Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 357

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
selection on and after the twenty-fifth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven; and that the
lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on
lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions
of section 121 of the said Act, as they contain or are sup-
posed to contain metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I
do hereby also fix the price at which the said lands shall be
leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do
declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject
to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — WAIRO
SURVEY DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

The whole of the above sections are open pastoral lands
with a little light manuka scrub, fair soil, well watered;
height above sea-level, from 500ft. to 750ft.; distance from
Nightcaps Railway-station, from three-quarters of a mile to
two miles and a half. Section 208 will be burdened with
£6, Section 209 with £6 18s., Section 210 with £13 4s.,
Section 213 with 10s., Section 215 with £3, and Section
216 with £1 7s. 6d., being half the value of boundary-fences
on same.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

The above sections are open pastoral lands with a little
light manuka scrub, fair soil, well watered; height above
sea-level, from 500ft. to 750ft.; distance from Nightcaps
Railway-station, from one mile to two miles and a half.
Section 206 will be burdened with £1 7s., Section 207 with

£6 16s., and Section 211 with £5 6s., being half the value of
boundary-fences on same.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Auckland 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 re-
ceived 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 twenty-fourth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven; 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
situate in Blocks VIII., Opotiki Survey District, IX., X.,
XIII., and XIV., Waiawa Survey District, and I. and II.,
Urutawa Survey District, and containing approximately
20,000 acres. Bounded towards the north by a right line
running due east through Trig. Station No. 736 (Whaka-
umu); towards the north-east by the Opape Reserve;
towards the east generally by a public road and by Sections
Nos. 3 of Block XIV., Waiawa Survey District, and 1 and 2
of Block II., Urutawa Survey District; towards the south
by the Confiscation Boundary-line; and towards the west
by Te Waiti Stream, by Sections Nos. 370, 369, 368, 343,
342, 341, and 371 of the Parish of Waioeka, and by a public
road to the point of commencement.

Description of land: Broken forest land of good quality,
situate from six to fourteen miles from Opotiki.

Cash price, 10s. 6d. per acre; occupation with right of
purchase, rent, 6·3d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity,
rent, 5·04d. per acre per annum.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 March,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven; 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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

The above sections are the old Taipa Township lots, classified as rural lands.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.