Dec. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1489

Rural Lands in the Southland 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

| Southland | Woodend Town- | 1 | V. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| " | Ditto [ship | 2 | " | 5 0 26 | 2 10 0 | 12 18 2 | 3 2 6 | 1 12 4 | 0 2 6 | 0 6 3 |
| " | " | 3 | " | 5 0 26 | 2 10 0 | 12 18 2 | 3 2 6 | 1 12 4 | 0 2 6 | 0 6 3 |
| " | " | 4 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 10 0 | 7 15 0 | 1 17 6 | 0 19 6 | 0 1 6 | 0 3 11 |
| " | " | | " | 5 0 26 | 1 10 0 | 7 15 0 | 1 17 6 | 0 19 6 | 0 1 6 | 0 3 11 |

Rather heavy soil, flat and pretty wet; old saw-mill workings; tram running alongside; remaining bush not much use.

| Southland | Woodend Town- | 5 | V. | 5 0 26 | 1 5 0 | 6 9 1 | 1 11 3 | 0 16 2 | 0 1 3 | 0 3 3 |
| " | Ditto [ship | 6 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 5 0 | 6 9 1 | 1 11 3 | 0 16 2 | 0 1 3 | 0 3 3 |
| " | " | 7 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 0 0 | 5 3 3 | 1 5 0 | 0 13 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 2 8 |
| " | " | 8 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 0 0 | 5 3 3 | 1 5 0 | 0 13 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 2 8 |
| " | " | 9 | " | 5 0 26 | 2 10 0 | 12 18 2 | 3 2 6 | 1 12 4 | 0 2 6 | 0 6 3 |
| " | " | 10 | " | 5 0 26 | 2 10 0 | 12 18 2 | 3 2 6 | 1 12 4 | 0 2 6 | 0 6 3 |
| " | " | 11 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 10 0 | 7 15 0 | 1 17 6 | 0 19 6 | 0 1 6 | 0 3 11 |
| " | " | 12 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 0 0 | 5 3 3 | 1 5 0 | 0 13 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 2 8 |
| " | " | 13 | " | 5 0 26 | 1 0 0 | 5 3 3 | 1 5 0 | 0 13 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 2 8 |
| " | " | 14 | " | 4 3 32 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 1 0 | 0 2 6 |
| " | " | 15 | " | 3 3 16 | 1 10 0 | 5 16 3 | 1 17 6 | 0 14 7 | 0 1 6 | 0 2 11 |
| " | " | 16 | " | 3 0 6 | 1 0 0 | 3 1 3 | 1 5 0 | 0 7 8 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 7 |

Worked-out saw-mill; bush not much use for firewood, flat and partly swamp; soil part clay and some of a mossy nature. These lands are within a quarter to three-quarters of a mile of main road and railway to Bluff.

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

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Lands.

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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

| Hokianga | Mangamuka† .. | 15 | IX. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| " | " .. | 31 | " | 37 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 41 12 6 | 1 8 1½ | 2 12 0 | 0 1 1½ | 1 1 0 |
| " | " .. | 58 | X. | 34 2 0 | 1 2 6 | 38 16 3 | 1 8 1½ | 2 8 9 | 0 1 1½ | 0 19 6 |
| | | | | 50 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 56 5 0 | 1 8 1½ | 3 10 6 | 0 1 1½ | 1 8 3 |

Section 15, open land of good quality, fronting main Takahue Road; 31, two-thirds mixed forest, remainder open land, access gained by road at both ends; 58, nearly all mixed bush and undulating land. These lands are more or less improved.

| Manukau | Awitu* .. | S.W.56 | .. | 20 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 10 0 |

Mixed bush land of good quality, though very broken, with a frontage to the main road.

| Piako .. | Waitoa† .. | 2 | XVI. | 50 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 50 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 3 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 5 6 |
| " | Aroa† .. | 93 | XI. | 49 3 33 | 1 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 |

All flax and tea-tree lands. Section 93 is close to the railway.

| Piako .. | Waitoa† .. | 16 | XVI. | 128 2 30 | 1 0 0 | 128 15 0 | 1 5 0 | 8 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 3 4 6 |
| " | " .. | 17 | " | 120 0 20 | 1 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 7 10 0 | 0 1 0 | 3 0 0 |

Level land, more or less swampy, and covered with wiwi, tea-tree, and some flax. The sections are close to Waihou Railway-station, Te Aroha.

| Whangarei | Tangihua† .. | 36 | II. | 237 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 237 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 14 16 3 | 0 1 0 | 5 18 6 |

Forest land of good quality, with about 28 acres open. The land is principally sandstone.

| Whangarei | Hukerenui† .. | 16 | X. | 50 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 56 5 0 | 1 8 1½ | 3 10 6 | 0 1 1½ | 1 8 3 |
| " | Opuawhanga† .. | 7 | IX. | 50 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 56 5 0 | 1 8 1½ | 3 10 6 | 0 1 1½ | 1 8 3 |

Section 16, about one-half kahikatea swamp, remainder open land and swamp, situated on main coach-road, Hukerenui; 7, open land, with a little bush, situated on Whananaki Harbour.