MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1249

Rural Lands 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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the prices specified in the said Schedule.

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 lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, they 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 lands enumerated in the said Schedule hereto 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 a period of three years from the date from which 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 three 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.—TAONUI, MARAETAUA, AND PUKEWHAKAPU BLOCKS.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of May, 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 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 Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-second day of June, 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 prices 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

TAONUI BLOCK.

This section is situated on the right bank of the Wangaehu River, in the Taonui Block, and has access from Manga-mahu by twelve miles of road, nine of which consist of good metalled road, and three miles of unmetalled road. This section comprises hilly bush country and easy slopes, with a few small flats suitable for homestead purposes; it ranges in elevation from 900 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level, falling from the western boundary to the river. The section is well watered by numerous creeks and also by the river; the soil ranges from fair to good, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. There is a good homestead-site on the section, and about 142 acres have been felled and grassed.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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