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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Select on.

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 eleventh day of March, 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.

Fern and tea-tree land of good quality on main road from Kaitaia to Victoria Valley, and fronting Kaitaia River. About two miles and a half from Kaitaia.

Undulating to broken forest land of good quality and well watered, with some scattered kauri and totara trees, sufficient for building and fencing. Situated from five to ten miles from Peria Post-office.

Tauranga | Te Papa* .. | 1, 55 | .. | 85 2 14 | 1 0 0 | 86 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 3 0 | 0 9·6 | 1 14 5 |
" | " .. | 253 | .. | 186 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 186 0 0 | 1 0 | 4 13 0 | 0 9·6 | 3 14 5 |

Sections 1 and 55 about 7 acres swamp; balance open fern land. Section 253 about one-third swamp; balance open fern land, rather broken. Situated four miles and a half from Tauranga, on a good cart-road.

Waikato .. | Komakorau* | 93, 94 | .. | 53 1 6 | 0 10 0 | 26 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 13 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 8 |
" .. | " | 98 | .. | 12 3 23 | 0 10 0 | 6 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 3 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 2 7 |
" .. | " | 100 | .. | 21 0 32 | 0 10 0 | 10 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 3 |
" .. | " | 103 | .. | 54 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 27 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 13 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 10 |

About 3 acres swamp on Section 98, and 10 acres swamp on Section 100; balance of sections open undulating land, and ploughable; fern and manuka; some heavy manuka on Section 103. The sections are situated from three miles and a half to five miles from Ngaruawahia by formed road and bridle-track.

Raglan .. | Awaroa .. | 5 | VI. | 579 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 260 11 0 | 0 5·4 | 6 10 4 | 0 4·32 | 5 4 3 |

Broken forest land; well watered; good soil, limestone and volcanic; suited for pastoral purposes. About eleven miles from Glenmurray Post-office.

• Parish.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Wellington 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 eleventh day of March, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

GLADSTONE BLOCK.
First-class Land.

Weighted with £103 10s. for improvements.

This section is in the Gladstone Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is distant about thirteen miles and a half via the Makotuku Valley and Waimarino Roads, which are formed for dray traffic and partly metalled for about seven miles, the rest is formed bridle-track only. The section comprises flat undulating land; the soil is of medium quality, resting on grit-and-sandstone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising chiefly rimu, matai, tawhero, hoaka, &c., with an undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by streams. The elevation ranges from about 2,500 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 46 acres felled and grassed.