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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hawera County.—Opunake Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
62 | XI. | 133 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0
All level, soil light and shallow (volcanic), covered with mixed forest containing rimu, kahikatea, rata, tawa, &c.; situate about one mile and a half from the Punehu Village, which is seven miles from Opunake by a good road. The section is well watered.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton County.—Mimi Survey District.

1 | VII. | 410 0 0 | 0 19 6 | 1 4 4½ | 0 0 11½
There are about 70 acres of open grass land, being terraces and hill-slopes, facing the sea, on the coast-line, fit to carry stock at once. On the northern part of section, fronting the Gilbert Road, there are about 70 acres of a good high terrace mostly all covered with rewarewa, hinau, tow hai, wharangi, and other light woods. In other parts there are about 20 acres of good terrace-land. The remainder of section is one large gully, with numerous sharp spurs and steep water-courses; timber as above, with a little kohekohe, mangio, and puriri, with a thick undergrowth of kiekie, &c. The Gilbert Road runs through and also forms the northern boundary. The land lies immediately north of the Pukearuhe Township, to which there is a good road. Twenty miles from Waitara.

5 | XI. | 453 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Generally broken; from 80 to 100 acres flats on the streams, which are first-class land; remainder pastoral; heavily timbered, with mixed forest.

7 | XI. | 275 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
About 100 acres of flats and slopes near streams, remainder a high ridge; flats liable to be flooded; heavily timbered with rata, rimu, kahikatea, a little totara, &c.

8 | XI. | 538 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 60 acres of good land, flats and slopes; remainder a high ridge and spurs; pastoral; heavily timbered with mixed forest containing a little puriri.

1 | XII. | 2,000 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 250 acres of good land, flats and slopes; about 300 acres of fair land on back of section, remainder rough broken spurs, 600 acres of which are covered with black-birch; other timbers are rata, rimu, kahikatea, matai, a little totara, &c.; thick undergrowth.

Clifton County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

1 | II. | 464 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Generally broken, about 60 acres of rich land on the flats near streams; two high ridges in section; about 20 acres of black-birch on south-west corner; heavy mixed forest.

2 | II. | 510 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
Generally broken; about 90 to 100 acres good flats, balance steep hill-sides; 20 to 30 acres of high scrub, otherwise heavy forest.

4 | II. | 1,590 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 300 acres of good flats and slopes, remainder rough gullies and spurs, with many gutters and landslips; about 300 acres of black-birch, a little totara, remainder mixed forest.

5 | II. | 695 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 200 acres much broken on back portion, with numerous slips and gutters; about 100 acres of good flats and slopes near streams; 30 acres covered with high scrub, 40 acres with black-birch; some long spurs, all heavily timbered.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
11 | II. | 681 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 150 acres of good slopes and flats, remainder rough gullies and spurs. Timber: rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, towai, a little totara, &c.; no birch.

12 | II. | 1,210 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 200 acres of flats on streams, fairly good land; remainder rough hill-sides, with a large quantity of birch on summits; heavy mixed forest containing a little totara.

1 | III. | 830 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 150 acres of good land, 250 acres rough black-birch, remainder rough broken spurs; heavily timbered with mixed forest.

2 | III. | 960 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
About 200 acres of good land, about 400 acres of fair spurs, remainder rough sharp spurs, principally black-birch; one stream liable to flood; heavily timbered with mixed forest.

The general character of the country is broken, with ridge of papa formation, liable to slip, rising from 300ft. to 900ft. above the flats, which are rich alluvial land. The block is well watered, and is situate about twenty miles from Waitara, fourteen miles of which are along the North Road, the best in the district, and the remaining six are on a new-formed cart-road up the Mimi Valley. At present the roads are not felled or formed in the block.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rangers under Animals Protection Acts appointed, Canterbury.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH CHANEY and
GEORGE STARKIS

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of North Canterbury.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Resident Magistrate appointed to administer Slaughterhouses Act, County of Ashley.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE, Esq., R.M.,

to be the Resident Magistrate who, acting together with any two Justices of the Peace, shall be charged with the administration of “The Slaughterhouses Act, 1877,” in the County of Ashley.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS BOND

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Waiwera, vice Henry Lloyd.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL WALL

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Kumara, vice W. Nicholson, resigned.

W. P. REEVES.