Oct. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1585

Section No. 838, 140 acres ribbonwood and fern, good soil; 60 acres totara and matai, stony ground; well watered
by permanent creek; level land. Section No. 843, 100 acres ribbonwood and fern, good soil; 100 acres totara and
matai, stony ground; fairly well watered; level land. Section No. 850, 100 acres black-scrub and ake-ake, stony in
places; 100 acres totara and matai; little or no water; level land. Section No. 851, 190 acres black-scrub and ake-ake,
stony in places; 101 acres totara and matai; little or no water; level land. Section No. 852, 40 acres black-scrub and
ake-ake, stony in places; 68 acres totara and matai; little or no water; level land. Section No. 866, 50 acres stony, very
little soil; 100 acres black-scrub and ake-ake; 50 acres totara and pines; little water; level land. Section No. 874, 112
acres very stony, covered with birch forest and ake-ake and black-scrub; undulating land. The block is within fifteen
miles of Gillespie's Beach, a mining township; access by metalled horse-track and open bed of Clearwater River.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 nineteenth day
of December, 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.

SOUTHLAND 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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland Hokonui .. 807 .. A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
" " .. 808 .. 51 3 0 0 15 0 38 16 3 0 9 0 19 5 0 7·2 0 15 6
" " .. 809 .. 126 2 0 0 15 0 94 17 6 0 9 2 7 5 0 7·2 1 17 11
" " .. 810 .. 116 2 0 0 15 0 87 7 6 0 9 2 3 8 0 7·2 1 14 11
" " .. 811 .. 150 1 0 0 15 0 112 13 9 0 9 2 16 4 0 7·2 2 5 1
" " .. 812 .. 71 2 0 0 15 0 53 12 6 0 9 1 6 10 0 7·2 1 1 5
" " .. 813 .. 82 2 0 0 15 0 61 17 6 0 9 1 10 11 0 7·2 1 4 9
" " .. 814 .. 81 0 0 0 15 0 60 15 0 0 9 1 10 5 0 7·2 1 4 4
" " .. 820 .. 93 0 0 0 15 0 69 15 0 0 9 1 14 11 0 7·2 1 7 11
" " .. 821 .. 83 0 0 0 15 0 62 5 0 0 9 1 11 2 0 7·2 1 4 11
" Forest Hill .. 346 .. 82 2 0 0 15 0 61 17 6 0 9 1 10 11 0 7·2 1 4 9
" " .. 347 .. 28 2 1 0 15 0 21 7 7 0 9 0 10 8 0 7·2 0 8 7
" " .. 39 2 0 0 15 0 29 12 6 0 9 0 14 10 0 7·2 0 11 10

Sections 807 to 810, Hokonui, fair soil, mixed bush of no commercial value, hilly and broken, clay formation; height
above sea-level, from 400ft. to 600ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, from six to seven and a half miles.
Sections 811 and 812, Hokonui, fair soil, mixed bush of no commercial value, hilly and broken, stony formation; height
above sea-level, from 400ft. to 600ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, from six and a half to seven miles.
Sections 813 and 814, Hokonui, fair soil, mixed bush of no commercial value, hilly and broken, clay formation; height
above sea-level, about 400ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, about six miles and a half. Sections 820 and
821, Hokonui, and 346 and 347, Forest Hill, fair soil, mixed bush of no commercial value, undulating, clay formation;
height above sea-level, from 250ft. to 300ft.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Kaponga Cemetery appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries
Act, 1882," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

FRANK STEPHEN CANNING

to be a Trustee, in the place of Edward John Ellerm, resigned,
to provide for the maintenance and care of the Kaponga
Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed
by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor
on the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Railway Commissioners appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His
Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, has appointed the under-
mentioned gentlemen to be Railway Commissioners under
and for the purposes of "The Government Railways Act,
1887," and "The Government Railways Act, 1894," that is
to say,---

JAMES McKERROW, Esq.,
THOMAS RONAYNE, Esq., and
JOHN LEE SCOTT, Esq.;

and also, with the like advice and consent, has appointed
the said James McKerrow, Esq., to be Chief Commissioner
under the said Acts.

R. J. SEDDON.