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296, 464, and 317 links; towards the south-west and south by other part of Te Karo No. 1 Block, 1400, 3076, 410, 150, 1630, 1975, 3896, and 1570 links; and towards the east by the sea and by the Te Karo No. 2 Block, 190, 258, 424, 239, 334, 296, 217, 156, 254, 107, 202, 237, 121, 168, 406, 418, 426, 326, 480, 456, 145, 122, 887, 344, 149, 263, 215, 377, 217, 169, 217, 376, 425, 307, 187, 450, 675, 165, and 190 links, and again by the sea: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

OUNUORA NO. 2 BLOCK.

Timber Lease.

All those parcels of land in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Hastings, Coromandel, Otama, and Whitianga Survey Districts, called or known by the name of Ounuora No. 2 Block, containing together by admeasurement 5,068 acres, more or less.

One Portion.—Bounded towards the south-east, north-east, and north-west generally by the Ounuora Block, 2834, 1485, 2507, 994, 504, 663, 2004, 1707, 1205, 2300, 6020, and 4450 links; towards the south east by Crown land and Taranohi Block, 420, 889, 1282, 2621, 1154, 1106, 1358, 1649, 977, 1418, 1417, 493, 1900, 796, 880, 296, 886, 1186, 326, 970, 659, 264, 840, 175, 592, 589, 360, 430, 383, 707, 720, 307, 371, 788, 503, 575, 604, and 805 links respectively; towards the south by Crown land, 22060, 225, 306, 137, 178, 257, and 140 links; towards the north-west generally by the Tui Creek, Crown land, Section No. 5, Block IV., and Sections Nos. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Block V., Hastings Survey District, and Kaimarama Block, 159, 251, 200, 399, 166, 252, 648, 171, 214, 152, 131, 167, 290, 183, 227, 94, 126, 272, 199, 177, 186, 212, 250, 189, 379, 225, 201, 317, 160, 198, 254, 175, 249, 300, 232, 190, 140, 243, 180, 140, 552, 180, 262, 335, 337, 556, 306, 222, 313, 240, 422, 375, 134, 445, 355, 194, 322, 225, 262, 271, 132, 161, 222, 176, 497, 134, 210, 142, 166, 200, 156, 329, 261, 488, 308, 275, 300, 127, 184, 150, 82, 108, 139, 198, 330, 302, 160, 203, 331, 148, 98, 288, 696, 190, 409, 179, 209, 294, 698, 503, 317, 244, 587, 194, 120, 201, 194, 551, 118, 362, 143, 185, 462, 689, 286, 229, 461, 193, 488, 288, 298, 310, 219, 146, 172, 343, 153, 169, 237, 157, 419, 283, 249, 430, 216, 398, 276, 164, 405, 500, 645, 286, 249, 594, 361, 346, 252, 324, 246, 324, 156, 425, 622, 225, 463, 200, 732, 347, 841, 1090, 578, 1144, 825, 664, and 384 links respectively: save and except the Wharauroroa Block, containing 170 acres, which has been excluded from the above-named block.

Other Portion.—Bounded towards the north-east by the Miro Block, 1263, 299, and 290 links respectively; towards the east by the Whitianga River, by a line crossing the Owhero Creek, 2449 links, and a line 6900 links; towards the south and south-west by the Ounuora Creek, and the Ounuora Block, 1283, 373, and 1610 links respectively; and towards the north-west by the Kaimarama Block, 360, 1000, 631, 931, 2183, 1769, 882, 1158, 1112, 816, and 1366 links respectively: save and except Ounuora No. 2 Block, Native Reserve, containing 25 acres, more or less, delineated on the plan drawn on the deed of conveyance to the Crown: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

NORTHERN PORTION OF KAPOWAI BLOCK.

Timber Lease.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situated in Block V., Whitianga Survey District, containing by admeasurement 468 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the Whenuakite No. 2 Block, 7466 links; towards the east and south-east by the Kapowai Block, 2536, 1276, 2856, and 8456 links; and towards the west by the Wharepapa Block and Native land, 11349 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

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; at the Government House, at Christchurch, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

A. J. CADMAN.

Approved in Council.

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

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and that the land 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 it contains, or is 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-third day of March, 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 lands 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.—HAWKE'S BAY AND RANGITIKEI COUNTIES.

Unsurveyed First- and Second-class Land.