Aug. 22. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1269

Rural Lands in the Hawke's Bay 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 sixteenth day of October, 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.
Hawke's Bay Land District.

First-class Land.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 1 | X. | 62 0 0
Nearly all grass country, about 15 acres mixed bush; good soil.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 2 | X. | 59 0 0
Nearly all grass country, about 10 acres scrub, mixed bush; good soil.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 9 | X. | 143 0 0
About 100 acres bush, the remainder open grass land, undulating and pastoral; timber, rimu, rata, kahikatea, and miro; dense undergrowth; soil good in bush to fair in open; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 10 | X. | 142 0 0
About 70 acres bush, the remainder partly covered with manuka scrub and open timber, principally kahikatea; thick undergrowth; soil fair to medium; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 11 | X. | 193 0 0
All bush; rough broken country; timber, rimu, rata, and a little black-birch; soil good, to poor in birch part; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 19 | X. | 115 0 0
" .. | " .. | 21 | " | 218 0 0
Hilly forest country, with dense undergrowth; timber, rimu, rata, matai, with a little totara; good soil, and well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 25 | X. | 179 0 0
All manuka scrub; undulating country; soil medium to poor; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 26 | X. | 51 0 0
Nearly all grass country, patches of scrub; soil good to medium; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 36 | X. | 23 2 27
Chiefly manuka land; soil of fairly good quality; well watered.

Waipawa.. | Takapau .. | 4 | XIV. | 149 0 0
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 148 0 0
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 146 0 0
Heavy forest land, dense undergrowth; timber principally tawa, rimu, rata, and a few totara; soil good, but country rather broken; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 7 | XIV. | 148 0 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 102 0 0
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 127 0 0
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 123 0 0
Heavy forest land, papa formation; well watered; timber principally tawa, rimu, rata, pukatea, black- and silver-birch, with patches of totara near Pamanuka Stream; country rather broken, but not very steep.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 11 | XIV. | 130 0 0
" .. | " .. | 12 | " | 139 0 0
Heavy forest land; mixed timber, very dense underscrub; soil fairly good.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 13 | XIV. | 181 0 0
" .. | " .. | 14 | " | 168 0 0
" .. | " .. | 15 | " | 177 0 0
Heavy forest land, with dense underscrub; timber principally tawa, rimu, rata, and a few totara, with black-birch on top of range; soil good, but country rather broken; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 16 | XIV. | 126 0 0
Broken bush country; timber, rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c., with dense underscrub; well watered, with good soil.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 17 | XIV. | 100 0 0
Ninety acres heavy scrub and light bush, containing rimu, rata, &c.; 10 acres open grass land. Soil good; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 18 | XIV. | 47 0 0
Heavy manuka, with open patches; a little mixed bush; soil good.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 19 | XIV. | 25 0 0
Heavy manuka; some mixed bush, with open clearings; soil good.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 20 | XIV. | 18 3 0
Heavy manuka scrub, with open clearings; soil fair; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 21 | XIV. | 35 2 0
About 20 acres open, the remainder heavy manuka scrub; soil good; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 22 | XIV. | 138 0 0
About half is open country, remainder light bush and scrub; soil good; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 24 | XIV. | 219 0 0
Nearly all heavy scrub and light bush; good soil; well watered.