Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 459

Section 1, Block V., 12 or 15 acres level, good soil, and 2 or 3 acres in grass; remainder poor soil, covered with birch timber. Section 1, Block VII., all hill, poor soil, principally covered with birch. Section 2, Block VII., moderately good soil, gradual slopes, mixed bush, with a few acres grass and tawhini at northernmost point. The sections are distant from twenty-nine to thirty-two miles from Havelock by water.

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, this twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 first day of May, 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland | Hokonui | .. | 831 | .. | 250 A. 3 R. 34 P. | 13 s. 9 d. | £172 11 s. 3 d. | 0 s. 8¼ d. | £4 6 s. 3 d. | 0 s. 6·6 d. | £3 9 s. 0 d.
" | " | .. | 832 | .. | 215 1 20 | 13 9 | 147 16 3 | 0 8¼ | 3 13 11 | 0 6·6 | 2 19 2
" | " | .. | 833 | .. | 256 1 0 | 13 9 | 176 0 0 | 0 8¼ | 4 8 0 | 0 6·6 | 3 10 5
" | " | .. | 834 | .. | 266 0 0 | 13 9 | 182 17 6 | 0 8¼ | 4 11 5 | 0 6·6 | 3 13 2
" | " | .. | 835 | .. | 286 0 0 | 13 9 | 196 12 6 | 0 8¼ | 4 18 4 | 0 6·6 | 3 18 8
" | " | .. | 839 | .. | 444 0 0 | 10 3½ | 228 18 9 | 0 6·2 | 5 14 6 | 0 4·95 | 4 11 7

Sections 831 to 835, good soil, stony, hilly and broken, covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 150ft. to 1,300ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, from seven to nine miles. Section 839, good soil, stony, hilly and broken, about twenty acres of open land, the rest covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 1,500ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, about nine miles.

Southland | Hokonui | .. | 840 | .. | 264 2 21 | 15 0 | 198 15 0 | 0 9 | 4 19 5 | 0 7·2 | 3 19 6
" | " | .. | 841 | .. | 427 3 0 | 15 0 | 321 0 0 | 0 9 | 8 0 6 | 0 7·2 | 6 8 5
" | " | .. | 842 | .. | 472 2 0 | 7 6 | 177 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 4 8 8 | 0 3·6 | 3 10 11
" | Forest Hill | 349 | .. | 164 0 0 | 12 6 | 102 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 2 11 0 | 0 6 | 2 1 0
Hundred

Sections 840 to 842, Hokonui District, good soil, stony, hilly and broken; Section 840 has about 90 acres of open land, and Section 841 about 260 acres of open land, the balance is covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 1,500ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, about eleven miles. Section 349, Forest Hill Hundred, good soil, hilly, covered with mixed bush of no commercial value, sandstone formation; height above sea-level, from 150ft. to 400ft.; distance from Centre Bush Railway-station, about nine miles.

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, this twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Lands.

Member of Central Board of Health appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE ALLMAN, ESQ.,

to be a member of the Central Board of Health under
"The Public Health Act, 1876," vice Robert Johnson, Esq.,
deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Officer under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," Nelson District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"

Constable JOHN INGRAM

has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act within the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood and the boroughs and town districts therein.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Nelson, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN INGRAM

to be a Ranger, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1884," and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Nelson.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Health Officer, Auckland, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HOPE LEWIS, ESQ., M.R.C.S.E.,

to be the Health Officer at Auckland, under section 105 of "The Public Health Act, 1876," vice J. H. Hooper, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.

P. A. BUCKLEY.