664

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 33

"The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877."—Lands reserved for Railway and Tramway.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of April, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twentieth section of "The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time reserve such portions of the lands therein mentioned as he shall consider necessary or to be required for the purposes therein set forth:

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto form part of the lands described in the Third Schedule to the said Act, and such lands are subject to be dealt with under the provisions of section twenty of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby reserve the lands described in the first division of the Schedule hereto for the purpose specified in the second division of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST DIVISION.

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land reserved. Being Portion of Section No. Situated in Block No. Survey District of

A. R. P. 17 1 35 8 XV. Mokihinui.

All in the Provincial District of Nelson; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 17088, Sheet No. 1, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

SECOND DIVISION.

Purpose for which the Land is required to be reserved.

For the construction thereon of a railway and tramway for the use of any present or future lessee or other lawful occupier of the said lands under a coal-mining lease granted under "The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877," for the purpose of constructing thereon a railway and tramway for the conveyance of coal from any coal-mine on lands subject to the said Act to the railway of the Mokihinui Coal Company (Limited).

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 twenty-seventh 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

County. District. Section. Block. Area. Cash Price. Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent, 5 per Cent. Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent.

Per Acre. Total Price. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

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

Manukau | Par. Pukekohe | 58A | .. | 12 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 36 0 0 | 3 0 | 0 18 0 | 2 4·8 | 0 14 5

First-class land, situated about three miles and a half from Pukekohe Railway-station.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

B. of Isl'ds | Hukerenui .. | 13 | IX. | 197 0 23 | 0 8 6 | 83 14 6 | 0 5·1 | 2 1 11 | 0 4·08 | 1 13 6

Forest land of fair quality, but somewhat broken; situated in Ramarama Valley, about three miles from Towai Post-office.

Mangonui | Whangape .. | 2 | VII. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0

All mixed forest land, near Post-office, Herekino.

Otamatea | Par. Wairau .. | S.E.110 | .. | 45 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 22 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 0

Medium clay soil; situated about five miles from Maungaturoto, and containing some burnt forest.

Waitemata | Par. Waipareira | 138 | .. | 45 1 0 | 0 18 0 | 40 10 0 | 0 10·8 | 1 0 3 | 0 8·64 | 0 16 3

Open land, partially improved; situated about one mile from Waitakerei Railway-station. The improvements consist of a small house and about two acres ploughed land.

Whangarei | Par. Mangapai | S.W.77 | .. | 42 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 10 12 6 | 0 3 | 0 5·4 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 3

Undulating fern and tea-tree land; situated about three miles and a half from Mangapai Post-office.

Whakatane | Par. Waioeka. | 358 | .. | 289 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 144 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 12 3 | 0 4·8 | 2 17 10

About thirty-two acres mixed forest land, forty-five acres good swamp, balance broken fern land of fair quality; situated about seven miles from Opotiki.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN MCKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.