June 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 971

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT—continued.

Section 129, broken land. Section 132, open land, broken and undulating; adjoining railway-line. Section 142A, broken and undulating. These lots are situated near Waitakerei Railway-station. Sections 149, 150, and 151, open undulating land. Sections 155 and 156, open undulating land. These lands are within four miles of Henderson Railway-station, and are kauri-gum lands, covered with low tea-tree and wiwi; soil yellow clay, resting on sandstone. Section 173, broken land of fair quality, near Swanson Railway-station.

Whakatane | Waiotahi*.. | 427 | .. | 64 0 36 | 10 0 | 32 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 16 0 | 0 4¾ | 0 12 10

Nearly all open fern land; about eight miles from Opotiki. The section has frontage to the Waiotahi River.

Hobson .. | Kaihu .. | 2 | I. | 28 3 11 | 10 0 | 14 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 7 3 | 0 4¾ | 0 5 10

Forest land of fair quality; situated about five miles from Maropiu Railway-station, Kaihu Railway-line.

Hobson .. | Whakahara* | 23 | .. | 68 0 16 | 10 0 | 34 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 17 0 | 0 4¾ | 0 13 8

Nearly all open broken land, with a patch of mixed bush in the western corner. The section is about two miles from the Whakahara Wharf.

Manukau | Waiau* .. | 67 | .. | 496 0 0 | 7 6 | 186 0 0 | 0 4½ | 4 13 0 | 0 3½ | 3 14 5

" | " .. | 68 | .. | 454 0 0 | | 170 5 0 | | 4 5 2 | | 3 8 2

All open land of inferior quality; situated eight miles from Waiuku and eight miles from Drury by cart-road.

Manukau | Waipipi* .. | S. 157 | .. | 33 3 0 | 7 6 | 12 15 0 | 0 4½ | 0 6 5 | 0 3½ | 0 5 2

" | " .. | 346 | .. | | | | | | |

Poor land, covered with short fern; situated close to Waipipi Wharf, on Waiuku Estuary.

Otamatea | Wairau* .. | N.E. 14 | .. | 41 2 0 | 7 6 | 15 15 0 | 0 4½ | 0 7 11 | 0 3½ | 0 6 4

" | " .. | M. 117 | .. | 40 0 0 | | 15 0 0 | | 0 7 6 | | 0 6 0

" | " .. | 129 | .. | 51 2 0 | | 19 10 0 | | 0 9 9 | | 0 7 10

Section N.E. 14, about 10 acres bush, remainder tea-tree land. M. 117 and 129 undulating land of inferior quality, covered with tea-tree. Situated about three miles from Maungaturoto, and accessible by rough track.

Rodney .. | Hoteo .. | S.E. 34 | .. | 63 0 0 | 7 6 | 23 12 6 | 0 4½ | 0 11 10 | 0 3½ | 0 9 6

Broken forest land; situated on Waiwhiu River, about eight miles from Warkworth.

Waipa .. | Tuhikaramea* | 84 | .. | 50 0 0 | 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4¾ | 0 10 0

" .. | " | 89 | .. | 50 0 0 | | 25 0 0 | | 0 12 6 | | 0 10 0

" .. | " | 91 | .. | 36 0 0 | | 18 0 0 | | 0 9 0 | | 0 7 3

Open and swampy lands; about three miles from Whatawhata.

Whangarei | Ruatangata* | 107 | .. | 93 3 24 | 7 6 | 37 10 0 | 0 4½ | 0 18 9 | 0 3½ | 0 15 0

" | " | E.pn.108 | .. | | | | | | |

Situated about eight miles from Kamo, and comprising open land, with some bush; on the Mangere River.

• Parish.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
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-third day of August, 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.

These sections are for the most part covered with scrub and timber fit for firewood only; soil inclined to be peaty, and level; height above sea-level about 50ft.; distance from Ryal Bush Railway-station about five miles, by partly-formed road.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.