May 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1465

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 Thursday, the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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.—OHAKUNE TOWNSHIP.

Town Lands.

NOTE.—Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, Block XVII, are offered subject to a lease held by Mr. G. F. Manson, which expires on the 28th September, 1907.

Locality and Description.

These sections comprise a recently surveyed extension of the Township of Ohakune, which is situated close to the proposed North Island Main Trunk Railway, about twenty-four miles from Pipiriki, on the main road between the latter place and Raetihi. There is a post and telegraph office, store, creamery, and school in the township.

Some of the sections are in standing bush, others open, having been felled and grassed. Parts of Blocks XII, XIV, and XV are wet land, which, it is reported, can be easily drained.

The soil is of a pumiceous nature, on volcanic-grit formation.

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

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 Thursday, the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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.—RAURIMU TOWNSHIP.

Suburban Lands.

• Weighted with £108 0s. 9d., valuation for improvements.

• Weighted with £85, valuation for improvements.

Sections Nos. 16 and 20, Block II, are weighted with the value of the buildings thereon. Owners of buildings on other sections may remove same within one month from date of sale if they do not purchase the sections on which such buildings are situated.

Raurimu Township is situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway line, to the east of Kaitieke Block, opposite the Raurimu Railway-station, about twenty-six miles south of Taumarunui, and about thirty miles north of Raetihi. Some of the sections have been cleared of bush, and built on. The remainder comprise, for the most part, flat land heavily timbered, with inferior soil on a pumice subsoil.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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