Nov. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1593

This block is situated on the New Zealand and Australian Land Company’s Pareora Estate, to the south of the Pareora River, and west of the main line of railway, the nearest station on which is St. Andrew’s, distant about two miles. The block is also connected with Timaru by the Main South Road, the distance being about eight miles. The sections comprise open, level, agricultural land, of good quality, at present laid down in English grasses. Substantial gorse and wire fences surround and intersect the block, and have, with two exceptions, been adopted as the boundaries of the allotments. The Otaio Water-race supplies some of the sections with a good stream of water, which could easily be led into other allotments by means of natural channels and branch races. On the sections which could not be served in this way water could probably be obtained by sinking shallow wells. All the roads surrounding the settlement are well metalled, and in good repair; the intersecting roads are unformed. Altogether the block is well adapted to the purpose for which it was acquired by Government—namely, the provision of homestead allotments of a convenient size for working-men, gardeners, and others.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Lands.

Regulations for a System of Ballot under “The Land Act, 1892.”

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the fourth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, doth hereby make the following regulations for regulating and arranging for a system of ballot with respect to lands disposed of under the provisions of the said Act, that is to say,—

1. On the day appointed for receiving applications for land each application as it is received shall be numbered in consecutive order, and in addition with a rotation number having reference only to the applications made for the particular section applied for.

2. A list shall be prepared for each section in the following form, on which will be entered the rotation number for the land applied for, and the consecutive number of the application:—

SURVEY DISTRICT.

3. The name of every applicant, when there are more than one for the same land on the same day, shall be written on a ballot-card, and on the reverse side the rotation number, section, and block numbers applied for.

4. At the time fixed for the ballot the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or officer appointed by him, shall read over the names on the ballot-cards, and deposit the cards in the ballot-box.

5. The drawing shall then take place in the presence of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or the officer appointed by him to superintend such drawing, and the person whose name appears on the card first drawn shall be declared by the Commissioner or other officer to be the successful applicant.

6. Immediately upon the successful applicant being declared he shall pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue the rent and fees required for the land applied for; and should such applicant or his representative not make the said payments forthwith then a fresh ballot shall be taken between the other applicants without delay. Or, should there be only one other applicant he shall be declared successful, subject to the said payments being forthwith made.

7. Immediately after the final ballot all ballot-cards shall be destroyed by the Commissioner.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Lands.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

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, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, 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-seventh day of December, 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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Bay of Islands and Whangarei. | Hukerenui .. | 19 | IX. | 174 0 0 | 10 0 | 87 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 3 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 14 10 |
| " .. | 25 | " | 169 0 0 | 10 0 | 84 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 2 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 13 10 |
| " .. | 26 | " | 194 0 0 | 10 0 | 97 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 8 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 13 10 |
| " .. | 27 | " | 246 0 0 | 15 0 | 184 10 0 | 0 9 | 4 12 3 | 0 7 | 3 13 10 |
| " .. | 28 | " | 247 0 0 | 10 0 | 123 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 1 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 9 5 |
| " .. | 29 | " | 450 0 0 | 10 0 | 225 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 4 10 0 |
| " .. | 30 | " | 225 0 0 | 10 0 | 112 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 16 3 | 0 4·8 | 2 5 0 |
| " .. | 31 | " | 149 0 0 | 10 0 | 74 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 17 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 9 10 |
| " .. | 32 | " | 94 0 0 | 10 0 | 47 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 3 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 18 10 |

Section 19, all open land. Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29, part open and part forest, containing some kauri. Sections 30, 31, and 32, mixed forest. These lands are more or less broken, but the soil is of fairly good quality. Situated about eleven miles from Hikurangi, at the head of the Ramarama Valley.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy as aforesaid, this fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Lands.

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