Sept. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2205

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

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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land 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 land enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “swamp land.”

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Swamp Land.

This section is rather low-lying and swampy, and is covered with light manuka timber. Situated about twenty miles from Owaka Railway-station, about one mile from a school, and three miles from a post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 selection on and after the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the rentals specified in the said Schedule.

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 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 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.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—TURIWHATE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

About 37 acres partly open swamp, balance white-pine bush. Timber chiefly small white-pine, with low scrub, Maori fern, and nigger-heads. All fair soil if drained, but flooded in wet weather; could be greatly improved by draining; threatened by Taramakau River. Access by main Christchurch Road. About eight miles from Kumara.

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About 30 acres partly open swamp, balance white-pine bush; fair land. Timber red-, white-, and black-pine, miro, and hinau. All fair soil if drained, but mostly wet and flooded in wet weather; about 30 acres dry at present; could be greatly improved by draining; threatened by Taramakau River; well watered by Turiwhate Creek. Access by main Christchurch Road. About eight miles from Kumara.

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About 50 acres broken, balance undulating. Timber consists of miro, rimu, hinau, rata, birch, &c; the soil is poor; well watered by branches of Waimea Creek. Access by old Christchurch Road. About seven miles and a half from Kumara.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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