JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1493

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

All flat land; very good soil. Drainage-works have been carried out over these lands. Section 29, covered with short manuka and patches of high manuka. Sections 43, 44, 45, covered with raupo and scrub. Sections 48, 49, covered entirely with raupo. Sections 51, 52, 53, mostly raupo, with patches of manuka and rushes. Sections 54, 55, 57, 59 to 62, covered with manuka and rushes. All these sections are accessible by surveyed road, partly formed, from five to seven miles from Raupo Township. Sections 43, 51, 52, 53, 59, 61, and 62 are accessible by tidal river, navigable for small boats at high tide; from eight to ten miles by water from Raupo Township. Water suitable for cattle can be had by sinking wells.

| Otamatea | Te Kuri | 4 | III. | 87 2 21 | 3 0 0 | 262 17 6 | 3 0 | 6 11 5 | 2 4 8 | 5 5 2 |
| " | " | 5 | " | 79 2 20 | 3 0 0 | 238 17 6 | 3 0 | 5 19 5 | 2 4 8 | 4 15 7 |
| " | " | 6 | " | 80 0 31 | 3 0 0 | 240 11 3 | 3 0 | 6 0 3 | 2 4 8 | 4 16 3 |
| " | " | 7 | " | 101 1 27 | 3 0 0 | 304 6 3 | 3 0 | 7 12 2 | 2 4 8 | 6 1 9 |
| " | " | 8 | " | 100 2 38 | 3 0 0 | 302 5 0 | 3 0 | 7 11 2 | 2 4 8 | 6 0 11 |
| " | " | 10 | " | 85 0 9 | 3 0 0 | 255 0 0 | 3 0 | 6 7 6 | 2 4 8 | 5 2 0 |
| " | " | 11 | " | 92 3 30 | 3 0 0 | 279 0 0 | 3 0 | 6 19 6 | 2 4 8 | 5 11 8 |

Flat land; very good soil. Lands are partly drained. Mostly covered with manuka and rushes; some mangroves on Sections 7, 8, 10, and 11. Access by surveyed road, partly formed. About five miles from Raupo Township. Sections 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 are also accessible by water from Raupo, from four to six miles. Water may be obtained by sinking wells.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Southland 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 third day of August, 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 the period of three years 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 three years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the