Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2039

Rural Land in the Otago 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Good land, well watered; known as the Lagoon Reserve at Hawea Flat.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of the Invercargill Racecourse appointed.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Invercargill Racecourse Reserve Management Ordinance, 1873” (Otago), and “The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ARCHIBALD FOTHERINGHAM HAWKE

to be a Trustee of the Invercargill Racecourse Reserve, in terms of “The Invercargill Racecourse Reserve Management Ordinance, 1873” (Otago), aforesaid, and to act in conjunction with William Horatio Hall, John Tice Martin, and Thomas Pratt, previously appointed by Proclamation of the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, under the name and style of “The Trustees of the Invercargill Racecourse.”

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 seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, 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.

OMAHERE Survey District (Bay of Islands County), Section 1, Block XVI.: 11 acres 3 roods; total upset price, £24; open land; two miles from Kaikohe Post-office, and subject to £1,000 for furnaces, office, sheds, and tramway in connection with the quicksilver-mines.

Tauhoa Parish (Rodney County), Section 27B: 30 acres; total upset price, £15; open land at mouth of Hoteo River; only access by water.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioners appointed to classify Rural Lands in the Canterbury Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
DAVID McMILLAN, and
JOHN McLACHLAN

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural lands in the Canterbury Land District known as Runs Nos. 3 and 4, in the Geraldine County; 48, 49, 67, 204, and 205, Waimate County; 90, 91, and 207, Mackenzie County; 103, 106, 107, 109, and 203, Ashburton County; 136, 139, 145, 145A, 146, 150, 150A, and 151, Ashley County; 158, 158A, 159, 161, and 169A, Selwyn County; and Lots 1 to 5 of Reserve 462, Reserve 2699, and Lots 12 and 24 of Reserve 2332, Ashley County: as provided by section one hundred and eighty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” as aforesaid.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for Motueka Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

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

ALFRED RUTLAND EDWARDS

to be a Trustee, in the place of Charles Parker, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Motueka Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by warrants under the hand of His Excellency the Governor.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.