JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1459

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the ninth day of August, 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.”

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £1,535, valuation for nine-roomed house, 217 chains fencing, 132 chains drain, 200 acres good grass, 60 acres poor grass, outbuildings, yards, and reclamation-work along bank of Rangitaiki River.

Altitude, 800 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level; covered with Tarawera ash (from 3 in. to 5 in. deep) resting on pumice formation; fairly well watered by Rangitaiki River and Ngatimawahine Stream. Access by road from Rotorua, distant forty-four miles, passing Galatea Post-office, which is about five miles from the section.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Land in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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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 second day of August, 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.”

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £2,129 18s. valuation for improvements, consisting of about 831 acres felled and grassed, £1,869 15s.; about 90 acres felled, £117 13s.; 105 chains fencing, £92 10s.; hut, £35; tracks, £15. The land is rough and broken, portions being very steep; soil fair, on papa formation, well watered. The remaining forest comprises rata, tawa, rimu, with birch on ridges, and thick undergrowth. Access from Waverley, distant about eighteen miles, by a formed dray-road, two miles being metalled. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five,

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.