1898
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 nineteenth day of November, 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland | Winton Hundred | 13, 14, 15 | VIII. | 56 1 15 | 1 5 0 70 8 7 | 1 3 1 15 3 | 1 0 1 8 2
" | Ditto | 26 | " | 19 3 35 | 2 10 0 49 18 6 | 2 6 1 5 0 | 2 0 1 0 0
" | " | 37 | " | 55 3 30 | 1 0 0 55 18 9 | 1 0 1 8 0 | 0 9·6 1 2 5
" | " | 38 | " | 56 3 39 | 1 0 0 57 0 0 | 1 0 1 8 6 | 0 9·6 1 2 10
" | " | 39 | " | 55 0 30 | 1 0 0 55 3 9 | 1 0 1 7 7 | 0 9·6 1 2 1
" | " | 40 | " | 55 2 10 | 1 0 0 55 11 3 | 1 0 1 7 10 | 0 9·6 1 2 3
" | " | 41 | " | 65 1 32 | 1 0 0 65 9 0 | 1 0 1 12 9 | 0 9·6 1 6 2
" | " | 42 | " | 63 0 0 | 1 0 0 63 0 0 | 1 0 1 11 6 | 0 9·6 1 5 3
" | " | 43 | " | 97 2 0 | 1 0 0 97 10 0 | 1 0 2 8 9 | 0 9·6 1 19 0
" | " | 44 | " | 60 0 0 | 1 5 0 75 0 0 | 1 3 1 17 6 | 1 0 1 10 0
" | " | 45 | " | 90 0 0 | 1 2 6 101 5 0 | 1 1·5 2 10 8 | 0 10·8 2 0 6
" | " | 46, 16, 17 | " | 60 1 10 | 1 5 0 75 7 10 | 1 3 1 17 9 | 1 0 1 10 2
" | " | 47 | " | 90 2 6 | 1 0 0 90 10 9 | 1 0 2 5 3 | 0 9·6 1 16 3
" | " | 49 | " | 92 2 0 | 1 5 0 115 12 6 | 1 3 2 17 10 | 1 0 2 6 3
" | " | 50 | " | 113 0 15 | 1 5 0 141 7 4 | 1 3 3 10 8 | 1 0 2 16 7
" | " | 69 | " | 181 0 36 | 1 5 0 226 10 8 | 1 3 5 13 3 | 1 0 4 10 5

Level land, carrying mixed bush already cut out by sawmills; soil good; well watered. From three to seven miles from Winton. Section 50 is burdened with half value of rabbit-proof boundary-fence between it and Sections 35 and 35A, Block III., amounting to £32 5s. 0d.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland | Winton Hundred | 59 | VIII. | 142 0 0 | 0 15 0 106 10 0 | 0 9 2 13 3 | 0 7·2 2 2 7
" | Ditto | 60 | " | 106 0 0 | 0 15 0 79 10 0 | 0 9 1 19 9 | 0 7·2 1 11 10
" | " | 61 | " | 172 0 0 | 0 15 0 129· 0 0 | 0 9 3 4 6 | 0 7·2 2 11 7
" | " | 62 | " | 181 0 0 | 0 15 0 135 15 0 | 0 9 3 7 11 | 0 7·2 2 14 4
" | " | 65 | " | 195 3 27 | 0 12 6 122 10 0 | 0 7·5 3 1 3 | 0 6 2 9 0
" | " | 66 | " | 146 2 16 | 0 15 0 110 1 3 | 0 9 2 15 1 | 0 7·2 2 4 1
" | " | 67 | " | 97 1 24 | 0 12 6 60 18 9 | 0 7·5 1 10 6 | 0 6 1 4 5
" | " | 68 | " | 219 1 0 | 0 12 6 137 0 8 | 0 7·5 3 8 6 | 0 6 2 14 10
" | " | 73 | " | 92 3 18 | 0 12 6 58 0 6 | 0 7·5 1 9 2 | 0 6 1 3 3
" | " | 74 | " | 58 2 22 | 0 12 6 36 14 4 | 0 7·5 0 18 5 | 0 6 0 14 2

Soil poor; land low-lying and swampy, carrying mixed bush already cut out by sawmills. Situated from five to seven miles from Winton.

Southland | Invercargill Hundred | 66 | XV. | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | Ditto | 67 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 70 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 74 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 75 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 76 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 1 1 0
" | " | 77 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 78 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 79 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 80 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 1 1 0
" | " | 81 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 82 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 83 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 84 | " | 6 1 32 | 0 10 0 3 5 0 | 0 6 0 1 8 | 0 4·8 0 1 4
" | " | 85 | " | 6 1 32 | 0 10 0 3 5 0 | 0 6 0 1 8 | 0 4·8 0 1 4
" | " | 86 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 87 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 88 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 89 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 90 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 91 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 92 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 93 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 10 0 2 10 0 | 0 6 0 1 3 | 0 4·8 0 1 0
" | " | 100 | " | 5 2 35 | 0 10 0 2 17 6 | 0 6 0 1 5 | 0 4·8 0 1 2

Situated near West Plains, on west side of Invercargill-Kingston Railway-line, some three miles from Invercargill. Land mostly low-lying; partially peaty; soil good in places if drained.

Southland | Forest Hill Hundred | 304 | .. | 279 0 31 | 0 6 3 87 10 0 | 0 3·75 2 3 9 | 0 3 1 15 0

Situated three miles from Springhill. Soil inferior, carrying light bush. Burdened with £21 15s., valuation for house, and fencing on boundary with Section 303.

Southland | Otara | 38 | VI. | 470 0 0 | 0 8 9 205 12 6 | 0 5·25 5 2 7 | 0 4·2 4 2 3

Section is covered with rimu, kamai, and other bush suitable for firewood; well watered. Situated about twelve miles from Fortrose.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.