Jan. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 173

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

The above sections comprise partly open and partly white-pine swamp, with a little dry land on Rawhitiroa Road; distance from Eltham Railway-station, about two miles.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Clifton .. | Mimi | { 16 | VIII. } | 1,656 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1,035 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 25 17 6 | 0 6 | 20 14 0 |
| " .. | " | { 7 | XII. } | | | | | | | |
| " .. | " | { 15 | VIII. } | 1,795 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1,121 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 28 1 0 | 0 6 | 22 8 9 |
| " .. | " | { 31 | IX. } | | | | | | | |
| " .. | " | .. | 4 | XII. | 661 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 495 15 0 | 0 9 | 12 7 11 | 0 7·2 | 9 18 4 |
| " .. | " | .. | 9 | XIII. | 250 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 0 | 6 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 0 0 |

This block comprises hilly and undulating forest land, suitable for pastoral pursuits; soil fair to good, well watered; timber consists of rimu, rata, tawa, hinau, matai, tawhero, &c.; papa-and-sandstone formation. Distant from Urenui sixteen to twenty-nine miles, twenty-five of which are formed and a certain distance gravelled; distant from Mokau River fourteen to twenty-two miles.

| Stratford .. | Pouatu .. | 12 | XI. | 688 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 516 0 0 | 0 9 | 12 18 0 | 0 7·2 | 10 6 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 510 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 382 10 0 | 0 9 | 9 11 3 | 0 7·2 | 7 13 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | XIV. | 433 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 378 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 9 9 6 | 0 8·4 | 7 11 7 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 481 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 420 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 10 10 6 | 0 8·4 | 8 8 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 916 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 801 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 20 0 9 | 0 8·4 | 16 0 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 292 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 292 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 6 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 16 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | XV. | 695 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 521 5 0 | 0 9 | 13 0 4 | 0 7·2 | 10 8 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 15 | " | 845 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 528 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 13 4 1 | 0 6 | 10 11 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 16 | " | 580 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 435 0 0 | 0 9 | 10 17 6 | 0 7·2 | 8 14 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 17 | " | 682 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 596 15 0 | 0 10·5 | 14 18 5 | 0 8·4 | 11 18 9 |

These sections comprise rough pastoral country covered with timber, principally of tawa, tawhero, matai, miro, konini, mahoe, and the usual undergrowth. There is a small quantity of rimu, matai, and kahikatea in the valleys. The hills rise from 600 ft. to 900 ft. above the valleys. A large portion of the forest on Section 15 has been destroyed by fire, but the second growth of scrub is high and thick. The formation is papa, and is well watered. Access to the sections in Block XI., and to Section 2, Block XV., is by Mauku Road; distant about three miles from the main road, and about thirty-two miles from Strathmore Township. Access to all other sections (save Section 6, Block XIV.) is by Putikituna Road, which branches from Ohura Road to the Tangarakau River, a distance of eight miles and a half, the bush being felled and road cleared to the river. A bridle-road, 8 ft. wide, is formed six miles and a half from Ohura Road. Access is also gained by canoe up the Whanganui and Tangarakau Rivers; distance from Strathmore, about thirty-five miles.

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

JOHN McKENZIE, 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 twenty second day of March, 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.
Second-class Land.

All good land, and well watered; undulating to broken, and covered with mixed forest; situated three miles from Maropiu and Taita Railway-station, and ten miles from Dargaville by track.

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

JOHN McKENZIE, Minister of Lands.