1684
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—COONOOR BLOCK.
First-class Land.

Weighted with £264 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Coonoor Block, on the western slopes of the Puketoi Ranges, distant about nine miles from Makuri Township, and one mile from Coonoor Post-office and school, by metalled road. The access is from Pahiatua or Woodville: the former is about twenty-nine miles distant by dray-road, and the latter twenty miles distant, of which twelve miles is metalled road, and the remainder horse-track. The section comprises hilly and undulating country, sloping by spurs and ridges from Upper Makuri Road to top of Puketoi Range, with a good homestead-site on road frontage. The soil is of clay and loam, resting on limestone formation; the forest is medium in density, comprising rata, rimu, birch, tawhiao, whitewood, &c., with a strong undergrowth of konini, matipo, &c. The section is well watered by creek and springs. The elevation ranges from 1,500 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 75 acres felled and grassed, £150; 2 acres stumped, £10; 124 chains mixed fencing, £62; sheep-yards, £4; orchard, &c., £2 10s.; house, lean-to, five rooms, 20 ft. by 30 ft., 10 ft. by 6 ft., £30; sheds, £6: total, £264 10s. Buildings, fencing, and gardens are neglected and out of repair.

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 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 fifteenth 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

General Description.

These sections lie in the upper basin of the Tadmor Valley, and are surrounded by the lands lately selected in that district. The nearest section is about sixteen miles and a half from the Motupiko Railway-station, which is distant thirty miles from Nelson. The railway is about to be extended from the Motupiko, and the line is surveyed up the valley of the Tadmor, and traverses the whole length of the lands recently selected.

The main road was made some years ago, and has lately been re-formed, but the branch road leading to these sections is not yet cleared.

The land is covered with forest, for the greater part birches of one kind or another, though interspersed in parts with rimu, white-pine, and other timbers. It is generally of a hilly character, though not abrupt, and is suitable for grazing when cleared and grassed.

The Tadmor Settlement, which is land of a similar character, and which intending selectors will pass through, offers a good indication of what the country will produce.

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.