Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1625

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—continued.

SECOND-CLASS LAND—continued.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Lake .. | Shotover.. | 4 | X. | 120 3 20 | 0 9 0 | 54 9 0 | 0 5·4 | 1 7 3 | 0 4·32 | 1 1 9
Good grazing-land, hilly. Situated at Crown Terrace, about two miles and a half from Arrowtown.

Lake .. | Shotover.. | 79 | XIX. | 42 1 33 | 0 7 6 | 15 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 7 11 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 4
Open land, rough, stony, and very steep, only suitable for grazing. Situated at Arthur’s Point, four miles from Queenstown; distance from Dunedin, about 192 miles.

Lake .. | Shotover.. | 36 | XXI. | 49 2 31 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
Rough hillside. Situated about two miles from Frankton.

Vincent .. | Tarras .. | 4 | IX. | 320 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 112 0 0 | 0 4·2 | 2 16 0 | 0 3·36 | 2 4 10
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 320 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 128 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 4 0 | 0 3·84 | 2 11 2
Light open land of a gravelly nature. Situated about sixteen miles from Cromwell, in the Clutha Valley. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, on Section 5, £90.

Vincent .. | Tarras .. | 6 | IX. | 154 1 32 | 0 7 6 | 57 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 18 11 | 0 3·6 | 1 3 1
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 255 1 15 | 0 7 6 | 95 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 7 10 | 0 3·6 | 1 18 3
" .. | " .. | 12 | " | 162 0 29 | 0 7 6 | 60 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 10 5 | 0 3·6 | 1 4 4
Situated on main road, Cromwell to Hawea, about fourteen miles from Cromwell; distance from Dunedin, 164 miles.

Lake .. | Upper Waka-tipu | 25 | I. | 41 3 27 | 0 9 0 | 18 18 0 | 0 5·4 | 0 9 5 | 0 4·32 | 0 7 7
" .. | Ditto .. | 26 | " | 50 3 3 | 0 9 0 | 22 19 0 | 0 5·4 | 0 11 6 | 0 4·32 | 0 9 2
" .. | " .. | 27 | " | 47 2 27 | 0 10 0 | 24 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 7
" .. | " .. | 28 | " | 50 3 31 | 0 10 0 | 25 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 2
" .. | " .. | 37 | " | 122 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 42 14 0 | 0 4·2 | 1 1 4 | 0 3·36 | 0 17 1
" .. | " .. | 38 | " | 117 2 0 | 0 7 0 | 41 6 0 | 0 4·2 | 1 0 8 | 0 3·36 | 0 16 6
Swampy land. Situated at head of Lake Wakatipu, three to four miles from Glenorchy. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of ballot is declared—on Section 27, £4 11s.; on Section 28, £5 17s.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto following the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Rodney County.—Parish of Puhoi.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
S.E. 103 | .. | 37 2 0 | 38 0 0
About six miles from Puhoi, and containing about 50,000 superficial feet of kauri timber.

Tauranga County.—Suburbs of Greerton.

Lot 232 | .. | 0 2 12 | 1 2 6
Lot 234 | .. | 3 1 30 | 6 17 6

Whangarei County.—Opuawhanga Survey District.

21 | VIII. | 314 0 0 | 275 10 0
27 | IX. | 344 0 0 | 369 0 0
15 | XIII. | 460 0 0 | 247 0 0
29 | XII. | | |
14 | XIII. | 322 0 0 | 194 0 0

Sections 21 and 27, broken land; heavy mixed forest; fair soil; Section 21 contains about 394,000 superficial feet kauri timber, and Section 27 about 566,000 superficial feet kauri. Sections 15, 29, undulating to broken land; soil fair; containing about 226,000 superficial feet kauri. Section 14, same description, with about 220,000 superficial feet kauri.

These lands are situated from two to four miles from sea-coast at Sandy Bay, and about ten miles from Hikurangi Railway-station.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has requested that the present name of “Birmingham,” within the County of Kiwitea, be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Township of Birmingham, in the County of Kiwitea aforesaid, shall, on and after the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Kimbolton,” and the name of the said Township of Birmingham is hereby altered accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!