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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Rural Lands in Taranaki 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 twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five; 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £750, valuation for improvements, consisting of four-roomed house, £150; 240 acres in grass, £344; 90 acres felling, £82; grassing, £54; and 160 chains fencing, £120.

Situated on Ohura Road. Access from Stratford, distant about thirty-two miles; fourteen miles formed and metalled dray-road, remainder formed dray-road. Generally low hilly grazing-country; a few acres level on Section No. 16. Nearly all bush on Section No. 17 is felled, and 120 acres on Section No. 16; the balance of the forest is moderately heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, kahikatea, and thick undergrowth. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,248 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five; 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.

First-class Land.

These sections are situated close to the Gisborne-Wairoa Road, about forty-two miles south-west of the former place; soil fairly good; formerly part of the Tiniroto Village Settlement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.