Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 331

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

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 tenth day of April, 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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga | Hokianga .. | 1 | II. | 249 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 155 12 6 | 0 7½ | 3 17 10 | 0 6 | 3 2 3
Part of Museum Endowment Block, near Hokianga Heads, and comprises about 100 acres mixed forest land, containing 72 good kauri trees and 140 inferior and decayed trees; balance open land.

Hokianga | Mangamuka .. | 12 | VII. | 156 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 78 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 19 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 11 3
Situated at head of Wharewharekauri Creek, adjoining Federli Settlement, and comprising two-thirds mixed forest; balance being open land of fair quality.

B. of Is. | Omapere .. | 2 | VII. | 410 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 153 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 16 11 | 0 3·6 | 3 1 6
Undulating inferior land, near Okaihau Settlement, and being part mixed forest and part open land.

B. of Is. | Motatau .. | 5 | XII. | 50 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 3 | 0 2·4 | 0 5 0
About 12 acres swamp and some kahikatea bush, balance open poor land. Situated about sixteen miles from Kawakawa.

Whanga- | Kaeo Parish .. | S.W. | .. | 60 2 30 | 0 5 0 | 15 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 7 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 2
roa
Open land, with more or less swamp; about six miles from Post-office, Kaeo.

Whangarei | Parahaki .. | W. 73 | .. | 48 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 12 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 10
Indifferent land, partly covered with furze. Situated five miles from Whangarei.

Whangarei | Waipu Parish | 127A | .. | 18 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 6 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 3 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 2 9
Broken land, covered with tea-tree, and of inferior quality. Situated about a mile from Waipu River entrance.

Whangarei | Purua .. | 21 | X. | 46 2 15 | 0 5 0 | 11 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 5 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 9
.. | .. | 22 | .. | 54 1 15 | 0 5 0 | 13 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 5 5
Open land, about seven miles from Whangarei, weighted for improvements as follows: Section 21, £21; Section 22, £5.

Mangonui | Kaiaka Parish | 86 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 37 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 18 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 15 0
Undulating to broken heavy bush land, of clay and limestone formation; well watered, and of fair quality; 40 acres of bush has been felled and burnt. Access by Fairburn Road, from Mangonui, twenty-three miles, and thirteen miles from Kaitaia.

Otamatea | Hukatere .. | 3 | VI. | 509 3 29 | 0 10 0 | 255 0 0 | 0 6 | 6 7 6 | 0 4·8 | 5 2 0
Mixed forest and open land. Situated on Wairoa Estuary, about six miles from Matakohe.

Manukau | Waiuku W. | 80 | .. | 52 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 13 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 5 4
Parish
Open poor land, principally drift sand. Situated at Maioro, about seven miles from Waiuku.

Manukau | Waitara Parish | S.W.52 | .. | 21 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 5 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 2 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 2 3
Principally drift sand, with some fern and flax. Situated about six miles from Kohekohe.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspectors of Abattoirs, &c., Borough of Cambridge and
Counties of Geraldine and Levels, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1895.

His Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to
be Inspectors of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses, and of
cattle intended for slaughter, under "The Abattoirs and
Slaughterhouses Act, 1894," within the districts set opposite
their names respectively:—

Name. District.
THOMAS HARTLEY .. Borough of Cambridge.
Constable EUGENE EGAN .. County of Geraldine.
Constable WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY.. County of Geraldine.
Mounted-Constable ROBERT CRAW-
FORD .. County of Levels.
Mounted-Constable JOSEPH STAN-
LEY .. County of Levels.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk in Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th February, 1895.

His Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

REES ESAILE GORING THOMAS

to be a Clerk in the Magistrate's Court at Auckland from
the 13th December, 1894, vice A. R. T. Haultain, retired.

A. J. CADMAN.

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1895.

His Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. WILLIAM PARKER

to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Gisborne during
the absence of Mr. W. W. Beswick, on leave. This appoint-
ment to take effect on and from the 7th instant.

W. P. REEVES.