1174 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 57]

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 eighteenth day of September, 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.

The table contains the following columns:

• County
• District
• Section
• Block
• Area
• Cash Price (Per Acre, Total Price)
• Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent, 5 per Cent. (Rent per Acre, Half-yearly Rent)
• Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent. (Rent per Acre, Half-yearly Rent)

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

[Table data with numerical values omitted per instructions]

This land is a portion of the Awarua Block, situated on the main inland road and railway-line, the latter being in
course of construction. This will eventually be the main access to sections now being offered. It is opened as far as
Mangaonoho, distant about eleven miles from Mangaweka by the main coach-road. The main road passes through the south-
eastern portion of the block. The principal road for opening up the land generally, however, is the Te Kapua Road,
leaving the main road at Mangaweka, and going in a north-westerly direction through the land being offered, connecting
with Murray's Track (from Hunterville to Karioi). This road is now being constructed for horse-traffic, and a contract is
let as far as the saddle from Mangaweka end. Another means of access for the north-west portion will be from Hunterville
via Murray's Track, open for dray-traffic for the first fourteen miles, and as a horse-road for the next three miles and a half,
as far as Wairapu Road; then by that road, which is surveyed only, to connect with the north-west end of the Te Kapua
Road, a distance of two miles; making the through distance from Hunterville about twenty miles.

The general character of the country is of a rolling nature, its altitude varying from about 1,100ft. at Mangaweka to
about 2,900ft. in the centre of the block, falling again somewhat towards Murray's Track, the larger sections being well
situated for pastoral purposes, and the smaller ones for mixed holdings. The soil throughout is good, on a papa formation,
and most of the sections, generally speaking, are fairly well watered, and covered with moderately heavy mixed bush.

[Second table with numerical data omitted per instructions]

These sections are situated in the upper portion of the Pohangina and Coal Creek country, and the access will be from
Apiti; and those north of the Utuwai Ravine—viz., 23, 24, and 25, Block XII., Apiti, and 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, and 18, Block VII.