Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 629

THIRD-CLASS UNSURVEYED LANDS.

| Okuru | IX, XIII | 5,000 0 0 | 0 3·6 |
| All flat swamp country, with old fringes and islands of manuka scrub; not easily drained; inferior land. Close to metalled horse-tracks and sea-beach, but in the main without direct access at present. |

| Arawata | IV, VIII | 3,300 0 0 | 0 2·4 |
| All swamp; drainable by creeks traversing the areas; liable in parts to partial flooding; patches of sound land in islands, tongues, and strips. Not directly accessible by roads at present. Situated on north bank of Waiatoto River, near the mouth. |

| Arawata | II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII | 7,000 0 0 | 0 3·6 |
| Nearly all flat land between Arawata and Waiatoto Rivers and sea-beach. Inferior, heavy land; covered with thick, mixed bush. |

| Otira | XI | 175 0 0 | 0 2·4 |
| Situated at Otira Valley, at mouth of Deception River, about midway between Otira and Aicken’s Railway-station. Heavily timbered hilly country; inferior soil. Access across Otira River bed from main road. |

| Otira | VII | 90 0 0 | 0 2·4 |
| Close to junction of Teremakau and Otira Rivers, fronting Hokitika-Christchurch Road, and about two miles from Aicken’s Railway-station. Inferior stony soil; covered with kamahi. |

| Waitangitaona | I | 200 0 0 | 0 3·6 |
| Situated on south bank of Waitangitaona River. Access by dray-road from Port of Okarito, nine miles. Terraced land, thickly covered with bush; also river-flats. |

| Cascade | XI | 500 0 0 | 0 3·6 |
| River-flat; thin stony soil, covered with light bush and scrub. Access by seaport from Jackson Bay, by horse-track via Arawata and Jackson Valley; distance, twenty miles. |

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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 Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary 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 selection on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on renewable lease only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—LONGWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Second-class Lands.

| 5 | VII | 41 3 35 | 25 0 0 | 0 10 0 |
| 17 | VIII | 51 1 24 | 30 0 0 | 0 12 0 |
| 18 | " | 38 2 29 | 20 0 0 | 0 8 0 |
| 19 | " | 51 0 39 | 30 0 0 | 0 12 0 |
| 20 | " | 48 1 20 | 25 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Section 8 is weighted with £8, valuation for fencing. Section 17 is weighted with £7, and Section 18 with £13, valuation for sawmilling timber. Well watered; soil inferior; bush partly suitable for sawmilling purposes. Situation fair. Sections 17 and 18 have a frontage on the main Riverton-Orepuki Road. Distant from Wakapatu Railway-station from one to two miles, and seven miles from Orepuki.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and thirty-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight; 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 renewable lease; 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Bay of Islands County.—Kawakawa Parish.

Weighted with £20, valuation for 40 chains of fencing. Undulating fern land, about one-half ploughable; part has been ploughed and cropped, but now overgrown; fair loamy soil, with frontage to good road, about six miles from Kawakawa.