Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2351

four; 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.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

TUAPEKA COUNTY.—GREENVALE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £270, valuation for improvements.

Open land of poor quality; soil light; well watered. Situated about four miles from Kelso Railway-station.

| 14 | XIII. | 40 2 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 2 |

Open hilly land of poor quality; watered. Situated about seven miles from Kelso Railway-station.

| 6, 9 | XIV. | 456 1 20 | 0 4·8 | 4 11 2 |

Weighted with £80, valuation for improvements.

These sections are steep, and broken by narrow gullies; the soil is fair, but sour and cold. Situated about seven miles from Heriot Railway-station.

CLUTHA AND TUAPEKA COUNTIES.—RANKLEBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £126, valuation for improvements.

Rough broken land, with fair soil; well watered. Situated about a mile from Rongahere School and Post-office, and about fourteen miles from the Town of Lawrence.

TUAPEKA COUNTY.—RANKLEBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 46 | VI. | 210 1 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 2 0 |

Weighted with £50, valuation for improvements.

A rough broken section, with fair soil. Situated about twenty miles from the Town of Lawrence.

TUAPEKA COUNTY.—TEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 9 | VIII. | 313 2 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 7 1 |

Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements.

An open section, very rough and broken; soil light; well watered. Situated about six miles from Coal Creek, and about twelve miles from the Town of Roxburgh.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four; 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, about 400 ft. above sea-level. Covered with native grass, tauhinu, and containing about 2 acres of light bush. Accessible by dray-road from Waipiro. Land good; suitable for grazing purposes only.

| Waiapu .. | Waipiro .. | 1 | IX. | 131 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 131 0 0 | 1 0 | 3 5 6 | 0 9·6 | 2 12 5 |

Altitude, about 400 ft. above sea-level. Covered with toikiwi, tauhinu, and sweetbriar. Accessible by dray-road from Waipiro. Land good, but suitable only for grazing sheep.

| Waiapu .. | Mata .. | 1 | VII. | 185 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 370 0 0 | 2 0 | 9 5 0 | 1 7·2 | 7 8 0 |

Altitude, about 350 ft. above sea-level. Two acres bush, remainder fern country of a broken character; good land. Accessible by dray-road from Waipiro.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.