Mar. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 389

Rural Land in the Wellington 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 enumerated 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

| County. | District. | Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price. | Occupation with Right | Lease in Perpetuity: |
| | | | | | | of Purchase: | Rent, 4 per Cent. |
| | | | | | Per Acre. | Total Price. | Rent, 5 per Cent. |
| | | | | | | Rent per | Half-yearly | Rent per | Half-yearly |
| | | | | | | Acre. | Rent. | Acre. | Rent. |

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Oroua ... | Apiti ... | 18 | IV. | 115 1 10 | 2 0 0 | 230 12 6 | 2 0 | 5 15 4 | 1 7-2 | 4 12 3
This section is situated about sixteen miles from Birmingham, fifteen miles being a formed metalled road, and the re-
mainiug one mile formed dray-track. The soil is good (papa formation), well watered, but broken, and covered with mixed
bush. The section is weighted with £18 15s. for improvements.

Oroua ... | Apiti ... | 11 | V. | 460 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 805 0 0 | 1 9 | 20 2 6 | 1 4-8 | 16 2 0
This section is situated about thirteen miles from Birmingham, nine miles being formed metalled road, three miles
formed road only, and remaining mile not made; comprising clay soil (papa formation), broken, well watered; the timber
consisting of rimu, maire, rata, tawa, and usual undergrowth. The section is weighted with £15 for improvements.

Oroua ... | Apiti ... | Pt. 10 | X. | 64 3 0 | 1 10 0 | 97 2 6 | 1 6 | 2 8 7 | 1 2-4 | 1 18 11
" ... | " ... | Pt. 15 | " | 68 1 0 | 1 10 0 | 102 7 6 | 1 6 | 2 11 3 | 1 2-4 | 2 1 0
These sections are situated about six miles from Birmingham, five miles being formed and metalled road, and one mile
dray-road only. The soil is good, and the formation papa; the land is well watered but broken; the timber consisting of
rimu, matai, maire, and usual undergrowth.

Oroua ... | Pohangina ... | 39 | X. | 101 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 101 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 10 6 | 0 9-6 | 2 0 5
This section is situated in the Awahou-Pohangina Special-settlement Block, east of the Pohangina River, about eleven
miles from Ashurst, six miles being formed metalled road, four miles of river-bed, and one mile of dray-track. The section
consists generally of hilly land of fair quality.

Oroua ... | Pohangina ... | 42 | X. | 102 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 178 10 0 | 1 9 | 4 9 3 | 1 4-8 | 3 11 5
This section is situated about twelve miles from Ashurst, six miles being formed metalled road, one mile formed, and
five miles unformed, on the east side of the Pohangina River. The soil is clay (papa formation), broken, well watered, and
covered with mixed bush. Weighted with £17 for improvements.

Oroua ... | Pohangina ... | 2 | XI. | 298 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 447 0 0 | 1 6 | 11 3 6 | 1 2-4 | 8 18 10
This section is situated about twelve miles from Ashurst, six miles being a formed and metalled road, three miles river-
bed, and three miles unformed. The soil is clay (papa formation), broken, well watered, and covered with rimu, rata, tawa,
and usual undergrowth.

Oroua ... | Ongo ... | 32 | IV. | 100 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 150 0 0 | 1 6 | 3 15 0 | 1 2-4 | 3 0 0
This section is situated in the Sandon Special-settlement Block, on the east side of the Rangitikei River, about thirty-
three miles from Feilding, twenty-two miles being formed and metalled road, and eleven miles of bridle-track. The soil is
good, on a papa formation, broken, and well watered; the timber consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, and usual undergrowth.
Weighted with £10 for improvements.

Pahiatua | Puketoi ... | 1 | I. | 152 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 266 0 0 | 1 9 | 6 13 0 | 1 4-8 | 5 6 5
This section is situated about ten miles from Pahiatua, five miles being formed and metalled road, and five miles
formed only. The soil is good, with limestone and marl formation, broken, well watered, and covered with rimu, rata, tawa,
and usual undergrowth. Weighted with £10 11s. for improvements.

Pahiatua | Puketoi ... | 2 | I. | 165 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 288 15 0 | 1 9 | 7 4 5 | 1 4-8 | 5 15 6
This section is situated about eleven miles from Pahiatua, five miles being formed and metalled road, four miles of
formed road, and two miles of dray-track. The soil is good, on a clay and limestone formation, broken, and well watered;
the timber consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, and usual undergrowth.

Pahiatua | Makuri ... | 60 | I. | 89 3 15 | 2 10 0 | 224 12 3 | 2 6 | 5 12 4 | 2 0 | 4 9 11
This section is situated about nine miles from Pahiatua, five miles being formed and metalled road, and four formed
only; the land is undulating and well watered. The soil is good, with limestone formation; the timber consisting of rimu,
tawa, maire, and the usual undergrowth. Weighted with £45 for improvements.

Pahiatua | Makuri ... | 4 | XIII. | 282 0 0 | 1 11 0 | 437 2 0 | 1 6-6 | 10 18 7 | 1 2-88 | 8 14 11
This section is situated about twelve miles from Pahiatua, five miles being formed and metalled, six miles formed only,
and one mile formed dray-track. The soil is good limestone and marl formation, broken, well watered; the timber
consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, and the usual undergrowth. Weighted with £50 for improvements.

Pahiatua | Mangahao ... | 99 | III. | 273 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 477 15 0 | 1 9 | 11 18 11 | 1 4-8 | 9 11 2
This section is situated about nine miles from Pahiatua, four miles being formed and metalled road, three miles
formed only, and two miles dray-track. The soil is good with sandstone and marl, broken, well watered; the timber
consisting of rimu, rata, hinau, tawa, and the usual undergrowth. Weighted with £9 for improvements.

Pahiatua | Mangahao ... | 71 | XIV. | 100 0 0 | 2 2 6 | 212 10 0 | 2 1-5 | 5 6 3 | 1 8-4 | 4 5 0
This section is situated about fourteen miles from Pahiatua, eight miles being formed and metalled road, and four
miles unformed. The soil is good, on a sandstone formation, with flat-topped ridges, well watered; the timber consisting
of rata, rimu, tawa, and the usual undergrowth.

WairapaN. | Mangaone ... | 134 | X. | 72 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 72 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 16 0 | 0 9-6 | 1 8 10
This section is situated about four miles from Eketahuna, two miles and a half being a formed and metalled road,
and one and a half miles unformed. The soil is good, with clay and papa formation, undulating, and well watered; the
timber consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, and the usual undergrowth. Weighted with £14 for improvements.

WairapaN. | Mangaone ... | 39 | XIV. | 5 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 17 10 0 | 3 6 | 0 8 9 | 2 9-6 | 0 7 0
This section is situated about eight miles from Eketahuna, all of which is a formed and metalled road. The soil is
rich alluvial, all flat, well watered, and covered with rimu, tawa, hinau, and usual undergrowth.