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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

Rural Lands in the Marlborough 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 eleventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one; 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Surveyed Land.

Weighted with £59, value of improvements.

Broken country, suitable for grazing purposes only; light soil; fairly well watered; 100 acres sown in grass, 80 acres birch bush, remainder scrub. About sixteen miles from Picton by water.

Steep hills, covered with birch bush; clay soil; well watered. About fourteen miles from Picton by Torea Neck.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
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 sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one; 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Surveyed Land.

About 30 acres good volcanic land; balance good clay soil; level and undulating. Near Post-office, Poroti.

Section 6: About 15 acres level grass land; balance broken but good, and covered with mixed forest, and well watered. Section 8: Level and undulating; about 20 acres grass, 20 acres bush, balance tea-tree land; well watered. Sixteen miles from Whangarei, and three miles from Poroti Post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.