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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 1

Rural Lands in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease in perpetuity; provided that in the case of land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, it shall be selected on lease in perpetuity only and shall not be purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the lands enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of four years from the date from which such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land during such period.

5. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Situate on Marco Road. Access from Stratford, distant about forty-seven miles, of which fifteen is metalled, thirty miles formed dray-road, two miles bridle-road, remainder surveyed road. Fair to good sections; low ridges on frontage rising to steep at back. Elevation, 600 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. All forest, chiefly tawa, with rimu, rata, kahikatea, maire, &c., and thick undergrowth. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered.

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 4 | XII. | 771 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 578 5 0 | 0 9 | 14 9 2 | 0 7·2 | 11 11 4

Situate at junction of Marco and Mangaowata Roads. Access from Stratford, distant fifty miles—fifteen miles metalled, thirty miles formed dray-road, two miles bridle-road, remainder surveyed road. Fair section, broken on Mangaowata Road frontage. All forest, chiefly tawa, with small quantity of rimu, rata, kahikatea, matai, and a few totara; thick undergrowth. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Good soil, on papa formation; well watered.

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 3 | XII. | 500 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 500 0 0 | 1 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 10 0 0
" .. | " | 5 | " | 489 0 0 | 0 16 0 | 391 4 0 | 0 9·6 | 9 15 7 | 0 7·6 | 7 16 6
" .. | " | 7 | " | 564 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 564 0 0 | 1 0 | 14 2 0 | 0 9·6 | 11 5 7
" .. | " | 8 | " | 595 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 520 12 6 | 0 10·5 | 13 0 4 | 0 8·4 | 10 8 3

Situate on Matirangi Road. Access from Stratford, distant fifty-two to fifty-four miles—by metalled road fifteen miles, formed dray-road thirty miles, bridle-track two miles, and remainder surveyed road. Fair to good sections; generally low hills and ridges. Elevation, 500 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. All fairly heavy forest, chiefly tawa, with some rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c.; thick undergrowth. Good soil, on papa formation; well watered.

Stratford & Clifton | Upper Waitara | 6 | XII. | 720 2 0 | 0 17 6 | 630 8 9 | 0 10·5 | 15 15 3 | 0 8·4 | 12 12 3

Ditto .. | " | 4 | XVI. | 384 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 384 0 0 | 1 0 | 9 12 0 | 0 9·6 | 7 13 8

Stratford | " | 5 | " | 876 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 766 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 19 3 3 | 0 8·4 | 15 6 7

" | Pouatu .. | 5 | XIII. | 846 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 740 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 18 10 2 | 0 8·4 | 14 16 2

Situate on Mangapaka Road. Access from Stratford, distant forty-eight to fifty-two miles—by metalled road fifteen miles, by formed dray-road thirty miles, by bridle-road two miles, remainder surveyed road. All fair to good sections; generally low hills and small flats on road frontage; parts are steep and broken. All forest, chiefly tawa, with rimu, rata, kahikatea, matai, and some totara; thick undergrowth. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered.

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 2 | XVI. | 1419 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 886 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 22 3 6 | 0 6 | 17 14 9

Situate on Waitara Valley Road. Access from Stratford, distant fifty-six and a half miles—by metalled road fifteen miles, by formed dray-road thirty miles, by bridle-road two miles, remainder surveyed road. There are good walking-tracks via Pohokura and Mangare Roads. Rough section, with large gully the whole length of the land. All forest, chiefly tawa, with some rimu, rata, kahikatea, matai, and totara; thick undergrowth. Elevation, 600 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered.

Stratford & Clifton | Upper Waitara | 3 | XVI. | 513 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 284 15 0 | 0 9 | 7 2 5 | 0 7·2 | 5 13 11

Situate on Matirangi Road. Access from Stratford, distant fifty-four miles—by metalled road fifteen miles, by formed dray-road thirty miles, by bridle-road two miles, remainder surveyed road. Fair section, comprising low ridges interspersed by deep gullies. All forest, chiefly tawa, with rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c.; thick undergrowth. Elevation, 600 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered.

Stratford | Upper Waitara | 8 | XVI. | 527 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 461 2 6 | 0 10·5 | 11 10 7 | 0 8·4 | 9 4 6

Situate at end of Mangare Road. Access from Stratford, distant about forty-three miles—by metalled road fifteen miles, and by formed dray-road remainder of distance. Rough section, with low hills rising towards back. All fairly heavy forest, chiefly tawa, with small quantity of rimu, rata, matai, kahikatea, &c.; thick undergrowth. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered.

Stratford | Pouatu .. | 7, 59 | XIII. | 296 2 0 | 0 17 6 | 259 8 9 | 0 10·5 | 6 9 9 | 0 8·4 | 5 3 10

Situate at end of Prospect Road. Access from Stratford, distant about forty-three miles, of which fifteen miles is metalled, the remainder being formed dray-road. Fair sections, easy of access, dray-road leading to building-sites. Generally steep ridges; and, except about 55 acres, which has been felled and grown up in scrub on Section 59, all moderately heavy forest, chiefly tawa, with rimu, rata, kahikatea, matai, &c.; thick undergrowth. Elevation, 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered. There is a hut on Section 59.