SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2441

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by "The Land Act, 1908," and "The Land for Settlements Act, 1908." I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Selwyn County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Tarawahi Hamlet.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

1 XV 0 1 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 2 6
Weighted with £1 15s., valuation for gate-posts and part of shed.

2 XV 0 1 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 2 6
Weighted with £186 10s., valuation for three-roomed house, with outbuildings, &c.

3 XV 0 1 0 | 40 0 0 | 0 18 0
Weighted with £1, valuation for fowl-house and fencing.

29 XV 0 2 0 | 100 0 0 | 2 5 0
Weighted with 17s. 6d., valuation for fencing.

30 XV 0 2 0 | 100 0 0 | 2 5 0
These sections are situated in the Spreydon Suburban District, about two miles and a quarter southward from the Christchurch Post-office, and a short distance from the Colombo Road electric tram-line. They comprise flat land, with black loamy soil on clay subsoil, and are well adapted for residential and gardening purposes.

Ashburton County. — Corwar Survey District. — Highbank Settlement. — Highbank Village.

9 II 1 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 0 5 4
Situated in the middle of the Highbank Settlement, about six miles and a half eastward from Methven Township and railway-station; flat land; good soil.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimate County.—Waimate Survey District.—Mills Settlement.

14 VIII 48 1 23 | 1,540 0 0 | 34 13 0
Weighted with £60, valuation for house with lean-to and verandah.

15 VIII 44 2 39 | 1,420 0 0 | 31 19 0
Weighted with £70 1s., valuation for house with lean-to, and half-value of 48 chains of fencing on southern boundary.

These sections are situated in the eastern division of the Mills Settlement, about two miles and a half north-eastward from the Hook Railway-station, and three miles and a quarter from Hook School. They consist of open flat agricultural land, only a few feet above sea-level, and were originally heavy swamp land, of which all but a small area has been reclaimed; it is now very fine pasture land, and capable of growing almost any ordinary farm crop. The unreclaimed swamp land, although at times under water, grows excellent summer pasture, on which cattle thrive well. The other fencing on the sections belongs to the land, and is included in the capital values of the sections. A first grain-crop was taken last season off 22 acres of Section 14, and 25 acres of Section 15.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands

Opening National Endowment Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by "The Land Act, 1908," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT. — WAIMEA COUNTY. — TADMOR SURVEY DISTRICT.

Third-class Unsurveyed Land.

II 366 0 0 | 160 0 0 | 3 4 0

Situated in the valley of the Dart River, about three miles from its confluence with the Wangapeka River, and about twelve miles from Tadmor Railway-station, from which there is a formed dray-road partly metalled up to the said confluence, a distance of about nine miles, while the roading up the Dart Valley consists at present of about three-quarters of a mile of formed dray-road. The section is covered with forest, chiefly of brown-birch and red-birch, with some rimu and kahikatea on the lower slopes and flats, the undergrowth being birch scrub, horopito, papamua, houhou, &c. There is about 25 acres of small flats, which comprise fair agricultural land; the remainder is rather steep hills, which, however, when cleared, will make fair pastoral country suitable for sheep. The formation is of granite, and the section is well watered. The altitude ranges from about 900 ft. to about 2,500 ft.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by "The Land Act, 1908," 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 fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on Wednesday, the eleventh day of November, 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 thirty-five 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, 1908."

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Buller County.—Mokihinui Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

5 XI 6 0 20 | 25 0 0 | 0 10 0
Weighted with £430, valuation for improvements, consisting of house, valued at £400, and felling, grassing, and fencing, valued at £30.

Agricultural land, which has been all cleared and cropped. Distant about two miles by dray-road from Seddonville.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Buller County. —Oparara Survey District.

2 X 500 1 34 | 380 0 0 | 7 12 0
32 XV