SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2519

Rural Land in Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 selection on and after the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

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 inferior; 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.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF RANGIRIRI.

Town Land.

Lot 6: Area, 1 rood 20 perches; upset price, £7 10s.

Suburban Land.

Lot 9: Area, 13 acres 3 roods 37 perches; upset price, £35. Low-lying swampy land, covered with tea-tree, furze, and blackberries. Situated less than one mile from Rangiriri Post-office, on the bank of the Waikato River.

The Township of Rangiriri is fifty-six miles from Auckland, on the Auckland-Waikato Railway line.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.

TOWN LAND.

Town of Patutahi.

VILLAGE LANDS.

Motu Village.

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Motu Village is situated fifty-seven miles from Gisborne and thirty-six miles from Karaka Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN OF PONGAROA.

Town Lands.

SUBURBS OF PONGAROA.

Suburban Land.

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• Weighted with £100, valuation for improvements.

Pongaroa Township is situated at the junction of the main Alfredton-Weber Road with the Aohanga-Gorge Road, and is the centre of a large farming district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.