Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 581

and towards the north-west by a line at right angles to the
south-west boundary to include the area: as the same is
delineated on the map deposited in the District Survey
Office, Christchurch. For a paddock for the Rabbit In-
spector.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District,
containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being
section numbered 2876 (in red), situate in Block VI., Jollie
Survey District. Bounded eastward by the road west of
Section No. 34428, 1697·8 links; southward by Section
No. 33298, 3263·6 links; westward by the road reserved
along the River Tasman, 1851·1 links; and northward by a
line parallel to southern boundary, 2885·8 links: as the same
is more particularly delineated on the map deposited in the
District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a paddock for the
Rabbit Inspector.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District,
containing by admeasurement 25 acres, more or less, being
section numbered 2877 (in red), situate in Block XIII.,
Mueller Survey District, being a rectangular block of land

1470·6 links by 1700 links, the south-eastern corner of the
said block being 1451·1 links distant from the north-west
corner of R.S. 34706 on a bearing of 23° 21′; as the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the
District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a paddock for the
Rabbit Inspector.

SOUTHLAND.

All that parcel of land in the Southland Land District,
containing by admeasurement 12 acres, more or less, being
a lagoon in Block VI., Town of Wyndham, and surrounding
Section No. 66 of the same block. Bounded towards the
north, south, east, and west by a public road; as the same
is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief
Surveyor, Invercargill. For a public recreation reserve.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Marlborough 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 tenth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Kaikoura .. | Mount Fyffe | 12 | II. | 318 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 397 10 0 | 1 3 | 9 18 9 | 1 0 | 7 19 0
All bush—manuka, mahoe, hinau, and kowhai; good soil; flat terraces along frontage, low ridges at the back; well
watered; altitude 400 ft. to 800 ft.; ten miles from Kaikoura by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Mount Fyffe | 4 | III. | 319 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 478 10 0 | 1 6 | 11 19 3 | 1 2·4 | 9 11 5
All bush—manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little matai and rimu; very good soil, on limestone formation; easy
slopes: well watered; altitude 500 ft. to 1,000 ft.; eleven miles from Kaikoura, ten miles of which is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Mount Fyffe | 5 | III. | 318 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 437 5 0 | 1 4½ | 10 18 8 | 1 1·2 | 8 14 11
About 70 acres well grassed, remainder light bush, mostly kowhai, with a little totara; good soil, on limestone forma-
tion; well watered; altitude 600 ft. to 1,860 ft.; eleven miles and a half from Kaikoura, ten miles of which is by formed
road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 1 | XII. | 640 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 640 0 0 | 1 0 | 16 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 12 16 0
About half grass and tussock, remainder light bush, with a little totara and matai; steep faces, stony in places; good
soil; well watered; altitude 1,100 ft. to 3,000 ft.; fourteen miles and a half from Kaikoura, of which ten miles is by formed
road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 2 | XII. | 640 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 640 0 0 | 1 0 | 16 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 12 16 0
About 280 acres open country, fairly well grassed, remainder light bush, with birch and rimu on the ridges; good soil,
on limestone-and-clay formation; well watered; altitude 1,100 ft. to 3,200 ft.; eighteen miles from Kaikoura, of which
eleven miles is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 3 | XII. | 581 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 435 15 0 | 0 9 | 10 17 11 | 0 7·2 | 8 14 4
A rough broken section, about 250 acres light inferior bush, remainder grass and tussock; good soil, on limestone
formation, but very steep and stony; well watered; altitude 1,600 ft. to 3,932 ft.; seventeen miles and a half from Kai-
koura, of which ten miles is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 1 | XVI. | 320 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 440 0 0 | 1 4½ | 11 0 0 | 1 1·2 | 8 16 0
About 70 acres well grassed, remainder light bush, with a little totara and matai; good flat on Iron Gate Creek; good
soil, on limestone-and-clay formation; well watered; altitude 300 ft. to 1,900 ft.; twelve miles from Kaikoura, of which
eleven miles is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 2 | XVI. | 640 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 880 0 0 | 1 4½ | 22 0 0 | 1 1·2 | 17 12 0
About 180 acres flat-topped ridge, well grassed, remainder steep slopes covered with light bush, with a little totara,
matai, and rimu; good soil, on limestone formation; well watered; altitude 500 ft. to 2,000 ft.; twelve miles and a half
from Kaikoura, eleven miles of which is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 3 | XVI. | 640 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 720 0 0 | 1 1½ | 18 0 0 | 0 10·8 | 14 8 0
Steep slopes covered with light bush, with a little totara, matai, and rimu; good soil, on sandstone-and-clay forma-
tion; well watered; altitude 200 ft. to 1,700 ft.; twelve miles from Kaikoura, eleven miles of which is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 4 | XVI. | 574 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 789 5 0 | 1 4½ | 19 14 8 | 1 1·2 | 15 15 8
About 180 acres flat-topped ridge, well grassed, remainder steep slopes covered with light bush, with a little totara,
matai, and rimu; good soil, on limestone formation; well watered; altitude 800 ft. to 2,500 ft.; thirteen miles from Kai-
koura, eleven miles of which is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 5 | XVI. | 640 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 640 0 0 | 1 0 | 16 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 12 16 0
Small flats along Iron Gate Creek, remainder all steep hills covered with light bush, with a little matai and rimu;
part of the Burnt Hill spur is well grassed with cocksfoot; good soil, on sandstone-and-clay formation; well watered; alti-
tude 300 ft. to 1,770 ft.; fifteen miles from Kaikoura, eleven miles of which is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 8 | XVI. | 640 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 880 0 0 | 1 4½ | 22 0 0 | 1 1·2 | 17 12 0
Half bush, half well grassed; good flat along Puhipuhi, covered with heavy bush—totara, kahikatea, matai, and rimu;
remainder steep faces, stony in places; mostly good soil, on limestone formation; well watered; altitude 700 ft. to 2,700 ft.;
twelve miles and a half from Kaikoura, eleven miles of which is by formed road.

Kaikoura .. | Kaitarau .. | 9 | XVI. | 494 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 555 15 0 | 1 1½ | 13 17 11 | 0 10·8 | 11 2 4
About 270 acres well grassed, on top and sides of Seaward Range, remainder steep hills covered with light bush;
good soil, on limestone-and-clay formation; fairly well watered; altitude 800 ft. to 2,700 ft.; seventeen miles from Kai-
koura, eleven miles of which is by formed road.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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