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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

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 nineteenth day of July, 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Surveyed Land.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 16 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £338 12s. for improvements.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 15 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 0 0
Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Section 16, Block VII., Makuri, is situated in the Coonoor Block, on the Upper Makuri Road, distant about nine miles from Makuri Township, also about two miles from Coonoor School, Post-office, &c. The access is from Pahiatua, via Makuri, which is about twenty-nine miles distant by dray-road. The section comprises easy undulating country, with homestead-site near road-frontage. The soil is of fair quality, resting on limestone formation. The forest uncleared is heavy, comprising rimu, rata, birch, hinau, and konini, with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, lawyer, vines, &c. The section is well watered by a creek. The elevation ranges from about 1,450 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the section is good. The improvements comprise 5 acres felled; 60 acres felled and grassed; stumping and road-making; fencing, 99 chains; orchard; house, 24 ft. by 12 ft. by 6 ft. 6 in., sawn, iron roof, lean-to 24 ft. by 8 ft. by 6 ft.; whare, 14 ft. by 10 ft. by 6 ft., rough-split; cow-shed, 14 ft. by 16 ft. by 6 ft., split, iron roof, yard; stockyard, 66 ft. by 32 ft.; fowlhouse, &c.

Section 15, Block VII., Makuri, is situated in the Coonoor Block, on the Upper Makuri Road, distant about eight miles from Makuri Township, also about two miles from Coonoor School, Post-office, &c. The access is from Pahiatua, via Makuri, which is about twenty-eight miles distant by metalled road. The section comprises undulating country, with homestead-site on road-frontage; and, except where cleared as noted in the improvements, is covered with mixed forest, with pukahu more or less on ridges. The soil is of a mixed character, partly clay and partly loam, resting on limestone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising rimu, rata, birch, and konini, with a dense undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, lawyer, &c. The section is well watered by the Makuri Stream. The elevation ranges from about 1,400 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 4½ acres felled (overgrown), 48 acres grassed.

Rangitikei | Maungakaretu | 9 | XIV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
" | Tiriraukawa | 9 | VIII. | 36 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 45 0 0 | 1 3 | 1 2 6 | 1 0 | 0 18 0

Section 9, Block XIV., Maungakaretu, is situated in the Hunterville No. 1 Block. The access is from Hunterville by the Turakina Valley Road, which is formed to within three miles of the section. The best route at present is by Hale’s track from Mangamahu, and by a private track through Papanui; thence across the Turakina River and up the Ohaka Stream by a rough pack-track. The section comprises broken land; the soil is of a fair clay resting on a papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rewarewa, manuka, titoki, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered.

Section 9, Block VIII., Tiriraukawa: The section is situated at the junction of the Wairepu and Murray’s Track Roads in the Palmerston Knights of Labour Block. The access is from the Mangaonoho Railway-station, which is about thirteen miles distant, ten miles by dray-road and three miles by formed horse-road. The section comprises hilly land, with a small piece flat enough for a homestead-site. The soil is of good quality, on yellow clay subsoil resting on papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising kahikatea, matai, miro, rimu, hinau, maire, with a thick undergrowth of mahoe, karamu, rangiora, &c. The section is well watered by a small stream.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 nineteenth day of July, 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.”