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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the
several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the
respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. Time for which the defaulters list and the rolls for ridings
   within the County of Ashburton shall be open for inspection: From the 10th June, 1903, to the 24th June, 1903.
2. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 30th
   June, 1903.
3. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with
   reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 20th
   July, 1903.
4. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected
   and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st August, 1903.
   ALEX. WILLIS,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trustee for the Hinds Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries
Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
MAITLAND GORDON RICH
to be a Trustee, in the place of John Studholme, resigned, to
provide for the maintenance and care of the Hinds Public
Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously
appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and three.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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 twelfth day of
August, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

about eight miles, remainder a formed road only, the last two or three miles a horse-track only. The soil is fair, resting on
volcanic formation, wholly covered with forest, and well watered. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clifton | Upper Waitara | 8 | VI. | 630 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 787 10 0 | 1 3 | 19 13 9 | 1 0 | 15 15 0 |
| " | " | 9 | " | 550 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 687 10 0 | 1 3 | 17 3 9 | 1 0 | 13 15 0 |
| Situate about fourteen miles from Urenui by Okoke and Kaka Roads, and six miles from Uruti by Uruti
Road: the Okoke Road is formed for dray traffic, and the Kaka Road is a 5-ft. bridle-road for four miles, the remainder
being surveyed road only; the Uruti Road is formed for three miles as a dray-road, the remainder is in course of formation as a bridle-road. The land is fair to good pastoral country, wholly covered with forest consisting of rata, rimu,
kahikatea, &c., and usual undergrowth; the soil is good, on well-watered papa formation. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clifton | Upper Waitara | 5 | X. | 660 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 742 10 0 | 1 1 5 | 18 11 3 | 0 10 8 | 14 17 0 |
| Weighted with £18 for felling and grassing 18 acres of original bush. Situate about fourteen miles from Urenui.
Access by Okoke Road, which is a dray-road for about seven miles, thence by an indifferent bridle-road. When the
Kaka is formed it will be found a better access. Fair to good pastoral country; all forest, except small clearing above
mentioned; timber comprises rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c., and usual undergrowth; the soil is good, resting upon a well-watered papa formation. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clifton | Mimi | 9 | XII. | 511 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 383 5 0 | 0 9 | 9 11 8 | 0 7 2 | 7 13 4 |
| Situate about nine miles from Uruti. Access by Mangahia Road, which is a dray-road for about four miles, another
four miles bridle-road, the remainder a pack-track. The section comprises rough, hilly country, steep and broken; all
forest, consisting of rata, tawa, rimu, hinau, and a little matai and totara, with a dense undergrowth; the soil varies
from fair to good, on a well-watered formation of papa and sandstone. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clifton | Mimi | 11 | XIII. | 395 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 395 0 0 | 1 0 | 9 17 6 | 0 9 6 | 7 18 0 |
| " | " | 12 | " | 620 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 620 0 0 | 1 0 | 15 10 0 | 0 9 6 | 12 8 0 |
| Situate about eleven miles from Uruti. Access by Mangahia and May Roads, four miles being a dray-road, four miles
bridle-road, and the remainder pack-track. The land is hilly and undulating pastoral country, wholly covered with heavy
forest of rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c., and a little totara, with a dense undergrowth; the soil varies from fair to good, and
rests upon a well-watered formation of papa and sandstone. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stratford | Mahoe | 3 and 4 | XIV. | 400 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 0 0 | 0 9 6 | 8 0 0 |
| Situate about twenty miles from Strathmore. Access by Taihore Road, which is formed for dray traffic; thence by
Puniwhakau dray-road to within about three miles of the section; the remainder being partly bridle-road and partly
surveyed road only. The land generally is rough, but fairly good along frontage; all covered with forest, heavy on ridges
and light in valleys, consisting of rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c., with dense undergrowth of karewa, mahoe, &c.; the soil is
of good quality, resting upon a well-watered papa formation. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Patea | Kapara | 9 | VI. | 1700 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 850 0 0 | 0 6 | 21 5 0 | 0 4 8 | 17 0 0 |
| Weighted with £498 for felling and grassing of 219 acres at back of section. Situate on Weraweraonga and Ridge
Roads, about twenty miles from Waverley or Waitotara. Access by formed dray-road for about fifteen miles, remainder
a bridle-road. The land generally is rough and hilly, in parts steep and broken; the soil of good quality, resting upon a
papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered; the forest is heavy throughout, comprising rata, rimu, and kahikatea, and
birch is found on the tops of ridges in many places; the undergrowth is karewa, mahoe, &c. | | | | | | | | | | |

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.