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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Hawtry Settlement is situated about 12 chains from the railway-station at Johnsonville, and adjoins the northern boundary of the town. It is subdivided into areas containing good building-sites, and is suitable for persons employed in the city who wish to build homes for themselves.

The land is in grass, having been cleared and sown many years ago. The soil is of fair quality, on rock formation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Otago 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.—KAUROO SURVEY DISTRICT.—KAUROO HILL SETTLEMENT.

Weighted with £25, valuation for shepherd’s hut, which sum must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful.

Section 32A comprises mixed agricultural and pastoral land, partly ploughable. Soil is a light black loam, with a subsoil of clay and gravel. Stony faces occur on some of the ridges, and in such places tussock and surface-sown grasses exist. All portions previously ploughed carry good grass, and other parts are tussock-covered. Well watered, especially in the western portion, by Fuchsia Creek. Suitable for building. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of half-value of 15 chains of wire fencing on north-western boundary; half-value of 63 chains of wire fencing on south-western boundary; half-value of 32 chains of wire fencing on south-eastern boundary :

total value, £19 5s. On the north-western portion of the section is a clump of about half a dozen large blue-gum trees.

Section 38A consists of pastoral land. Soil a light black loam, on a subsoil of clay and gravel. Hill country. Stony and broken in places, with stone outcropping on some of the ridges and slopes of the gullies. Well watered by creeks. Covered with tussock and a considerable amount of snow-grass. Mixed scrub in some of the gullies. The Blackcap Road passes through this section, and a road north and south branches off about the centre of the property. Fenced on the west, north, and east. The western fences and 134 chains of the northern fence are composed of standards, wire, and wire netting, with occasional posts. The fence to the north-east is irregular, and does not lie along the boundary, being partly on the section and partly on Balruddery. The portion falling on the section has been included in the fencing estimate, and the portion on Balruddery omitted. About 2 chains of fencing will be necessary on the south-eastern portion to exclude the small area on which the shepherd’s hut stands (locally known as the “Blackcap” hut). The improvements, which are included in the price of the section, consist of half-value of 210 chains of wire fencing on eastern boundary; half-value of 38 chains of wire fencing on northern boundary; half-value of 134 chains of wire fencing on northern boundary, with wire netting; half-value of 118 chains of wire fencing on western boundary, with wire netting; full value of 21 chains of wire fencing inside the north-eastern boundary; sheep-yards on south-eastern boundary: total value, £99 13s. 9d. The shepherd’s hut (locally known as “Scout Hill” hut) is situated on the south-western portion of this section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, as the time at which the lands described 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF OHAKUNE.

Town Land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.