1146
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

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-fourth
day of June, 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.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.
Third-class Land.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. 130 acres wet
swamp, with white-pine; balance kamahi and rimu; well
watered; accessible by good road and by river-bed. Distant
twenty miles from Hokitika and three miles and a half
from a creamery.

WATAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.
| 2465 | I | 686 0 0 | 260 0 0 | 5 4 0 |

Forest land, of which about 200 acres is good river-flat;
the remainder hilly, ranging from 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-
level, with small flats, mostly swampy, along the coast.
Timber consists of rimu, kahikatea, tawhero, and miro;
well watered. Accessible by Wataroa River bed and by
bridle-road via Saltwater Lagoon.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixth day of March, one thousand nine hun-
dred 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," 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 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-fourth day of June, 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 amend-
ments.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

(Right Column)

Above sections are situated at distances varying from
5 chains to one mile from Waikawa Township. Sparsely
covered with mixed bush of no commercial value; well
watered. The soil generally is clay, and ranks from fair to
good. Access by formed and partly formed roads. Sec-
tions 46 and 47 are mossy and rough. The height above
sea-level varies from 8 ft. to 300 ft.

Wallace County.—Longwood Survey District.
| 11 | V | 250 0 0 | 250 0 0 | 5 0 0 |

Weighted with £120, valuation for improvements, consist-
ing of cottage, clearing, fencing, and draining.
Land undulating, partly bush; good soil; well watered.
Distant two miles from Pahia Railway-station by good road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.—Waikawa Survey District.
| 11 | VIII | 280 3 24 | 180 0 0 | 3 12 0 |

Forest-clad, principally miro, rimu, and kamai, with an
undergrowth of thick scrub; portions have been worked out
by sawmillers. The formation is undulating and broken;
well watered; soil, clay and peat. Access is obtained by a
fair road, by sea-beach and sandhills. Situated about one
mile and a half from Waikawa. The Crown reserves all
riparian rights, and also full and free leave, liberty, and
license to discharge water, tailings, and mining débris into
all streams running through the land.

Wallace County.—Longwood Survey District.
| 61 | V | 34 1 21 | 17 10 0 | 0 7 0 |

Situated about one mile and a half from Wakapatu Rail-
way-station. Soil peaty, on clay bottom; well watered.
Timber has been cut out by sawmillers, remainder comprises
chiefly kamahi. Access to section by formed road.

| 11 | VII | 43 3 8 | 22 10 0 | 0 9 0 |

Weighted with £16 6s., valuation for fencing and clearing.
Situated about one mile from Wakapatu Railway-station.
Undulating land; fair soil. Sawmilling timber cut out,
remainder suitable only for fencing and firewood. Well
watered. Access by foot-track.

Wallace County.—Waiau Survey District.
| 7 | XIV | 428 3 0 | 225 0 0 | 4 10 0 |

Altitude ranges from 350 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Hilly
land, with flat tops on spurs; covered with heavy mixed
bush, principally birch, with some rimu, matai, miro, and
totara of no commercial value; sandstone formation; well
watered; soil good. Distant about seven miles from Orawia
Store, post-office, and school, four to five miles from formed
and metalled road.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Stewart Island County.—Paterson Survey District.

Situated from one to three miles and a half from Half-
moon Bay. Land mostly covered with bush of no com-
mercial value, part old sawmill workings; land hilly and
undulating; soil fair; well watered. Altitude, 10 ft. to
100 ft. above sea-level. Offered subject to the reservation
of all streams and watercourses for mining purposes.