1936
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Rural Lands in the Canterbury 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 thirteenth day of December, 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.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

This section is situated on the north-eastern side of the Ashburton River, having frontage on the main road from Mount Somers Township to the coal-pits, at a distance of about six miles and a half in a north-westerly direction from the Mount Somers Railway-station, and comprises open level ploughable land of fair quality, shingly in patches.

Ashburton.. | Hinds .. | 36522 | IX. | 19 1 28 | 2 10 0 | 48 11 3 | 2 6 | 1 4 3 | 2 0 | 0 19 5 |

This section is situated adjacent to the properties of J. Studholme, Esq., jun., and Messrs. Pateman and Stone, having frontage on the Boundary Road about four miles and three-quarters south-westward from the Hinds Railway-station, and comprises open level agricultural land of fair quality.

Second-class Surveyed Land.

Ashburton.. | Hinds .. | 35877 | IX. | 33 3 7 | 1 5 0 | 42 4 10 | 1 3 | 1 1 1 | 1 0 | 0 16 11 |

This section is situated adjacent to the Hinds Village Settlement, about three miles south-westward from the Hinds Railway-station, and comprises open level plain land of light quality.

Waimate .. | Waihao .. | Part of 27826 | XI. | 60 0 36 | 1 10 0 | 90 6 9 | 1 6 | 2 5 2 | 1 24 | 1 16 2 |

This section is situated between the north and south branches of the Waihao River, fronting on the Clements Road branch of the Pentland Hills Road, about eight miles and a half north-westerly from Waihao Forks Railway-station, and comprises broken hilly land, sunny faces with fairly good soil, and steep stony facings to a deep gully, which contains a good water-supply. The section carries good native pasture.

NOTE.—Any selector purchasing this section for cash must pay, in lieu of the ordinary Crown-grant fee, the costs of conveyance to himself of the present title to the land, now standing in the name of Her Majesty the Queen.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred; and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Land light and somewhat gravelly; broken with old lignite workings; position good, at junction of two roads. Accessible by good road, about thirteen miles from Gore. Weighted with £54, valuation for improvements, consisting of house, fencing, &c.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.