JUNE 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1757

Rural Lands in Southland 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 fourteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six; 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.
SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Open land; undulating; agricultural; watered; accessible by road. Distant nineteen miles from Otatau Railway-station.

Southland | Hokonui .. | {744}*
| | {747} | VII | 321 1 20 | {10 0} | 222 0 0 | {0 6} | 5 11 0 | {0 4·8} | 4 8 10
| | | | | {20 0} | | {1 0} | | {0 9·6} |

Weighted with £6, valuation for fencing on Section 744.

Altitude varies from 636 ft. to 1,041 ft. above sea-level. Section 744 is mostly all open tussock land, with a couple of patches of manuka scrub along northern boundary. The whole section is hilly and undulating, and the quality of the soil very poor; clay-and-rock formation. Section 747 is all open flat land, low-lying, and subject to flood by the Mataura River; quality of soil very good. The whole section is considerably cut up by floods, watercourses, and holes. Capital rough feed all over section, and capable of carrying a lot of stock. The land is accessible by good metalled road. Distant about seven miles from Balfour Township.

• Grouped.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Southland 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 twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six; 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.
SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Land inferior, only about 10 acres being suitable for cultivation, the balance being a peat-moss or bog. Distant about six miles and a half from Tokanui Post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.