1408
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

LAKE COUNTY.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
Nokomai .. | 11 | IV. | 293 0 18| 0 3·6 | 2 3 11
Open country, white tussock, broken; soil fair; permanent water; altitude from 1,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. Distant one mile from Nokomai Railway-station.
This section is burdened with £14 3s. 6d., being valuation for fencing.

LAKE AND SOUTHLAND COUNTIES.

Nokomai .. | 12 | IV. |1,166 1 9| 0 2·4 | 5 16 8
Open country, white tussock, broken; soil fair; permanent water; altitude from 1,500 ft. to 3,000 ft. Distant one mile from Nokomai Railway-station.
This section is burdened with £11 9s. 3d., being valuation for fencing.

Nokomai .. |20&21| VII. | 696 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 6 19 2
Open country, white tussock and native grasses; about 120 acres level land, balance steep hillside; permanent water; soil good; altitude from 1,100 ft. to 2,000 ft. Distant from Nokomai Railway-station two miles and a half.
These sections are burdened with £17 7s., being valuation for fencing.

Nokomai .. | 22 | VII. | 865 3 0 | 0 2·4 | 4 6 7
Open country, white tussock, good water; soil fair; altitude, 1,100 ft. to 2,500 ft. Distant from Nokomai Railway-station by road two miles and a half.
This section is burdened with £28 6s. 6d., being valuation for fencing.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Lands in the Marlborough 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 Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and 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 one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the eighteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and that the said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”; and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Agricultural Land.

RICHMOND BROOK SETTLEMENT.

Taylor Pass | 1 | XXI. | 546 0 0 | 7 0 | £ s. d. 95 11 0
" | 3 | " | 418 0 0 | 6 0 | 4 6 5*
" | 4 | " | 193 0 0 | 7 0 | 33 15 6
" | 7 | " | 538 0 0 | 5 0 | 67 5 0
Blue Mountain | 1 | II. | 500 0 0 | 4 6 | 56 5 0
" | 2 | " | 582 0 0 | 4 0 | 58 4 0
" | 1 | III. | 594 0 0 | 5 0 | 74 5 0

STARBOROUGH SETTLEMENT.

Taylor Pass | 3 | XXII. | 80 0 0 | 7 1 | 14 4 0
" | 4 | " | 89 0 0 | 6 10 | 15 4 10
" | 14 | " | 78 0 0 | 7 1 | 13 16 11
" | 15 | " | 87 0 0 | 6 1 | 13 5 4
" | 16 | " | 102 2 0 | 6 10 | 17 11 1
" | 17 | " | 54 1 25 | 7 1 | 9 13 2
" | 18 | " | 52 2 36 | 7 1 | 9 7 2
Clifford Bay | 1 | X. | 169 0 0 | 5 7 | 23 13 2
" | 7 | " | 99 3 8 | 6 1 | 15 4 5
" | 8 | " | 99 3 8 | 6 10 | 17 1 10
" | 9 | " | 48 2 20 | 7 1 | 8 12 7
" | 10 | " | 46 0 11 | 7 1 | 8 3 7

*Interest and sinking fund on iron cottage, valued at £50, repayable in seven years, in half-yearly instalments of £4 6s. 5d.: total half-yearly rent, £99 17s. 5d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of July, 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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-seventh day of September, 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 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOBSON COUNTY.
Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in Block XIV., Tokatoka Survey District, and Blocks I., IV., V., and VII., Te Kuri Survey District, containing by admeasurement 5,850 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a public road, by Sections Nos. 4, 5, and 6 of Block XIV., Tokatoka Survey District, and Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Block I., Te Kuri Survey District, to the southernmost angle of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the north-western angle of Section No. 4 of the Parish of Te Kuri, and by that section and Sections Nos. 2 and 5 of the same parish: towards the south-east by the Pouto No. 2b Block: towards the south-west by an irregular line, being the edge of the sandhills fronting the west coast: and towards the north-west by part of the south-eastern boundary of the Parish Tatarariki to the point of commencement.