APRIL 2. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 895

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 twenty-seventh 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

ROTORUA COUNTY.

Otanewainuku Survey District.

| 20 | XV. | 115 0 0 | 0 10·56 | 2 10 8 |
| 21 | " | 75 0 0 | 0 11·28 | 1 14 6 |
| 22 | " | 225 0 0 | 0 8·16 | 3 16 6 |
| 23 | " | 190 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 16 0 |
| 24 | " | 70 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 15 0 |
| 25 | " | 160 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 4 0 |
| 26 | " | 285 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 14 0 |

Section 20, light forest land—rimu, mangeao, and tawa; undulating hills; about 10 acres cleared and well grassed; soil good; northern boundary substantially fenced with barbed wire. Section 21, light forest and scrub; undulating land; soil good; about 8 acres cleared and grassed; northern boundary substantially fenced with barbed wire. Section 22, undulating and low hilly land, covered with mixed forest, consisting of rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata; soil good. Section 23, light open forest—tawa, rimu, and konini; undulating hills; soil good. Section 24, light open forest and scrub, principally tawa and konini, with a little rimu; about 12 acres cleared and grassed. Section 25, light open forest—tawa and rimu; undulating; soil good. Section 26, undulating forest land—rimu, tawa, and mangeao; soil good. Sections 24 to 26 front Tauranga-Rotorua main road at Ngawaro Post-office, remaining sections from one to two miles from Ngawaro.

| 1 | XVI. | 140 0 0 | 0 10·2 | 2 18 10 |
| 2 | " | 150 0 0 | 0 10·2 | 3 1 0 |
| 6 | " | 220 0 0 | 0 8·16 | 3 14 10 |
| 7 | " | 240 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 12 0 |
| 8 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 |
| 9 | " | 225 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 7 6 |

Section 1, undulating hills, lightly timbered—rimu, mangeao, and tawa; soil good; about 5 acres cleared and grassed; fenced on northern boundary. Section 2, undulating hills; light forest, consisting of rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata; soil good; about 10 acres cleared and grassed; substantially fenced on northern boundary with barbed wire. Section 6, undulating to low hilly land; mixed forest, consisting of rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata; soil good; about 5 acres cleared and grassed. Sections 7, 8, 9, low hilly land, covered with rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata; soil good. Situated from two to five miles from Ngawaro.

ROTORUA AND TAURANGA COUNTIES.

Otanewainuku Survey District.

| 3 | XVI. | 214 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 4 3 |
| 5 | " | 130 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 2 12 0 |
| 10 | " | 230 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 9 0 |

Section 3, hilly land, well watered; soil good; covered with mixed forest, containing rimu, mangeao, tawa, and some totara; substantially fenced on northern boundary. Section 5, undulating forest land; soil good; forest contains rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata. Section 10, low hilly land, covered with mixed forest; soil good. Situated two miles and a half to five miles from Ngawaro Post-office.

ROTORUA AND TAURANGA COUNTIES—continued.

Maketu Survey District.

| 3 | XIII. | 230 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 9 0 |

Low hilly land, covered with mixed forest, consisting of rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata; soil good. Six miles from Ngawaro Post-office.

TAURANGA COUNTY.

Maketu Survey District.

| 2 | XIII. | 170 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 8 0 |

Generally flat land, timbered with rimu, mangeao, tawa, and rata; good soil. Situated six miles from Ngawaro Post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Mercer.

| 36 | III. | 0 1 2 | £ s. d. 5 5 0 |
| 37 | " | 0 1 8 | 6 0 0 |

Hilly land, about a quarter of a mile from Mercer Railway-station.

Town of Taupiri.

| 13 | .. | 0 2 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 16 | .. | 0 1 39 | 10 0 0 |
| 22 | .. | 0 2 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 51 | .. | 0 1 24 | 8 0 0 |
| 53 | .. | 0 1 27 | 8 7 6 |
| 54 | .. | 0 2 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 59 | .. | 0 2 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 62 | .. | 0 2 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 63 | .. | 0 1 5 | 5 12 6 |
| 66 | .. | 0 2 14 | 11 15 0 |

Swamp and open land, close to Taupiri Railway-station.

Town of Pirongia East (classified as Suburban).

| 275, 275A, 276, 277, 277A, 278, and 278A | .. | 3 2 0 | 7 0 0 |

Open land, half a mile from post-office.

Rotorua Survey District (Rural Land).

| 2A | X. | 10 3 0 | 7 14 0 |

Forest land, good quality; situated on Rotorua-Oxford Road, about fourteen miles from Rotorua.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.