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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Rural Land in Southland Land District open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 land described in the Sche-
dule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the
twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
four; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule
may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance
with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one
of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain,
metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also
fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as
mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that
the said land shall be leased under and subject to the pro-
visions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — WAIAU
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Open land—part level and part undulating, good black
soil; part steep sunny faces. Well grassed with English
and native grasses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Southland Land District open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 Schedules hereto
   are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and
   after the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine
   hundred and four, at the rentals specified in the said
   Schedules.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity
   only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of
   “The Land Act, 1892,” as they contain, or are supposed to
   contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, 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
   First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush
   land,” and the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed
   to be “light-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 in
   the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of
   light-bush land, from the date from which in each case
   respectively 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 in the case of heavy-bush land, and
   three years in the case of light-bush land, 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.

SCHEDULES.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Unsurveyed Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Waiau .. | XIII. | A. R. P. 2,105 0 0 | s. d. 0 5
Heavy-bush land, partly swamp. Northern and western
portions level and undulating; eastern portion easy spurs;
steep on southern slopes. Forest land, parts light and parts
swampy; subsoil generally shingle and clay; soil fair to
good. Forest consists of totara, matai, rimu, and kowhai,
with tawai and kahikatea in the swampy parts; under-
growth of papauma, kotukutuku, &c. Timber too scattered
to have value for milling purposes.

Waiau .. | XIII. | 919 0 0 | 0 3·6
Country on either side of creek steep and broken; poor
soil. Heavy-forest land, principally tawai, rimu, matai,
kamahi, and miro, with undergrowth of papauma, horo-
pito, &c. Timber too scattered to have value for milling
purposes. Steep and broken on both sides of creek; soil
poor.

Waiau .. | XIII. | 83 0 0 | 0 10·8
Heavy-forest land, principally tawhai, with a few matai,
rimu, and kahikatea, but not in sufficient quantities to
have value for milling purposes.
Block XIII. is accessible by good gravelled road to south-
western corner of block, distant from Orepuki twelve miles;
the north-eastern corner is distant from Otatau sixteen
miles and a half, five miles and a half of which, in the
Orawia Valley, from main Otatau—Clifton Road, is not
formed. Altitude ranges from 190 ft. to 600 ft.

Waiau .. | XIV. | 765 0 0 | 0 3·6
Cold and wet aspect; spurs rising abruptly from Bound-
ary Creek. Covered with heavy mixed bush, chiefly birch,
with some scattered totara, matai, and kahikatea, but not in
sufficient quantities to be of value for milling purposes;
soil heavy and fairly good on spurs.

Waiau .. | XIV. | 1,430 0 0 | 0 5
Hilly country, with undulating and flat tops on spurs;
soil heavy and generally good; papa-and-sandstone forma-
tion. Altitude, 350 ft. to 800 ft. Covered with mixed bush,
chiefly birch, with some scattered totara, matai, and kahi-
katea, but not in sufficient quantities to be of value for
milling purposes; patches of kotukutuku and thick under-
growth in places. Block XIV. is situated immediately to
the east of Block XIII., and has the same access.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Unsurveyed Second-class Light-bush Land.

Waiau .. | XIV. | 350 0 0 | 0 5
Light-bush land; timber chiefly birch, with some scattered
totara, matai, and kahikatea. Block XIV. is situated im-
mediately to the east of Block XIII., and has the same
access.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor
this eighth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of
“The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of
Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
do hereby appoint Wednesday, the thirtieth day of March,