896
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

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.

TAURANGA COUNTY.
Te Papa Parish.

| 584 | .. | 182 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 2 14 8 |
| 585 | .. | 216 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 4 10 |
| 586 | .. | 100 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 1 10 0 |
| 587 | .. | 133 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 1 19 11 |
| 588 | .. | 193 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 2 17 11 |

Mostly level and undulating land, somewhat broken along streams; covered with fairly light forest, chiefly tawa, with a few rimu, sufficient for selector’s use only; the lands are well watered, and lying to the sun. From fourteen to sixteen miles from Tauranga.

Otanewainuku Survey District.

| 1 | X. | 270 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 8 0 |
| 2 | " | 136 2 0 | 0 7·2 | 2 1 2 |
| 3 | " | 221 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 6 4 |
| 4 | " | 241 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 12 4 |
| 5 | " | 245 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 4 5 9 |

Section 1, fairly level land; forest light, chiefly tawa, a few rimu; soil good. Section 2, fairly level, except along stream and Omanawa River; light forest—tawa, rata, and a few rimu; soil light, but good grass land. Section 3, undulating forest land, broken towards the Omanawa River; mixed forest; a few rimu trees; light soil. Section 4, good aspect; well watered; a little broken towards Omanawa River; light mixed forest, with a few rimu; soil light, but good; will make good grass country when cleared. Section 5, light tawa bush; land flat, except on western side, where birch grows on slope to stream; the section contains a few rimu. Situated sixteen to eighteen miles from Tauranga.

| 1 | XI. | 154 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 3 8 |
| 2 | " | 227 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 10 10 |
| 3 | " | 150 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 0 0 |
| 4 | " | 295 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 18 0 |

All level and undulating lands, covered with light mixed forest, chiefly tawa, with a few rimu; soil light, but good; well watered. Situated from twenty to twenty-two miles from Tauranga.

TAURANGA AND ROTORUA COUNTIES.
Otanewainuku Survey District.

| 8 | XIV. | 290 0 0 | 0 8·36 | 5 1 6 |

Good land, fairly level, except west side, where it is broken and rather poor along stream; mixed forest—tawa, rata, and a few rimu. Situated twenty-two miles from Tauranga.

| 18 | XV. | 146 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 2 18 5 |
| 19 | " | 146 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 2 18 5 |

Level and undulating lands, covered with light forest, chiefly tawa, a few rimu; no streams, but water can be got by sinking; soil light; good grass land. Section 18 fronts the main Rotorua—Tauranga Road. About twenty miles from Tauranga.

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.

Appointment of Chairmen of Licensing Committees.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in that behalf vested in me by “The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment Act, 1895,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Stipendiary Magistrates named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be the Chairmen of the Licensing Committees for the licensing districts respectively named in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the name of each such Stipendiary Magistrate.

SCHEDULE.

Edward Clare Blomfield .. | .. Bay of Islands.
Thomas Hutchison .. | .. Marsden.
Thomas Hutchison .. | .. Kaipara.
Herbert William Brabant .. | .. Waitemata.
Herbert William Brabant .. | .. Eden.
Herbert William Brabant .. | .. City of Auckland.
Herbert William Brabant .. | .. Grey Lynn.
Herbert William Brabant .. | .. Parnell.
Thomas Hutchison .. | .. Manukau.
Henry William Northcroft .. | .. Franklin.
Robert Smelt Bush .. | .. Ohinemuri.
Henry William Northcroft .. | .. Waikato.
Robert Smelt Bush .. | .. Thames.
John Mackintosh Roberts .. | .. Bay of Plenty.
William Alfred Barton .. | .. Waiapu.
Andrew Turnbull .. | .. Hawke’s Bay.
Andrew Turnbull .. | .. Napier.
Andrew Turnbull .. | .. Waipawa.
William Pattison James .. | .. Pahiatua.
William Pattison James .. | .. Masterton.
William Pattison James .. | .. Wairarapa.
Robert Loftus Stanford .. | .. Taranaki.
Robert Loftus Stanford .. | .. Egmont.
Harry Eyre Kenny .. | .. Hawera.
Harry Eyre Kenny .. | .. Patea.
Alfred Greenfield .. | .. Rangitikei.
Charles Cargill Kettle .. | .. Wanganui.
Alfred Greenfield .. | .. Oroua.
Alfred Greenfield .. | .. Palmerston.
Alfred Greenfield .. | .. Manawatu.
Alfred Greenfield .. | .. Otaki.
Alexander McArthur .. | .. City of Wellington.
Alexander McArthur .. | .. Newtown.
Alexander McArthur .. | .. Hutt.
Henry Wirgman Robinson .. | .. City of Nelson.
Wilson Heaps .. | .. Motueka.
Thomas Scott Smith .. | .. Wairau.
Robert Samuel Hawkins .. | .. Buller.
Robert Samuel Hawkins .. | .. Grey.
Duncan Macfarlane .. | .. Westland.
Helyar Wedderburn Bishop .. | .. Hurunui.
Helyar Wedderburn Bishop .. | .. Kaiapoi.
Richmond Beetham .. | .. Riccarton.
Richmond Beetham .. | .. Avon.
Richmond Beetham .. | .. City of Christchurch.
Richmond Beetham .. | .. Lyttelton.
Helyar Wedderburn Bishop .. | .. Ellesmere.
Helyar Wedderburn Bishop .. | .. Courtenay.
Helyar Wedderburn Bishop .. | .. Selwyn.
Charles Allen Wray .. | .. Geraldine.
Charles Allen Wray .. | .. Timaru.
Jackson Keddell .. | .. Waitaki.
Jackson Keddell .. | .. Oamaru.
Jackson Keddell .. | .. Waikouaiti.
James McEnnis .. | .. Mount Ida.
Edgar Hall Carew .. | .. City of Dunedin.
Edgar Hall Carew .. | .. Caversham.
Edgar Hall Carew .. | .. Taieri.
George Cruickshank .. | .. Bruce.
George Cruickshank .. | .. Tuapeka.
Frederick James Burgess .. | .. Wakatipu.
Samuel Ernest McCarthy .. | .. Wallace.
Samuel Ernest McCarthy .. | .. Invercargill.
Samuel Ernest McCarthy .. | .. Awarua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and three.
JAS. McGOWAN.