MAR. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 995

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-ninth day of May, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

This section is of inferior quality, and contains a very light soil. It is steep and somewhat broken, and the whole area cannot well be cultivated. About two-thirds of the area has a good aspect, and the vegetation on this part is principally light fern; the remainder has a southerly aspect, and contains a large quantity of manuka, which is very dense in some places. There does not appear to be permanent water, though that would probably be obtained by sinking. Situated three or four miles from Milton.

Clutha .. | Catlins .. | 60 | I | 281 1 10 | 10 0 | 140 10 0 | 0 6 |
| | | | | | | 3 10 3 | 0 4·8 |
| | | | | | | | 2 16 2 |

Weighted with £35, valuation for improvements.

A rough bush section, somewhat steep and broken, but with very fair soil; south-westerly aspect; permanent water. The timber comprises red-pine, black-pine, kamai, birch, rata, and broadleaf. Situated about a mile and a half from a school, about five miles and a half from Owaka.

Clutha .. | Glenomaru .. | 42 | IV | 181 1 13 | 7 6 | 67 17 6 | 0 4·5 |
| | | | | | | 1 13 11 | 0 3·6 |
| | | | | | | | 1 7 2 |

Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements.

A rough bush section, with fair soil; well watered. Situated about six miles from Glenomaru Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Rimu .. | 12 | XIII | 92 2 24 | 7 6 | 34 17 6 | 0 4·5 |
| | | | | | | 0 17 5 | 0 3·6 |
| | | | | | | | 0 13 11 |

Weighted with £48 2s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

A bush section, nearly level, with fair soil and permanent water. The bush is heavy, and comprises red-pine, black-pine, and kamai. Situated about twenty miles from the present railway terminus at Catlins. There is a dairy factory about three miles distant and a school about a mile and a half from the section.

Clutha .. | Woodland .. | 12 | VIII | 194 3 0 | 10 0 | 97 10 0 | 0 6 |
| | | | | | | 2 8 9 | 0 4·8 |
| | | | | | | | 1 19 0 |

Weighted with £21, valuation for improvements.

A bush section, somewhat steep and broken. The soil is fair, especially towards the sea-coast. About half the area has a northerly and the remainder a southerly aspect. Situated about four miles from a dairy factory and a school, and six miles from Catlins River Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Woodland .. | 12 | IX | 143 3 30 | 7 6 | 54 0 0 | 0 4·5 |
| | | | | | | 1 7 0 | 0 3·6 |
| | | | | | | | 1 1 7 |

A rough bush section, containing several areas of fairly level land. The soil is very fair, and water is plentiful. Situated about eight miles from Catlins Railway terminus, about six miles from a creamery, and about three miles and a half from a school.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Auckland 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 Auckland 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 Auckland Land District, being Section No. 11, Plumer Hamlet, situated in the Parish of Waipareira (Block II, Titirangi Survey District), and containing by admeasurement 3 acres and 11 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road 100 links wide, 516·2 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 12 of the said Plumer Hamlet, 870·6 links; towards the south-west by Lot No. 31 of Section No. 7, Parish of Waipareira, 143·3 links; and towards the west generally by a public road along the Opanuku Stream, 350·8, 199, 208, 233, and 32 3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19248/46, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. For a public recreation-ground.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.