May 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 665

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.

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.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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 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 land 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SURVEYED FIRST-CLASS LAND.

SURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Clifton | Waitara | 13 | VIII. | 755 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 377 10 0 | 0 6 | 9 8 9 | 0 4·8 | 7 11 0 |
| Seven miles from Urenui; land well watered, heavily timbered, and very broken. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stratford | Ngatimaru | 15 | X. | 270 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 324 0 0 | 1 2·4 | 8 2 0 | 0 11·5 | 6 9 8 |
| About twenty-one miles from Stratford by the East and Akama Roads. Heavy forest, principally tawa, with very good rimu; a little black-birch may be found on the tops of the highest hills. Formation, papa. The land being very broken, it is difficult to obtain homestead-sites. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Taranaki | Huiroa | 59 | III. | 218 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 109 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 14 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 3 8 |
| About nine miles from Inglewood by the Junction and Miro Roads. Timber consists of tawa, rimu, rata, and light undergrowth. The land is broken, but the soil is of fair quality. A portion of the southern end of the section is not so broken, and the section is fairly well watered. Weighted with £3 value of improvements. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Taranaki | Cape | 10 | XIV. | 194 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 145 10 0 | 0 9 | 3 12 9 | 0 7·2 | 2 18 3 |
| Access by the Newall Road, about eight miles from Warea on the South Road. All forest, principally rimu, rata, towai, &c. The land is fairly level, and the soil light, being a thin deposit upon volcanic ash and stone. Well watered, and suitable more for pastoral than agricultural purposes. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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.