JUNE 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1083

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 twenty-fifth day of July, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

These sections are situated on the Mangaronga Road, the access being from Eketahuna Railway-station, which is about four miles distant, by a good dray-road most of the distance. The sections comprise, generally speaking, ridgy land, the soil being fair, resting on papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising chiefly rimu, birch, hinau, matai, miro, &c., with a mixed undergrowth of supplejacks, ferns, and ordinary under-scrub. The sections are indifferently watered, and have an elevation ranging from 1,100 ft. to 1,150 ft. above sea-level.

Section 69 is weighted with £487 6s. for improvements, which comprise 100 acres felled and grassed, 2 acres felled only, 108 chains of fencing, dwellinghouse, outhouses, garden, tree-planting, &c. The Eketahuna County Council has a claim against this section of £2 4s. 2d. for rates.

Section 70 is weighted with £673 12s. 3d. for improvements, which comprise 147 acres grassed, 160 chains of fencing, dwellinghouse, garden, pump, well, &c. The Wairarapa County Council has a claim against this section of £2 0s. 1d., and the Eketahuna County Council of £2 10s., for rates.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 second day of August, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Open land of good quality, partially grassed; on Waimana River, Opouriao; about nine miles by good road from Whakatane.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Undulating land covered with mixed forest, near the Tokatoka-Matakohe Road, and about ten miles from Matakohe.

About 200 acres mixed forest, balance fern and scrub; land of good quality, undulating to broken, and well watered; situated on Raukaukeke Estuary, Kawhia Harbour.

| Raglan | Waipa* | 89 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 15 0 | 0 5·76 | 0 12 0 |

Comprises open and mixed-forest land, situated on main road to Waingaro Hot Springs; two miles from Waipa Bridge. Subject to £50 for house, orchard, grassing, and fencing.

| Manukau | Mangatawhiri* | 185A | .. | 45 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 16 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 8 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 9 |

Subject to £75 for house, clearing. Comprises open undulating to broken land; eight miles from Pokeno Station.

| Whakatane | Waioeka* | 226,227 | .. | 82 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 20 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 10 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 8 6 |

Broken inferior land, about five miles from Opotiki.

| Manukau | Karaka* | 109 | .. | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 10 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 0 |

Open fern land, about one mile from Runciman Station, and fronting the main Waiuku Road.

| Whangarei | Waipu* | 104 | .. | 60 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 7 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 0 |

Inferior tea-tree land, four miles from Waipu.

• Parish.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.