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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

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

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; 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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland | New River Hundred | 33 | VI. | A. R. P. 118 2 16 | s. d. 25 0 | £ s. d. 148 5 0 | s. d. 1 3 | £ s. d. 3 14 2 | s. d. 1 0 | £ s. d. 2 19 4

Situated about four miles from Wright’s Bush Railway-station; land level, soil fair, covered with bush fit for firewood only.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland | Hokonui | 822 | .. | 419 2 16 | 10 0 | 210 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 4 0

" | " | 830 | .. | 225 2 0 | 17 2·4 | 194 4 5 | 0 10·31 | 4 17 1 | 0 8½ | 3 17 8

Situated about ten miles from Centre Bush Village; fair soil, hilly land. Section 822 has about 75 acres of open land, the rest of the sections being covered with mixed bush of no commercial value.

Southland | Lindhurst Hundred | 32 | I. | 175 1 7 | 12 6 | 109 10 2 | 0 7½ | 2 14 9 | 0 6 | 2 3 10

Situated about fifteen miles from Woodlands Railway-station; open land, clay formation.

Wallace | Lillburn | 14 | II. | 579 1 2 | 17 0 | 492 7 3 | 0 10½ | 12 6 2 | 0 8 | 9 16 11

Situated twenty-eight miles from Otatau; soil fair, well watered, partly covered with birch bush. Burdened with valuation for improvements consisting of hut, fencing, and ploughing, £16.

Southland | Otara | 37 | VI. | 391 0 0 | 15 0 | 293 5 0 | 0 9 | 7 6 8 | 0 7·2 | 5 17 4

Situated about ten miles from Fortrose; undulating pastoral country, well watered, soil fair, mostly covered with bush.

Southland | New River Hundred | 18 | XIX. | 123 2 21 | 15 0 | 92 14 6 | 0 9 | 2 6 4 | 0 7·2 | 1 17 0

" | Ditto | 19 | " | 101 3 0 | 15 0 | 76 6 3 | 0 9 | 1 18 2 | 0 7·2 | 1 10 6

" | " | 20 | " | 90 3 0 | 15 0 | 68 1 3 | 0 9 | 1 14 0 | 0 7·2 | 1 7 3

" | " | 21 | " | 78 0 30 | 15 0 | 58 12 10 | 0 9 | 1 9 4 | 0 7·2 | 1 3 6

Situated about five miles from Wright’s Bush Railway-station; well watered, soil fair, bush of no commercial value.

Wallace | Waiau | 118 | .. | 57 1 30 | 15 0 | 43 1 6 | 0 9 | 1 1 6 | 0 7·2 | 0 17 3

Situated about twenty-two miles from Otatau; level land, well watered, bush light.

Wallace | Waiau | 90 | .. | 319 2 8 | 15 0 | 239 13 3 | 0 9 | 5 19 10 | 0 7·2 | 4 15 10

" | " | 91 | .. | 268 3 22 | 15 0 | 201 13 4 | 0 9 | 5 0 10 | 0 7·2 | 4 0 8

Open land, consisting of well-grassed flat ridges, portion capable of being cultivated. Distance from Otatau, twenty miles. Section 90 is burdened with valuation for improvements consisting of ploughing, £15; fencing, £30; and hut, £3 10s.: total, £48 10s. Section 91 is burdened with valuation for fencing, £31 10s.

Southland | Otara | 47 | VI. | 532 0 0 | 12 6 | 332 10 0 | 0 7½ | 8 6 3 | 0 6 | 6 13 0

Situated about eleven miles from Fortrose; undulating pastoral country, covered with mixed bush of no commercial value.

Southland | Campbelltown Hundred | 3 | III. | 50 3 9 | 10 0 | 25 8 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 2

" | Ditto | 14 | " | 125 2 7 | 7 6 | 47 1 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 3 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 18 10

Situated about four miles from Woodend Railway-station; open land, gravel formation; Section 14 is swampy. Section 3 is burdened with £6 valuation for fencing. Section 14 is burdened with £3 10s. for ploughing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Trustees for the Inglewood Public Cemetery.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint HENRY CLOUGH and JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY to be Trustees, in the place of William Henry Franklyn and Thomas Lee, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Inglewood Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.