Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2091

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 thirtieth day of December, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 thirtieth day of December, 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.

All forest country, more or less broken, with occasional small flats along Tongaporutu River frontage and Mangatoro Stream. The land is well watered, the soil varying from poor to good, resting upon a formation of sandstone and papa. Section 1, Block V., Waro, contains a considerable quantity of flat land on a plateau about 900 ft. above sea-level. The altitude of the sections varies from nearly sea-level to about 1,100 ft. The timber comprises tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, light woods, and a great quantity of birch on the spurs. Portions of the block are fairly accessible by the Ohau Road, which is formed as a pack-track. The Tongaporutu River is navigable for canoes for a considerable distance. The block lies from six to sixteen miles from the Tongaporutu Heads.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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