Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2219

Rural Lands in the Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Stratford .. | Pouatu | .. | 4 | XI. | 325 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 325 0 0 | 1 0 | 8 2 6 | 0 9·6 | 6 10 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 5 | " | 348 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 391 10 0 | 1 1·5 | 9 15 9 | 0 10·8 | 7 16 8 |
| " .. | " | .. | 6 | " | 318 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 357 15 0 | 1 1·5 | 8 18 10 | 0 10·8 | 7 3 2 |
| " .. | " | .. | 7 | " | 349 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 392 12 6 | 1 1·5 | 9 16 4 | 0 10·8 | 7 17 1 |

These sections are all undulating forest country, part of Section 4 being rough and broken. As a general rule, tops of bridges are 300 ft. to 500 ft. above valleys. Papa formation. The valley of Whitianga Stream is of fair width, the flats being covered principally with heavy manuka; the valley of the Mauku is similar, but bush on flats is heavier. Access to block is by Whitianga Road, which joins the main Ohura Road about one mile to west of Section 1; the distance from Stratford Railway-station about fifty miles. About two miles S.E. the Whitianga Road touches the Tangarakau River, and access by canoe can be got from Whanganui River to that point. The bush is generally light, consisting of tawa, rewarewa, hinau, tawhero, &c., with usual undergrowth. There is a small quantity of rimu, kahikatea, and matai in places along the valleys. Good homestead-sites on each section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Marlborough Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; 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.

Steep hillsides, altitude from 200 ft. to 1,300 ft.; clay soil, stony in gullies; covered with mixed bush; situated at the back of freehold sections fronting on main road to Nelson; distance, ten miles from Havelock. Weighted with £30, cost of survey.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.