Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 819

Rural Land in 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four; and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Altitude from sea-level, about 600 ft. Chiefly open fern and manuka land, with about 40 acres of natural grass (rat-tail and Danthonia) and about 50 acres swamp, with 3 acres good swamp; sloping to steep country; soil fair to inferior, rocky in parts. Fronting beach between Rangaunu and Doubtless Bays; about nineteen miles from Mangonui and twenty miles from Awanui. Weighted with £24 6s. valuation for whares and fencing.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Wellington 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land 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 land 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 land for a 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.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Heavy-bush Land.

Weighted with £10 valuation for improvements.

Situated in Hunter ville No. 2 (Pohonui-a-tane) Block, between the Karetu ridge and the Turakina River. Access from Hunter ville, which is about twenty-six miles and a half distant via the Onga, Turakina Valley, and Karetu Roads. The former roads are formed for dray traffic for a distance of about nineteen miles, thence a formed bridle-track to the junction with Karetu Road, which has now been formed for dray traffic for about a mile; the balance is formed bridle-track only. The land is mostly hilly and rough, with occasional small flats; frontage rough. The soil is of fairly good quality (good sheep country), resting on papa formation. Forest is fairly heavy, comprising chiefly rimu, matai, hinau, tawa, maire, and white-pine, with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. Section is watered by small streams. Elevation ranges from about 1,400 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Improvements comprise felling and grassing. “Thirds” on section will accrue for a period of eleven years and a half.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.