1394
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

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 nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
   and four, at the respective prices specified in the said Sche-
   dules.

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 lands are disposed of, and no local autho-
   rity 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
   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 in-
   terest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him
   in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such in-
   stalments 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.
2242 | III. | 134 0 0 | 0 2·9 | 0 16 2
Weighted with £7, valuation for improvements.
Broken, but fairly level; under forest consisting chiefly
of birch, with red- and white-pine, matai, totara, kawhaka,
&c.; well watered. Accessible by main road, seven miles
from railway-station and eleven miles from Hokitika.
Improvements consist of about 3½ acres of bushfelling.
Altitude, 270 ft. above sea-level.

2243 | III. | 123 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 12 4
Undulating land, poor soil; forest consists of birch, with
thick manuka and red- and silver-pines, &c. Accessible by
main road, seven miles from railway-station and eleven
miles from Hokitika. Altitude, 300 ft. above sea-level.

2244 | III. | 120 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 18 0
Broken, but fairly level; chiefly poor soil; forest consists
of birch, with thick manuka and red- and silver-pines, &c.
Accessible by main road, eight miles and a half from rail-
way-station and twelve miles and a half from Hokitika.
Altitude, about 320 ft. above sea-level.

2245 | III. | 116 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 17 5
Broken, but fairly level; about 5 acres open pakini, the
rest manuka and red-, black-, and silver-pines. Accessible
by main road, nine miles and a half from railway-station,
and thirteen miles and a half from Hokitika. Altitude,
about 340 ft. above sea-level.

2280 | III. | 112 3 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 16 10
Undulating land, chiefly poor soil; forest consists of
thick manuka, with pines, birches, tanekau, &c.; well
watered by creeks. Accessible by main road, eight miles
from railway-station and twelve miles from Hokitika.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
2281 | IV. | 150 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 10 0
Undulating land, chiefly poor soil, covered with birch and
manuka, and a quantity of rimu and silver-pine; well
watered. Accessible by main road, ten miles from railway-
station and fourteen miles from Hokitika.

2282 | IV. | 111 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 2 3
Undulating land, chiefly poor soil; forest consists of
birch, with heavy rimu and thick manuka; well watered.
Accessible by main road, eleven miles from railway-station
and fifteen miles from Hokitika.

2289 | IV. | 220 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 4 0
Flat land, with forest consisting of manuka and tanekau,
with silver-pine and rimu; soil poor, except in locality of
Martyn’s Creek; well watered. Accessible by main road,
twelve miles from railway-station and sixteen miles from
Hokitika.

2290 | VIII. | 238 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 3 10
Flat land, timber-covered, and consisting of manuka,
silver-, red-, and white-pine, totara, &c.; about four-fifths
poor soil, the rest fair; well watered. Twelve miles and a
half by main road to railway-station and sixteen miles and
a half to Hokitika.

2313 | VIII. | 256 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 18 5
Fairly flat; covered with kakahi bush, with a belt of white-
pine, together with manuka and silver-pine; soil, about two-
thirds of area is poor, the rest fair: well watered. Access
by main road, to railway-station thirteen miles and to Hoki-
tika seventeen miles.

2314 | VIII. | 237 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 7
One-third of section is hilly; soil fair and light; bush
consists of kamahi, rata, and rimu; the section is well
watered. Access by main road, thirteen miles to railway-
station and seventeen miles to Hokitika.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Wanganui Survey District.

2262 | XIII. | 264 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 19 2
Flat throughout, and soil good; timber chiefly small
totara and light scrub, with some large white-pine, matai,
and totara; the area is well watered. Altitude, 100 ft.
above sea-level. About forty-one miles from Ross.

2263 | XIII. | 239 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 7 10
Flat section, with about 20 acres open swamp, the balance
covered with small totara and scrub, with strips of white-
pine, totara, and matai; the soil is fair, and is well watered.
Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level. About forty miles
from Ross.

2264 | XIII. | 264 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 12 10
Flat throughout; about 85 acres open swamp, facing river;
there is heavy white-pine and some totara on the section;
soil is fair, and well watered. Altitude, about 100 ft. above
sea-level. About thirty-nine miles from Ross.

2265 | XIII. | 322 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 4 5
This area is flat, with 65 acres open swamp opposite river;
forest includes strips of white-pine and totara; soil fair,
and well watered. Altitude, about 120 ft. above sea-level.
Distant from Ross twenty-nine miles.

2266 | XIII. | 356 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 5 6 10
Flat throughout, with 8 acres of open swamp; forest
consists of black and mixed scrub, with strips of matai and
totara; soil good, and well watered. Altitude, 120 ft. above
sea-level. Distant thirty-eight miles from Ross.

2267 | XIII. | 275 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 4 2 6
All flat, and covered with akeake and black and mixed
scrub; soil good, and well watered. Altitude, about 130 ft.
above sea-level. Distant thirty-seven miles from Ross.

2324 | XIII. | 251 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 17 8
Flat throughout, with about half the section covered with
small totara and scrub, the other half is white-pine swamp;
the section is wet, but the soil on the dry parts is fair.
Altitude, 110 ft. above sea-level. Distant about forty-two
miles from Ross.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.