1688
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Rural Lands in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 thirtieth 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 “heavy-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of four 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 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.

Stratford | Mahoe .. | 6 | II. | 332 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 349 7 6 | 0 9 | 6 4 9 | 0 7·2 | 4 19 9

Situate on Poarangi Road, at present surveyed only; access is from Stratford and Whangamomona, the latter being distant about four miles by formed horse-track. Low hills, more or less broken; soil good, on papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. The forest comprises rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c., and thick undergrowth. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Upper Wai-tara | 1 | IV. | 1,250 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 937 10 0 | 0 9 | 23 8 9 | 0 7·2 | 18 15 0

Situate on Moki Road; access from Uruti, distant about seven miles—one mile formed dray-road, remainder formed horse-road. The Waitara River is crossed by a bridge about a mile beyond the section. Broken pastoral land, covered with forest of rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c.; dense undergrowth. Soil fairly good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

Hawera .. | Opaku .. | 6 | II. | 1,775 0 0 | 0 12 3 | 1,087 3 9 | 0 7·3 | 27 3 7 | 0 5·8 | 21 15 0

Situate on Maben Road; access from Patea and from Hawera, distant about twenty-six and twenty-two miles respectively. The Maben Road from Patea is formed partly as a dray-road and partly as a bridle-road to within a few miles of the section. The Tangahoe Valley Road is seven miles dray-road, three and a half horse-road, remainder surveyed only. All hilly forest land, suitable only for grazing; timber comprises tawa, rata, rimu, &c., a little birch on ridge-tops. Soil fair, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 200 ft. to 1,500 above sea-level.

Stratford .. | Taurakawa .. | 2, 3, 4 | II. | 597 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 597 0 0 | 1 0 | 14 18 6 | 0 9·6 | 11 18 10

Situate on Mount Humphries Road; access from Strathmore, distant twenty miles and a half—fourteen miles dray-road, remainder bridle- and bush-track. Low hills, covered with forest of rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c.; thick undergrowth. Soil good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 1,200 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Pouatu .. | 4 | V. | 191 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 119 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 2 19 9 | 0 6 | 2 7 9

Situate on Maikai Road; access from Whangamomona, distant about nineteen miles and a half—fourteen miles dray-road, remainder bridle-road. Rough, broken land, covered with forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c.; thick undergrowth. Good soil, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 700 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Land in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 thirtieth day of August, 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.”