Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 711

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF COBDEN.
Town Land.

The sections are centrally situated in the Town of Cobden, and are distant about a mile and a quarter from the Greymouth Post-office. The streets fronting the sections, with the exception of Sections 174, 175, and 176, are formed and metaled. There are buildings, at present occupied, on the whole of the sections.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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

ISLINGTON, 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, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, 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.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Rural Land.

Malvern County.—Hororata Survey District.

Stony river-flat, covered with gorse. Situated west side of Coalgate Bridge and half a mile south-west of the Coalgate Railway-station.

Ashley County.—Rangiora Survey District.

| R 371 | VIII | 3 2 20 | 12 0 0 |

Old stony river-bed of the Ashley, five miles east from Rangiora Railway-station.

Selwyn County.—Hororata Survey District.

| 36718 | XVI | 37 1 27 | 135 0 0 |

Open level agricultural land, about eight miles south of Coalgate Railway-station and three miles from Hororata.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 renewable lease on Wednesday, the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at the rentals mentioned 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.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.—INANGAHUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Distant about a mile and three-quarters from Inangahua Junction by the main Reefton-Inangahua Junction Road. About 40 acres flat, and of fair to good quality. The forest is chiefly silver-birch, the remainder being brown and red birch with a few miro and white and red pines. The balance of the area ranges from easy sloping spurs to very steep sidelings; it is good pastoral country, and the formation is limestone and marls principally; on the lower terraces bands of sandstone overlie the limestone marls; the forest is brown, silver, and red birch, with a few very large totara; rimu, white-pine, and miro are scattered about the spurs and gullies.

| 2 of 54 | IV | 389 0 0 | 300 0 0 | 6 0 0 |

Distant about two miles and a half from Inangahua Junction by the main Reefton-Inangahua Junction Road and a formed road up the Hard Creek Valley. About 120 acres are flat, and part is inclined to be swampy; the quality is fair to good; the forest is brown, silver, and red birch, small white-pines and rimu, with a few miro scattered throughout. The balance of the area ranges from easy sloping spurs to very steep sidelings; it is good pastoral country, and the formation is limestone and marls principally; on the lower terraces bands of sandstone overlie the limestone marls; the forest is brown, silver, and red birch, with a few very large totara; rimu, white-pine, and miro are scattered about the spurs and gullies.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by 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 Monday, the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; 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, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Waitemata County.—Pukeatua Parish.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Two-thirds undulating, balance broken land; covered with fern and