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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; 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.-KAWHIA COUNTY.

Unsurveyed First-class Land.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks III., IV., VI., VII., and VIII., Pirongia Survey District, containing by admeasurement 5,054 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the south-western boundary of the Parish of Pirongia; towards the south-east generally by the Alexandra-Kawhia Road, by the Mangauika No. 2 Block, by the Kaipiha Block, by part of the Mangauika No. 1B Block, by the Whakairoiro Block, and by the Kopua No. 1G and 1H Blocks; towards the south-west by the Kopua No. 1R Block; and towards the north-west generally by the Pirongia West "B" Block, by part of the Mangauika No. 1B Block, by two Native reserves, and by part of the Mangauika "B" Block to the point of commencement.

Description of land: Forest and open land of good quality, close to Alexandra Township.

Cash price, £1 per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 1s. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 9·6d. per acre per annum.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Special Orders made by the Pouawa Road Board, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st December, 1894.

THE following special orders, made by the Pouawa Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

POUAWA ROAD BOARD.

Rimuroa Special District.-Special Order striking Special Rate.

RESOLVED, That a special rate of 5d. in the pound be struck on all rateable property within the Rimuroa Special District (comprising Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24A, 25, 26, 27, and 28 of Whataupoko G, and Sections 3, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 24 of Pouawa A, for a period of twenty-six years, from the 1st January, 1895, to the 31st December, 1920, to secure payment of interest on a loan of £400, to be obtained under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the purpose of undertaking the particular public works set forth in a proposal of the ratepayers of the said special district which was duly carried at a poll taken on the 16th October, 1894; the said rate to be annually recurrent for the term stated, and to be due and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st days of April and October in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed at a meeting of the above Board on the 4th day of December, 1894, in conformity with "The Road Boards Act, 1882," relating to special orders.

Hy. McKay,

Clerk.

Gisborne, 19th December, 1894.

Pouawa West Special District.-Special Order striking Special Rate.

Resolved, That a special rate of 2½d. in the pound be struck on all rateable property within the Pouawa West Special District (comprising Sections 30, 31, 32, and 33 of Whataupoko G) for the period of twenty-six years from 1st January, 1895, to 31st December, 1920, to secure payment of interest on a loan of £400, to be obtained under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the purpose of undertaking the particular public works set forth in a proposal of the ratepayers of the said special district which was duly carried at a poll taken on the 10th October, 1894; the said rate to be annually recurrent for the term stated, and to be due and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st days of April and October in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed at a meeting of the above Board on the 4th day of December, 1894, in conformity with "The Road Boards Act, 1882," relating to special orders.

Hy. McKay,

Clerk.

Gisborne, 19th December, 1894.

Special Order made by the Kaiti Road Board, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st December, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Kaiti Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

KAITI ROAD BOARD.-DARWIN ROAD SPECIAL DISTRICT.- SPECIAL ORDER STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.

RESOLVED, That a special rate of 3d. in the pound be struck on all rateable property within the Darwin Road Special District, as described in the following Schedule, for a period of twenty-six years, from 1st January, 1895, to 31st December, 1920, to secure payment of interest on a loan of £200, to be obtained under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the purpose of undertaking the particular public works set forth in a proposal of the ratepayers of the said special district which was duly carried at a poll taken on 24th October, 1894; the said rate to be annually recurrent for the term stated, and to be due and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st days of April and October in each year.

Schedule.

Sections 261, 262, 263, 268, and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, of Block 266, Kaiti.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed at a meeting of the above Board on the 4th day of December, 1894, in conformity with "The Road Boards Act, 1882," relating to special orders.

Hy. McKay,

Clerk.

Gisborne, 19th December, 1894.

Special Order made by the Arai Road Board, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st December, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Arai Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

ARAI ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order made by the Arai Road Board at a special meeting held on Monday, the 29th day of October, 1894, and confirmed at a special meeting held on Wednesday, the 28th day of November, 1894:-

"Resolved, That this Board adopt the provisions of 'The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886,' generally."

CHAS. EVANS,

Chairman.

I certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the requirements of "The Road Boards Act, 1882," have been complied with.

J. BEAUFOY,

Clerk.

Arai Road Board Office,

Poverty Bay, 15th December, 1894.

By Authority: SAMUEL COSTALL, Govt. Printer, Wellington.