956
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 seventeenth
day of June, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

tawa, rata, with four kauri-trees on N.E. corner of Section 178, and one kauri-tree on S.W. portion. Situated about five
miles from Hunua Railway-station. A partially formed road gives access to the S.W. portion. |
| Whangarei | Waipu | 121 | | 40 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 15 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 7 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 0 |
| " | " | 267 | | 54 0 32 | 0 7 6 | 20 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 10 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 8 2 |
| | Broken land; nearly all covered with light forest, mostly tawa; a little open land in each section; well watered, and
situated about five miles from Waipu. |
| Manukau | Karaka Parish | S.W. 86 | | 72 1 39 | 0 7 6 | 27 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 13 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 10 |
| | Undulating open country, covered with short fern; poor soil of a stiff-clay nature. Access by cart road from Drury,
distant three miles. |
| Tauranga | Maketu | 7 | IV. | 241 2 38 | 0 15 0 | 181 10 0 | 0 9 | 4 10 9 | 0 7·2 | 3 12 8 |
| " | " | 8 | " | 229 2 3 | 0 15 0 | 172 10 0 | 0 9 | 4 6 3 | 0 7·2 | 3 9 0 |
| | About 14 acres on Section 7 and 25 acres on Section 8 open fern land, good soil; balance wiwi, flax and raupo
swamp. Situated on Maketu-Rotorua Road, about three miles from Maketu. |
| Manukau | Wairos | 81 | | 418 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 156 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 18 5 | 0 3·6 | 3 2 9 |
| | Broken land; soil poor clay; well watered; the greater portion covered with fern and manuka scrub, but a good deal
of mixed forest in the gullies, consisting principally of birch, with six kauri-trees. About four miles from Turanga Creek
by road surveyed but not formed. |
| Hokianga | Mangamuka.. | 5 | VIII. | 111 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 55 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 7 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 2 3 |
| | Undulating to broken forest land, on Utakura River. Access by track and coach-road to Horeke, four miles distant. |
| Otamatea | Mareretu | S. 24 | | 15 2 10 | 0 10 0 | 8 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 3 3 |
| | Forest land, fair soil. About ten miles from Paparoa Post-office. |
| Kawhia .. | Pirongia | 8 | X. | 268 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 180 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 4 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 12 0 |
| | Undulating to broken land; about 80 acres fern, balance mixed forest; fair soil. Situated on Pirongia-Kawhia main
road, about thirteen miles from Pirongia, and twenty miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station. |
| Waikato.. | Komakorau | 97 | | 55 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 27 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 13 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 0 |
| | About 8 acres swamp, balance manuka and fern; undulating; all ploughable. Situated about three miles and a half
from Ngaruawahia by formed road and bridle-track. |
| Rodney .. | Pakiri | 10 | XII. | 206 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 103 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 11 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 1 3 |
| | Half swamp land, half fern and tea-tree land; broken and undulating; soil medium. Situated three miles from
Wellsford. |

• Parish.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 sixteenth day of
June, 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.”