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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No: 10

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 twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two; 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.—MANGAPAPA BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

This section is situated in the north-west of the Mangapapa No. 1c Block, the access being from Makakaho Road, which is about twenty-nine miles distant from Waitotara Railway-station. The section comprises about 250 acres of good land, the rest being rough and broken. The soil is fair, resting on papa formation. The forest consists principally of rata, tawa, rimu, kahikatea, hinau, mahoe, with dense undergrowth of supplejack and scrub. The section is well watered by creeks and by the Upokonui Stream. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.

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 twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two; 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.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

Broken forest lands of fair quality; pastoral; well watered; containing scattered kauri, totara, puriri, rimu, and kahikatea. Situated from three to eight miles from Takahue Post-office. Section 1 contains from 10 to 20 acres of flat land on the banks of the Owhiroa Creek.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.