Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 51

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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 twenty-eighth day of February, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Surveyed Land.

Rough pastoral land, wholly covered with bush, and lying from 400 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The formation is papa, sandstone, and shell-rock; the land is well watered. The timber comprises tawa, rimu, and black-birch. There is no flat land in the section. Access by Waitotara Valley Road, which is formed as a dray-road to within a mile of the section, thence out to Eltham by bridle-road. Distance from Waitotara Railway-station, about thirty-six miles.

Rough pastoral land, wholly covered with bush, and lying from 400 ft. to 1,580 ft. above sea-level. Formation is papa, sandstone, and shell-rock; the land is well watered. The timber is chiefly tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch. A small area of good flat land near Trig. Station K. Access by Waitotara Valley Road, formed as a dray-road to within about six miles, thence by bridle-road out to Eltham. Distance about forty miles from Waitotara.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in the Taranaki 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-eighth day of February, 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 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Surveyed Land.

Weighted with £23 8s. valuation for improvements, to be paid on approval of application.

Weighted with £22 valuation for improvements, to be paid on approval of application.

Weighted with £27 3s. valuation for improvements, to be paid on approval of application.

Rough pastoral land, partly covered with bush, some of it having been felled and laid down in grass between the years 1895 and 1898, these sections being originally part of the Whangamomona Improved-farm Settlement. The bush is light, principally tawa, and in some parts manuka scrub, with a little rimu, matai, and totara, with the usual undergrowth. The formation is papa. The Mangare Road is formed as a rough bridle-track; the Prospect Road is also open for horse traffic; while the Ohura Road is formed as a dray-road throughout the settlement. The distance from Stratford Railway-station is from forty to fifty-two miles, part of which is metalled, the Ohura Road being the future main road to connect with the main trunk railway.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.