2854

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 96

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 357 (in red), Block XXII., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north by Ward Street; towards the east by Hall-Jones Street; towards the south by Duncan Street; and towards the west by McGowan Street: all of the Township of Runanga. For a site for a public school.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 10, Block XXIII., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 3, Block XXIII., Township of Runanga; towards the east by Section No. 11 of said Block XXIII.; towards the south by Mills Street of said township; and towards the west by Section No. 9 of Block XXIII. aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 9, Block XXIV., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 2, Block XXIV., Township of Runanga; towards the east by Section No. 10 of said Block XXIV.; towards the south by Carroll Street; and towards the west by Section No. 8 of Block XXIV. aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 6, Block XXVI., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 4, Block III., Cobden Survey District; towards the east by Section No. 7, Block XXVI., Township of Runanga; towards the south by Pitt Street; and towards the west by Section No. 5 of Block XXVI. aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 5, Block XXVII., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north by Pitt Street, Township of Runanga; towards the east by Section No. 6, Block XXVII., of said township; towards the south by Section No. 16 of said Block XXVII.; and towards the west by Section No. 4 of Block XXVII. aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 37 perches, more or less. being Section No. 3, Block XXX., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north by Mills Street, Township of Runanga; towards the east by Section No. 4, Block XXX., of said township; towards the south by Section No. 7 of said Block XXX.; and towards the west by Section No. 2 of Block XXX. aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 11 perches, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block XXXV., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 6, Block XXXV., Township of Runanga; towards the north-east by Section No. 3 of said Block XXXV.; towards the south-east by Section No. 8 of Block XXXV. aforesaid; and towards the south-west by Ward Street of said township. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 35 perches, more or less, being Section No. 8, Block XXXVII., Township of Runanga. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 7, Block XXXVII., Township of Runanga; towards the north-east by Section No. 2 of said Block XXXVII.; towards the south-east by Section No. 9 of Block XXXVII. aforesaid; and towards the south-west by Walker Street of said township. For a municipal reserve.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52821, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 selection on and after the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five; 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

WESTLAND COUNTY.

Otira Survey District.

A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
2395 | V. | 350 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 15 0
Weighted with £25, valuation for improvements.
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level; consists of fair mixed timbered land throughout. The forest contains large quantities of cattle-feed - broadleaf and fuchsia. About 50 acres is fairly level, the remainder consisting chiefly of rough and broken sidlings and gullies. Generally poor pastoral land, slaty formation, but there is about 50 acres fair land; all well watered. Access by pack-track, six miles to Taipo Post-office, and thence by main road seventeen miles and a half to Kumara or seven miles to Jackson Railway-station. The improvements consist of about 12½ acres of clearing.

Kanieri Survey District.

2393 | XV. | 50 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
Weighted with £61, valuation for improvements.
Altitude, 500 ft. above sea-level; 24 acres covered with light scrubby bush. all level; good pastoral land. light sandy soil; watered by Kanieri Lake; 26 acres felled and partly burned. Accessible by boat or track, six miles; good road, twelve miles; total, eighteen miles from Hokitika. The improvements comprise bushfelling and burning.

2394 | XV. | 50 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
Weighted with £88 15s., valuation for improvements.
Altitude, 500 ft. above sea-level; 13 acres covered with light scrubby bush; 5 acres heavy white-pine; the balance has been felled and burnt off. All level land, good light pastoral soil, well watered. Accessible by road for twelve miles; by boat or track, six miles; total, eighteen miles from Hokitika. The northern boundary (38 chains) is fenced with good four-wire fence, matai posts, seven to the chain. The improvements comprise felling, burning, grass-ing, and fencing.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-six of "The Land Act, 1892," and section two of "The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:-

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of "The Land Act, 1892," as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, and shall not be purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of "The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903," the lands enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be "heavy-bush land."

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of four years