1640

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 88

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Wellington 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 described 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wairarapa N. | Mangaone .. | 11 | XV. | 200 0 0 | 1 8 6 | 285 0 0 | 1 5·1 | 7 2 6 | 1 1·68 | 5 14 0

" | " | 13 | " | 100 0 0 | 1 6 6 | 132 10 0 | 1 3·9 | 3 6 3 | 1 0·72 | 2 13 0

" | " | 17 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 11 0 | 310 0 0 | 1 6·6 | 7 15 0 | 1 2·88 | 6 4 0

" | " | 40 | XI., XV. | 227 0 0 | 1 6 6 | 300 15 6 | 1 3·9 | 7 10 5 | 1 0·72 | 6 0 4

" | " | 33 | XI. | 200 0 0 | 1 6 6 | 265 0 0 | 1 3·9 | 6 12 6 | 1 0·72 | 5 6 0

" | " | 37 | XI., XV. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 6 | 305 0 0 | 1 6·3 | 7 12 6 | 1 2·64 | 6 2 0

" | " | 38 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 325 0 0 | 1 7·5 | 8 2 6 | 1 3·6 | 6 10 0

" | " | 39 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 8 6 | 285 0 0 | 1 5·1 | 7 2 6 | 1 1·68 | 5 14 0

These sections are situated in the Pioneer Farm-homestead Association Block, eastward of Mangamahoe and Eketahuna, towards Alfredton, and consist of undulating country covered with mixed forest. Access is via Eketahuna-Alfredton Road, or the Mangamahoe Road.

Wairarapa N. | Mt. Cerberus | 26 | I. | 200 0 0 | 1 18 6 | 385 0 0 | 1 11 | 9 12 6 | 1 6·48 | 7 14 0

" | Makuri .. | | VII. | | | | | | | |

This section is situated in the Coonoor Farm-homestead Association Block, on the continuation of the Makuri Valley Road to the Towai Road. The soil is good, and is covered with mixed forest. The Makuri Valley Road is formed to within a short distance; and the mileage from Makuri Township is about ten miles, and from Pahiatua about twenty-six miles.

Wairarapa N. | Mangahao .. | 1 | II. | 201 2 0 | 1 7 6 | 277 1 3 | 1 4·5 | 6 18 7 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 10

" | " | 2 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0

" | " | 6 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0

" | " | 2 | XIX. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0

" | " | 6 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0

These sections are situated in the Palmerston North Forest Reserve Farm-homestead Block, and lie on the dividing-range between Palmerston North and Pahiatua. Those sections in Block XIX. are on the main road between these towns, and those in Block II., Mangahao, some distance to the north. The sections in Block XIX. have some flat portions, and the balance throughout are hilly and broken, with fair soil, and covered with mixed timber. The average distance of the Association Block from Pahiatua is about eleven miles, and from Palmerston North thirteen miles.

Wanganui .. | Makotuku .. | 8 | III. | 100 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 137 10 0 | 1 4·5 | 3 8 9 | 1 1·2 | 2 15 0

" | " | 15 | II. | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0

These sections are in the Waimarino Farm-homestead Association Block, and are practically level, with good soil covered with heavy mixed forest. They are situated from within two to three miles of the Township of Raetihi, and distant from seventeen to eighteen miles from Pipiriki on the Wanganui River.

Wanganui .. | Ngamatea .. | 70 | XVI. | 143 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 196 12 6 | 1 1·5 | 4 18 4 | 1 1·2 | 3 18 8

" | " | 71 | " | 189 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 283 10 0 | 1 6 | 7 1 9 | 1 2·4 | 5 13 5

These sections are situated in the Maungakaretu Block, and have frontages to Hale's Road, and slope towards the Wangaehu River. The access is by Fordell, from which there is a dray road to Mangamahu for seventeen miles, and from thence by Hale's Road for fifteen miles and a half, which has been formed for dray traffic most of the way, the balance being a horse-road only. The general character of the sections is undulating, with good slopes, well watered, and covered with the usual mixed forest.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY,

For the Minister of Lands.