Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 99

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Southland.. | Waikawa .. | 1 | XIII. | 780 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 292 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 7 6 3 | 0 3·6 | 5 17 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | " | 287 1 16 | 0 15 0 | 215 10 3 | 0 9 | 5 7 9 | 0 7·2 | 4 6 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 3 | " | 630 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 236 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 5 18 1 | 0 3·6 | 4 14 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | " | 869 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 651 15 0 | 0 9 | 16 5 11 | 0 7·2 | 13 0 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 492 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 184 11 11 | 0 4·5 | 4 12 4 | 0 3·6 | 3 13 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 9 | " | 261 1 9 | 0 15 0 | 195 19 7 | 0 9 | 4 18 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 18 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 10 | " | 228 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 85 13 9 | 0 4·5 | 2 2 10 | 0 3·6 | 1 14 3 |

The whole of the above sections are covered with timber of an inferior and mixed class, fit only for firewood; soil fairly good and well watered; height above sea-level, from 300ft. to 1,100ft.; distance from Waikawa Township, from four to six 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.

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Southland.. | Waikawa .. | 4 | I. | 76 1 7 | 0 15 0 | 57 4 5 | 0 9 | 1 8 7 | 0 7 | 1 2 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 20 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 9 | 0 7 6 | 0 7 | 0 6 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 110 3 1 | 0 15 0 | 83 1 5 | 0 9 | 2 1 6 | 0 7 | 1 13 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 137 2 2 | 0 15 0 | 103 2 8 | 0 9 | 2 11 7 | 0 7 | 2 1 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 8 | " | 125 3 27 | 0 15 0 | 94 8 10 | 0 9 | 2 7 3 | 0 7 | 1 19 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 82 3 37 | 0 15 0 | 62 5 0 | 0 9 | 1 11 2 | 0 7 | 1 4 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 44 0 15 | 0 15 0 | 33 1 6 | 0 9 | 0 16 6 | 0 7 | 0 13 3 |

This block is situated in Waikawa Forest, and abuts on the eastern side of Waikawa Harbour. Land all bush-clad; mixed bush; sawmills in vicinity.

Southland.. | {New River} | 27 | X. | 56 0 16 | 0 12 6 | 35 1 3 | 0 7½ | 0 17 6 | 0 6 | 0 14 0
| { Hundred} |

Land for the most part covered with scrub and timber fit for firewood only; soil inclined to be peaty, and level. Height above sea-level, about 50ft. Distance from Ryal Bush Railway-station, about five miles by partly-formed road.

Southland.. | Campbelltown | 13 | XI. | 161 0 15 | 0 12 6 | 100 13 9 | 0 7½ | 2 10 4 | 0 6 | 2 0 6
| Hundred |

" .. | Ditto .. | 14 | " | 159 0 12 | 0 12 6 | 99 8 6 | 0 7½ | 2 9 9 | 0 6 | 1 19 9

" .. | " .. | 1 | XII. | 222 2 25 | 0 12 6 | 139 3 3 | 0 7½ | 3 9 7 | 0 6 | 2 15 8

" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 246 1 3 | 0 12 6 | 153 18 5 | 0 7½ | 3 16 11 | 0 6 | 3 1 6

" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 183 1 28 | 0 12 6 | 114 10 0 | 0 7½ | 2 17 3 | 0 6 | 2 5 9

Flat land, partly covered with scrub; wet and peaty in places. Section 13 is burdened with £20 for improvements—fencing and draining. Section 1, Block XII., is burdened with £30 for similar improvements. Section 2 is burdened with £30 for house and yards.

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.