June 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 955

Rural Lands in the Hawke's Bay District Land 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 eighth day of August, 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. £ s. d.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 3 | I. | 469 0 0 | 1 11 6 | 738 13 6 | 1 6·9 | 18 9 4 | 1 3·12 | 14 15 6

This section comprises about 50 acres of flat land which has been ploughed and grassed. The soil is light but good.
The remainder is for the most part broken country, and rises rapidly to a considerable height towards the southern
boundary of the section. It is covered with mixed forest and scrub, with patches of grassed country. About 170 chains of
boundary fencing has been erected on the western and southern boundary. Accessible by a good dray-road three miles
distant from the Gisborne-Wairoa Main Road.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 5 | I. | 280 0 0 | 2 1 6 | 581 0 0 | 2 0·9 | 14 10 6 | 1 6·6 | 11 12 6

Contains 80 acres of flat land which has been ploughed and grassed. Soil light but good. Remainder is undulating but
broken country, covered for the most part with mixed forest, with patches of grass land. Well watered. Accessible by a
good dray-road from Te Reinga, distant two miles and a half, on the Gisborne-Wairoa Main Road.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 6 | I. | 123 0 0 | 1 11 6 | 193 14 0 | 1 6·9 | 4 16 10 | 1 3·12 | 3 17 6

Flat or nearly so, one-half of the section being in grass, the balance being covered with thick manuka or scrub. Soil
light but good. There is some old fencing on the road-frontage on the western boundary. Distant four miles from the
Gisborne-Wairoa Road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairoa .. | Tuahu .. | 2 | XIX. | 1,115 0 0 | 0 19 0 | 1059 5 0 | 0 11·4 | 26 9 8 | 0 9·12 | 21 3 9

Contains about 350 acres covered with light mixed bush, the remainder with fern and scrub. Towards the north and
east, along the river-bank, there are about 120 acres of flat and undulating country, carrying patches of grass, self-sown,
the balance being broken country rising rapidly to a height of several hundred feet to the west. About 70 chains of fencing
has been erected on the southern boundary. Accessible from the southern end by a bridle-track out to Marumaru, on the
main Gisborne-Wairoa Road, distant seven miles, and also from Te Reinga, on the same road, distant eight miles.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Marlborough 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the first day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as men-
tioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land 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.

Marlboro' | Linkwater .. | 8 | VI. | 150 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 75 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 17 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 10 0

Lower portion covered with tawa and light bush; fair soil; upper portion rough steep hills, birch. About seven miles
from Havelock by water, and about three miles from Mahakipawa by bridle-track partly formed. This land is supposed to
contain minerals.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.