Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 443

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Section 357, soil good, hilly, sandstone formation; 15 acres open land, balance covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 250ft. to 700ft.: this section will be burdened with £11 for improvements on same. Sections 359, 358, and 361, soil good, hilly, sandstone formation, covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 700ft. Section 362, soil good, hilly, sandstone formation; 8 acres of open land, balance covered with mixed bush of no commercial value: this section will be burdened with £3 for improvements on same. Section 364, good soil, hilly, sandstone formation, covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height of this section and Section 362 above sea-level, from 300ft. to 700ft. Section 367, soil good, hilly, sandstone formation; 10 acres of open land, balance mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 700ft. Section 369, soil good, hilly, sandstone formation; 40 acres of open land, balance mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 700ft. Section 370, soil good, hilly, sandstone formation; 70 acres open scrubby land, balance covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 200ft. to 500ft.: this section will be burdened with £19 for improvements on same. Sections 371 to 375, good soil, hilly, sandstone formation, covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; height above sea-level, from 250ft. to 1,100ft. The whole of the above sections are situated from eleven to fifteen miles from Winton Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; 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 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 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.

The section adjoins the Whetukura Village, and fronts the road now being formed from Ormondville. There is about 10 acres of natural clearing, and 16 acres felled last year now in excellent pasture. The remaining 74 acres is covered with mixed forest. The land is undulating, good soil, and well watered. A slab building of two rooms, with iron roof, has been erected on the land. Weighted with £5.

| Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 31 | XIV. | 127 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 222 5 0 | 1 9 | 5 11 2 | 1 4·8 | 4 9 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 32 | " | 128 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 208 0 0 | 1 7·5 | 5 4 0 | 1 2·6 | 4 3 3 |

Good undulating forest country, with thick undergrowth. Well watered, and soil good. About one mile and a half from Whetukura Village.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.