874 [No. 67
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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-first day of October, 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.

Broken country, well watered, and covered with mixed forest, consisting principally of towai, tawa, taraire, and kohekohe, with some kahikatea in gullies; also, in smaller quantities, of miro, rata, puriri, hinau, mahoe, hoihere, and rangiora; the under scrub consists of raurekau, hangihangi, toetoe, and kiekie. The soil on Sections 66 and 67 is a dark loam on a strong deep subsoil, stony in places. The spurs are broad and generally of good shape, but rough in places, while the gullies are rocky towards their sources. On Section 68 the soil is a sandy loam; hills are not high, but are slightly broken. Situated from four to six miles from the Broadwood Post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 fourth day of November, 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 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Section 1, altitude 1,000 ft. above sea-level; 100 acres fern and tea-tree, 600 acres mixed forest, consisting of taraire, rata, rimu, nikau, miro, and a few scattered kauri and totara; broken land; soil fairly good and well watered. Section 2, altitude 1,000 ft.; 850 acres undulating fern land, 120 acres broken, heavy forest land, containing taraire, rata, rimu, miro, and a few scattered kauri and totara; well watered. Section 3, altitude 800 ft.; 460 acres fern and tea-tree, 394 acres heavy forest, chiefly taraire, rimu, rata, miro, and some kauri; undulating country; soil poor and well watered. Section 6, altitude 800 ft.; 800 acres forest, comprising taraire, rimu, and rata; balance tea-tree and fern; soil poor and well watered. The above sections are situated from ten to twelve miles from Kaikohe, and are accessible by unformed road, two miles of which is now in course of formation. Section 6, Block XV., altitude 900 ft. above sea-level; broken land, covered with heavy forest, containing taraire, rimu, rata, miro, matai, and a few totara trees; well watered; soil good; situated eighteen miles from Kaikohe Post-office by unformed roads, two miles of which is now being formed.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.