Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 637

Opening Lands in Southland 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 renew-
able 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £41 3s., valuation for improvements, con-
sisting of 15 acres cultivated and in grass, and 80 chains of
fencing. Open level land; well watered; inferior soil, gravel
formation. Access by formed road. Distant about eight
miles from Woodlands Railway-station.

Weighted with £50, valuation for sawmilling timber.
Partly low-lying and swampy and partly covered with
manuka and light bush; soil inferior. Access by unformed
road. Distance from Ryal Bush Railway-station, about
four miles.

| 20 | XIX | 90 3 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0 |
| 21 | " | 78 0 30 | 60 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 4 0 |

Sections 20 and 21 are both weighted with £4, valuation
for a hut on each section. Land covered with light bush of
no commercial value, and light undergrowth; soil fair to
good, on gravel formation; low-lying and swampy. Access
by partly formed road. Distant about four miles and a half
from Wright's Bush Railway-station.

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.

Notifying Land in Auckland 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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Friday, the twenty-fourth day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and eight, as the time at which the
land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by
public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the
said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Village Land.
Te Kuiti Village. — Section 22: Area, 1 acre 2 roods
28 perches; upset price, £150. Weighted with £604,
valuation for buildings and dairy plant. Situated on the
opposite side of the Mangaokewa River from Te Kuiti
Railway-station, 126 miles from Auckland on the Main
Trunk line.

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.

Notifying Lands in Taranaki 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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and eight, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
TOWN LANDS.
Town of Mangaroa.

Mangaroa Township is situate on the southern bank of the
Mangaroa River, at the junction of the Ongarue-Stratford
Main Road with the Tongaporutu Road, and is distant about
twenty-nine miles from Ongarue Railway-station, the road
being formed for dray traffic. It is distant from Whanga-
momona about forty-one miles and a half, of which about
sixteen miles is dray-road, the balance being open for horse
traffic only. It is most centrally situated, and roads lead
into it, opening up large areas of Crown and Native lands,
from Mokau, Ongarue, Lower Ohura, and Wanganui Rivers,
and Tongaporutu and Stratford.

SUBURBAN LANDS.
Town of Mangaroa.

These sections comprise easy slopes and spurs, with occa-
sional flats along streams. The forest is light, consisting
chiefly of tawa, hinau, rewarewa, mahoe, manuka, with a
little white-pine and a light undergrowth of fern. The soil
is of good quality, on papa formation.