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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

thousand nine hundred and nine, 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.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—NEW
RIVER HUNDRED.
Rural Land.

Low-hill country, covered with bush from which milling-
timber has been cut; soil good. Good cattle-grazing coun-
try; would grow good grass when cleared. Situated four
miles and a half to six miles and a half from Lochiel
Railway-station by road formed and gravelled for four miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land 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, 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the first day of
September, one thousand nine hundred and nine; and also
that the land 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in
the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land
shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the
provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—WAIPA-
REIRA PARISH.
Second-class Land.

Altitude, 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to
hilly land; fern and old kauri workings; clay soil of inferior
quality, on sandstone formation; water can be obtained by
sinking. Distant about one mile from Swanson Railway-
station by formed road partly metalled.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Nelson Land District for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authori-
ties 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the thirtieth day of
June, one thousand nine hundred and nine; 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, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Exempt from rent for two years.
Rough bush hills, principally birch. Access by branch
road from Pretty Bridge Valley.

| 22 | VIII | 132 2 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0 |
| 182 | Sq. 2 | | | | |

Exempt from rent for two years.
Chiefly fern hills, with scrub. Situated at head of Eves
Valley. Access by Eves Valley Road.

WAIMEA COUNTY.—MOTUEKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 5 | XII | 60 0 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0 |

Exempt from rent for two years.
Inferior clay hills, covered with stunted manuka and fern.
Access by branch road from main road, Moutere Valley. Dis-
tant about twenty-six miles from Nelson and six miles
from Motueka.

| 27 | XVI | 227 0 0 | 115 0 0 | 2 17 6 | 2 6 0 |

Exempt from rent for four years.
Fern hills. Access by ridge-road from Motueka coach-
road.

WAIMEA COUNTY.—HOWARD SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2 | III | 591 0 0 | 295 0 0 | 7 7 6 | 5 18 0 |
| 3 | " | 292 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 3 15 0 | 3 0 0 |
| 7 | IV | 202 0 0 | 105 0 0 | 2 12 6 | 2 2 0 |
| 11 | " | 521 0 0 | 265 0 0 | 6 12 6 | 5 6 0 |

WAIMEA COUNTY.—TADMOR SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 8 | XV | 128 0 0 | 65 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 1 6 0 |
| 7 | " | 138 0 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0 |
| 20 | XVI | 54 0 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0 |
| 13 | " | 326 0 0 | 165 0 0 | 4 2 6 | 3 6 0 |

Exempt from rent for three years.
Long spurs and gullies with fairly easy slopes covered with
forest, chiefly birch, with a little rimu and kahikatea; under-
growth horopito, papauma, and birch scrub; soil inferior
stony on spurs and ridges, but fair in gullies and on slopes
and flats. Formation, sandstone-and-clay gravels. Altitude,
1,000 ft. to 2,000 ft. About fourteen miles from Kohatu Rail-
way-station. Sale Plan 76.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
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, do hereby declare that the lands described
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renew-
able lease on Wednesday, the thirtieth day of June, one
thousand nine hundred and nine, at the rentals men-
tioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the
said lands shall be leased under and subject to section one
hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or
are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.