Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2277

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Pastoral country, 400 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level; mixed forest, chiefly red- and brown-birch, with some matai and rimu on lower slopes; decomposed slate formation; steep and rocky in places. Distant from Brightwater Railway-station about seven miles and three-quarters, and accessible by cart-road and pack-track up the Wairoa, Roding, and Lee Rivers, a distance of six miles and three-quarters, the remaining mile being unformed.

Waimea .. | Rintoul .. | 8 | II. | 323 0 34 | 7 6 | 121 4 1 | 0 4·5 | 3 0 7 | 0 3·6 | 2 8 6

Pastoral mixed-forest country, 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level; chiefly red- and brown-birch, with some matai and rimu on lower slopes, not much undergrowth; decomposed slate formation; rocky in places. About eight miles from Brightwater Railway-station, and accessible by cart-road and pack-track up the Wairoa, Roding, and Lee Rivers, a distance of six miles and three-quarters, the last one mile and a quarter being still unformed.

Waimea .. | Rintoul { | 10 | II. } | 1,639 3 24 | 7 6 | 614 19 3 | 0 4·5 | 15 7 6 | 0 3·6 | 12 6 8
| 1 | III. |

Well-watered pastoral country, 500 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level; mixed forest, chiefly red- and brown-birch, with some matai and rimu on lower slopes; decomposed slate formation; fair slopes, rocky in places. Distant from Brightwater Railway-station about ten miles, and accessible by cart-road and pack-track up the Wairoa, Roding, and Lee Rivers for about six miles and three-quarters, the remaining three miles and a quarter up the River Lee to Waterfall Creek being still in its natural state.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Otago 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 November, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £234, valuation for improvements.

This section is steep and broken, and the soil is not of good quality. The timber is mostly kamai. Situated about miles from Glenomaru Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Glenomaru .. | 58 | IX. | 207 1 36 | 0 7 6 | 77 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 18 10 | 0 3·6 | 1 11 1

Weighted with £59, valuation for improvements.

A rough bush section, with a very fair soil; somewhat steep on the ridge-faces, but well suited for grazing purposes. Aspect, generally south-westerly. Timber comprises rata, kamai, red- and black-pine, broadleaf, fuchsia, &c. Situated about three miles and a half from Hunt’s Road Railway-station, on a very fair road, and about one mile from Katea School and Post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.