Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 855

Cook County.—Turanganui Survey District.

| 4 | V | 48 0 0 | 1,440 0 0 | 32 8 0 |
| 5 | " | 34 3 20 | 1,050 0 0 | 23 12 6 |
| 7 | " | 36 2 23 | 1,100 0 0 | 24 15 0 |
| 8 | " | 39 0 10 | 1,175 0 0 | 26 8 9 |
| 9 | " | 2 2 36 | 100 0 0 | 2 5 0 |
| 10 | " | 2 2 0 | 90 0 0 | 2 0 6 |
| 11 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 12 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 13 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 14 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 15 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 16 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 17 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 18 | " | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 15 9 |
| 20 | " | 13 3 22 | 420 0 0 | 9 9 0 |
| 21 | " | 39 3 0 | 1,235 0 0 | 27 15 9 |
| 22 | " | 15 3 22 | 485 0 0 | $26 18 2 |
| | | | | 10 18 3 |
| 23 | " | 264 2 0 | 3,705 0 0 | 83 7 3 |
| 24 | " | 29 3 0 | 925 0 0 | 20 16 3 |
| 25 | " | 31 2 0 | 980 0 0 | 22 1 0 |
| | | | | 1 14 8 |
| 26 | " | 340 3 0 | 6,180 0 0 | 139 1 0 |
| | | | | 19 15 11 |
| 27 | " | 11 2 30 | 320 0 0 | 7 4 0 |
| 1 | IX | 184 0 0 | 2,080 0 0 | 46 16 0 |
| 2 | " | 317 0 0 | 4,600 0 0 | 103 10 0 |
| 3 | " | 124 1 0 | 2,315 0 0 | 52 1 9 |
| 4 | " | 226 1 24 | 3,230 0 0 | 72 13 6 |
| 5 | " | 254 0 22 | 2,450 0 0 | 55 2 6 |
| 7 | " | 299 0 0 | 3,365 0 0 | 75 14 3 |
| 8 | " | 538 0 0 | 4,375 0 0 | 98 8 9 |
| 9 | " | 446 1 26 | 4,130 0 0 | 92 18 6 |

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £17, repayable in cash or in five years by half-yearly instalments of £1 19s. 3d. Total half-yearly payment, £57 10s. 9d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £50, repayable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £4 6s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £111 12s. 11d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £50, repayable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £4 6s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £36 14s. 5d.

§ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £690, repayable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £26 18s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £54 13s. 11d.

|| Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £15, repayable in cash or in five years by half-yearly instalments of £1 14s. 8d. Total half-yearly payment, £23 15s. 8d.

¶ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £507 10s., repayable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 15s. 11d. Total half-yearly payment, £158 16s. 11d.

Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 27, Block V, Turanganui Survey District, are first-class lands; Sections 1A, 2A, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Block VIII, 1, 2A, and 13, 3A, 5A, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Block XII, Patutahi Survey District, and 23 and 26 of Block V, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 of Block IX, Turanganui Survey District, are second-class; the remainder third-class.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands

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Opening Lands in Canterbury 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 twentieth day of May, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Alford Survey District.

36521| X | 6 1 10| 10 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 4 0

This section is situated on the north-eastern side of the Ashburton River, having frontage on the main road from Mount Somers Township to the coal-pits, at a distance of about six miles and a half in a north-westerly direction from the Mount Somers Railway-station, and comprises open level ploughable land of fair quality, shingly in patches.

Selwyn County.—Selwyn Survey District.

B | XIV | 17 3 22| 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 8 0

Selwyn County.—Hurstt Survey District.

O |XV, XVI| 60 0 5| 65 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 1 6 0
Q | III | 81 3 37| 85 0 0 | 2 2 6 | 1 14 0
R | " |100 0 25| 105 0 0 | 2 12 6 | 2 2 0

Sections B, O, Q, and R comprise light stony river-bed land, fairly well grassed, with early spring feed. On patches the soil is a little deeper, and there is more herbage, but on other parts there are patches of light manuka, with poorer soil. Water-races cross the land.

Ashburton County.—Heron Survey District.

.. | XVI |152 0 0| 155 0 0 | 3 17 6 | 3 2 0

This section is situated adjacent to Messrs T. and J. Harrison’s Clent Hills Homestead, and comprises open land, having an elevation of about 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ashley County.—Oxford Survey District.

11 | XV | 15 0 0| 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0

This section is situated on the plains between Burnt Hill and View Hill, on the north side of the Waimakariri River, in the vicinity of the Gorge Bridge. Consists generally of open level land of light quality on shingle; most of it is stony, and a considerable portion is covered with manuka scrub.

Ashburton County.—Wakanui Survey District.

35865| X | 19 2 11| 10 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 4 0

Inferior shingly land; situated on the coast between the Wakanui Creek and mouth of the Ashburton River, adjoining Mr. Doak’s, Mrs. Gibson’s, and Mr. Rickerd’s land.

Geraldine County.—Geraldine Survey District.

19 | IV | 6 2 0| 10 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 4 0

Inferior stony land; on Rangitata Island, about half a mile from railway-station.

Waimate County.—Nimrod Survey District.

36242| XII | 6 2 10| 10 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 4 0

Situated on hillside on north side of Otaio River, at road-crossing.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands