June 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1863

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

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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GREY COUNTY.—BLOCK III, HOHONU SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

SECTIONS 3353 and 3354: Area, 592 acres; approximate rent per acre per annum, 7d.; capital value, £450; half-yearly rent, £9.

Fairly low flat terrace land, with a high broken spur running through Section 3353, carrying heavy mixed bush consisting of rimu, kamahi, miro, birch, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil on terraces fair to very fair quality, but partly wet and poor on flats, the whole resting on gravel subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 380 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. Access by dray-road, a distance of half a mile from Kaimata Railway-station and post-office.

Sections 3355 and 2743: Area, 660 acres; approximate rent per acre per annum, 8d.; capital value, £580; half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Half broken country and half flat terrace land, carrying heavy mixed bush consisting of rimu, kamahi, birch, rata, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub and fern. Soil poor to very fair quality, resting on gravel and sandstone subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 390 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. Access by dray-road, a distance of half a mile from Kaimata Railway-station and post-office.

Section 3356: Area, 397 acres; approximate rent per acre per annum, 7d.; capital value, £300; half-yearly rent, £6.

About 85 acres old burnt bush country, covered with poor grass and fern; balance flat and terrace land, carrying heavy mixed bush consisting of rimu, kamahi, birch, miro, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil of fair quality, on gravel subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 450 ft. to 850 ft. above sea-level. Access by dray-road, a distance of a mile and a quarter from Kaimata Railway-station and post-office.

Section 3357: Area, 344 acres; approximate rent per acre per annum, 7d.; capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

About 5 acres open burnt bush; balance broken country throughout, carrying heavy mixed bush consisting of rimu, rata, kamahi, birch, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil of fair quality, on gravel subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 440 ft. to 950 ft. above sea-level. Access by dray-road, a distance of a mile and three-quarters from Kaimata Railway-station and post-office.

Section 2744: Area, 185 acres; approximate rent per acre per annum, 7d.; capital value, £140; half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

About 35 acres open land; the balance half flat terrace and half broken country, carrying mixed bush consisting of kamahi, birch, rimu, miro, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub and fern. Soil poor to fair quality, on clay and gravel subsoil; well watered. Altitude, 270 ft. to 470 ft. above sea-level. Situated on Greymouth—Otira Railway line, adjoining Kaimata Railway-station and post-office.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, 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, and amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, 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 Monday, the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPA COUNTY.—CAMBRIDGE AND HAMILTON SURVEY DISTRICTS.—REYNOLDS SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £550; payable in cash, or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £27 15s. 6d.: total half-yearly payment, £106 1s. 6d.

Improvements.

The improvements included in the capital values of the sections are as follow:—

Section 1.—84 chains boundary fence (half value); 27 chains subdivisional fence, and wooden water-trough. Value, £44 3s.

Section 2.—67 chains boundary fence (half value). Value, £19 5s.

Section 3.—49 chains boundary fence (half value); 29½ chains road-boundary fence; 16 chains subdivisional fence; windmill and two concrete troughs, and 1 acre plantation. Value, £79 17s.

Section 4.—136 chains boundary fence (half value); 30 chains road-boundary fence; 60 chains subdivisional fence; two windmills, wooden trough, and 1 acre plantation. Value, £179 16s.

Section 5.—62 chains boundary fence (half value); 14 chains road-boundary fence; 14 chains subdivisional fence. Value, £35 2s.

Section 6.—72 chains boundary fence (half value); 9 chains road-boundary fence, and wooden water-trough. Value, £35 15s.

Section 17.—36 chains boundary fence (half value); 37 chains boundary drain. Value, £27 10s.

Section 18.—40 chains boundary fence (half value); and wooden trough. Value, £12.

Section 19.—94 chains boundary fence (half value); 12 chains road-boundary fence, and wooden trough. Value, £33 4s.

Section 21.—98 chains boundary fence (half value). Value, £34 4s.

Section 22.—86 chains boundary fence (half value); 16 chains subdivisional fence; windmill and wooden trough, and 4 acres plantation. Value, £72 10s.

Section 23.—52 chains boundary fence (half value); 16 chains subdivisional fence; wooden trough, and 4 acres of plantation. Value, £40 16s.

Section 24.—114 chains boundary fence (half value), and wooden trough. Value, £30 10s.

Section 25.—98 chains boundary fence (half value), and wooden trough. Value, £26 10s.

The following improvements are not included in the capital value of the section, and have to be paid for separately:—

Section 4.—House, milking-shed, and outbuildings. Value, £550.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.