Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677

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 twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven; 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 North Waimarino Block on the left bank of the Wanganui River, close to Taumarunui and Manunui. Access is from Taumarunui and Manunui, which are about a mile to a mile and a half distant by unformed road across river-faces. Access can also be obtained from the main coach-road by crossing the Wanganui River in a canoe. Sections are well watered, and consist of spurs, gullies, and basins, covered with fern, tutu, and manuka, with flats on each. The soil is pumice and sandy loam, on sandstone formation, with outcrops of rhyolite. Section 1 has about 1 acre of forest, comprising totara of small girth. Section 2 has about 2 acres of similar forest. Section 5 contains some fair bush—manuka, houhou, matipo, karamu, &c. There is no bush on Section 6.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Nelson Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 2 perches, more or less, being Section No. 19, Village of Omau. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, 158·1 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 20 of the said village, 488·9 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 22, 52·4 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 500·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56690/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red. For a public recreation-ground.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Canterbury Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Canterbury Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, being Lots Nos. 55 and 56 (part of Rural Section 5787), within the Township of Leeston, and situated in Block XIV, Leeston Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by D’Arcy Street, towards the south-east by Pennington Street, towards the south-west by Lots 37 and 35 of the said township, and towards the north-west by Pultney Street; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56529/7, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. For the purposes of the Department of Agriculture.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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