1038

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 46

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection in terms of section 136 of "The Land Act, 1892," either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Weighted with £400 for improvements.

This allotment is situated on the Rocky Hill Road, about six miles from its junction with the Gladstone-East Coast Road. The access is from Carterton, which is about twenty-eight miles distant, by twenty-two miles of dray-road, eleven miles of which is metalled, four miles of formed bridle-track; remainder is proposed road, part of which is felled and burned. The lot comprises hilly and undulating land, the soil being poor to medium, on a rotten-rock formation. The forest is of a mixed nature, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, totara, with dense undergrowth of rangiora, whitewood, supplejack, &c. The land is well watered by streams. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 200 acres felled and grassed, fencing 72 chains, whare, sheep-yard and fence, valued at £400. 20 acres of bush on Part 1, 287, have been felled and burned, but grass has disappeared. This area is not included in improvements.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."—Order under Section 39.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

In the matter of the partition of Kawhia P, and of an application by Taui Wetere under section 39 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS the above application was referred to the Native Land Court for inquiry and report, and the same has been duly reported on: And whereas it appears that in drawing up the orders on the said partition the names of the owners of Kawhia P No. 2 were by mistake inserted as owners in the order for Kawhia P No. 3, and the names of the owners of Kawhia P No. 3 were inserted as owners in the order for Kawhia P No. 2:

Now, therefore, for the purpose of rectifying the said error, and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in me as Chief Judge of the Native Land Court by section 39 aforesaid, I hereby order that the order for Kawhia P No. 2 be amended by substituting for the persons named therein as owners the names mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and that the order for Kawhia P No. 3 be amended by substituting for the persons named therein as owners the names mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

As witness my hand, this 16th day of April, 1901.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

1. Atakohu Wetere. | 2. Roia te Ake. | 3. Waata Pumipi.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. Taui Wetere. | 2. Whakarau Taui.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Whakatane, Bay of Plenty.

Registrar's Office, Auckland, 29th April, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, on the 27th day of May, 1901, to hear and determine the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, in respect which application has been received by the Registrar, and all such other matters as may be lawfully brought before it.

[Auckland, 1901-25.]

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATION.