Jan. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 155

Rural Lands in Taranaki 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 February, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the respective 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 land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, it 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 said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-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 from the date from which 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Patea .. | Kapara .. | 2 | V. | 950 0 0 | 0 13 0 | 617 10 0 | 0 7·7 | 15 8 9 | 0 6·24 | 12 7 0
All forest, broken pastoral land; about twenty-eight miles overland from Waitotara, and eighteen miles from Waverley by surveyed roads. (Litho. 27.)

Patea .. | Kapara .. | 1 | X. | 1,180 0 0 | 0 13 0 | 767 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 19 3 6 | 0 6·25 | 15 6 10
All forest, broken pastoral land; about twenty miles from Waitotara by roads partly formed—ten miles dray-road, nine miles bridle-track. All papa formation, the higher ridges are capped by a soft tufa-micaceous sandstone; the hills range from 700 ft. to 1,000 ft. above the river. (Litho. 27.)

Patea .. | Kapara .. | 1 | V. | 570 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 496 7 6 | 0 10·5 | 12 8 3 | 0 8·4 | 9 18 6
Rough pastoral land, lightly timbered, usual undergrowth, well watered, fair soil, papa formation. Dray-road for twenty-two miles from Waitotara, and bridle-road to the section. (Litho. 59.)

Stratford .. | Mahoe .. | 2 | V. | 385 0 0 | 0 16 6 | 317 12 6 | 0 9·9 | 7 18 10 | 0 7·9 | 6 7 0
Situate on the north-east of the Ross Special Settlement, about thirty-three miles from Stratford Railway-station, some of the sections fronting the Ohura Road, which is formed through the block for dray traffic. It is all forest land, well watered. The timber comprises tawa, rimu, rata, tawhero, pukatea, konini, with the usual undergrowth, and also some flowering shrubs. Black-birch is met with on the higher portions of the section. The formation is papa, the average height of ridges above the valleys being from 500 ft. to 650 ft. The section has no natural homestead-site, lying along the face of a watershed. No portion is suitable for the grazing of other stock than sheep, when brought under grass. The Arnold frontage to it is all on an up-grade, to get the road over the ridge. (Litho. 65.)

Clifton .. | Mimi .. | 21 | IX. | 983 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 614 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 15 7 3 | 0 6 | 12 5 9
” .. | ” .. | 22 | ” | 717 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 448 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 11 4 1 | 0 6 | 8 19 3
Section 21, Block IX., Mimi: Broken country. Altitude, 50 ft. to 1,000 ft. About nine miles from Tongaporutu, with frontage to river of that name. All forest; well watered; pastoral land; mixed bush, some birch on spurs; about 40 acres level. (Litho. 67.)

Section 22, Block IX., Mimi: Similar to the preceding section. About 10 acres of level land.

Clifton .. | Pouatu .. | 2 | V. | 733 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 458 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 11 9 1 | 0 6 | 9 3 3
This section is portion of the Taumata mahoe Block, and is distant from fifty to fifty-nine miles from Stratford Railway-station by Ohura and branch roads, the former being formed for dray traffic. The country is all covered with forest, principally of tawa; the formation is papa, and well watered; altitude, from 600 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level, and ridges rise to 800 ft. above valleys. The section is more or less broken. (Litho. 95.)

Stratford .. | Mahoe .. | 4 | V. | 900 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 787 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 19 13 9 | 0 8·4 | 15 15 0
All pastoral land, covered with forest, generally of tawa, with moderate mixture of rimu, kahikatea, totara, matai, silver-pine, and heavy birch on ridges and leading spurs; the soil is good but thin, and well watered. The Whangamomona Valley varies in altitude from 470 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level, and the dividing ridge, being the Wanganui-Patea watershed, is from 1,000 ft. to 1,250 ft. above sea-level. Distant from Stratford between thirty-five and forty-two miles. (Litho. 95.)

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 5 | XVI. | 450 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 225 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 4 10 0
” .. | Kapara .. | 5 | IX. | 335 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 209 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 5 4 9 | 0 6 | 4 3 9
” .. | ” .. | 8 | ” | 290 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 145 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 18 0
” .. | ” .. | 9 | ” | 472 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 236 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 18 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 14 5
” .. | ” .. | 10 | ” | 470 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 235 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 17 6 | 0 4·8 | 4 14 0
” .. | ” .. | 11 | ” | 414 0 0 | 0 8 6 | 175 19 0 | 0 5·1 | 4 8 0 | 0 4·08 | 3 10 5
” .. | ” .. | 12 | ” | 547 0 0 | 0 8 6 | 232 9 6 | 0 5·1 | 5 16 3 | 0 4·08 | 4 13 0
” .. | ” .. | 13 | ” | 307 0 0 | 0 8 6 | 130 9 6 | 0 5·1 | 3 5 3 | 0 4·08 | 2 12 3
” .. | ” .. | 14 | ” | 330 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 165 0 0 | 0 6 | 4 2 6 | 0 4·8 | 3 6 0
” .. | ” .. | 4 | X. | 922 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 461 0 0 | 0 6 | 11 10 6 | 0 4·8 | 9 4 5
” .. | ” .. | 1 | XIII. | 447 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 223 10 0 | 0 6 | 5 11 9 | 0 4·8 | 4 9 5
” .. | ” .. | 2 | ” | 570 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 285 0 0 | 0 6 | 7 2 6 | 0 4·8 | 5 14 0

This land adjoins the settled districts contiguous to Waverley and Patea. The section in Block XVI., Opaku, is accessible from Waverley via Motoroa and Okotuku Roads; also via Okahutiria Road. Those in Blocks IX., X., and XIII., Kapara, are from sixteen to twenty-two miles distant from Momohaki Railway-station via Weraweraonga Road, eleven miles of which are dray-road and the remainder bridle-track; also via Ridge and Mangawhio Roads, eighteen miles being a dray-road. Section 1, Block XIII., Kapara, has also a frontage to Omahire Road, distant about thirteen miles from Waverley,