Num. 26.

673

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900.

Terms and Conditions of Sale and Lease of Torere Village Settlement Lands, Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1900.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared open for sale or lease as a village settlement, and it is expedient to fix the terms and conditions upon which the said lands shall be disposed of:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by public auction for cash, and the lands mentioned in the Second Schedule by way of lease in perpetuity, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TORERE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

(For Sale for Cash by Public Auction.)

First-class Land.

A

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—TORERE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

(Village-homestead Allotments on Lease in Perpetuity.)

First-class Land.

Description.

The Torere Village Settlement is situated in the Awarua Block, on the left bank of the Hautapu River, between Mangaweka and Taihape. The access is either from the latter township, which is about four miles distant, or from Mangaweka, which is about twelve miles distant by main coach-road, thence by the Torere Road on opposite side of river.

The majority of the sections comprise flat land, the remainder easy-sloping terraces. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest on the sections offered on lease in perpetuity is heavy and mixed, comprising matai, maire, rimu, kahikatea, hinau, and titoki, with a dense undergrowth. The sections offered for cash have been felled and grassed.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands.

2. The lands in the First Schedule are village allotments, and will be offered for sale by public auction on Thursday, the 7th June, 1900. One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance (with Crown-grant fee) within thirty days thereafter.

3. The lands in the Second Schedule are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and shall be open for application on Wednesday, the 6th June, 1900.

4. The prices and rental stated above shall be the prices at which the land shall be offered for sale or open for application.