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being Sections Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Block IX., Wood-
land Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the
road forming the southern boundary of Block VI.; towards
the east generally by Sections Nos. 10 and 9, Block IX.,
a public road, and Section No. 22; towards the south and
south-east by the road forming the northern boundary of
Section No. 1, Block IX.; and towards the west generally by
the road along the eastern banks of the Tahaukupu and
Maclennan Rivers.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Village Settlement in the Wellington
Land District.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

I
N pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by the one hundred and sixty-eighth section of
"The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the allotments of Crown land respectively
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are
hereby set apart for sale as village allotments, by auction, at
Eketahuna, on Tuesday, the fifth day of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-five.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Rakaanui Village.

These allotments adjoin the Rakaunui Village-homestead
Settlement on the Alfredton-Weber Road, and consist of
level land covered with heavy mixed forest. The country for
miles round this village has been taken up in 200-acre sec-
tions under farm-homestead conditions.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and St. George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this twenty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead
Allotments in Wellington.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of December, 1894.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-ninth section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon
which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed
of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas
by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the fourteenth
day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four, the lands described in the First Schedule
hereto have been set apart under the said Act, and declared
open for lease as village settlements, and it is expedient to
fix the terms and conditions upon which the said lands shall
be disposed of:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix the
terms and conditions on which the lands mentioned in the
First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of lease
in perpetuity, and which said terms and conditions are set
forth in the Second Schedule hereto, and also doth direct
that the lands in the said village settlement shall be
divided into village-homestead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
PONGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT, WAIRARAPA NORTH
COUNTY.
First-class Land.

Survey | Sec- | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity.
District. | tion. | | | Rent | Half-yearly
| | | | per Acre. | Rent.
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
Mt. Cerberus | 1 | IX. | 100 0 0 | 1 2·4 | 3 0 0
" | 2 | " | 100 0 0 | 1 1·2 | 2 15 0
" | 3 | " | 60 0 0 | 1 2·4 | 1 16 0
" | 4 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6
" | 5 | " | 30 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 1 1 0
" | 6 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 16 0
" | 7 | " | 25 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 0 0
" | 8 | " | 25 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 0 0
" | 9 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 6 | 0 15 0
" | 10 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 0 17 0
" | 11 | " | 25 0 0 | 1 6 | 0 18 9
" | 14 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6
" | 15 | " | 100 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 3 5 0
" | 16 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6
" | 17 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 1 12 6
" | 18 | " | 46 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 1 12 3
" | 19 | " | 60 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 2 2 0
" | 20 | " | 48 2 0 | 1 2·4 | 1 9 1
" | 21 | " | 85 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 2 6
" | 24 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 6 | 0 15 0
" | 25 | " | 25 0 0 | 1 6 | 0 18 9
" | 26 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 16 0
" | 27 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0
" | 28 | " | 19 3 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 15 9
" | 29 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0
" | 30 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 16 0
" | 31 | " | 19 3 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 17 10
" | 33 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 0 17 0
" | 34 | " | 19 1 0 | 1 8·4 | 0 16 5
" | 35 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 0 17 0
" | 36 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0
" | 37 | " | 20 0 0 | 1 9·6 | 0 18 0
" | 38 | " | 40 0 0 | 1 6 | 1 10 0
" | 39 | " | 40 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 1 8 0
" | 40 | " | 35 3 0 | 1 8·4 | 1 10 5
" | 41 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 2 2 6
" | 42 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 2 2 6
" | 43 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 2 2 6

This settlement is situated on the Alfredton-Weber Road,
adjoining the Pongaroa Township, which is now being
offered for sale. It is surrounded by a large extent of
country recently taken up under special-settlement con-
ditions. The access is from Alfredton by the Alfredton-
Weber Road, which is now formed for dray-traffic to within