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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Rural Lands in the Southland 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

County: Wallace
District: Lillburn
Section: 1
Block: VI
Area: 847
Cash Price: Per Acre 0 0 13; Total Price 6 6
Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent per Acre 0 8 1; Half-yearly Rent 14 7 0
Lease in Perpetuity: Rent per Acre 0 6 5; Half-yearly Rent 11 9 8

Section 1, about 150 acres birch bush, the rest broken pastoral country; height above sea-level about from 300ft. to 800ft., clay soil with rock bottom. This section is to be burdened with £7, being value of hut. Section 2, small portion inferior bush, the rest fern and white tussock ridges, good soil with rock and clay bottom; height above sea-level from 500ft. to 600ft. Section 3, small portion inferior bush, the rest rough fern ridges and broken pastoral country, heavy soil with rock bottom; height above sea-level from 500ft. to 600ft. Section 4, small portion inferior birch bush, the rest low fern ridges, pastoral country, fairly rich soil with rock and clay bottom; height above sea-level from 400ft. to 600ft.

The above sections are all accessible by good summer road from Otautau Railway-station, and distant therefrom thirty-three to thirty-six miles. Sections are all well watered.

County: Wallace
District: Lillburn
Section: 1
Block: VII
Area: 783
Cash Price: Per Acre 3 27; Total Price 1 0 4
Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent per Acre 1 0 2; Half-yearly Rent 19 18 6
Lease in Perpetuity: Rent per Acre 0 9 8; Half-yearly Rent 15 18 10

Section 1, about 50 acres birch bush and scrub, heavy soil, rock bottom; height above sea-level from 300ft. to 600ft.; fair grass on section. Section 2, about 150 acres birch bush and scrub, heavy soil, rock bottom, broken pastoral with fair grass; height above sea-level from 300ft. to 600ft. Section 3, about 100 acres birch bush, broken pastoral with fair grass, heavy soil with rock; height above sea-level from 350ft. to 800ft. Section 4, about 120 acres birch bush and scrub, broken country with fair grass, heavy soil with rock bottom; height above sea-level from 350ft. to 850ft. These sections are accessible by good summer road from Otautau Railway-station, the distance from same being from thirty to thirty-three miles, and are all well watered. Section 2 is to be burdened with the sum of £5, being value of hut and sheep-yards on same.

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 Southland 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

County: Stewart I'd
District: Paterson
Section: 142
Block: ..
Area: 21
Cash Price: Per Acre 3 7; Total Price 0 10 0
Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent per Acre 0 6; Half-yearly Rent 0 5 5
Lease in Perpetuity: Rent per Acre 0 4 8; Half-yearly Rent 0 4 4

Sections 142, 143, and 144, nearly all saw-mill workings; from half to one mile from Half-moon Bay; height above sea-level from 100ft. to 150ft.; black soil with rock bottom. Sections 145 to 150, partly old saw-mill workings and partly fair bush; from one and a quarter to two and a half miles from Half-moon Bay; height above sea-level from 150ft. to 200ft.; black soil with rock bottom. The value of timber on Section 145 is £5; on Section 146, £40; on Section 147, £40; on Section 148, £3; on Section 149, £8; and on Section 150, £8. The whole of these sections are undulating and well watered.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.