958
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Rural Lands in the Nelson 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Waimea. Gordon , 4 , IV. A. R. P. s. a. £ 8. d. s. a. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
140 0 0 7 6 | 52 10 0 0 4·5 1 6 3 0 3·6 1 1 0
Rough, hilly country, covered with bush, chiefly birch, with a few rimu. Access by formed road to within 60 chains. Distant about ten miles from Wakefield Railway-station.

Waimea .. Rintoul .. | 20 | I. | 625 0 0 | 7 6 | 234 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 5 17 2 | 0 3·6 | 4 13 9
" .. | " .. | 21 | " | 297 0 0 | 7 6 | 111 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 15 8 | 0 3·6 | 2 4 6
Rough, hilly country, covered with bush, chiefly birch, with a few matai and kahikatea, together with a considerable quantity of big manuka valuable for firewood. Accessible by dray-road on opposite side of Wairoa River. Distant about nine miles from Wakefield Railway-station.

Waimea .. Rintoul .. | 22 | I. | 236 0 0 | 7 6 | 88 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 4 3 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 5
" .. | " .. | 23 | " | 241 0 0 | 7 6 | 90 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 5 2 | 0 3·6 | 1 16 2
" .. | " .. | 4 | V. | 283 0 0 | 7 6 | 106 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 13 1 | 0 3·6 | 2 2 5
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 612 0 0 | 6 6 | 198 18 0 | 0 3·9 | 4 19 5 | 0 3·12 | 3 19 7
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 244 0 0 | 7 6 | 91 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 5 9 | 0 3·6 | 1 16 7
Similar to Sections 20 and 21. Access by formed road to within a mile, thence by unformed roads up Wairoa River and Bull Creek. Distant about ten miles from Wakefield Railway-station.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

Waimea .. Rintoul .. | .. | I., II., V. | 5,800 0 0 | 6 0 | .. | 0 3·6 | .. | 0 2·88 | ..
Nearly all rough, broken, hilly country, with a few small flats along the Rivers Lee and Wairoa; covered with bush, chiefly birch, with a little matai and rimu; formation, decomposed slate, very liable to slips. The block is accessible by track up the River Lee, by the Chrome track, and by unformed road up the Wairoa River, the nearest point being about six miles and a half from the Brightwater Railway-station.

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.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Southland.. Hokonui | 794 | .. | 1,661 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 415 10 0 | 0 3 | 10 7 9 | 0 2·4 | 8 6 3
Weighted with £399 5s. for improvements, consisting of house, garden, sheep yards and dip, hut, stable, and out-buildings; 51 acres cultivated and partly in grass; fencing, &c.

Southland.. Hokonui | 795 | .. | 1,630 0 33) 0 6 0 | 407 1” 0, 0 3 | 10 3 9 1 0 2·4 | 8 3 0
Weighted with £513 17% 6d. for improvements, consisting of 100 acres in English grasses, and boundary and dividing fences.

Situated about five miles from Dipton Railway-station; access not good. Open land, carrying a considerable quantity of tutu; inferior clay soil; well watered.

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.