Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 533

Rural Lands in the Nelson 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 seventeenth
day of April, 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 30 | VII. | A. R. P. 32 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 48 0 0 | 1 6 | 1 4 0 | 1 2·4 | 0 19 2
" .. | " .. | 31 | " | 20 0 24 | 1 10 0 | 30 0 0 | 1 6 | 0 15 0 | 1 2·4 | 0 12 0
" .. | " .. | 35 | XI. | 15 1 30 | 1 15 0 | 26 5 0 | 1 9 | 0 13 1 | 1 4·8 | 0 10 6
" .. | " .. | 36 | " | 15 3 25 | 1 10 0 | 24 0 0 | 1 6 | 0 12 0 | 1 2·4 | 0 9 7
" .. | " .. | 37 | " | 66 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 67 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 13 6 | 0 9·6 | 1 6 9

These sections are adjacent to the village-site, and are level, with the exception of 37, which is undulating; soil good;
forest with some milling-timber.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 8 | VII. } | 218 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 98 2 0 | 0 5·4 | 2 9 0 | 0 4·3 | 1 19 3
" .. | " .. | 4 | VIII. } | | | | | | |
" .. | " .. | 9 | VII. } | 159 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 79 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 19 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 11 9
" .. | " .. | 5 | VIII. } | | | | | | |

Generally hilly; about one-third of Section 8 has gentle slopes, and Section 9 has 12 acres of flat terrace; soil fair;
birch timber, with scattered rimus.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 10 | VII. | 87 0 0 | 0 18 6 | 80 9 6 | 0 11·1 | 2 0 2 | 0 8·9 | 1 12 2
" .. | " .. | 11 | " } | 215 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 107 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 13 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 3 0
" .. | " .. | 6 | VIII. } | | | | | | |
" .. | " .. | 13 | VII. } | 314 1 0 | 0 9 0 | 141 6 0 | 0 5·4 | 3 10 8 | 0 4·3 | 2 16 6
" .. | " .. | 11 | XII. } | | | | | | |

Section 10 mostly flat terraces, with about 20 acres low spurs; little milling-timber, white-pine, rimu, and birch.
Sections 11 and 6, with 13 and 11, are principally hilly; soil not so good as 10. Sections 11 and 13 have some milling-
timber.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 14 | VII. } | 374 0 0 | 0 6 6 | 121 11 0 | 0 3·9 | 3 0 9 | 0 3·1 | 2 8 7
" .. | " .. | 26 | " } | | | | | | |

Section 14 is steep and broken; Section 26 is better, though hilly; timber chiefly brown- and red-birch, with some
rimus along river.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 15 | VII. | 122 0 0 | 0 19 0 | 115 18 0 | 0 11·4 | 2 17 11 | 0 9·1 | 2 6 5

One-half of this section is flat terrace; medium soil, with a fair amount of milling-timber.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 23 | VII. } | 143 0 0 | 0 6 6 | 46 9 6 | 0 3·9 | 1 3 2 | 0 3·1 | 0 18 7
" .. | " .. | 24 | " } | | | | | | |

Section 23 is steep and broken; but 24 has 12 or 15 acres of flats along the river, with fair soil, remainder steep but
takes grass well.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 25 | VII. } | 278 1 0 | 0 9 0 | 125 2 0 | 0 5·4 | 3 2 6 | 0 4·3 | 2 10 0
" .. | " .. | 33 | " } | | | | | | |

Section 25 is about half good slopes, with 20 acres of flats along river; Section 33 is level, and suitable for the home-
stead.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 27 | VII. | 245 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 98 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 9 0 | 0 3·8 | 1 19 2

Hilly; chiefly brown- and red-birch, with a few rimus near the river.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 1 | X. | 101 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 75 15 0 | 0 9 | 1 17 10 | 0 7·2 | 1 10 8
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 247 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 123 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 1 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 9 5
" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 231 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 103 19 0 | 0 5·4 | 2 11 11 | 0 4·3 | 2 1 7
" .. | " .. | 4 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 70 0 0 | 0 4·2 | 1 15 0 | 0 3·36 | 1 8 0
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 225 0 0 | 0 6 0 | 67 10 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 13 9 | 0 2·88 | 1 7 0

These sections are generally hilly with occasional small flats against the road; the bulk of the timber is brown- and
red-birch, with some rimus on the first three sections.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 6 | X. | 149 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 74 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 17 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 9 10
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 236 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 88 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 4 3 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 5

About one-fourth of Section 6 is flat or flat terraces, remainder low spurs; the bush has been burnt on about 30 acres,
and it is now grown up with fern. Section 7 has a little flat on western side, remainder low spurs; about 100 acres
on western side burnt and grown up with fern.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 8 | X. } | 302 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 135 18 0 | 0 5·4 | 3 7 11 | 0 4·3 | 2 14 4
" .. | " .. | 11 | " } | | | | | | |
" .. | " .. | 17 | " } | | | | | | |

Section 8 is nearly all flat or flat terraces; the other sections are low hills. The timber in the front is rimu, white-
pine, and birch; the balance principally birch.

Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 12 | X. } | 175 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 70 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 15 0 | 0 3·8 | 1 8 0
" .. | " .. | 18 | " } | | | | | | |
" .. | " .. | 19 | " } | 148 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 55 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 7 9 | 0 3·6 | 1 2 2
" .. | " .. | 38 | XI. } | | | | | | |

Few flats along river, remainder hills; soil not very good.