JULY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1049

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 twenty-second 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 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.

The block is situate about eight miles from Urenui by the Okoke Road. The grades of the road-lines are generally good, and will be easy to form, though heavy in parts. No bridges of any size will be required. The general character of the land is small flats on streams, with occasional terraces on the hills. Spurs rise from 500ft. to 900ft. above streams. Timber is rata, rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, tawa, hinau, tawhero, with usual thick undergrowth. Soil generally good and rich alluvial on flats, that on the highest birch ridges being inferior. Underlying formation is blue papa. All sections are well watered.

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 Lands 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 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

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.