Land: Light land, thinly grassed, with patches of manuka.

X. | Westerfield | 255 0 0 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, fairly grassed.

XIII., XIV. | Westerfield | 1,000 0 0 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, well grassed.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.

III. | Orari | 11 2 0 | 1 15 0
Description of Land: Gully on side of road-line.

III. | Orari | 112 0 0 | 1 15 0
" | " | 12 1 20 | 1 15 0
Description of Land: Well-grassed hilly land, mostly unploughable.

V. | Orari | 52 0 0 | 1 10 0
" | " | 14 2 0 | 1 10 0
Description of Land: Fairly grassed, stony flat.

V. | Orari | 120 0 0 | 1 5 0
Description of Land: Fairly grassed river-bed land, below high terrace.