Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 669

Rural Lands in the Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Mining Act, 1898,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

WAIMEA COUNTY.
Kaiteriteri Survey District.

94 | X., Sq. 9 | 115 1 24 | 0 2·88 | 0 13 10
Poor land; about one-half birch bush, remainder manuka and scrub. Weighted with £10, value of improvements, consisting of fencing. Situated about five miles and a half from Motueka.

Motueka Survey District.

27A { XVI.,
Moutere } 113 1 24 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 4
Hills
About 10 acres flax swamp, remainder poor fern and manuka hills. Accessible by ridge road. Distant about twelve miles from Motueka and five miles from Upper Moutere Post-office.

INANGAHUA COUNTY.
Matiri Survey District.

3 | VII. | 67 0 0 | 0 3·36 | 0 9 5
6 | XII. | 220 2 20 | 0 3·84 | 1 15 4
All flat, with the exception of about 9 acres of Section 3; nearly all covered with heavy bush, chiefly birch, with a few matai and kahikatea. Situated across the Buller River, and about 20 chains distant from the main Buller Road, and distant about ten miles from Longford Post-office.

66 | XI. | 90 2 39 | 0 5·76 | 1 1 9
All flat, covered with heavy bush of birch, kahikatea, and matai; good soil; well watered Situated on the main Buller Road, about seven miles from Longford Post-office.

131 | XIV. | 98 3 22 | 0 4·8 | 0 19 9
About two-thirds flat, remainder hill slopes, covered with heavy bush, chiefly birch, with a little kahikatea and matai. Situated on south bank of Buller River, about one mile from Longford Post-office.

WAIMEA COUNTY.
Tadmor Survey District.

11 | VII. } 215 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 3 0
6 | VIII. }
Hilly land, covered with bush, principally birch, with a little rimu and kahikatea; some milling timber on Section 11. Accessible by main road up the Tadmor Valley, and distant about fifteen miles from the Motupiko Railway-station.

Wai-iti Survey District.

81 { IV.,
Moutere } 253 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 5 4
Hills
A few acres of raupo swamp, remainder poor clay hills, covered with manuka scrub and fern. Accessible by the main road to Motueka, and distant about ten miles from Richmond.

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.

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Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed, by shooting or coursing, within the Southland District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island, excepting therefrom the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto, from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to shoot or course hares within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of ten shillings each, and that licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting great kiwi (roa-roa), morepork, owl (ruru), bittern, tui, huia, white heron, crested grebe, and blue—or mountain—duck, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, both days inclusive.

SCHEDULE.
AREAS WITHIN WHICH GAME AND NATIVE GAME MAY NOT BE TAKEN OR KILLED.

1. RESOLUTION Island, off Dusky Sound.
2. Section 27, Block IV., Invercargill Hundred.
3. Sections 41 and 42, Block VII., Jacob’s River Hundred.
4. The following blocks of land on the west side of the Oreti River, situated south of Oporo: namely, Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block XVI., New River Hundred.
5. All that area in the Paterson Survey District, Stewart Island, containing about 120 acres, being a strip of land 10 chains in width, 5 chains on each side of Duck Creek, Paterson’s Inlet, extending from the mouth of the stream to the western boundary of Paterson Survey District, a distance of about a mile and a half.

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

C. H. MILLS.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., County of Waitaki.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock pheasants, Californian quail, and hares may be taken or killed within the County of Waitaki, excepting that area described in the Schedule hereto, from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Oamaru is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, crested grebe, and blue—or mountain—duck, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, both days inclusive.

SCHEDULE.
LAKE Ohau and its watershed, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240.

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

C. H. MILLS.