JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1529

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 twenty-sixth 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Sections 69 and 70 are partially terrace and river-flat open land; soil inferior and shingly; situated about five miles from Eastern Bush Township. Section 77 is situated about twelve miles from Nightcaps Railway-station; it contains about 300 acres undulating terrace land well watered, balance cold wet flats.

| Wallace .. | Waiau .. | 111 | V. | 343 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 85 17 6 | 0 3 | 2 2 11 | 0 2·4 | 1 14 4 |
| " .. | " .. | 119 | I. | 61 1 20 | 0 5 0 | 15 7 6 | 0 3 | 0 7 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 120 | I. | 64 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 16 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 8 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 5 |

Section 111 is situated one mile from Eastern Bush Township, and eighteen miles from Otatau Railway-station; land hilly and broken, soil poor, clay formation; vegetation, manuka scrub and fern. Sections 119 and 120 are situated about eight miles from Clifden Township and twenty-five miles from Otatau by a good road: Section 119 carries a little mixed bush; Section 120 is open, soil inferior, gravel formation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of June, 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 twenty-fourth 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—DANNEVIRKE CENTENNIAL BLOCK.
Second-class Land.

• Grouped.

These sections are in the Dannevirke Centennial Block, which is situated generally on the slopes of the Three Kings Ranges, lying between the head-waters of the Waiowaka and Maraimanga Streams, and also the branches of the Pakowai