APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 701

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay 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 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 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.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

| Waipawa.. | Mangatoro .. | 11 | I. | 466 2 0 | 1 2 6 | 524 16 3 | 1 1·5 | 13 2 5 | 0 10·8 | 10 10 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 397 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 496 5 0 | 1 3 | 12 8 2 | 1 0 | 9 18 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 386 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 482 10 0 | 1 3 | 12 1 3 | 1 0 | 9 13 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 14 | " | 451 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 451 0 0 | 1 0 | 11 5 6 | 0 9·6 | 9 0 5 |

The whole of these sections are hilly forest-clad country, timber consisting of rimu, rata, matai, hinau, &c.; soil fair to good, on limestone-and-papa formation; all are well watered. Sections 11, 12, and 13 are suitable for either dairying or grazing purposes, and 14 for grazing only. The height above sea-level varies from 800 ft. to 1,400 ft., and distance from Ormondville twelve to seventeen miles.

| Waipawa.. | Mangatoro .. | 2 | III. | 279 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 348 15 0 | 1 3 | 8 14 5 | 1 0 | 6 19 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 1 | VII. | 450 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 506 5 0 | 1 1·5 | 12 13 2 | 0 10·8 | 10 2 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | " | 369 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 415 2 6 | 1 1·5 | 10 7 7 | 0 10·8 | 8 6 1 |
| " .. | " .. | 3 | " | 383 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 383 0 0 | 1 0 | 9 11 6 | 0 9·6 | 7 13 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 354 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 398 5 0 | 1 1·5 | 9 19 2 | 0 10·8 | 7 19 4 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 408 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 408 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 4 0 | 0 9·6 | 8 3 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 402 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 502 10 0 | 1 3 | 12 11 3 | 1 0 | 10 1 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 10 | " | 423 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 475 17 6 | 1 1·5 | 11 17 11 | 0 10·8 | 9 10 4 |
| " .. | " .. | 11 | " | 491 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 552 7 6 | 1 1·5 | 13 16 2 | 0 10·8 | 11 0 11 |
| " .. | " .. | 11 | VI. | 510 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 510 0 0 | 1 0 | 12 15 0 | 0 9·6 | 10 4 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 14 | VII. | 471 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 471 0 0 | 1 0 | 11 15 6 | 0 9·6 | 9 8 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 1 | X. | 483 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 483 0 0 | 1 0 | 12 1 6 | 0 9·6 | 9 13 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | " | 406 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 456 15 0 | 1 1·5 | 11 8 5 | 0 10·8 | 9 2 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 3 | " | 478 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 597 10 0 | 1 3 | 14 18 9 | 1 0 | 11 19 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | " | 312 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 390 0 0 | 1 3 | 9 15 0 | 1 0 | 7 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 306 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 420 15 0 | 1 4·5 | 10 10 4 | 1 1 | 8 8 4 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 412 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 515 0 0 | 1 3 | 12 17 6 | 1 0 | 10 6 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 385 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 433 2 6 | 1 1·5 | 10 16 7 | 0 10·8 | 8 13 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | XI. | 407 2 0 | 1 2 6 | 458 8 9 | 1 1·5 | 11 9 3 | 0 10·8 | 9 3 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 414 2 0 | 1 2 6 | 466 6 3 | 1 1·5 | 11 13 2 | 0 10·8 | 9 6 6 |
| Waipawa & Patangata | " .. | 3 | XV. | 226 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 226 10 0 | 1 0 | 5 13 3 | 0 9·6 | 4 10 7 |

Section 2, Block III.: About one-third of this section is open land with a mixture of English and native grasses, the balance is covered with mixed timber such as rimu, tawa, matai, tarata, &c.; soil good, on papa formation; height above sea-level from 1,000 ft. to 1,300 ft.; distance from Ormondville Railway-station eleven miles and a half. Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 14, Block VII., are chiefly covered with mixed bush, such as tawa, rimu, kahikatea, matai, &c., with dense undergrowth, and are in places somewhat broken; are all well watered; soil good, on papa formation; on Section 2 there is about 40 acres of open land, and 50 acres of partly open land, with tarata, toro, and tawa, of small size; the northern portion of Section 7 is partly open land, with light tarata, toro, tawa, &c., of small size; the height of these sections above sea-level is from 950 ft. to 1,700 ft., and distance from Ormondville Railway-station eleven and a half to fifteen miles. Section 11, Block VI., broken hilly forest-clad country; timber consisting chiefly of rimu, kahikatea, tawa, &c.; fair soil, on papa formation; well watered; height above sea-level 1,000 ft. to 1,400 ft.; distance from Dannevirke twenty-four miles and a half. Sections 1 to 7, Block X., broken hilly forest-clad country; timber chiefly rimu, kahikatea, tawa, &c.; soil fair, on papa formation; well watered; height above sea-level 800 ft. to 1,400 ft.; distance from Dannevirke nineteen and a half to twenty-two miles. Sections 4 and 5, Block XI., broken hilly forest-clad country; timber chiefly rimu, kahikatea, tawa, &c.; soil fair, on papa formation; well watered; height above sea-level 1,000 ft. to 1,250 ft.; distance from Dannevirke twenty-one and a half to twenty-three miles. Section 3, Block XV., broken hilly country; about half this section is grass and manuka scrub, the balance is covered with inferior mixed timber, such as rimu, tawa, &c.; height above sea-level 600 ft. to 800 ft.; distance from Dannevirke twenty-three miles and a quarter.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Waipawa.. | Mangatoro .. | 4 | VII. | 344 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 301 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 7 10 6 | 0 8·4 | 6 0 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 8 | " | 424 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 318 0 0 | 0 9 | 7 19 0 | 0 7·2 | 6 7 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 9 | " | 438 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 383 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 9 11 8 | 0 8·4 | 7 13 4 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 757 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 473 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 11 16 7 | 0 6 | 9 9 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 1 | VIII. | 938 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 586 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 14 13 2 | 0 6 | 11 14 6 |
| Waipawa & Patangata | " .. | 3 | " | 1,390 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 695 0 0 | 0 6 | 17 7 6 | 0 4·8 | 13 18 0 |
| Waipawa.. | " .. | 15 | VII. | 672 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 672 0 0 | 1 0 | 16 16 0 | 0 9·6 | 13 8 10 |
| Waipawa & Patangata | " .. | 1 | XI. | 1,160 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 1,015 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 25 7 6 | 0 8·4 | 20 6 0 |
| Waipawa.. | " .. | 2 | " | 1,040 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1,040 0 0 | 1 0 | 26 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 20 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 3 | " | 820 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 717 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 17 18 8 | 0 8·4 | 14 7 0 |
| Waipawa & Patangata | " .. | 1 | XV. | 1,445 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 903 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 22 11 7 | 0 6 | 18 1 3 |
| Ditto .. | " .. | 2 | " | 1,157 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 867 15 0 | 0 9 | 21 13 11 | 0 7·2 | 17 7 1 |