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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—continued.

Second-class Heavy Bush Land—continued.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
Clutha .. | Woodland .. | 16 | IX. | 94 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 47 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 3 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 19 0
Bush section of fair quality; good aspect; well watered. Situated about twelve miles from Owaka Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Woodland .. | 22 | X. | 119 1 33 | 0 10 0 | 59 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 9 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 3 10
Rough bush land; well watered; fair aspect; good grass land when cleared. Situated at about five miles and a half from Ratanui Dairy Factory. There is a school and post-office on this block.

Clutha .. | Woodland .. | 5 | XI. | 224 2 20 | 0 11 6 | 129 7 6 | 0 6·9 | 3 4 8 | 0 5·52 | 2 11 9
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 210 0 0 | 0 17 0 | 178 10 0 | 0 10·2 | 4 9 3 | 0 8·16 | 3 11 5
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 263 0 0 | 0 14 6 | 190 13 6 | 0 8·7 | 4 15 4 | 0 6·96 | 3 16 3
Rough bush land of good quality; good aspect; well watered; good grass land when cleared. Situated about two to four miles from Ratanui Dairy Factory, School, and Post-office, and about three to five miles from proposed terminus of the Catlin’s Railway.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

First-class Light-bush Land

Tuapeka | Tuapeka West | 27 | VII. | 6 3 18 | 1 5 0 | 8 15 0 | 1 3 | 0 4 5 | 1 0 | 0 3 6
" | " | 28 | " | 8 3 2 | 1 5 0 | 11 5 0 | 1 3 | 0 5 8 | 1 0 | 0 4 6
" | " | 29 | " | 6 2 5 | 1 5 0 | 8 15 0 | 1 3 | 0 4 5 | 1 0 | 0 3 6
Good land; well watered. Situated on the Clutha River, about twelve miles from the Town of Lawrence.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Tuapeka | Tuapeka West | 24 | IV. | 153 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 57 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 8 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 2 11
" | " | 30 | " | 11 2 39 | 0 12 6 | 7 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 3 9 | 0 6 | 0 3 0
" | " | 31 | " | 8 3 9 | 0 12 6 | 5 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 2 10 | 0 6 | 0 2 3
" | " | 32 | " | 209 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 52 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 6 3 | 0 2·4 | 1 1 0
Light bush land; light soil; well watered. Situated from six to ten miles from the Town of Lawrence.

Tuapeka | Tuapeka West | 20 | VIII. | 199 2 13 | 0 12 6 | 125 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 2 6 | 0 6 | 2 10 0
Broken land, covered with light manuka scrub. Situated near the Molyneux River, about twelve miles from Lawrence.

Tuapeka | Tuapeka West | 15 | XIII. | 16 3 27 | 0 15 0 | 12 15 0 | 0 9 | 0 6 5 | 0 7·2 | 0 5 1
Partly level and partly broken land, covered with manuka scrub; soil light. Situated thirteen miles from Lawrence, and two miles from Rankleburn School.

Clutha .. | Warepa .. | 15 | VIII. | 52 0 18 | 0 12 6 | 32 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 16 3 | 0 6 | 0 13 0
Bush land, with a few acres of light scrub, fern, and tussock in the front that will be easily cleared; the timber is chiefly red- and black-pine and ironwood; the land is undulating, front of the section being ploughable; fair light soil; distance from Owaka, fifteen miles.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 second day of March, 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, it 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 First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “light-bush land,” the lands in the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub land,” and the lands in the Fourth Schedule shall be deemed to be “swamp 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, three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land, and two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which in each case respectively 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 in the case of heavy-bush land, three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp 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.