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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

348·8 links; and towards the north-west by Agricultural Sections 6 and 15, 1101·6 links, 320·3 links, and 397·5 links, to the starting point: be all the said measurements a little more or less: which said parcel of land forms the Native reserve known as Kopu’s Reserve, Block V., Clyde Survey District, Wairoa, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trustees for the Okorako Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Westland 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 thirteenth day of April, 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,” the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “light-bush land,” the lands in the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub land,” and the lands in the Fourth Schedule shall be deemed to be “swamp 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, three years in the case of light bush land or swamp land, and two years in the case of scrub 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, three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land, and two years in the case of scrub 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Kanieri Survey District.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
2277 | XIII. | 265 3 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 19 8
Situated about twelve miles from Hokitika, and adjoins a creamery. About half of this section is steep, with supplejack undergrowth and fern; timber principally kamahi and a few rimu and miro. The soil is good—limestone formation. About 100 acres is open wet swamp. Part of the section is difficult to drain. Average altitude, about 250 ft. above sea-level.

Poerua Survey District.

2256 | I. | 158 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 11 7
Flat throughout. Timber white-pine, rimu, and miro; chiefly white-pine facing road, and scrub and manuka swamp at back; dense undergrowth. Soil fair; well watered. Altitude, 290 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-five miles from Ross by main road.

2259 | I. | 190 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 18 0
About half the section is broken and steep, with rimu, kamahi, and miro; dense undergrowth of supplejack and fern. Soil of this part is poor, and the other half—viz., facing Main South Road—is flat, with white-pine and small silver-pine, with good soil; well watered. Altitude, 280 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-five miles from Ross by main road.

2260 | I. | 189 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 7 3
About half the section is steep and broken, with rimu, miro, and kamahi, and dense undergrowth of supplejack, &c.; soil poor. The front half facing the Main South Road is flat, partly open, partly covered with black scrub and manuka; the open part is native grass and swamp; soil good; well watered. Altitude, 280 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-four miles from Ross by main road.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Poerua Survey District.

2246 | I. | 215 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 1 6
About one-half of this section is on a steep sidling, with rimu, kamahi, and dense undergrowth of supplejacks and fern, with poor soil; the remainder flat, covered chiefly with black scrub and manuka, soil wet and poor. Altitude, 270 ft. to 1,050 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-eight miles from Ross by main road.

2247 | I. | 241 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 16 1
About 75 acres of this section is on a hill sidling, with rimu, kamahi, and dense undergrowth of supplejacks and ferns, with poor soil: the remainder is flat, with ribbonwood, black scrub, and manuka; soil fair on east side, but wet and poor on west side. Altitude, 270 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-six miles from Ross by main road.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Second-class Scrub Land.

Poerua Survey District.

2250 | I. | 286 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 8 7
About 4 acres terrace at north-west corner, the remainder wet, flat, and poor peat and rush swamp; also about 20 acres raupo swamp. Part black scrub and manuka, with some white and silver pine. Soil poor; well watered. Altitude, 270 ft. to 320 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-seven miles from Ross by main road.

2251 | I. | 290 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 14 7
Flat throughout; about 12 acres open swamp, the remainder black scrub and manuka; soil fair; well watered. Altitude, 270 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-six miles from Ross by main road.

2254 | I. | 287 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 8 8
Flat throughout; covered with black scrub and manuka and a little silver-pine; soil poor. Altitude, 280 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-six miles from Ross by main road.