APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 783

Taking Native Lands for a Site for a Public Abattoir in Turanganui Survey District.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of March, 1902.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a public work, to wit, a site for a public abattoir:
And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said lands by the Gisborne Borough Council, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the lands shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose of the said site for a public abattoir, and the said lands shall vest in the Gisborne Borough Council, as from the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two.

SCHEDULE.
All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, and in Block VI., Turanganui Survey District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 2 roods 30 perches, more or less, and being Subdivision No. 1b of Awapuni No. 1 Block, Subdivision No. 1c of same block, and part of Subdivision No. 1k of same block; as the same are delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 47916, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with brown.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands 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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-seventh day of May, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Rangitikei | Maungakaretu | 2 | XV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
Weighted with £12 13s. 9d. for improvements.
This section is situate at the northern end of the Te Kapua Block (Sommerville Block). The access is from Taihape, which is about eleven miles distant via Taihape, Paengaroa Road, Murray’s Track, and Rongoiti Road, which are formed for dray traffic to within about two miles of the section. The nearest township and railway-station will eventually be at Mataroa, which is five miles distant from the section. The section comprises undulating and broken land, with occasional flat and good building-sites. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising matai, rimu, kahikatea, and tawa, with a few totaras scattered throughout, with a medium undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by the Mangapa and other smaller streams. The improvements comprise about 14½ acres felled, not sown, and now overgrown, valued at £12 13s. 9d. The Rangitikei County Council has a claim of £1 18s. 3d. for rates due on this section.

Rangitikei | Tiriraukawa .. | 5 | VII. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0
Weighted with £5 for improvements.
This section is situated in the Te Kapua Block (Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block), at the junction of Murray’s Track and Pukemapu Road. The access is from Hunter ville, which is about twenty-five miles distant, via the Watershed Road and Murray’s Track, which are formed for dray traffic to within about two miles and a half of formed bridle-track; eventually the access will be from Mangaweka, which is about fifteen miles distant by a formed bridle-track. The section comprises hilly and broken land, with occasional small flats, sufficient for homestead-sites, &c. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is medium heavy, comprising chiefly rimu, matai, kahikatea, tawa, &c., with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is fairly well watered by head-waters of the tributaries and Mangaone Stream. The elevation ranges from about 1,500 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. Improvements comprise felling and grassing, £5.

Wanganui | Makotuku .. | 13 | IX. | 80 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 80 10 0 | 1 0 | 2 0 3 | 0 9·6 | 1 12 3
Section 13, Block IX., Makotuku, is situated in the Waimarino Block, on the right bank of the Mangaetoroa Stream. The access is from Raetihi, which is about four miles distant via Pipiriki-Waiouru Road and a road along the left bank of the Mangaetoroa Stream: the said stream has to be crossed to get to the section. The section comprises, generally speaking, rough hilly land, and with occasional small flats; the soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is rather heavy, comprising chiefly rimu, miro, matai, tawa, tawhero on ridges, with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by small streams.

WAIMARINO BLOCK.
Second-class Land.

Wanganui | Manganui .. | 17 | XV. | 633 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 553 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 13 16 11 | 0 8·4 | 11 1 7
Weighted with £329 12s. for improvements.
Section 17, Block XV., Manganui, is situated in the Waimarino Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about nine miles distant via the Ohura and Middle Roads, which are formed for dray traffic (summer roads) for about four miles; the rest is formed bridle-track, very bad in winter. The section comprises generally hilly broken land, cut up by a steep gorge; there are a few patches of flat land near road, enough for building-site and home paddocks. The soil is of fairly good quality, resting on gravel-and-sandstone formation. The forest is rather heavy, comprising rimu, miro, matai, tawa, &c., with a thick undergrowth of konini, mako, horopito, karamu, akepirau, &c. The section is well watered by small streams and springs. The elevation ranges from about 2,000 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 130 acres felled and grassed, £265 5s.; 81 chains fencing, £58 7s.; whare, £6: total, £329 12s.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.