Feb. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 231

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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Whangape Survey District.

9 | IX. | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0
Rather broken forest land, but of good quality, containing more or less improvements.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Mangapai.

22A | .. | 1 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0
Undulating tea-tree land of inferior quality.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hobson County.—Waipoua Survey District.

22 | XIII. | 55 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Ten acres of fern land, remainder mixed bush; section adjoins a swamp.

Hokianga County.—Mangamuka Survey District.

5 | XV. | 158 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Half light mixed bush, remainder open fern and tea-tree land; accessible by Waima River, which is navigable for many miles beyond this point.

Waipa County.—Parish of Pukete.

105 | .. | 51 1 0 | 0 7 0 | 0 8 9 | 0 0 4½
152 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 0 8 9 | 0 0 4½
153 | .. | 103 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 0 8 9 | 0 0 4½
154 | .. | 46 0 10 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
107A | .. | 4 1 30 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Subject to £10 for improvements.

These sections are swamp lands, easily drainable, with more or less open fern land in each; they are situated about half-way between Hamilton and Whatawhata, and have evidently been the site of an old kauri forest, and adjoin Rotokauri. The improvements on 107A consist of a drain.

Rodney County.—Parish of Ahuroa.

S.W. 22 | .. | 135 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
21, W.20 | .. | 145 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
52, 95 | .. | 159 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Broken forest and tea-tree land, sandstone and clay soil.

Rodney County.—Parish of Pakiri.

101 | .. | 67 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Broken forest land, the bush being a good deal scorched.

Waikato County.—Parish of Whangamarino.

446 | .. | 158 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
447 | .. | 61 2 6 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Undulating fern and tea-tree land of medium quality, about six miles from Wairangi Railway-station. Section 446 contains about 15 acres of mixed bush.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Mangapai.

16 | .. | 45 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
29 | .. | 55 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
30 | .. | 42 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Undulating tea-tree lands of inferior quality, close to Mangapai. Sections 29 and 30 have a frontage to Mangapai River.

Whangarei County.—Parish of Waipu.

311 | .. | 68 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 0 3
Very broken forest land, with no present road-access.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Auckland 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 land 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.
UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Raglan County.—Parish of Karioi.

Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 113 of the Parish of Whaingaroa; towards the south-east by the Manuaitu-Aotea Block; and towards the north-west generally by the Toreparu River, by Sections Nos. 90, 89, and 86 of the Parish of Karioi; again by the Toreparu River, and by Section No. 117 of the Parish of Karioi aforesaid, to the point of commencement.

Open fern and tea-tree land, and raupo swamp.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE.

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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Tuapeka County.—Tuapeka West Survey District.

19 | VIII. | 36 2 9 | 1 7 6 | 1 14 4½ | 1 4½
20 | " | 199 2 13 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
25 | " | 155 3 15 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
27 | " | 12 2 30 | 1 10 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 6
28 | " | 5 2 24 | 3 0 0 | 3 15 0 | 3 0
32 | " | 4 0 35 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 2 0
9 | XIII. | 77 3 36 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
10 | " | 151 3 10 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
12 | " | 20 0 13 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
15 | " | 16 3 27 | 1 10 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 6
17 | " | 77 2 4 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0
18 | " | 36 2 19 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 1 1½

Sections nearly all flat in whole or part, mostly covered with manuka scrub; soil of from fair to excellent quality; altitude from 170ft. to 650ft. above sea-level; situated on the east bank of the Clutha River, from two to six miles north of Tuapeka Mouth; distance from Lawrence Railway-station about fourteen miles, and from Dunedin seventy-four miles.