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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

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 Schedules hereto
   are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and
   after the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hun-
   dred and four, at the respective prices specified in the said
   Schedules.
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
   First Schedule hereto are classed as “light-bush land,” the
   lands in the Second Schedule are classed as “swamp 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
   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 occu-
   pancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the
   rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and there-
   upon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent
   payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggre-
   gate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector,
   as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULES.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WATAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

First-class Light-bush Land.

2369 | XI. | 255 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 2 0
Very good flat land, covered with small totara, ribbon-
wood, and scrub; very good soil towards river. Banks of
Dry Creek and Wataroa River very liable to be washed away.
Access by Main South Road.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

2365 | XII. | 230 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 6 0
About half of section is flat; fair land, slightly stony;
mixed bush, remainder birch on hill-sides; access by Main
South Road.

2367 | XII. | 266 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 19 9
Two-thirds flat and gently sloping land; mixed bush and
scrub; one-third hill-slopes, birch-covered. Access by Main
South Road.

2368 | XII. | 248 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 4 6 9
About three-fourths of section is a good flat along Dry
Creek, the remainder birch-covered hill. Access by Main
South Road.

2370 | XI. | 463 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 6 18 10
Good flat land; stony and rough towards foot of hills;
about 50 acres rough hill-side. Access by Main South Road.
Partly ribbonwood, remainder mixed bush.

2373 | XV. | 269 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 4 0 3
About two-thirds flat, covered with mixed bush; the rest is
terrace-land, covered with birch and rata. Intersected by
Main South Road. The land along Wataroa River is liable
to be washed away.

2374 | XV. | 229 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 5 9
One-third is fair average land, partly stony and bush-
covered; best land is towards the river; the remainder is
steep hill-side, forest-clad (birch) terraces. Land along
Wataroa River is liable to be washed away. Access by Main
South Road.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Swamp Land.

2356 | VII. | 392 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 5 17 7
Altitude, 150 ft. above sea-level. About 20 acres scrub,
the rest open swamp and lagoon; ground level. Access by
Rotokino Road and Wataroa River-bed. Forty miles south
of Ross and twenty-two miles north of Okarito. Partly
intersected by old bed of Dry Creek. There are a few dry
patches in section. The area also includes Rotokino Island,
of 158 acres, which is available for cattle, except in heavy
floods. Drainable.

2357 | VII. | 378 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 15 7
Similar to 2356, with drier patches and self-sown English
grasses; 50 acres thick scrub, the remainder open swamp,
more or less dry. Access by Rotokino Road and Wataroa
River-bed. Intersected by old bed of Dry Creek. Drainable.

2358 | VII. | 201 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 1 0 1
One-third bad swamp, remainder gently sloping hill-side,
heavily timbered; poor soil. Access by Main South Road.
Drainable.

2359 | VII. | 375 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 15 0
Similar to 2357. 20 acres thick scrub; remainder open
swamp, half dry; self-sown English grass in parts. Cattle
graze over area. Access by Rotokino Road and Wataroa
River-bed. Drainable. Intersected by old channel of Dry
Creek.

2360 | VII. | 187 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 8
Poor sour soil; mostly open deep swamp; fringe of bush
along Main South Road. Altitude, 150 ft. above sea-level.
Drainable. Access by Main South Road.

2361 | XI. | 343 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 8 7
Similar to 2359. 40 acres scrub; swampy towards road,
dry towards river. Cattle graze on area. Access by Roto-
kino Road and Wataroa River-bed. Partly intersected by
old channel of Dry Creek. Drainable.

2362 | XI. | 189 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 10
Poor land, open wet swamp principally; a few acres of
bush along Main South Road. Access by main road.
Drainable.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WATAROA BLOCK.

This block, which is situated in the Wataroa Valley,
averages 150 ft. above sea-level; is partly open swamp, but
drainable, partly covered with light bush and akeake and
black scrubs, with small quantities of milling timber. The
greater number of the sections front the Main South Road,
which is a good metalled dray-road; other allotments have
frontages to the old metalled bridle-road, which can easily
be widened for cart traffic. These lands have access by these
roads forty-four miles northward to the Town of Ross and
fourteen miles southward to the Port of Okarito. The Wa-
taroa Post and Telephone Office is close to the southern end
of the block.

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.

Notifying Rural Land in Southland Land District for Sale
by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of
“The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Wednesday, the fourteenth day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and four, as the time at which
the land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold
by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which
the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said
Schedule.