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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government.

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, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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-seventh day of April, 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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Kakariki Block.

Wairarapa N.| Mangaone .. | 14 | I. | 200 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 0 0
Weighted with £112 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Kakariki Farm-homestead Block, distant about five miles from Hamua and two miles from Hukanui Railway-station (Brown's Town), by a formed and metalled road. It may also be approached from Newman, through the Stirling Settlement, by a formed and partly-metalled road; distance about nine miles. The soil varies from poor to medium. An area of 120 acres of the section is level, and there are about 100 acres of open land, partly covered with stunted fern and flax, with stones in places on the surface.

Waiwera Block.

Pahiatua .. | Mangahao.. | 9 | XIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £136 for improvements.

This section is situated about twelve miles from Pahiatua; six miles from Nikau Post-office, by a cleared road, part of which is now in course of formation; six miles from Tutaekara Railway-station, by a cleared road and bridle-track; and five miles from Brown's Town, three miles of which is a bridle-track and two miles a proposed road. The soil is fair, on a papa formation. The section is nearly all level, and has 60 acres in grass and 22 acres of bush, felled and burnt, the balance being covered with bush, which consists of rimu, tawa, rewarewa, &c.

Coonoor Block.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 18 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 3 5 | 234 3 4 | 1 2·05 | 5 17 1 | 0 11·24 | 4 13 8
Weighted with £29 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Coonoor Farm-homestead Block, distant about nine miles from Makuri Township, and is approached by a good formed and partly-metalled road. The land generally is undulating, with fair soil on a limestone formation, and, with the exception of 12 acres in grass, is covered with mixed timber, consisting of rimu, rata, hinau, &c.

Kaikoura Block.

Wairarapa N.| Aohanga .. | 24 | I. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £31 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the Alfredton-Weber Road, about a mile and a half from Rakaunui, and consists generally of hilly land, with about 5 acres flat. It is well watered. The soil is clayey, on a papa formation, and, with the exception of 6 acres in grass and 21 acres felled, it is covered with heavy bush.

Christchurch Block.

Wairarapa N.| Puketoi .. | 3 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £46 for improvements.

Wairarapa N.| Puketoi .. | 6 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £42 for improvements.

Wairarapa N.| Puketoi .. | 9 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £20 15s. for improvements.

Sections 3 and 6, Block VIII.: These sections are approached from the Alfredton-Weber Road by the Rakaunui bridle-track. They are one mile distant from the main road, and about thirty-two miles from Eketahuna Railway-station. The soil is of fair quality, is clayey on a papa formation, and is covered with mixed forest, consisting chiefly of rimu, rata, tawa, &c. The country is undulating. Section 3 has 23 acres and Section 6 has 21 acres in grass. Section 9, Block IV., is situated on the Alfredton-Weber Road, about equally distant from the post-office at either Waterfalls or Rakaunui, and thirty-three miles from the railway-station at Eketahuna. Access to the road is rendered difficult by the creek that runs the length of the frontage. The section is more or less hilly or broken. The soil is of fair quality, covered with the usual bush of rimu, miro, hinau, tawa, rata, &c., and a little totara. There are 3 acres in grass and 4 acres felled, and a whare has been built on the section.

Pahiatua No. II. Block.

Wairarapa N.| Mt. Cerberus | 13 | IX. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £6 for improvements.

This section is situated on the Akaroa Road, about four miles from the Township of Pongaroa, but only two miles of this is formed, the usual approach being the Alfredton-Weber Road. The soil is clayey, on a papa formation. The bush is of the ordinary mixed kind, and rather light. Six acres of the section have been felled, and, though hilly, the country is fairly good.

Masterton Reform Block.

Wairarapa N.| Mt. Cerberus | 26 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £2 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the Range Road, about ten miles from Pongaroa and seventeen miles from Makuri. The 6ft. track is formed to within three miles of the section; the present approach is then by a rough pack-track chiefly through private property. The soil is clayey, on a limestone and papa formation, and is well watered. The bush, which is heavy, consists of rata, kahikatea, rimu, miro, hinau, tawa, &c., with dense undergrowth of supplejack, &c. There is a considerable area of flat land towards the back, estimated at 40 to 50 acres. The frontage is rather hilly.