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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Land District of Canterbury described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 57 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3550, situated in Blocks IV. and VIII., Kowai Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the road reserve along the south bank of Paterson’s Creek; towards the east by the road reserve along the western bank of the Waimakariri River; towards the south-east by Rural Section No. 21157; and towards the west generally by the Midland Railway Reserve: excepting from the above-described area all roads intersecting the same: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 48345, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red. For a recreation reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago 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 eleventh day of August, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A rough bush section, steep and broken; well watered; timber—black-pine, red-pine, kowhai, and kamai. Situated about three miles from Tahatika School and Post-office, and about ten miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £494 5s.

A rough bush section, with good soil; good aspect; well watered. Situated about three miles from Tahatika School and Post-office, and about ten miles from Owaka Railway-station.

A rough bush section, with fair soil; good aspect; timber—kamai, red-pine, and miro; well watered. Situated about four miles from Glenomaru Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £91 2s. 6d.

Bush sections, rough and broken; fair aspect; well watered. Situated two or three miles from the railway. Valuations for improvements: Section 38, £278; Section 39, £140; Section 48, £91 4s.

Bush section, rough and broken; good aspect. Situated near the Ahuriri Flat Road; about six miles from Owaka Township. Valuation for improvements, £22.

A rough bush section, with good soil; good aspect; well watered. Situated some two or three miles from Glenomaru Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £206 14s.

Level land, portions agricultural. Situated on the Fork, about four miles from Albert Town, and about thirty-six miles from Cromwell. Valuation for improvements, £55 12s.

A fairly level bush section, with good soil; well watered. Situated about three miles from a school, and about one mile from a post-office. Valuation for improvements, £210 7s. 6d.

Rough bush sections, steep and broken; well watered. Situated from six to ten miles from proposed railway terminus. Valuation for improvements, Section 6, £46.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN.
Minister of Lands.