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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

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 twentieth day of November, 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

A rough bush section, on which the soil is light and inferior; well watered. Situated about three miles from Romahapa Railway-station and post-office.

Weighted with £112 10s., valuation for improvements.

A rough bush section, with a fair aspect and very fair soil. The timber is of various kinds, and comprises black-pine, red-pine, totara, broadleaf, and kamai. Situated about four miles from Hunt’s Road Railway-station.

A broken section, nearly all under high fern. The soil is light and inferior. Only a small area can be cultivated, as the greater part lies on the west side of a steep gully. Situated about six miles from Manuka Creek Railway-station.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twentieth day of November, 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Situated in the Woodville No. 2 Block, on the Makuri-Aohanga Road, about six miles from Makuri—five miles and a quarter metalled road, the remainder being a good summer dray-road. Comprises low hilly land and broken gullies; all covered with mixed bush, except about 10 acres felled (now overgrown) on road frontage; well watered by small creeks; soil of fair quality, on papa formation. The bush varies from moderately heavy to light. A fair homestead-site can be obtained on road frontage.

Situated on Makuri-Aohanga Road, in the Woodville No. 2 Block, about five miles and a half from Makuri, by a road mostly metalled. Comprises hilly land, with broken gullies, covered with green and dry bush. The soil is of fair quality, on papa formation. A homestead-site may be obtained on frontage to Makuri-Aohanga Road.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.