Rural Lands in the Otago 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 described in the Schedule here-to shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. Second-class Land.

Section. Block. Area.
Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 4 per Cent.

LAKE COUNTY.—KAWARAU SURVEY DISTRICT. A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.

6 III. 27 3 37 | 0 7·2 | 0 8 5
Open, grazing land, a considerable portion being rough. Situated near Gibbston.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.—NASEBY SURVEY DISTRICT.

2 VI. 270 2 0 | 0 6 | 3 7 9
12 " 100 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 1 10 0
Weighted with £22 19s. valuation for improvements. This land is of only medium quality, and has no permanent water. Altitude, 1,900 ft. Situated about three miles from the Town of Naseby.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 land described in the Schedule here-to shall be open for sale or selection on and after the seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three; and also that the land 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMARINO COUNTY. Unsurveyed First- and Second-class Land.

KAITIEKE BLOCK (39,700 Acres).
Blocks II., III., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., Kaitieke Survey District ; Blocks II., III., VI., VII., Manganui Survey District : Cash price per acre, 15s. to £1 3s. 6d.; occupation with right of purchase—rent per acre per annum, 9d. to 1s. 2·1d.; lease in perpetuity—rent per acre per annum, 7·2d. to 11·28d.

This land is a portion of the Waimarino Block, and lies generally to the west of the Waimarino-Taumaranui Road and the proposed North Island Main Trunk Railway, and may be described as comprising a portion of the upper valley of the Retaruke River and the valleys of the Oio and Kaitieke Streams, with the spurs and slopes falling into these waterways. The block as a whole is reported to be good pastoral country; the soil is good, on a sandstone-and-papa formation; and although in places hilly, the country is not broken, the slopes being, generally speaking, gradual. Good homestead-sites are obtainable in the valleys of the above mentioned streams, where there is a considerable area of open fern and scrub country. With the exception of portions of the Retaruke, Oio, and Kaitieke Valleys, the land is densely wooded, the timber comprising chiefly tawa, tawhero, rata, rimu, kahikatea, hinau, maire, &c. The country is well watered in the lower portions; the climate is mild, and the frosts in winter are not generally severe, while the altitude taken throughout may be quoted as from about 800ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level. The access is from Wanganui via Pipiriki, thence to Raetihi, which is distant from the block about thirty-five to forty-five miles; about seven miles of the road from Raetihi is formed for vehicular traffic, the remainder is a good bridle-track most of the way. The block can also be reached on horseback from the Auckland side via Taumaranui, and also via Taupo and Tokaanu. Although the lower flats on the Oio and Retaruke Rivers are covered with pumice, it is reported that very little of it is found on the hills.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Amending the Regulations under “The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
WHEREAS by “The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, alter, or revoke regulations for any of the purposes enumerated in section two of the said Act:
And whereas by Warrant dated the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, regulations were made under the said Act, and it is expedient to revoke regulation number four of the said regulations and make a fresh regulation in lieu thereof:
Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby revoke regulation number four of the regulations made by Warrant of the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and do hereby make the following regulation in lieu thereof, that is to say:-
4. Should the land applied for be unsurveyed, the applicant shall, within thirty days of the notification to him of the approval of his application, deposit the estimated cost of surveying the area applied for, otherwise the application shall be deemed to be cancelled and withdrawn.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Seagulls may be killed in Part of the Hawke’s Bay District.

RANFURLY, Governor.
IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the date hereof seagulls of any species shall cease to be within the operation of the said Acts in the area described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
HALF a mile on each side of the Tukituki River from the sea to the junction with the Mangamuku Stream (about three miles above Waipawa).

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

J. G. WARD.