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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Description of Land: Rather broken forest land, clay soil. The bush contains a few kauri and totara trees.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

ONSLLOW, 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.

Otamatea County.—Parish of Tokatoka.

W.pn.79 | .. | 39 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 13 3 | 1 3

Description of Land: Nearly all mixed forest, well watered; distant about five miles by good road from Tokatoka.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Kerikeri Survey District.

1 | VII. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6

Description of Land: Undulating and covered with tea-tree, clay soil of medium quality; accessible by boat up the Aioroa Creek, a branch of the Mangonui Inlet.

Hokianga County.—Mangamuka Survey District.

29 | X. | 24 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½

Description of Land: Nearly all light mixed bush, rather broken, but soil fair; situated in Motukaraka Settlement.

Mangonui County.—Mangonui East Survey District.

74 | .. | 209 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 3

Description of Land: About 70 acres of light bush, remainder open fern land, all very broken country, inferior soil; situated near coast.

Manukau County.—Parish of Waitara.

68 | .. | 51 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½

Description of Land: Open gum land of poor quality; situated on Rangiriri Creek, Waiuku Estuary.

Manukau County.—Parish of Maraetai.

73 | .. | 159 2 11 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 3

Description of Land: Very poor open land, covered with short fern and tea-tree; about ten miles from Howick by road.

Raglan County.—Parish of Waipa.

94 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6

Description of Land: Broken forest land; situated at Firewood Creek.

Not in a County.—Waiheke Island.—Parish of Waiheke.

74 | .. | 919 3 21 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 3

Description of Land: Nearly all open and swampy lands of poor quality, a few patches of bush on eastern side.

Whakatane County.—Parish of Rangitaiki.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
44 | .. | 103 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
45 | .. | 120 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
46 | .. | 121 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 0 4½
47 | .. | 111 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
48 | .. | 272 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
49 | .. | 299 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
50 | .. | 363 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
51 | .. | 398 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
52 | .. | 413 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½
53 | .. | 299 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 7½

Description of Land: Nearly all raupo swamp, with a little dry land along the river-bank. Section 47, about 20 acres manuka and toitoi, fairly dry, rest raupo swamp; 52 and 53, raupo swamp, flax and wiwi; 48 to 53 will all drain into the Orini River.

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

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

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

ONSLLOW, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Cook County.—Hangaroa Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
10 | XV: | 28 3 26 | 1 4 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 2½

Description of Land: Adjacent to the Tiniroto Village Settlement, thirty-five miles south-west from Gisborne.

Waipawa County.—Norsewood Survey District.

23 | VI. | 145 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 4 7 6 | 3 6

Description of Land: Undulating and level country, covered with mixed bush and sufficient matai and rimu for fencing purposes; well watered; good frontage to main Napier–Wellington Road. Distant three and a half miles from Makotuku.

Waipawa County.—Wakarara Survey District.

2 | IX. | 350 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0

Description of Land: Undulating with numerous flats, although a little rough in parts; covered with mixed timber, principally birch; well watered.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Patoka Survey District.

95 | I. | 174 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6

Description of Land: Well watered; good road-access. About four miles from the Puketitiri Settlement.

UNSURVEYED LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Cook County.—Waiapu Survey District.

1 | IV. | 184 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6,

Description of Land: Half bush, and partly covered with fern, good soil. About twelve miles inland from Awanui. The timber is principally tawa, rata, and some puriri.

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

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister of Lands.)