Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 281

Land in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and 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 one hundred and thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and that the said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”; and I do declare that the rentals at which the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHEMO COUNTY.—MOERAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—PUKETAPU ESTATE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Marlborough 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and also that the land 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 land 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 price 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.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Marlborough | Onamalutu.. | 17 | XI. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |

Very broken poor soil, well watered; 20 acres birch bush, 15 acres fern, remainder grass; accessible by road, fifteen miles from Blenheim.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and also that the land 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 land 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 price 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Wairarapa S... | Tiffin .. | V. | 850 0 0 | 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 6 |

Weighted with £48 for improvements. This block of land is bounded on the north-east by a public road and by Section No. 1; on the south-east by Sections Nos. 304, 303, 302, 301, and 351; towards the south-west by Section No. 4 and by a public road; and towards the north-west by unsurveyed Crown lands. It is situated about four miles westerly from Carterton, and roads are formed to within about half a mile of it. It is of a rough and broken character, with poor soil on a sandstone formation, well watered, and covered with mixed forest consisting of tawhai, tawhero, &c.; 32 acres have been grassed, and 28 chains of fencing erected.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.