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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land 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 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, and that the said land may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”; and I do hereby declare that the rental at which the said land shall be leased shall be that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such land.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTANU SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £150, repayable by half-yearly instalments of £5 17s. for twenty-one years.

Situated about twenty-six miles from Otautau by Main Road, and by road down Otahu Hill about twenty-three miles. Ground mostly flat. On Section 4 about 300 acres have been laid down in English grass; the buildings comprise a dwellinghouse and outbuildings, stable, store, large woolshed with powerful log press, two huts, and sheepyards—value of buildings, £150; there are about 447 chains of boundary and divisional fencing on the section, valued at £39 13s. 6d. Section 5, which is also flat ground, contains about 200 acres of good agricultural land, partly laid down in English grass; the portion to the west of road is light soil, carrying silver-tussock; the fencing comprises about 240 chains boundary and subdivisional fences, value £31 8s. 6d., half value of boundary-fences included; no payment is required for valuations for fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Westland 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 sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred; 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that area in the Westland Land District, situated in Block IV., Macfarlane Survey District, containing 500 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Lachelles Creek, 110 chains; towards the east by a line bearing 197°, 126 chains; towards the south by a line bearing 287°, 80 chains; and towards the west by a line bearing 17°, 50 chains, to the starting-point.

Description: River-flat, thin stony soil, covered with light bush and scrub; access by seaport from Jackson Bay, by horse-track via Arawata and Jackson Valley; distance, twenty miles.

Cash price, 7s. 6d. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 4·5d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 3·6d. per acre per annum.

All that area in the Westland Land District, situated in Blocks V. and VII., Waiho Survey District, containing 4,500 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Run No. 115; towards the north-east by the River Waiho; towards the south and south-west by Run No. 61, 288 chains; and towards the west by Run No. 16.

Cash price, 10s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 4·8d. per acre per annum.

All that area in the Westland Land District, situated in Block I., Waiho Survey District, containing 1,250 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the Waiho River; towards the south by Run No. 16; towards the east by Run No. 115; and towards the west by Crown lands and Ferry Reserve No. 230.

Cash price, 10s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 4·8d. per acre per annum.

Description: Low flat country, with light absorbent soil overlying gravel, covered with dense bush, light forest, and scrub; access by Main South Road from Waiho diggings, five miles, and by beach and open river-bed from seaport of Okarito, twelve miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.