APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 987

Rural Lands in Auckland 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 Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedules.

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, they shall be selected on lease on 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 First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be "heavy-bush land," and the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be "scrub 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 two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which in each case respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands 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 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Hokianga | Waoku .. | 3 4 | I. | 197 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 99 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 9 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 19 8

Undulating and broken land, one-fourth open, balance mixed forest; soil of good quality; well watered. Situated seven miles from Rawene.

Kawhia .. | Orahiri .. | 4 | II. | 634 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 476 5 0 | 0 9 | 11 18 2 | 0 7·2 | 9 10 6
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 655 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 491 5 0 | 0 9 | 12 5 8 | 0 7·2 | 9 16 6
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 621 3 18 | 0 15 0 | 466 10 0 | 0 9 | 11 3 3 | 0 7·2 | 9 6 5

Altitude from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Section 4, broken forest land; well watered; sandstone formation, soil fair to good. Section 5, chiefly forest land, balance fern and manuka; soil fair to good, papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. Section 7, about 30 acres fern and manuka, balance mixed forest; soil fairly good, limestone formation; well watered. These sections are situated from eleven to thirteen miles from Otorohanga.

Kawhia .. | Orahiri .. | 1 | V. | 1,116 0 0 | 0 10 6 | 585 18 0 | 0 6·3 | 14 13 0 | 0 5·04 | 11 14 5
" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 1,129 0 0 | 0 13 0 | 733 17 0 | 0 7·8 | 18 7 0 | 0 6·24 | 14 13 7

Section 1, altitude about 1,500 ft. above sea-level; broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest, principally tawa, rata, and rimu; rich soil; well watered; situated thirteen miles from Otorohanga. Section 3, broken country, covered with heavy mixed forest, consisting principally of tawa, rata, and rimu; well watered; good pastoral land. Distant about fifteen miles from Hangatiki Railway-station.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Scrub Land.

Bay of Isl'ds| Ruapekapeka*| 107 | .. | 264 0 16 | 0 13 0 | 171 12 0 | 0 7·8 | 4 5 10 | 0 6·24 | 3 8 8

Undulating land; fern and tea-tree; well watered; some volcanic soil. Seven miles and a half from Kawakawa.

Hokianga | Punakitere .. | 11 | V. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
" | " .. | 16 | " | 34 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 17 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 8 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 6 10

Chiefly open land, with a little swamp and small quantity of mixed forest in each; soil volcanic, but stony. Close to Punakitere Post-office and about one mile off Kaikohe-Taheke main road.

Hokianga | Punakitere .. | 1 | VI. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0

Open land, with a little swamp; volcanic soil of fair quality, somewhat stony. Situated close to Punakitere Post office, about one mile off main road, Kaikohe-Taheke.

Kawhia .. | Kawhia South | 1 | XVI. | 416 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 208 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 3 3

Nearly all manuka scrub; sandstone formation, well watered, but soil generally inferior. Situated seventeen miles from Hangatiki Railway-station.

• Parish.

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.