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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

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 fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three; 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.

These sections are situated on the Saunders Road, which is a formed dray-road to within three-quarters of a mile from them. The access is from Alfredton via Saunders Road, which is about ten miles distant; five miles are metalled, four miles formed dray-road, the remainder is bridle-track. The sections comprise high broad hills with numerous gullies, steep in places. With the exception of the grassed portions the land is covered with dense forest, comprising tawhero, rata, tawa, hinau, rimu, rewarewa, and a few totara and matai, with dense undergrowth. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on calcareous sandstone-and-papa formation. The sections are well watered by small creeks. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements on Section 21 comprise 15 acres felled and grassed, and whare (out of repair). The improvements on Section 23 comprise 310 acres felled and grassed, 194 chains fencing, garden and cultivations, four-roomed house, dairy, cowshed, and sheep-yards. Section 21 is offered subject to the right of the Crown to take a road through it if required.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three; 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 price 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.
First-class Land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.