AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT—continued.

Forest land, soil good; situated eight miles and a half in direct line from Kaitaia.
Mangonui .. | Takahue .. | 19 | XV. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
All broken forest land, soil good; about eight miles and a half in direct line from Kaitaia.
Mangonui .. | Takahue .. | 5 | XV. | 44 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 22 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 10 |
About two-thirds mixed forest, balance swamp, fern, and tea-tree; access by bridle-track from Rawene; about eight miles and a half in direct line from Kaitaia.
Waikato .. | Koheroa .. | 161 | .. | 207 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 78 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 19 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 11 3 |
Comprises about 7 acres swamp, 30 acres good land, balance fern and tea-tree land; situated about twelve miles from Mercer by cart-road.
Bay Islands | Hukerenui | 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39 | V. | 291 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 146 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 13 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 18 5 |
Mostly open country, soil fair; situated about twelve miles from Kawakawa.
Waitemata | Waitakerei | 101 | .. | 63 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 48 0 0 | 0 9 | 1 4 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 19 8 |
Fair land, covered with mixed forest; access by formed road from Auckland, and lies about seven miles in direct line from Waikomiti.
Whakatane | Rangitaiki | 44, 45, 46, 47 | .. | 457 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 171 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 4 5 8 | 0 3·6 | 3 8 7 |
Nearly all raupo swamp, with a little dry land on river-bank; situated about eight miles in direct line from Whakatane.
Whakatane | Rangitaiki | 50 | .. | 363 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 182 0 0 | 0 6 | 4 11 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 12 10 |
Nearly all raupo swamp; situated about seven miles in direct line from Whakatane.
Waitemata | Karangahape* | 72 | .. | 248 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 68 4 0 | 0 9 | 1 14 2 | 0 7·2 | 1 7 4 |
Undulating land covered with mixed forest, soil good; access by road, Waikomiti to the West Coast; about seven miles and a half in direct line from Waikomiti Railway-station.

*Parish.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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-sixth day of November, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

The above sections are covered with mixed bush, such as rimu, miro, kamai, manuka, &c.; hilly; clay soil, with a little peat in parts; height above sea-level, from 120ft. to 950ft.; distance from Waikawa Township, about three miles.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.