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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Rural Land in 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four; 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 price 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.
First-class Land.

Weighted with £134 9s., valuation for improvements.

This allotment is situated in the Palmerston North Knights of Labour Block. The access is from Hunterville, which is about eighteen miles distant via the Watershed Road and Murray’s Track, which are formed for dray traffic to the land. The lot comprises patches of flat and easily sloping ground, the rest is broken. There is a good homestead-site near the road in the north-east corner of Section 8. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising rimu, matai, hinau, tawa, rata, rewarewa, with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The land is well watered. The elevation ranges from about 1,500 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 50 acres felled and grassed, and about 55 chains of fencing and yards. About 18½ chains of fencing on western boundary of Section 8 is not erected on surveyed line; the owner of adjoining run is said to have a claim for fencing southern boundary. The Rangitikei County Council has a claim against Section 8 for 7s. 6d., arrears of rates.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Canterbury 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 hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four; 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.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Weighted with £5, valuation for boundary fencing.

This section is situated at the junction of Schofield’s and South Eyre Roads, about three miles southward from West Oxford Railway-station and Township, and comprises open level land of light quality.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.