1596
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

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.

Delaware Block.

Pohangina.. | Apiti .. | 4 | XVI. | 200 0 0 | 1 9 0 | 290 0 0 | 1 5·4 | 7 5 0 | 1 1·92 | 5 16 0
Weighted with £18 for improvements. The Pohangina County Council has a claim against this section of £2 for rates.

Masterton Reform Block.

Akitio .. | Mt. Cerberus | 25 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0
" .. | Makuri .. | 18 | XI. | 300 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 6 0 0
Weighted with £150 for improvements.

Upper Makohine Block.

Rangitikei.. | Hautapu .. | 12 | V. | 385 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 481 5 0 | 1 3 | 12 0 8 | 1 0 | 9 12 6

Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block.

Rangitikei.. | Tiriraukawa | 8 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0
Weighted with £32 15s. for improvements.

Rangitikei.. | Tiriraukawa | 10 | IV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £4 for improvements. The Rangitikei County Council has a claim against this section of £2 6s. 5d. for rates.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Sommerville Block.

Rangitikei.. | Maungaka- | 29 | XVI. | 200 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 150 0 0 | 0 9 | 3 15 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0
| retu |

Section 4, Block XVI., Apiti, is situated in the Delaware Block. The access is from Ashhurst, which is about nineteen miles distant via the Pohangina Valley and Makiekie Roads, which are formed for dray traffic to within half a mile of the section; the rest is formed bridle-track. The section comprises, generally speaking, hilly land with portions of flat. The frontage is somewhat rough. A leading ridge runs through the section. The soil is of good quality, resting on shingle-and-sandstone formation. The forest is moderately heavy, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, rewarewa, and a few totaras, &c., with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by small streams. The improvements comprise about 12 acres grassed at £1 10s.—£18.

Section 25, Block IV., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about nineteen miles distant, nine miles being dray-road and ten miles bridle-track. The section comprises good flat-topped spurs, but severed from road by a rough gully. The soil is from medium to good, resting on sandstone-and-papa formation. The forest is of mixed character, comprising rimu, rata, tawa, matai, with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, rangiora, lawyers, &c. The section is well watered by a creek. The elevation ranges from about 1,400 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 18, Block XI., Makuri, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about seventeen miles distant—nine miles of dray-road and eight miles of bridle-track. The section comprises easy spurs on road-frontage, rising steeply to 2,500 ft. on back line, covered with mixed forest, with the exception of about 70 acres, which is grassed. The soil is of medium quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of a mixed character, comprising rimu, rata, tawhero, and birch on ridges, with an undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, rangiora, &c. The section is watered by a small creek at present. The elevation ranges from about 1,800 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 70 acres felled and grassed at £2, £140; 20 chains fencing at 10s., £10—£150.

Section 12, Block V., Hautapu, is situated in the Awarua Block, west of Mangaweka, and on the Makohine Stream. The access is from Mangaweka, which is about eight miles distant via the Main Trunk Road, Mangatiti and Makohine Valley Roads, which are formed for dray traffic for about three miles and a half, the balance being a formed bridle-track. The section comprises broken country. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is moderately heavy, comprising rimu, kahikatea, matai, maire, hinau, &c., with the usual undergrowth.

Section 8, Block VII., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block. The access is from Hunter ville, which is about twenty miles distant via the Watershed Road, Murray’s Track, Wairepu Road, which are formed for dray traffic as far as Te Kumu Saddle; the rest of the distance, about four miles, is formed bridle-track only. The section comprises hilly land with some flat and undulating country, and somewhat steep frontage. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is rather heavy, comprising chiefly rimu, rata, tawa, with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by small streams. The improvements consist of 15 acres felled and 2 acres grassed, value £32 15s.

Section 10, Block IV., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block. The access is from Hunter ville, which is about twenty-two miles distant via the Watershed Road and Murray’s Track, which are formed for dray traffic for about nineteen miles; the rest is formed bridle-track only. The section comprises undulating land, with some flat land near the road sufficient for a homestead-site. The soil is good, resting on papa formation. The forest is moderately heavy, comprising rimu, matai, rata, tawa, &c., with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by small streams. The improvements comprise about 16 acres felled and grassed at £2, £32; slab whare, not lined, shingle roof, £15—£47.