SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1403

Rural Lands in the Wellington 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 seventh day of December, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Section 44, Block III., Makuri, is situated at the junction of the Totara Road and the Rabbit-fence Reserve. The access is from Kumeroa, Hawke’s Bay, which is about seven miles distant, the last mile and a half being road which is surveyed only; it is also distant about three miles and a half from Makairo Post-office, by one mile and a half of formed road and two miles of road which is surveyed only. The land is undulating and the soil good, resting on papa formation; the forest is of a mixed character, comprising chiefly tawa, rimu, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a spring.

Section 42, Block III., Makuri, is situated on the Totara Road, and has access from Makairo, where there is a post-office, the distance being about two miles and a half, by one mile and a half of formed road and one mile of road which is surveyed only. The land is undulating, and has a good soil resting on papa formation; it is all cleared of bush, and is watered by a small stream. The section is weighted with £13 10s. for improvements, comprising 6 acres in grass.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such lands contained in the division order made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of “The Native Land Division Act, 1882,” bearing date the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and now contained in Land Transfer certificates bearing date the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said division order and the said Land Transfer certificates on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 3 acres 2 roods, situate in the Poverty Bay District, and being the land known as Mangaooe No. 1g, held under Land Transfer certificate (Vol. xxxii., folio 171), dated 9th May, 1894, in favour of Hemaima Morete, and containing the following restrictions: “The land may be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, but shall be otherwise inalienable except with the consent of the Governor.”

All that parcel of land, containing 82 acres 2 roods 31 perches, situated in the Poverty Bay District, and being the land known as Mangaooe No. 1h, held under Land Transfer certificate, dated 9th May, 1894 (Vol. xxxii., folio 172), in favour of Hemaima Morete, and containing the following restrictions: “The land may be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, but shall be otherwise inalienable except with the consent of the Governor.”

As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the Native owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land originally imposed by Crown grant dated the seventeenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and now contained in the Land Transfer certificate bearing date the eleventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that the restrictions imposed by the said Crown grant and the said Land Transfer certificate on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 145 acres and 2 perches, being Section No. 1a of Manawatu-Kukutauaki No 4b, held under Land Transfer certificate dated the 11th December, 1890, in favour of Hakaraia te Whena, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

R. J. SEDDON.