Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1875

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and three; 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 lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; 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, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Fair land, covered with mixed forest, consisting of rimu, rata, taraire; easy slopes; some flat land along stream in Section 81. Situated about four miles from Waimamaku Post-office.

| Hokianga.. | Waoku | .. | 3 | X. | 100 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 87 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 2 3 9 | 0 8·36 | 1 15 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 4 | " | 150 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 131 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 3 5 8 | 0 8·36 | 2 12 6 |
| " .. | " | .. | 5 | " | 150 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 131 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 3 5 8 | 0 8·36 | 2 12 6 |
| " .. | " | .. | 6 | " | 250 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 187 10 0 | 0 9 | 4 13 9 | 0 7·2 | 3 15 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 8 | " | 120 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 105 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 2 12·6 | 0 8·36 | 2 2 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 9 | " | 150 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 131 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 3 5 8 | 0 8·36 | 2 12 6 |
| " .. | " | .. | 11 | " | 240 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 180 0 0 | 0 9 | 4 10 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 12 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 12 | " | 190 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 142 10 0 | 0 9 | 3 11 3 | 0 7·2 | 2 17 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 13 | " | 275 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 165 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 4 2 6 | 0 5·76 | 3 6 0 |
| " .. | " | .. | 14 | " | 380 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 228 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 5 14 0 | 0 5·76 | 4 11 3 |

Fair land, covered with mixed forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, rata, taraire, and some scattered kauri. Section 3, flat land along stream, balance undulating, becoming broken at back of section. Section 4, mostly undulating; broken at back of section. Section 5, all easy slopes. Section 6, small flats along stream; steep country along boundary of forest reserve. Section 8, fairly flat land; a good section. Section 9, undulating easy slopes. Section 11, fairly easy country fronting road; steep at back. Section 12, stony along road; undulating easy slopes. Sections 13 and 14, broken land. These sections are situated from four to seven miles from Waimamaku Post-office, four miles of which is by formed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Additional Timber Regulations under “The Land Act, 1892.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the regulations contained in the Schedule hereto, and such regulations shall be read with the regulations of the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, but shall apply only to kauri timber growing on Crown lands in the Auckland Land District other than a State forest or forest reserve subject to the provisions of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.” These regulations shall come into force on the first day of September next.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

1. APPLICATION for the right to cut and remove kauri timber shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the District of Auckland.

2. Applicant shall forward at the same time, on printed form provided on application to the Land Office, a statement of—
   (a.) The cutting-capacity of the mill;
   (b.) The output during the past year;
   (c.) The name of survey district or parish in which the timber applied for is situated;
   (d.) The quantity of timber on hand at time of application, whether situated on freehold, leasehold, Crown land, Native land, or reserves, whether absolutely acquired or held under right of purchase, whether standing or already felled; and
   (e.) The application is to be accompanied by a lithograph, tracing, or sketch-plan showing the position of the timber applied for.

3. The timber shall be measured by an officer of the Government, and shall be disposed of by appraisement.

4. All marketable kauri timber shall be included in the measurement if in the opinion of the Commissioner there is danger of loss by fire if the same is not removed with the rest.

5. No mill-owner shall be allowed to take up timber by appraisement if the quantity applied for, together with the quantity already held under clause 2, subsection (d), of these regulations, exceeds three times the annual output of the mill.

6. All the timber granted by appraisement under these regulations shall be cut up by the particular mill it has been granted for, and, excepting under written consent of the Minister of Lands first obtained, none of the timber shall be disposed of to others before cut up by the said mill.

7. Timber to be removed as under:—
   Not exceeding one million feet, within one year;
   Not exceeding three million feet, within two years;
   Not exceeding six million feet, within three years;
   Not exceeding ten million feet, within four years.

8. Payment for timber to be made in cash on approval of application, or, at the option of the purchaser, as follows:—
   For half to one million feet, half in cash on granting of application and half in six months;
   For one to three million feet, one-third in cash on granting of application, one-third in eight months, and one-third in sixteen months;
   For three to six million feet, one-fifth in cash on granting of application, one-fifth in seven months, one-fifth in fourteen months, one-fifth in twenty-one and one-fifth in twenty-eight months;