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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 12

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

I
N 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-fourth 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Section 277, Block XI., is situated about nineteen miles east of Gladstone, seventeen miles of which is by the Gladstone-
East Coast Road, which is a good dray-road, and the remaining two miles by a rough stock-track known as Rocky Hill
Road. Carterton, the nearest railway-station, is twenty-seven miles distant via Gladstone. The land is hilly, covered with
mixed bush (chiefly rimu), and is well watered. The soil is fair, on a sandstone and papa formation.

Section 275, Block XI., is situated about two miles south of Wharau, which is on the Gladstone-East Coast Road, about
twenty-two miles from Gladstone. The Gladstone-East Coast Road is a good summer dray-road, but there is only a rough
bridle-track from Wharau to the section. Carterton, the nearest railway-station, is thirty-two miles distant via Gladstone.
About 20 acres of the section has been cleared by fire and grassed, the rest being covered with light mixed timber. The
land is hilly, is watered by the Pahaoa River, and is composed of rounded spurs and broken gullies. The soil is good mould
to light clay.

Part 2 of Section 287, and part of 281, Block XI., is situated about four miles back from the Gladstone-East Coast
Road. The access from Carterton Railway-station is as follows: From Carterton to Gladstone by eight miles of coach-
road, from Gladstone to Peterkin's by seventeen miles of dray-road, and thence to the section by the Rocky Hill Road, two
miles of which is a rough stock-track, and the remaining two miles an unformed surveyed road. The land is hilly, with
rounded ridge and broken faces, covered with mixed bush, and is about 1,100ft. to 1,800ft. above the sea-level. The soil is
good to poor, and wholly pastoral, and is watered by streams.

Section 279, Block XI., is situated about three miles south of Wharau, which is on the Gladstone-East Coast Road,
about thirty miles from Carterton. From Carterton to Gladstone is eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to Wharau
is twenty-two miles by summer dray-road, and from thence to the section (three miles) there is a roughly-formed bridle-
track only. The land is hilly and broken. An area of about 8 acres has been cleared and grassed, the rest being
covered with mixed timber with dense undergrowth. It is pastoral country on a clay-and-slate formation, with light but
fair soil. It is watered by the Makirikiri River and its branches.

Section 292 and part of Section 281, Block XI., is situated about six miles south of Peterkin's, which is on the Gladstone-
East Coast Road, about twenty-five miles from Carterton Railway-station via Gladstone. The distance from Carterton to
Gladstone is about eight miles by coach-road, and from Gladstone to Peterkin's is seventeen miles by fair-weather dray-
road, and then there is about two miles of roughly-formed bridle-track; the rest of the distance (four miles) to the section
has been surveyed for the Taepo Road, which is not yet formed. The soil is stony on a clay-slate and sandstone formation,
and is covered with mixed forest. The land is watered by the various branches of the Pahaoa River.

Section 303, Block XII., is situated on the east side of the Pahaoa River, about five miles from Wharau, and is
accessible by Driscall and Oumukura Roads. The distance from Carterton to Gladstone is eight miles by coach-road, from
Gladstone to Wharau is about twenty-two miles by fair-weather dray-road, from Wharau to Turner's is about three miles
and a half by a roughly-formed bridle-track, and from thence to the section (one mile and a half) a road has been surveyed,
but not yet formed; the total distance from Carterton is thirty-five miles. With the exception of 150 acres, the land is
more or less level. It is well watered and heavily timbered. The soil is sandy clay, and is stony in places.

Section 4, Block VIII., is situated on Kaiwhata Bridle-track, about three miles from Wharau, and about twenty-five
miles from Gladstone. The distance from Carterton to Gladstone is about eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to
Wharau about twenty-two miles by fair-weather dray-road, and from thence one mile is a partially-opened dray-road, and
the remaining two miles a fair-weather bridle-track. The section is also accessible from the mouth of the Kaiwhata River,
a distance of seven miles, five miles of which is by a dray-road, and two miles by a bridle-track. The section contains
about 25 acres of fair land, the remainder being generally hilly with sour clay soil and stunted manuka. The timber
consists of a few clumps of inferior birch.

Section 7 and part of Section 6, Block VIII., is situated on the north side of the track from Wharau to Kaiwhata.
The distance from Carterton to Gladstone is eight miles by coach-road, from Gladstone to Wharau twenty-two miles by
dray-road, from Wharau to Kuamahanga three miles and a half by a fair-weather bridle-track, one mile of which is
partially opened as a dray-road. The country is pastoral, with rather poor soil. An area of 25 acres has been cleared and
grassed, the remainder is covered with inferior bush and manuka. The land is watered by permanent streams.

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.