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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay 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 third 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Generally undulating and hilly country, covered with mixed bush, consisting of totara, matai, rimu, tawa, kahikatea, and rata. The soil is good—papa formation with limestone outcrops—and the whole is well watered. Sections 2 and 4 have each about 50 acres of fairly flat land. The block is situated at the back of the portion of the Waikopiro Block opened in October, 1895, which is now being rapidly settled. It will be reached by the road from Ormondville, and is distant from that town about eight miles. A dray can be got as far as the Whetukura Village, and the Maunga Road has been felled and a centre track cleared up to the boundary of Section 3, though not formed at present.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for 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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-fifth day of February, 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 one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices 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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Sections 8 and 9, Block III., undulating; Sections 10, 11, and 12, Block III., and 10, Block IV., level; soil good, but poorly watered; height above sea-level, from 900ft. to 1,500ft.; distance from Athol, from half a mile to three miles.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Southland.. | Nokomai .. | 3 | III. | 567 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 8 10 1 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | " | 375 2 0 | 0 7·2 | 5 12 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 231 2 11 | 0 9·6 | 4 12 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 394 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 7 17 7 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 423 2 0 | 0 9·6 | 8 9 7 |

The whole of the above sections are hilly; soil fair, with gravel formation; height above sea-level, from 850ft. to 1,500ft.; distance from Athol, from a mile and a half to three miles.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.