Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2223

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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Surveyed Second-class Land.

These sections are situated in the Medbury Settlement, between the Waitohi and Hurunui Rivers, and immediately
adjacent to the Medbury Railway-station, on the Christchurch-Culverden line of railway. They comprise open level
land of light quality, and are weighted with a sum of £92, being valuation of boundary-fencing and other improvements,
which sum must be paid on application, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

Reserve 350.

| Ashburton | Hinds | .. | {40, 43} | II., III. | 579 3 34 | 1 0 0 | 579 19 3 | 1 0 | 14 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 11 12 0 |
| | | | {44, 45} | | | | | | | | |

These sections are situated between the Hinds and Ashburton Rivers, from two to three miles in a north-westerly
direction from the Winslow Railway-station, and comprise open level land of light quality, carrying a considerable area
of manuka scrub. The sections are weighted with a sum of £104 5s., being valuation of boundary-fencing and other
improvements, which sum must be paid on application, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

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

JOHN McKENZIE, Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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
twenty-third day of February, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All level land, with a good deal of kahikatea swamp. Situated near Wairoa River and Tangiteroria Wharf.

Second-class Land.

| Hobson .. | Maungaru | .. | 1 | VII. | 118 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 74 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 1 17 3 | 0 6 | 1 9 9 |
| " .. | " | .. | 2 | " | 57 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 36 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 18 2 | 0 6 | 0 14 6 |
| " .. | " | .. | 3 | " | 61 3 0 | 0 12 6 | 38 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 19 6 | 0 6 | 0 15 6 |

Open and forest lands, rather broken, but soil good and well watered. Situated near Wairoa River and Tangiteroria
Wharf. There is a half-time public school in the district.

| Hobson .. | Maungaru | .. | 4 | VIII. | 162 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 101 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 2 11 0 | 0 6 | 2 0 9 |
| " .. | " | .. | 5 | " | 178 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 111 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 2 15 9 | 0 6 | 2 4 6 |
| " .. | " | .. | 6 | " | 338 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 211 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 5 5 8 | 0 6 | 4 4 6 |
| " .. | " | .. | 8 | " | 275 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 171 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 6 0 | 0 6 | 3 8 9 |
| " .. | " | .. | 9 | " | 309 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 193 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 16 7 | 0 6 | 3 17 3 |

Open and forest lands, rather broken; soil good and well watered. Section 6 contains an old Native clearing. These
sections are near the Wairoa River and Tangiteroria Wharf. There is a half-time public school in the district.

| Hokianga | Waipoua | .. | 1 | VII. | 275 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 171 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 5 11 | 0 6 | 3 8 9 |
| " | " | .. | 2 | " | 225 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 140 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 3 10 4 | 0 6 | 2 16 3 |
| " | " | .. | 3 | " | 283 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 176 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 8 6 | 0 6 | 3 10 9 |
| " | " | .. | 4 | " | 293 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 183 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 11 7 | 0 6 | 3 13 3 |
| " | " | .. | 5 | " | 163 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 101 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 2 11 0 | 0 6 | 2 0 9 |
| " | " | .. | 6 | " | 328 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 205 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 5 2 6 | 0 6 | 4 2 0 |
| " | " | .. | 7 | " | 276 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 173 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 6 7 | 0 6 | 3 9 3 |
| " | " | .. | 8 | " | 222 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 138 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 9 6 | 0 6 | 2 15 6 |
| " | " | .. | 9 | " | 140 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 87 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 2 3 9 | 0 6 | 1 15 0 |
| " | " | .. | 10 | " | 240 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 150 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 15 0 | 0 6 | 3 0 0 |

Undulating to broken forest land; soil good and well watered. There are a few scattered kauri- and totara-trees on
these lands. Situated about ten miles from Opanake.

| Hokianga | Waipoua | .. | 25 | VIII. | 146 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 91 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 2 5 8 | 0 6 | 1 16 6 |
| " | " | .. | 25 | X. | 280 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 175 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 4 7 6 | 0 6 | 3 10 0 |
| " | " | .. | 26 | " | 374 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 233 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 5 16 10 | 0 6 | 4 13 4 |
| " | " | .. | 27 | " | 386 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 241 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 6 0 8 | 0 6 | 4 16 6 |

Broken forest land, of good quality and well watered. About ten miles from Kaihu Railway-station, and about a mile
from Katui Public School. There are some scattered kauri-trees on these lands.

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

JOHN McKENZIE, Minister of Lands.

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