Mar. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 387

unsurveyed portions of Blocks I., II., VI., VII., X., and XI.,
Takaka District (but, in Blocks VI. and XI., on western
side only of the Takaka Valley).

Very rough mountain-slopes, covered with bush, chiefly
birch timber. Access by proposed branch-roads up the
Anatoki and Waingaro Rivers, Stony Creek, and other side
gullies.

Cash price, 7s. per acre; occupation, with right of pur-
chase, 4d. per acre; lease in perpetuity, 3d. per acre.

All that block of land containing approximately 5,900
acres, situated in the Survey Districts of Wakapuaka and
Tapamutu respectively, being the unsurveyed lands lying
between the surveyed sections in Block I., Tapamutu Dis-
trict, and Blocks IV., VII., VIII., X., and XI. respectively,
Wakapuaka District, and a line drawn from the south-
western corner of Section 2, Block I., Tapamutu, to the
southern corner of Section 96, Square 23, Block X., Waka-
puaka.

Rough mountain-slopes, covered with bush, chiefly birch
timber. Access by proposed branch-roads leading from the
main road from Nelson to Blenheim.

Cash price, 6s. per acre; occupation, with right of pur-
chase, 3d. per acre; lease in perpetuity, 2d. per acre.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three.
W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Lands.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth
section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow,
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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale
or selection on and after the thirty-first day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also that
the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option
of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for
occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity,
or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain
any metal, mineral or valuable stone, be selected on lease
in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at
which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as
mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that
the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and
subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—UNsurveyed SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
situate in the Parish of Tauraroa, and containing approxi-
mately 340 acres. Bounded towards the north by a public
road; towards the east generally by Sections Nos. 12 and 1
of the Parish of Tauraroa, and by a public road; towards
the south by Sections No. 150 of the Parish of Tauraroa;
and towards the west by the Mangonui River to the point of
commencement.

All mixed forest with a few totara trees, land good, but
portion of it very broken; situated about nineteen miles from
Mangapai, upon the old Tokatoka-Mangapai Road. Cash
price, 10s. an acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6d.
an acre; lease in perpetuity, 4d. an acre.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situ-
ate in the Parish of Tauraroa, and containing approximately
900 acres. Bounded towards the north and north-east by
a public road; towards the south generally by Sections
Nos. 2 and 1 of the Parish of Mareretu, by the Mangonui
River, and by Sections Nos. 156, 148, and 147 of the Parish
of Tauraroa; and towards the west by Section No. 146 of
the same parish, and by a public road to the point of com-
commencement.

All good land but broken, covered with forest, principally
taraire with a few totara and kauri scattered through the
block, soil sandstone and clay. Cash price, 10s. an acre;
occupation with right of purchase, 6d. an acre; lease in
perpetuity, 4d. an acre. This block is not accessible by
any formed road. It is about fifteen miles from Wairoa
River, and about twenty miles from Mangapai.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—UNsurveyed SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
situate in the Parish of Ararimu, and containing approxi-
mately 400 acres. Bounded towards the north-east by Sec-

tions Nos. 1, 3, and 4 of the Parish of Pukeatua; towards the
south generally by a public road and by Sections Nos. 36 and
35 of the Parish of Ararimu; towards the south-west by the
south-western portion of Section No. 37 of the said parish;
and towards the north-west by a public road and by Section
No. 103 of the Parish of Ararimu aforesaid to the point of
commencement.

All poor land, covered with fern and tea-tree; about four
miles from Kaukapakapa Railway-station. Cash price, 5s. an
acre; occupation with right of purchase, 3d. an acre; lease
in perpetuity, 2d. an acre.

MANGONUI COUNTY.—UNsurveyed SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being Sections Nos. 34 (north portion), 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, and 64 of the Parish of Ahipara, and contain-
ing by admeasurement 2,525 acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundary of the
Parish of Ahipara; towards the south-east by the south-
eastern boundary of Sections Nos. 42, 39, and 37 of the
same parish, and by Tongonge Lake; towards the south-
west by Section No. 32, by a public road, and by the south
middle portion of Section No. 35 of the same parish; towards
the east and south generally by a public road; and towards
the west by the sea to the point of commencement.

All the above lands are open, sandy, and swampy, with the
drift-sand continually encroaching. Cash price, 5s. an acre;
occupation with right of purchase, 3d. an acre; lease in per-
petuity, 2d. an acre. They are situated close to Ahipara
Bay.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three.
W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Lands.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth
section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow,
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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale
or selection on and after the twenty-fifth day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also
that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the
option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be
selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in
perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed
to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected
on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the
prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or
leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do
declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased
under and subject to the provisions of "The Land Act,
1892."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANGONUI AND RODNEY.
UNsurveyed SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
situate in the Parish of Maungataniwha, and containing
approximately 400 acres. Bounded towards the north gene-
rally by the Peria Block; towards the north-east by a public
road; towards the south-east by Section No. 134 of the
Parish of Maungataniwha; towards the south-west by Sec-
tions Nos. 131 and 130 of the same parish; and towards the
north-west by Sections Nos. 75 and 74 of the same parish to
the point of commencement. Description: Nearly all mixed
forest, volcanic soil of good quality, situated about eleven
miles from Mangonui by road, and is second-class land. Cash
price, 10s. an acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6d.
an acre; lease in perpetuity, 4d. an acre.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
situate in the Parish of Pakiri, and containing approxi-
mately 2,950 acres. Bounded towards the north generally
by Sections Nos. 93, 104, 103, 107, 108, 109, and 88 of the
Parish of Pakiri and by a public road; towards the east
generally by Sections Nos. 80, 79, and 83 of the Parish of
Pakiri aforesaid; towards the south generally by the Wai-
whiu Stream, and by Section No. 71 of the Parish of Pakiri;
and towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 69, 70, 67,
68, 66, 65, and 64 of the same parish, by the Waiwhiu Stream,
by Section No. 63 of the same parish, and again by the
Waiwhiu Stream to the point of commencement. Descrip-
tion: All very broken forest land, sandstone and clay soil,
well watered, situated about eight miles from Matakana land.