April 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wairarapa | Mangaone .. | 29 | II. | 10 1 29 | 2 0 0 | 20 17 3 | 2 0 | 0 10 5 | 1 7-2 | 0 8 4
North

This section is situated at the junction of the Makakahi and Hawera-Mangaone Roads, and is about one mile and a half from Raupanui-Hawera (Forty-mile Bush), on a good metalled road. It consists of good soil on a marl and blue-clay formation, and is covered with mixed bush, consisting of rimu, tawa, tawhero, and miro, with undergrowth of mahoe, houhou, &c.

SURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

W'rarapa S. | Wairarapa .. | 100 | V. | 1,941 1 21 | 0 10 0 | 970 13 10 | 0 6 | 24 5 4 | 0 4-8 | 19 8 3
" " .. | 101 | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | "
" " .. | 105 | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | "
" " .. | 102 | IX. | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | "

These sections consist of hilly and mountainous land, covered with birch, rata, &c., with soil varying from poor to good. The land is situated south of Cross Creek, and west of the Wairarapa Lake.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Rangitikei | Ongo .. | 79 | VII. | 105 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 262 10 0 | 2 6 | 6 11 3 | 2 0 | 5 5 0

This section is situated near Livingstone, south of the Sandon Special Settlement, on the Mangatiti Road. It consists of undulating land, with good loamy soil on a sandstone formation, and, with the exception of 12 acres that was felled and burned, is under forest, consisting chiefly of tawa, rata, and kahikatea, with the usual undergrowth. The general character of the section is good, and it is well watered. It is weighted with £12 for improvements.

H'rowh'nua| Kaitawa .. | 89 | X. | 332 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 498 0 0 | 1 6 | 12 9 0 | 1 2-4 | 9 19 3

This section adjoins the Wellington Fruit-growers' Block at Waikanae, and the access is from the Waikanae Railway-station, from which it is distant about five miles and a quarter, two miles of which are open for dray-traffic, and a portion of the remainder is under construction, and will be shortly completed for horse-traffic. The section consists of undulating and level land with good soil, covered with heavy timber, and well watered.

Pohangina | Apiti .. | 10 | VIII. | 21 3 10 | 2 10 0 | 54 10 8 | 2 6 | 1 7 3 | 2 0 | 1 1 10

This section is situated within three miles of the Township of Apiti, with a good dray-road to within 20 chains of the section, the balance being cleared and stumped. The soil is good on a papa formation, 15 acres being level. The whole is covered with mixed forest, consisting chiefly of rimu, rata, matai, tawa, &c.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Pahiatua | Makuri .. | .. | VII. | 770 0 0 | 0 15 0 | .. | 0 9 | .. | 0 7-2 | ..

This comprises the unsold portion of the North Puketoi Block, and is on the Waewaepa Range, adjoining the North-east Puketoi Block. The area comprises hilly and broken country of a high altitude. The formation is papa, the soil fairly good and well watered. The country is all under forest, the principal trees being tawa, rimu, hinau, tawhero, and miro, with dense undergrowth of supplejack and matipo. The access is by way of Woodville and Pahiatua. From Woodville the road follows the Pahiatua Road to the railway-bridge across the Manawatu River, and thence by the Tiraumea Valley to the Woodville-Aohanga Road. From Pahiatua the access is by the Woodville-Aohanga Road.

Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by Section 6, towards the south-east and south-west by the Waewaepa Road.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Wellington 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 fifteenth 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 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
(Exchanges under Section 160 of "The Land Act, 1892.")
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Kiwitea .. | Apiti .. | 1 | VI. | 358 0 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 0 | 8 19 0

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairarapa | Kopuaranga | 98 | III. | 849 0 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 9½ | 16 19 8
North | | 99 | IV. | | | | | | | |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five,

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.