JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1341

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 twenty-ninth day of July, 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.
First-class Land.

Sections 5 and 7 each about one-half swamp. Section 6 about one-third swamp. Balance of sections undulating fern and manuka country, light soil, pastoral land; frontage to Waipa River. Access by cart-track from four miles to four miles and a half from Kiokio Railway-station, and from eight to nine miles from Otorohanga. Sections are distant from Kawa Railway-station about three miles; road not yet formed.

| Kawhia .. | Pirongia .. | 21 | XVI. | 188 3 26 | 1 2 6 | 212 12 6 | 1 1·5 | 5 6 4 | 0 10·8 | 4 5 1 |
| " .. | " .. | 22 | " | 284 2 28 | 1 5 0 | 356 5 0 | 1 3 | 8 18 2 | 1 0 | 7 2 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 23 | " | 277 1 18 | 1 5 0 | 346 5 0 | 1 3 | 8 13 2 | 1 0 | 6 18 6 |

Section 21 about one-half swamp. Section 22 about 20 acres swamp. Section 23 a little swamp, mainly the heads of swamps; balance of land undulating fern and manuka country, light soil, pastoral land. Sections 22 and 23 front Waipa River. Accessible by cart-track three miles and a half to four miles and a half from Kiokio Railway-station, or from seven to eight miles from Otorohanga Railway-station. Distant three miles to three miles and a half from Kawa Railway-station, to which road not yet formed.

| Kawhia .. | Puniu .. | 2 | IX. | 221 2 2 | 1 0 0 | 222 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 11 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 8 10 |

About one-half swamp; balance undulating fern and manuka country, light soil, pastoral land, watered by a few small streams in gullies at head of swamp. Access by road from Kiokio Railway-station four miles and a half distant, and from Otorohanga about eight miles. Also within one mile and a half of the Kawa Railway-station, but access-road not yet formed.

| Kawhia .. | Puniu .. | 11 | XIII. | 318 2 6 | 1 0 0 | 319 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 19 6 | 0 9·6 | 6 7 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 289 2 37 | 1 0 0 | 290 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 303 0 28 | 1 2 6 | 340 17 6 | 1 1·5 | 8 10 5 | 0 10·8 | 6 16 5 |

About 130 acres in Section 11, 90 acres in Section 12, and 150 acres in Section 13 undulating fern and manuka country, light soil, a little water in gullies; balance of sections swamp. Three miles and a half to four miles from Kiokio Railway-station, or seven miles and a half to eight miles from Otorohanga Railway-station; distant one mile and a half to three miles from Kawa Railway-station, but access-road not yet formed.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-second day of July, 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—OTERAMIA HUNDRED.
Second-class Land.

Section 46 Block IX., is situated about two miles from Gorge Road Railway-station, and Section 13, Block XIV., is three miles and a half from the same station. The land is level, mostly open, and of a wet and peaty nature.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.