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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Fixing Time and Place for Meeting of Akaroa Licensing Committee.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1891.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and twenty-seventh section of "The Licensing Act, 1881" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is enacted that if, through any accidental or unavoidable impediment, misfeasance, or omission, anything required by the said Act to be done is omitted to be done, or is not done within the time fixed, the Governor in Council may take all such measures as may be necessary for removing such impediment or rectifying such misfeasance or omission, and may validate anything which may have been irregularly done in matter of form, so that the intent and purpose of the said Act may have effect: And whereas the Committee appointed for the Akaroa Licensing District failed to elect a Chairman at the time when the said Committee met for the purpose of electing a Chairman: And whereas it is expedient to fix another time and place for the meeting of the said Committee in order that an election of Chairman may duly take place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix and appoint Friday, the third day of July proximo, and the Courthouse at Akaroa, as the time and place at which the Committee appointed for the Licensing District of Akaroa shall meet for the purpose of electing a Chairman of such Committee.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Wellington 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.

Pohangina Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
11 | II. | 50 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 2 0
Weighted with £180 for about 490,000 superficial feet of totara timber.

12 | II. | 56 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 2 0
Weighted with £225 for about 600,000 superficial feet of totara timber.

These sections are situated on the eastern bank of the Oroua River, in the Oroua Coal Creek Block, and comprise flat land of excellent quality, admirably suited for occupation by gardeners or small farmers. The best access is from Feilding via the Kimbolton and Lundon's Oroua Branch Road, a distance of about twenty-two miles from Feilding.

NOTE.—It is reported that fire has run through a portion of the forest on these sections.

Mangaroa Survey District.

9 and 10 | IV. | 320 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 2 3 9 | 0 1 9
11 | " | 180 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 2 0 7½ | 0 1 7½

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
50 | VI. | 20 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 2 3 9 | 0 1 9
This section is situated on the Central Mangaone West Road, between Sections Nos. 7 and 13, about five miles from Eketahuna, and comprises hilly land and a small flat of good quality, covered with mixed bush.

6 | VII. | 37 2 0 | 2 5 0 | 2 16 3 | 0 2 3
46 | " | 30 2 8 | 1 17 6 | 2 4 10½ | 0 1 10½
These sections are situated on the Mangaone Valley Road, about five miles from Eketahuna, and comprise flat and undulating land of good quality covered with mixed bush. Suitable for occupation by a gardener or small farmer.

Apati Survey District.

53 | XI. | 17 1 20 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 2 0
This section is situated on the eastern side of the Township of Apati, in the Feilding Special-settlement Block, and comprises flat land of good quality covered with mixed bush, intersected by a good stream.

Makuri Survey District.

14 | II. | 24 0 32 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 2 0
This section is situated on the Makairo Road, in the Woodville-Tiraumea Special-settlement Block, and comprises flat land of good quality, covered with mixed bush, intersected by a permanent stream of water running between high banks or cliffs.

17 | V. | 38 2 0 | 1 7 6 | 1 14 4½ | 0 1 4½
This section is situated about ten miles from Woodville and Pahiatua, on the south-east boundary of the Woodville-Tiraumea Special-settlement Block, between Sections Nos. 8, 16, and 75, and comprises mixed bush-land of good quality.

60 | XII. | 628 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 0 1 1½
66 | " | 385 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 0 1 1½

Puketoi Survey District.

6 | I. | 439 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 0 1 1½
7 | " | 429 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 0 1 1½
14 | " | 640 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 0 1 1½
15 | " | 392 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 0 1 1½

These are forfeited perpetual-lease sections, and, together with Sections Nos. 13 and 16 in Block I., Puketoi, comprise about 3,686 acres, and are part of the south-west Puketoi Block, which is situated south-east of the Township of Pahiatua, and adjoining the Tiraumea-Makuri and Mangaone-Tiraumea Blocks. The access to the sections on the north is by way of the Tiraumea and Toritea Roads, and to the southern sections by way of the Hawera and Tane Roads. The land is covered with forest, including tawa, rata, hinau, rimu, mahoe, konini, rangiora, with rata, &c., and occasional totara trees. The soil is good throughout, the formation being limestone or papa. Mount Marchant is a limestone hill, and the limestone crops out on most of the sections in that vicinity. The sections are watered by small streams, and it is probable that permanent water can be obtained on the high limestone hills from springs and creeks. The land is all well adapted for pastoral purposes.

Mangahao Survey District.

33 | XII. | 19 2 0 | 2 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 2 0
Rough hilly mixed bush-land, situated on the Tiraumea River, at the end of the Tiraumea Road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Omahini Survey District.

1 | III. | 260 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
2 | " | 230 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
These sections are situated about six miles inland of Waverley, west of the Momohaki Lake, and comprise steep broken second-class land, covered with mixed bush.

3 | IV. | 192 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9

Wairoa Survey District.

37 | III. | 252 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
38 | " | 231 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
These sections are situated about seven miles inland of Waverley, and comprise rough hilly land of second-class quality, covered with mixed bush.

Omahini Survey District.

2 | IV. | 262 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
8 | " | 318 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
These sections are situated about nine miles inland of Waverley and Waitotara, and comprise rough broken second-class land, with the exception of some small flats in the Omahine Valley. The area is covered with mixed bush,