MAR. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 775

grass and bracken fern, the sections comprise bush land,
carrying birch, rimu, kahikatea, miro, &c., from which the
timber of commercial value has been removed. Soil of fair
quality, of a depth of from 4 in. to 12 in. The area is divided
into two flats by a terrace about 40 ft. in height. Distant
about three miles from Totara Flat Railway-station and post
and telegraph office by road and horse-track, and ford across
the Grey River.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourth day of March, one thousand nine hun-
hundred and thirteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Westland Land
District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of
the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the
national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday,
the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GREY COUNTY.—WAIWHERO
SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Section 3199 is weighted with £50, valuation for improve-
ments consisting of a hut, clearing, and about a mile and
a half of three-barb-wire fencing in poor repair.

Comprises generally flat and terrace land, at an altitude of
from 190 ft. to 620 ft. above sea-level, covered with bush con-
sisting principally of brown and silver birch. Soil on flat is
loamy and of fair quality, and on ridges clayey ; formation
gravel and sandstone. All of the sections are well watered.
The block is accessible from Ahaura Railway-station and post
and telephone office by good dray-road and ford across the
Grey River, a distance of about two miles. Each of the
sections has frontage to a metalled horse-track.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourth day of March, one thousand nine hun-
dred and thirteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, 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 Tuesday, the eighth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and thirteen ; 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 occu-
pation 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, oc-
cupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.