Mar. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 543

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

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, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 New Zealand Gazette, 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.

Mangonui.. | Takahue .. | 27 | XV. | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 3 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0
About 10 acres cleared and in grass, the remainder forest-land; soil good; situated in Takahue Village Settlement.

No county | Waiheke Island | 98 | .. | 5 1 5 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 1 0 | 0 2 6
Broken scrub-land, without road-access; situated near Cowes, Waiheke.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Isl'ds | Kerikeri .. | 11 | VIII. | 32 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 12 0 0 | 0 9 4½ | 0 15 0 | 0 0 4½ | 0 6 0
" " .. | 8 | X. | 41 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 15 15 0 | 0 9 4½ | 0 19 9 | 0 0 4½ | 0 8 0
" " .. | 26 | XI. | 28 2 32 | 0 5 0 | 7 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 9 1 | 0 0 3 | 0 3 8
Section 11, open land of poor quality, situated upon Kerikeri Inlet; 8, undulating pastoral land, poor volcanic soil, about 15 acres of which are covered with mixed forest, fronts bridle-track, Waimate to Kaeo; 26, poor gum land, covered with tea-tree.

Bay of Isl'ds | Kawakawa .. | 4 | I. | 135 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 67 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 4 4 6 | 0 0 6 | 1 13 9
Generally undulating good fern-land, with small patches of mixed bush; the section fronts bridle-track, Waimate to Kaeo.

Bay of Isl'ds | Kawakawa .. | 195 | .. | 75 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 38 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 2 7 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 19 0
" " .. | 196 | .. | 47 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 24 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 10 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 12 0
" " .. | 197 | .. | 51 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 26 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 12 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 13 0
" " .. | 198 | .. | 98 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 49 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 1 3 | 0 0 6 | 1 4 6
" " .. | 199 | .. | 14 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 7 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 8 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 3 6
" " .. | 200 | .. | 39 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 19 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 4 5 | 0 0 6 | 0 9 9
" " .. | 201 | .. | 27 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 13 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 16 11 | 0 0 6 | 0 6 9
" " .. | 202 | .. | 31 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 16 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 8 0
" " .. | 203 | .. | 86 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 43 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 2 14 5 | 0 0 6 | 1 1 9
" " .. | 204 | .. | 60 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 30 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 18 2 | 0 0 6 | 0 15 3
" " .. | 205 | .. | 29 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 14 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 18 2 | 0 0 6 | 0 7 3
" " .. | 206 | .. | 47 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 23 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 9 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 11 9
" " .. | 207 | .. | 10 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 5 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 7 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 2 9
" " .. | 208 | .. | 30 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 7 6

All the above sections are situated close to Opua Railway-station and wharf, and are poor lands generally covered with tea-tree and light bush in the gullies. There is little flat land in any of the lots, which would therefore probably be most suitable for fruit-growing.

Hokianga.. | Whangape .. | 38 | VII. | 40 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 25 0 0 | 0 15 7½ | 1 11 3 | 0 0 7½ | 0 12 6
Nearly all open land covered with fern and tea-tree.

Mangonui.. | Maungataniwha East | 62 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 31 5 0 | 0 15 7½ | 1 19 1 | 0 0 7½ | 0 15 9
Broken forest-land of good quality, situated at Fern Flat.

Mangonui.. | Kaiaka .. | 107 | .. | 200 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 6 5 0 | 0 0 6 | 2 10 0
" .. " .. | 109 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 2 6 | 0 0 6 | 1 5 0
" .. " .. | 110 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 62 10 0 | 0 15 7½ | 3 18 2 | 0 0 7½ | 1 11 3
" .. " .. | 111 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 2 6 | 0 0 6 | 1 5 0
" .. " .. | 112 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 2 6 | 0 0 6 | 1 5 0
Section 107, nearly all heavy mixed forest and undulating land, good soil, with a little fern-land in one portion; 109, heavy forest-land but rather broken, good soil; 110, chiefly flat to undulating land, good soil, covered with heavy mixed forest; 111 and 112, covered with heavy mixed forest, land broken. All these lands are well watered.

Rodney .. | Omaha .. | 126 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 11 3 | 0 0 6 | 0 12 6
Chiefly very broken land covered with mixed bush, about 15 acres cleared; situated at Big Omaha (Whangateau).

Waitemata | Waipareira .. | 141 | .. | 114 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 57 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 11 3 | 0 0 6 | 1 8 6
About 50 acres undulating land, poor soil, balance broken with a little light bush in gullies; situated within half a mile of Taupaki Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
Administrator of the Government.

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, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 New Zealand Gazette, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.