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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Rural Land 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-fourth day of November, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £102, valuation for improvements.

A rough bush section, steep and broken; about half the area has a westerly aspect and the remainder an easterly aspect; soil light; timber mostly kamai, with a few red-pine trees on the easterly slopes; well watered. Situated about seven miles from Glenomaru Railway-station and school, and about three miles and a half from a dairy factory.

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

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 twelfth day of November, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situate on the south side of Putikituna Road. Distant from one and a half to four miles from Te Putikituna landing on Tangarakau River, to which point the steamer owned by Messrs. Hatrik and Co. plies from Wanganui, the road being formed as a dray-road past the sections. Access is also obtainable from Whangamomona, distant nine to eleven miles, via Kohuratahi and Putikituna Roads, which are formed for dray traffic to within three miles of the block, the remainder being a bridle-road formation. With the exception of Section 9, which comprises low hilly country, the land is rough, covered with forest of tawa, rata, rimu, tawhero, kahikatea, with a little black-birch on tops of ridges, and a thick undergrowth of karamu, kiekie, rangiora, tutu, &c. The soil varies from fair to good, and is well watered by permanent streams; the formation consists of papa and sandstone. The elevation ranges from 450 ft. to 1,550 ft. above sea-level.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.