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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 39

Nearly all mixed forest and very broken land, not very accessible.

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

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Lands.

Altering Times of Meeting of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland.

ONSLOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by the first subsection of section forty-three of "The Land Act, 1885," it is provided that the Land Boards of the respective land districts shall sit at the land office in the principal town of the land district, at certain times to be determined by the Board and approved of by the Governor, and published in the New Zealand Gazette:

And whereas by a warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, dated the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, it was appointed that the sittings of the Land Board of Westland should be held on the second Tuesday in every month, commencing on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, at eleven o'clock a.m.:

And whereas the Land Board of Westland did, on the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, pass a resolution recommending that the time of sitting should be altered, and it is expedient to give effect to the said recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf, do hereby fix and determine that the ordinary meetings of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland shall be held on the second Tuesday in every month, at two o'clock p.m., commencing on Tuesday, the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, at two o'clock p.m., instead of as heretofore appointed.

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

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands 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 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.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Parish of Waiotahi.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price Deferred- Perpetual- payment lease Rent per Acre. Price per Acre.

A. R. P. s. d. s. d. s. d.

2,700 0 0 7 6 9 4½ 0 4½

Bounded towards the north by the southern boundary-lines of Block XI., Whakatane Survey District, and Block V., Opotiki Survey District, and by Sections Nos. 448 and 433 of the Parish of Waiotahi; towards the east generally by the Waiotahi River, by Section No. 447 of the Parish of Waiotahi, and again by the Waiotahi River; towards the south by the southern boundary-line of Block IX., Opotiki Survey District; and towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 245, 244, 243, 242, 239, 236, 235, 232, 229, 227, 226, 225, and 223 of the Parish of Waiotahi aforesaid to the point of commencement.

Rural Lands 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 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.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price Deferred- Perpetual- payment lease Rent per Acre. Price per Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei County.—Mangakahia Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.

2 XII. 67 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 0

Mixed forest, fair soil, containing about twenty dry kauri trees.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Manukau County.—Parish of Koheroa.

141 244 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
142 236 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3

Undrainable swamp land, about five miles from Mercer, up the Maramarua River; both sections contain flax.

Raglan County.—Awaroa Survey District.

38 VII. 49 2 33 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6
39 31 2 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6

Section 38, open land, covered with fern and tea tree, and containing a little bush; 39, chiefly mixed bush with a little fern, bounded easterly by a stream.

Raglan County.—Parish of Waipa.

125A 49 2 0 0 15 0 0 18 9 0 9

About two-thirds mixed forest, remainder open land; the section is well watered, and bounded by the Ngaruawahia Hot-springs Road.

Rodney County.—Parish of Tauhoa.

48 122 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 4½
182 163 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6
183 73 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6

Section 48, broken forest land of very medium quality; 182 and 183, broken forest land of fair quality, accessible from Kaipara Flats.

Rodney County.—Parish of Ahuroa.

S.W. 53 102 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6
92 100 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6
93 93 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6
94 100 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 0 6

Broken forest land, sandstone and clay soil; the sections are well watered, and accessible by road.

Waikato County.—Parish of Maramarua.

41 70 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
42 29 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3

Undrainable swamp lands, valuable only for the flax upon them; they are about seven miles from Mercer, and accessible by the Maramarua River.

Waikato County.—Parish of Taupiri.

66 58 0 0 0 15 0 0 18 9 0 9
181 48 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
184 50 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
190 50 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
191 49 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
192 50 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3
196A 50 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 3