Num. 21.] 713

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1922.

Declaring Crown Lands in the Karamea and Westland Mining | Murchison County.—Maruia Survey District.
Districts, Nelson Land District, open for Disposal on Renew- | Westland Mining District.—National Endowment.
able Lease. | Section 4, Block VIII: Area, 755 acres; capital value,
| £570; half-yearly rent, £11 8s.
[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General. | Weighted with £52 10s., valuation for improvements con-
A PROCLAMATION. | sisting of 15 acres felled and grassed, and a hut.
| Situated in Maruia Valley, about eleven miles from Murchi-
WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three of | son, partly by good road, thence over traffic-bridge and
the Land Act, 1908, it was enacted that the Governor- | about one mile of unmetalled road. Sixty or seventy acres
General, by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any | of flat land, remainder runs from terrace to hillside. Sand-
Crown land within any mining district not held under lease | stone formation. Medium bush of white-pine on flats, with
or license, or for which a lease or license has been can- | mixed birch on hillside. Undergrowth of birch scrub, horo-
celled, to be open for disposal, as provided in section one | pito, and broadleaf. Well watered. General quality good,
hundred and thirty-five of the said Act: | but rocky in places on hillside. Altitude, 560 ft. to 2,000 ft.
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, | above sea-level.
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in |
exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by | Westland Mining District.—Crown Land.
section one hundred and thirty-three of the said Act, and of | Section 5, Block IV: Area, 502 acres; capital value, £405;
every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in | half-yearly rent, £8 2s.
this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the sections| Weighted with £427 10s., valuation for improvements con-
of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open on | sisting of 110 acres felled, 130 acres grassed, and 100 chains of
Tuesday, the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred| fencing.
and twenty-two, for disposal on renewable lease, as provided| Situated in Lower Maruia Valley about thirteen miles and
in section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act. | a half from Murchison, two miles from a school. Cream-cart
| passes section on regular run to Murchison factory. Access from
SCHEDULE. | Murchison by well-formed metalled road. Section comprises
| about 100 acres of standing bush, about 8 acres of this is good
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND. | pine on flat land, remainder of bush being red and brown
Buller County.—Kongahu Survey District. | birch in gullies and on spurs. Remainder of section comprises
Karamea Mining District.—National Endowment. | burnt bush with grass and fern. Well watered by small
Section 5, Block IV: Area, 554 acres; capital value, £375; | streams. Altitude, 750 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level.
half-yearly rent, £7 10s. | General quality fair to good.
Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements consisting |
of 100 acres felled and grassed, 10 chains of fencing, sheep-| Murchison County.—Matiri Survey District.
dip and yards, also hut. | Westland Mining District.—National Endowment.
Situated on the sea-coast two miles and a half along sea- | Section 17, Block XI: Area, 784 acres; capital value,
beach (which is very rough for horse traffic) from Little | £485; half-yearly rent, £9 14s.
Wanganui. All bush, with exception of felled portion. Sec- | Situated eight miles and a half from Murchison, seven miles
tion is steep and broken, and suitable only for grazing. Soil| by good formed road, thence by chair across Buller River
on limestone formation. Bush consists of mixed birch, rimu, | and one mile and a half bridle-track. There is also access
rata, and kamahi. Well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to | on the east side of the river by four miles and a half good
1,200 ft. above sea-level. | dray-road and four miles cattle and pack track. Section
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