MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1055

Rural Land in Wellington 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five; 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

This section is situated on the forks of the Rangitikei and Mangawharariki Rivers, between the Kawhatau and Totara Roads, and adjoining the Kawhatau Improved-farm and Hawaenga Village Settlements. The access is from Mangaweka Township, which is about two miles and a quarter distant by a fairly good metalled road which crosses the Rangitikei River, over which there is at present a low-level bridge, but a high-level cantilever bridge is in course of construction, and will soon be completed. The section comprises mostly level land with some slightly sloping ground. The soil is of good quality, but stony in places, resting on papa and shingle formation. The forest has lately been milled, and all the good milling-timber has been removed. The bush consists of tawa, white-pine, rimu, totara, matai, with a fairly thick undergrowth of the usual variety. Water can be obtained by sinking. The elevation is about 1,250 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Auckland 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 twenty-first day of June, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £18 valuation for clearing and grassing.
Comprises 12 acres cleared of bush and grassed; 20 acres still in mixed forest, containing puriri, rata, rimu, tawa, hinau, pukatea; 45 acres good swamp land; balance fern land; good soil and well watered. Situated about six miles from Opotiki and a mile and a half from sea-coast.

Whangarei | Waikiekie* .. | 79 | .. | 61 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 30 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 3

Weighted with £35 valuation for grassing and fencing.
Undulating land of medium quality, mostly covered with tea-tree; about 16 acres cleared and grassed, and about 55 chains of fencing on the property. Situated about ten miles from Mangapai by formed road.

Whangarei | Opnawhanga | 21 | IX. | 372 0 0 | 0 13 6 | 251 2 0 | 0 8·1 | 6 5 6 | 0 6·48 | 5 0 6

Weighted with £89 valuation for improvements, consisting of grassing and fencing.
Broken land, except 5 acres swamp and 10 acres flat along the stream: 22 acres of bush felled, burnt, and grassed; about 70 acres fern and tea-tree; balance mixed forest, comprising scattered puriri, rimu, kahikatea, rata, and some pohutu-kawa-trees on the coast-line: soil generally poor on ridges, of fair quality in gullies; well watered. Situated about two miles from Whananaki Post-office by road.

Hobson .. | Kai Iwi .. | 3 | I. | 45 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 22 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 0

Weighted with £43 valuation for 45 chains fencing and a paling whare.
Mostly broken land; soil fairly good but stony; 10 acres felled and grassed, balance covered with mixed forest; 2 or 3 acres swampy. Situated about six miles from Opanake Railway-station.

• Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.