986
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area, in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 14 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 1, 2, 48, 49, and 50, Block I., Town of Bastings. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 3 and 29 of said block; towards the east by a road-line; towards the south by Horace Street; and towards the west by the main road from Lawrence to Roxburgh: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51829, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For a recreation reserve.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for a Courthouse to a site for a post-office.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block II., Township of Taihape. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 2; towards the east by Crown land; towards the south generally by Huia Street; and towards the west generally by the main road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Nelson 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-fifth day of May, 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Unsurveyed Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Collingwood County.

A. R. P.
Totaranui | III., IV., V., & VI. | 2,596 0 0 | From 3·6d. to 3·84d.

This block is bounded towards the north generally by the surveyed sections in Blocks III. and IV., Totaranui Survey District; towards the east generally by surveyed sections in Blocks IV. and VI., by the Awaroa Inlet and River respectively; towards the south generally by Crown lands; and towards the west generally by land described in the Second Schedule hereto. Country consists almost wholly of hills and gullies, varying from 60ft. (on Awaroa River) to about 2,000ft. above sea-level. It is covered with bush, consisting chiefly of birch, with a few rimu in the gullies. Granite formation; well watered. Access to the land is by Awaroa Inlet, and by unformed roads from Totaranui and Wainui Inlets.

Inangahua County.

Matiri | VII., X., XI., | 9,408 0 0 | From 3·12d. to 8·64d.
Tutaki .. | XII., XIV., XV. |

This block is situated in the Buller Valley, and comprises land on both sides of the River Buller from the junction of the River Owen down to the junction of the River Mangles, all covered with heavy forest of birch, pine, and rimu. Good alluvial flats along both sides of the river of limited extent, the first slopes being undulating fair land, broken and rocky towards the higher altitudes; ranging from 600ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level, and accessible by the main coach-road from Nelson to Reefton and Westport, which traverses the whole length of the block. The northern end of the block is distant about two miles from the Owen Post-office, while the southern end terminates within a few chains of the Longford Post-office.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Unsurveyed Second-class Light-bush Land.

Waimea County.

Tainui .. | V. | 3,311 0 0 | 3·12d.
Hope .. | III. & IV. |

This country is situated at the head-waters of the River Hope, at an altitude varying from 1,000 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. It is of poor quality, being nearly all low hills and gullies covered with birch forest; formation, granite and clay gravels. Accessible by the formed road to the Buller by way of the Tadmor Valley, which passes through the block. Distant about fifteen miles from the Tadmor terminus of the railway now under construction, and about twenty-five miles from the Motupiko Railway station.

Collingwood County.

Totaranui, V., VIII., & IX. | 4,723 0 0 | 3·12d.

This block is bounded towards the north generally by the surveyed sections in Block III., Totaranui Survey District; towards the east generally by land described in the First Schedule hereto; towards the south generally by Crown lands; and towards the west generally by surveyed sections in Blocks V. and VIII. The country consists chiefly of hills and gullies of an altitude varying from about 500ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level. It is covered with bush consisting of birch, cedar, and a few rimu. Granite formation; well watered. Access is by unformed roads from Awaroa, Totaranui, and Wainui Inlets.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.