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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 27

Rural Lands in the Southland 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, 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 thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; 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.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Southland | Hokonui .. | 804 | .. | 31 3 22 | 0 16 0 | 25 10 2 | 0 9·6 | 0 12 9 | 0 7·7 | 0 10 3

This section is all bush and scrub, and all timber of any value has been removed by sawmillers; ground undulating, soil chiefly dark loam with clay subsoil; height above sea-level about 300ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station about five miles. This section will be burdened with £6 for survey-fees.

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

A. J. CADMAN,

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; 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.—MANGONUI COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Whakapaku, and containing approximately 285 acres, bounded towards the north-east by the sea; towards the south-east by unadjudicated Native land; and towards the north-west by a right line from the north-western angle of the said Native land to the south-western angle of Section No. 12A of the Parish of Whakapaku, and by said Section No 12A to the point of commencement.

Broken land, mostly open, with a little bush, situated on sea-coast, about three miles from the entrance of Whangaroa Harbour. Cash price, 10s. per acre; occupation, with right of purchase, 6d. per acre; lease in perpetuity, 4·8d. per acre.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Opotiki District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same, 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, do hereby notify that cock pheasants and quail may be taken or killed within the Opotiki District, consisting of so much of the Counties of East Taupo and Whakatane as lies to the south of the Rangitaiki River, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of ten shillings each, and that licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on the payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmaster at Opotiki is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the twenty-third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, both days inclusive.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Trustees for Ratanui Cemetery appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," 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, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names