Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1507

Warrant exempting Crown Lands from the Operation of
"The Mining Act, 1898."

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section twenty of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any Crown lands from mining, or from any specified mining purpose, or from that Act or any specified provisions of that Act, and that the lands to which such notice relates shall be specified therein by words of particular description:

And whereas the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been acquired, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and it is desirable that they should be exempted from mining, and from any specified mining purpose, and from “The Mining Act, 1898,” and from any specified provisions of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby exempt the lands particularly described in the Schedule hereto from mining, and from any specified mining purpose, and from the operations of “The Mining Act, 1898,” and from any specified provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ELDERSLIE SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 11,394 acres 21 perches, more or less, situated in Block I., Maruwenua Survey District; Blocks XI., III., and II., Kauroo Survey District; Blocks VII., X., and IX., Awamoko Survey District; and Blocks XV. and XIV., Oamaru Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west generally by Section 14, Block I., Maruwenua Survey District; by a road-line intersecting Section 4 of said Block I.; Section 4, Block XI., Kauroo Survey District; again through Section 4, Block I., Maruwenua Survey District, and Sections 31, 32, and 24 of said Block I.; by parts of Sections 24 and 28 of said Block I.; by a due-south line across and thence by the Oamaru-Tokarahi Railway land; by part of Section 3, Block X., Awamoko Survey District; by a road-line intersecting Sections 21 and 12, Block VII., Awamoko Survey District: towards the east by a due-north line through Trig. Station N, Awamoko Survey District: towards the north-east generally by the north-east and eastern boundaries of Section 15, Block X., Awamoko Survey District; thence by a due-south line across and by the said railway-line and part of Section 13; by a road-line again; by part of Section 13; and by part of Section 12 of Block X. last mentioned; by a road-line intersecting Sections 11 and 10 of said Block X.; and by two right lines bearing 115° 10′ 54″, 8634·7 links, and 115° 10′ 30″, 4354 links, respectively; passing through Sections 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, and 33, of Block IX., Awamoko Survey District: again towards the east generally by the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 33, 55, and 54 of said Block IX., and parts of Sections 4 and 7, Block XV., Oamaru Survey District, to a road-line intersecting Section 7 of said block; by and across that road-line; by part of Section 7 and by Section 6 of said Block XV.; by said Block XV.; by parts of said Section 6; by parts of Section 8, Block III., Kauroo Survey District; again by part of Section 6, Block XV.; by a road-line intersecting Section 6, Block XV., Section 4, Block XIV., Oamaru Survey District; and by Block XVII., Oamaru Survey District: and towards the south-west generally by the Kakanui River bank; by parts of Pre-emptive Right F, and Section 1, Block III., Kauroo Survey District; thence by the road-line bounding Section 24, Block X., Awamoko Survey District; across that road, and by part of Section 32 of said Block X.; by the Kakanui River; by Slaty Creek; and by Section 9, Block XI., Kauroo Survey District; and again by Slaty Creek: exclusive of an education reserve (Section 18, Block X., Awamoko Survey District), all railway lands and public roads within the above-described area, and 1 acre in Section 22, Block III., Kauroo Survey District, being the freehold of Ellen McRae: as the above-described area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 19207, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with green.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 third day of October, 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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Clifton .. | Waitara .. | 38,39,40 | XI. | 302 0 0 | 1 7 9 | 419 0 6 | 1 4·6 | 10 9 7 | 1 1·3 | 8 7 8

Good pastoral land, partly felled and grassed, a small portion flat; papa formation, the soil being good and well watered; the remaining timber consists of rata, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. Access from Urenui by the Kaipikari and Mata Roads, the latter being formed as a bridle-road to the sections. Distance from Urenui about five miles and three-quarters.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton .. | Mimi .. | 2,3,5,6 | IX. | 392 0 0 | 1 10 6 | 597 16 0 | 1 6·3 | 14 19 0 | 1 2·6 | 11 19 2

Weighted with £22, valuation for improvements. The land comprises from good to fair pastoral country, some portions broken, with river-flats; portions of bush have been felled, and grass-seed sown on the clearings, the cost of which is included in the price of land; the formation is papa and sandstone; well watered; the remaining bush comprises rata, tawa, &c. Access from Tongaporutu Township, distant about six miles by formed bridle-road.

Clifton .. | Mimi .. | 12,14,16 | IX. | 290 0 0 | 1 12 3 | 467 12 6 | 1 7·3 | 11 13 10 | 1 3·4 | 9 7 1

Weighted with £2 10s., valuation for improvements. Fair pastoral country, with river-flats; papa formation; well watered; portions of the bush are felled, and the clearings have been sown in grass; remaining bush comprises rata, tawa, &c. Distance from Tongaporutu Township by bridle-road about ten miles.

Stratford .. | Pouatu .. | 83 | X. | 100 0 0 | 1 19 6 | 197 10 0 | 1 11·7 | 4 18 9 | 1 6·9 | 3 19 0

Weighted with £38 8s. 6d., valuation for improvements. Fair to rough pastoral land, partly cleared of bush and sown in grass, with small cottage erected thereon; the formation is papa, and is well watered; the remaining bush comprises rata, tawa, &c. Access by dray-road from Stratford, distant about forty-nine miles, partly metalled, the remainder only formed.

Clifton .. | Ngatimaru | 1 | I. | 740 0 0 | 0 16 9 | 619 15 0 | 0 10·05 | 15 10 0 | 0 8·04 | 12 8 0

Rough pastoral land, fair soil, resting upon a papa formation; well watered; the timber comprises rata, tawa, rimu, &c., with the usual undergrowth. Access from Purangi Township, by Pukemahoe and Pita Roads, about five miles and a half distant.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.