APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 583

Rural Lands in the Hawke's Bay 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 twentieth day of June, 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.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

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

Waipawa.. | Norsewood .. | 2 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0

Entirely covered with forest, consisting of rimu, rata, hinau, and tawa; light sandy soil, undulating to rough; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Norsewood .. | 4 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 9 6 | 4 0 0

" " .. | 5 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1 5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10 8 | 4 10 0

" " .. | 6 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1 5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10 8 | 4 10 0

" " .. | 12 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 9 6 | 4 0 0

" " .. | 14 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1 5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10 8 | 4 10 0

Entirely covered with forest, consisting chiefly of rimu, rata, hinau, and silver-birch on ridges; pastoral land. It is estimated that when cleared the land will carry at least two sheep to the acre. Light soil; well watered.

General Description.-These lands lie immediately at the back of the Umutaoroa Settlement, the nearest sections distant seven miles from the Mangatera Railway-station, by a road which is gravelled for a distance of five miles and a quarter, and through the block the roads have been felled and a track cleared 14ft. wide.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waipawa.. | Norsewood .. | 11 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 150 0 0 | 0 9 | 3 15 0 | 0 7 2 | 3 0 0

Entirely covered with forest, consisting chiefly of rata, hinau, and silver-birch; pastoral; very rough and broken; light, stony soil, poor on tops of spurs; well watered.

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

JOHN MCKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Marlborough 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 twentieth day of June, 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

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

Sounds .. | Gore .. | 14 & 15 | I. | 400 0 0 | 10 0 | 200 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 0 0 | 0 4 8 | 4 0 0

About 100 acres level, ranging from fair land, covered with tawa and pukatea, to dry stony land, covered with large manuka; hills inferior soil, covered with manuka scrub and birch; about twelve miles distant from Picton, partly by water and partly by formed track.

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

JOHN MCKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.