Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1243

Rural Lands in the Marlborough 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 eighteenth day of October, 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Marlboro' Wakamarina .. VI. 200 0 0 1 0 0 200 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 9.6 4 0 0

Soil good, covered with mixed timber, principally tawa, on the lower slopes, birch on ridges; land much broken, and rises to an altitude of 500ft. About eight miles from Havelock by road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of August, 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 eighteenth day of October, 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.

Southland Hokonui .. 789 .. 101 2 0 0 17 6 88 7 6 0 10.5 2 4 2 0 8.4 1 15 4

All open land, ground generally level, but considerably broken by old river-beds and overflow channels (now dry); agricultural land, soil chiefly alluvial deposit, but all soil has been scoured off part of area where the river has formerly been; height above sea-level, about 500ft.; distance from Balfour Railway-station is about five and a half miles. This section will be burdened with £10, being the amount of survey-fees.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.