Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1683

Section 12 of “The Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884,”
brought into Operation.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the twelfth section of “The Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and one, as the day as and from which the special rate of threepence per ton on every ton of coal brought for shipment in the Harbour of Greymouth, provided for in the said section, shall be collected; and I do appoint the Treasurer of the Greymouth Harbour Board to be the person by whom such rate shall be collected.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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 sixteenth day of October, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Clifton | Mimi .. | 5 | I. | 99 0 0 | 0 13 6 | 66 16 6 | 0 8·1 | 1 13 5 | 0 6·4 | 1 6 9
Rough pastoral land; papa formation; well watered. Access by bridle-track, about two miles from Tongaporutu Township.

Clifton | Mimi .. | 8 | I. | 103 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 123 12 0 | 1 2·4 | 3 1 10 | 0 11·5 | 2 9 6
This section is weighted with £73 2s. 6d., valuation for improvements, which must be paid before the applicant is admitted to possession. The improvements comprise a house, £60, and 7 acres grass, £13 2s. 6d. A small portion is flat, the balance rough pastoral land. The timber consists of rata, tawa, rimu, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The soil rests on a papa formation, and is well watered. Access by bridle-road, about two miles from Tongaporutu Township.

Clifton | Ngatimaru .. | 16 | II. | 200 0 0 | 1 3 6 | 235 0 0 | 1 2·1 | 5 17 6 | 0 11·2 | 4 14 0
Weighted with £30 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of about 30 acres felling and grassing and 27 chains fencing, which must be paid before applicant is admitted to possession. Fair pastoral land; papa formation; well watered. Timber comprises rimu and rata, with usual undergrowth. Access by Matau Road, formed for horse traffic. Distance from Inglewood, twenty-seven miles.

Patea .. | Omona .. | 3 | XII. | 797 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 597 15 0 | 0 9 | 14 18 11 | 0 7·2 | 11 19 2
All pastoral country, more or less broken; heavily timbered with tawa, rata, rimu, tawhero, miro, matai, and rewarewa. The soil varies from fair to good, and rests upon a formation principally of papa, with a little sandstone. Access from Eltham via Rawhitiroa Road or from Waitotara by Waitotara Valley Road. About thirty-five miles from Eltham.

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 2 | XII. | 777 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 388 10 0 | 0·6 | 9 14 3 | 0 4·8 | 7 15 5
Weighted with £15, valuation for felling and grassing about 14 acres of bush, and £25, cost of survey, executed at the expense of the adjoining selectors, which must be paid by any other person applying for the land. Rough pastoral land, the forest consisting of tawa, rata, rimu, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The soil is good, well watered, lying upon a papa formation. Distant from Waverley about seventeen miles, the Mataimoana Road being formed as a bridle-track.

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 9 and 12 | XII. | 569 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 284 10 0 | 0 6 | 7 2 3 | 0 4·8 | 5 13 10
Rough pastoral country, rather broken, the soil being fair to good, resting upon a papa formation. The land is wholly covered with forest, consisting of tawa, rata, hinau, &c., with some birch on ridges, and is well watered. Distant about fifteen miles from Waverley via Weraweraonga Road.

Taranaki | Cape .. | 17 | VII. | 177 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 161 10 3 | 0 10·9 | 4 0 9 | 0 7·8 | 3 4 8
Fair pastoral land; volcanic formation; well watered; wholly covered with timber, consisting of tawhero, rata, &c., with the usual undergrowth. Access by Carrington Road via Dover or Saunders Roads, about five miles and a half from Okato.

Taranaki | Cape .. | 19 | VII. | 176 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 160 12 0 | 0 10·9 | 4 0 4 | 0 7·8 | 3 4 3
Fair pastoral land; volcanic formation; well watered; wholly covered with timber, consisting of tawhero, rata, &c., with the usual undergrowth. Access by Carrington Road via Dover or Saunders Roads, about five miles and a half from Okato.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one; and also that the land 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”