July 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 869

Rodney County.—Parish of Omaha.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
158 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
Description of Land: Broken forest land of medium quality, situated near Omaha; more or less improvements on this section.

Rodney County.—Pakiri Survey District.
5 | VIII. | 73 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 3
7 | " | 203 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
11 | " | 222 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 3
12 | " | 83 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 3
Description of Land: Section 5, open undulating land, poor soil; 7, about 65 acres tea-tree, remainder broken forest land, with a few scattered kauri trees; 11, about 30 acres kahikatea bush and about 30 acres deep swamp, wiwi, and poor flax, remainder poor undulating land; 12, undulating open land, poor soil.

Rodney County.—Parish of Tauhoa.
173 | .. | 200 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
175 | .. | 16 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
Description of Land: Broken forest land, sandstone and clay.

Waitemata County.—Parish of Waipareira.
181 | .. | 98 2 25 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
Description of Land: Very poor land, covered with short fern and tea-tree; about two miles and a half from Waikomiti Railway-station; suitable for fruit-growing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

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 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 in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Glenoamaru Survey District.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
16 | V. | 26 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Description of Land: Undulating and hilly, nearly all covered with mixed bush, red-pine, birch, &c.

Clutha County.—Catlin’s Survey District.
14 | VIII. | 118 1 8 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
17 | " | 75 1 39 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
21 | " | 178 2 30 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
22 | " | 198 1 21 | 1 10 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 6
Description of Land: All land of good quality, covered with bush. Sections 14, 17, and 21, steep; 22, undulating, and partly level, with patches of swamp; all well watered, with the exception of Section 14; altitude from 10ft. to 870ft. above sea-level; situated fronting the Catlin’s River, from five to eight miles from Owaka Township. Distance from Romahapa Railway-station about nineteen miles, and from Dunedin eighty-four miles.

Clutha County.—Woodland Survey District.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
1 | IV. | 191 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
2 | " | 265 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
4 | " | 275 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
6 | " | 189 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
9 | " | 247 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
11 | " | 9 3 0 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 2 0
12 | " | 11 3 0 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 2 0
13 | " | 144 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
14 | " | 33 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
15 | " | 99 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
16 | " | 21 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
17 | " | 66 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
Description of Land: Broken country, with the exception of Sections 11, 12, and 14, which are level and partly swampy, soil generally a clayey loam of from fair to good quality; all the sections are well watered, and covered with bush, some of which is of excellent quality, consisting of red- and black-pine and kamai, with kowhai and totara in places; altitude from 8ft. to 800ft. above sea-level; the block is accessible by made road to eastern boundary, four and a half miles from Owaka Township, which road is partly formed through the block for a further distance of four miles; the land is also accessible by the Catlin’s River, which is navigable up to Section 11. Distance from Romahapa Railway-station about nineteen miles, and from Dunedin about eighty-four miles.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Glenoamaru Survey District.
26 | IV. | 196 2 8 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
27 | " | 153 1 10 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
28 | " | 6 3 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
29 | " | 56 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
30 | " | 23 3 22 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
31 | " | 44 3 8 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
32 | " | 240 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
33 | " | 192 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
34 | " | 185 3 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
35 | " | 211 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
36 | " | 111 2 16 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
37 | " | 195 2 34 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
38 | " | 200 1 9 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
39 | " | 213 3 18 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
40 | " | 212 2 13 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
41 | " | 274 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
42 | " | 181 1 13 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
43 | " | 32 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
44 | " | 181 2 23 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
Description of Land: Undulating and hilly sections, wholly or mostly covered with bush, consisting principally of birch, well watered, soil generally light and stony; altitude from 200ft. to 750ft. above sea-level; situated about ten miles from Romahapa Railway-station, and about six miles from proposed Ahuriri Railway-station, on the section of the Balclutha-Catlin’s Railway, at present being constructed. Distance from Dunedin about seventy-five miles.

15 | V. | 206 0 32 | 0 17 6 | 1 1 10½ | 0 10½
18 | " | 172 2 32 | 0 17 6 | 1 1 10½ | 0 10½
19 | " | 167 1 32 | 0 17 6 | 1 1 10½ | 0 10½
21 | " | 69 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
22 | " | 64 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
24 | " | 236 0 19 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
25 | " | 162 0 20 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
26 | " | 195 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
28 | " | 131 3 0 | 0 17 6 | 1 1 10½ | 0 10½
29 | " | 166 2 27 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
30 | " | 64 2 22 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 9
Description of Land: Undulating and hilly sections, nearly all covered with mixed bush—red-pine, birch, &c. Section 30, flat and partly swampy; all fairly watered; soil light to fairly good; altitude from 30ft. to 700ft. above sea-level; situated from ten to thirteen miles from Romahapa Railway-station, and from six to nine miles from proposed Ahuriri Railway-station on the section of the Balclutha-Catlin’s Railway, at present being constructed. Distance from Dunedin about seventy-five miles.

Vincent County.—Leaning Rock Survey District.
6 | IV. | 317 1 13 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
7 | " | 317 1 21 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
9 | " | 248 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
Description of Land: Open hilly sections of poor quality, partly suitable for cultivation; situated about six miles from Clyde. Distance from Dunedin about 132 miles.