1558

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 71

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 eighteenth day of October, 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.

PAHIATUA NO. 1 BLOCK.

Akitio .. | Mount Cerberus | 7 | V. | 100 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 125 0 0 | 1 3 | 3 2 6 | 1 0 | 2 10 0
Weighted with £21 5s. for improvements.

CHRISTCHURCH BLOCK.

Akitio .. | Puketoi .. | 3 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £34 10s. for improvements.

Akitio .. | Puketoi .. | 6 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £31 10s. for improvements.

KAIKOURA BLOCK.

Akitio .. | Aohanga .. | 24 | V. | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0

MEKALICKSTONE BLOCK.

Akitio .. | Aohanga .. | 7 | VI. | 100 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 100 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 2 0 0
Weighted with £7 10s. for improvements.

Akitio .. | Aohanga .. | 9 | V. | 248 3 8 | 1 2 6 | 279 18 0 | 1 1·5 | 7 0 0 | 0 10·8 | 5 12 0
Weighted with £6 16s. for improvements.

Akitio .. | Aohanga .. | 12 | V. | 150 0 0 | 1 3 6 | 176 5 0 | 1 2·1 | 4 8 2 | 0 11·28 | 3 10 6
Weighted with £10 for improvements.

Akitio .. | Aohanga .. | 18 | V. | 150 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 1 0 | 3 15 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 0 0

" .. | " .. | 4 | VI. | 100 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 100 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 2 0 0

COONOOR BLOCK.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 16 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0
Weighted with £372 9s. 3d. for improvements.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 15 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £112 10s. for improvements.

MAKURI-PUKETOI BLOCK.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 21 | XIV. | 88 2 0 | 2 7 6 | 210 3 9 | 2 4·5 | 5 5 1 | 1 10·8 | 4 4 1

Second-class Land.

TIRAUMEA-MAKURI BLOCK.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 66, 78 | IX. | 1,675 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 1,465 12 6 | 0 10·5 | 36 12 10 | 0 8·4 | 29 6 3
Weighted with £162 10s. for improvements.

Section 7, Block V., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. 1 Block, on the Waihi Road, distant about twenty-one miles from Makuri, nine miles being dray-road and twelve miles horse-track. The access is from Pongaroa, also Mount Wolff. The former is about nine miles distant, and the latter six miles, by part dray-road and part horse-track. The section comprises low flat spurs in front, rising to a considerable height at back line. The soil is clayey, of poor quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, matai, birch, and a few totara, with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a small creek. The elevation ranges from about 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the section is poor. The improvements, which are neglected, comprise 10 acres felled and grassed, 5 chains of fencing, house 13 ft. by 24 ft. by 9 ft., with lean-to, split palings.

Section 3, Block VIII., Puketoi, is situated in the Christchurch Block, on the Rakaunui Road, distant about eighteen miles from Makuri, or thirty-two miles from Eketahuna Railway-station. The access is from Rakaunui Township, also Waterfalls, on Main Road. The former is distant about six miles, and the latter three miles, one mile of which is bridle-track, the remainder dray-road. The section comprises undulating land, with homestead-site on road-frontage. There are 23 acres grassed, on part of which secondary growth is appearing. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest uncleared is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, rewarewa, birch, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of supplejack, konini, rangiora, &c. The section is indifferently watered. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the section is fair. The improvements comprise 23 acres felled and grassed.

Section 6, Block VIII., Puketoi, is situated in the Christchurch Block, on Rakaunui Road, distant about eighteen miles from Makuri, or about thirty-two miles from Eketahuna Railway-station. The access is from Rakaunui Township, also Waterfalls, via Alfredton-Weber Road. The former is about six miles distant, and the latter three miles, one mile of