1084

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 47

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 ninth 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

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

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 9 | I. | 422 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 738 10 0 | 1 9 | 18 9 3 | 1 4·8 | 14 15 5
One-fourth first-class river-deposit, balance fairly good; shingly in places. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-five miles. Burdened with £798 13s., valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Lillburn .. | 8 | I. | 467 2 20 | 1 7 6 | 642 19 8 | 1 4·5 | 16 1 6 | 1 1·2 | 12 17 2
Flat land, intersected by belts of shingle; soil generally good, excepting gravel-belts. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-four miles. Burdened with £714 6s., valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Waikawa .. | 27,28,29 | II. | 40 3 19 | 1 10 0 | 61 6 1 | 1 6 | 1 10 8 | 1 2·4 | 1 4 6
Bush land, partly cleared; soil good. Distance from Waikawa Township, half a mile. Burdened with £46 6s., valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Waikawa .. | 35, 37 | II. | 42 1 18 | 1 5 0 | 52 19 1 | 1 3 | 1 6 6 | 1 0 | 1 1 2
Bush land, partly cleared; soil good. Distance from Waikawa Township, one mile. Burdened with £74, valuation for improvements.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wallace | Takitimo .. | 114 | .. | 1,196 0 0 | 0 8 4 | 498 6 8 | 0 5 | 12 9 2 | 0 4 | 9 19 4
Open land, and hilly. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, about thirty-two miles. Burdened with £1,090 15s., valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Otara .. | 12 | II. | 320 0 2 | 0 8 9 | 140 0 0 | 0 5·25 | 3 10 0 | 0 4·2 | 2 16 0
Situation fair; nearly all bush; soil fair. Distance from Fortrose, eight miles. Burdened with £214, valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Otara .. | 13 | II. | 540 0 0 | 0 8 9 | 236 5 0 | 0 5·25 | 5 18 2 | 0 4·2 | 4 14 6
Bush land, partly cleared; soil medium. Distance from Fortrose, nine miles. Burdened with £297 3s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Otara .. | 14 | II. | 542 0 0 | 0 8 9 | 237 2 6 | 0 5·25 | 5 18 7 | 0 4·2 | 4 14 10
Bush land; soil mossy and inferior. Distance from Fortrose, ten miles. Burdened with £306 5s., valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Otara .. | 16 | II. | 208 2 16 | 0 8 10 | 92 1 8 | 0 5·3 | 2 6 1 | 0 4·24 | 1 16 10
Part open and part bush land; open land swampy, bush land fairly good; situation good. Distance from Fortrose, nine miles. Burdened with £185 10s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Alton .. | 4 | II. | 647 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 647 5 0 | 1 0 | 16 3 8 | 0 9·6 | 12 18 11
Part open and part bush land, fairly level; about 300 acres good land. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-eight miles. Burdened with £703 6s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Alton .. | 8, 9 | II. | 929 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 1,161 17 6 | 1 3 | 29 0 11 | 1 0 | 23 4 9
Mostly open level land; soil on terrace light and shingly; soil along creek and river good. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-seven miles. Burdened with £1,430, valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Longwood .. | 12, 13 | XVI. | 1,004 0 0 | 0 8 8 | 435 1 4 | 0 5·2 | 10 17 6 | 0 4·16 | 8 14 0
Bush land, broken and hilly in character; soil fairly good in places. Distance from Orepuki Railway-station, seven miles. Burdened with £436 16s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 9,10 | II. | 1,028 0 16 | 0 9 4 | 479 14 8 | 0 5·6 | 11 19 10 | 0 4·48 | 9 11 11
Mostly broken and hilly country; deep gullies, with fern and bush-clad ridges. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-five miles. Section 9 is burdened with £258 11s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 1 | VII. | 783 3 27 | 0 12 6 | 490 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 12 5 0 | 0 6 | 9 16 0
Mostly open undulating country, somewhat damp. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, thirty miles. Burdened with £471 17s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 2, 3 | VII. | 1,521 1 4 | 0 9 4 | 709 16 0 | 0 5·6 | 17 14 11 | 0 4·48 | 14 3 11
Part bush, mostly open land, broken and swampy in places. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-nine miles. Burdened with £357 1s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 6, 7 | I. | 698 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 785 5 0 | 1 1·5 | 19 12 8 | 0 10·8 | 15 14 1
Level open land; vegetation, silver-tussock; soil good. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-two miles. Burdened with £1,084 10s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 12, 13 | II. | 696 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 435 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 10 17 6 | 0 6 | 8 14 0
Mostly bush land, with scrub and birch bush. Open land includes Section 13. Tussock and swamp, broken fern ridges; soil good. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, twenty-eight miles. Burdened with £230 18s., valuation for improvements.

Wallace | Lillburn .. | 1 | VI. | 847 0 0 | 0 6 3 | 264 13 9 | 0 3·75 | 6 12 4 | 0 3 | 5 5 11
Broken hilly country; vegetation, fern and bush. Distance from Otatau Railway-station, thirty-three miles. Burdened with £325, valuation for improvements.

Southl’d | Otara .. | 13 | II. | 233 0 0 | 0 8 9 | 101 18 9 | 0 5·25 | 2 10 11 | 0 4·2 | 2 0 9
Part open and part bush land—open land swampy, bush land fairly good; situation good. Distance from Fortrose, ten miles. Burdened with £267 2s., valuation for improvements.