Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 577

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—continued.

Marton No. II. Block.

Rangitikei | Ruahine .. | 10 | XIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 9 6 | 295 0 0 | 1 5·7 | 7 7 6 | 1 2·1 | 5 18 0

Weighted with £60 for improvements.

This section is situated in the Marton No. II. Farm-homestead Block, distant from Pemberton five miles, two miles of which are dray-road and three bridle-track, and thirteen miles from Mangaweka by bridle-track the whole way. The section is broken, with occasional flats, is well watered, and has a fair soil on a papa formation. An area of 30 acres is in grass, the rest being covered with mixed forest, consisting of rimu, tawa, rata, &c., and the usual undergrowth.

Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block.

Rangitikei | Tiriraukawa | 8 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0

Weighted with £30 for improvements.

This section is distant from Hunterville about eighteen miles, four miles of which are bridle-track and the rest dray-road; and from Mangaonoho Railway-station about thirteen miles, four miles of which are bridle-track and nine miles dray-road. The outlet will probably eventually be to Mangaweka, a distance of about eleven miles, a portion of a road to there being now under construction. The section is rather broken, except a few flats here and there; it is well watered; and the soil is good, on a papa formation. An area of 15 acres has been grassed, the balance being covered with rimu, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth.

Sommerville Block.

Rangitikei | Tiriraukawa | 4 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 0 0

Weighted with £52 for improvements.

This section is situated about twenty-one miles from Hunterville, fourteen miles being a dray-road, six miles a bridle-track, and the balance unformed. The probable future outlet when the roads are made will be to Mangaweka, fifteen miles distant. The land is hilly, with occasional flats; it is well watered; and it has fair soil, on a papa formation. An area of 26 acres is in grass, the balance being covered with mixed forest, consisting of rimu, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth.

Wanganui United East Block.

Wanganui | Karioi .. | 9 | V. | 197 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 246 5 0 | 1 3 | 6 3 2 | 1 0 | 4 18 6

Weighted with £27 for improvements.

Wanganui | Karioi .. | 14 | V. | 216 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 270 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 15 0 | 1 0 | 5 8 0

Weighted with £30 for improvements.

Section 9, Block V., is situated about a mile and a quarter from Ohakune Post-office—to which there is a dray-road from Pipiriki—and adjoins the Ohakune Township reserve. It also fronts on to the main trunk railway-line as at present surveyed. The section is all flat, is well watered, has a fair soil on a gravel and sandstone formation, and there is good milling timber on the land. An area of 12 acres has been grassed, and 3 acres felled only. There is a good pack-track to the section. Section 14, Block V., is situated on the main coach-road from Pipiriki to Karioi, Hunterville, and Taupo. The distance to Ohakune Post-office is about three miles. It is rather broken country, but there is sufficient flat land for a homestead. The section is well watered, and has a light soil on a sandstone formation. An area of 30 acres has been felled and partly grassed, the balance being covered with heavy timber, consisting of rimu, matai, &c.

Clifton No. I. Block.

Wanganui | Makotuku.. | 8 | VIII. | 150 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 187 10 0 | 1 3 | 4 13 9 | 1 0 | 3 15 0

Weighted with £62 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated about one mile from Ohakune and from main road from Pipiriki to Hunterville and Tokaanu, and fronts on a dray-road. The land is good and not very broken, and is well watered. An area of 25 acres has been laid down in grass, the balance being covered with heavy bush.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Otago for Sale by Public Auction.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction at Blenheim; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—OTEROPO SURVEY DISTRICT.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the fourteenth 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 lands 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.—MANUKAU COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Waipipi, and containing approximately 2,200 acres. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 382 of the Parish of Waipipi; towards the north-east

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