SEPT. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1897

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 thirteenth day of November, 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.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RISING SUN BLOCK.

First-class Land.

This section is in the Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road, and is distant about thirteen miles from Weber or Pongaroa by the Alfredton–Weber, Waihi, Akitio, and Valley Roads; the former is a dray-road, the remainder are bridle-tracks. The access is from Pongaroa or Waione: the former is about thirteen miles distant, eight miles of which is dray-road; the latter is about five miles by horse-track. The section comprises about 40 acres flat land, the remainder is hilly and undulating. The soil is of good quality, resting on sandstone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising kahikatea, matai, tawa, with usual undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by the Waihi Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of September, 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 thirteenth day of November, 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.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—ORAUKURA BLOCK.

First-class Land.

This section is situated in the Oraukura Block, about four miles north-east of the rising Township of Taihape. The access is from Taihape by the Main Trunk and Taihape–Otuarei Roads, which are formed for dray traffic to the section. Part of the road is metalled. The section comprises hilly and rough land on the frontage, but there are about 30 acres of nice undulating land fit for ploughing at the back portion; there is a small building-site near the road; the soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation; there is no forest, all the land being in natural grass; the section is watered by streams; the elevation ranges from about 1,800 ft. to 2,100 ft. above sea-level.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.