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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

hundred and four, at the respective prices 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—ORIKAKA BLOCK.

Second-class Unsurveyed Light-bush Land.

Shown on plan marked S.G. 52587 attached.

This block is situated in the head-waters of the Mackley
or Orikaka River, a tributary of the River Buller, the
southern boundary being distant about eight miles from the
Inangahua Junction Post-office, and the south-eastern
corner about five miles from Lyell Township. Access
is given by the County Council prospecting-track, which
runs through about the middle of the block, and by a graded
but unformed road up the Orikaka River from the main
Buller Coach-road.

The portion of the block to the westward of the Orikaka
River is composed of six main spurs from the Mount
William Range, ranging in altitude from 500 ft. to 2,650 ft.
above sea-level, of slate formation with outcrop of granite,
very precipitous, with little soil, the vegetation being
stunted and alpine in character, chiefly birches, with rimu,
silver-pine, rata, totara, and miro; the portion lying to the
north of the Orikaka River ranges in altitude from 800 ft. to
2,400 ft., is very broken, of clay formation with numerous
coal outcrops, covered with pine scrub; the remainder of
the block has an altitude of from 500 ft. to 1,900 ft., and is
of slate formation. The portion lying to the north of the
Coalbrookdale track is very rough and broken, with fair soil
in places, while the portion to the south of the track is not
so broken, but with little soil above 1,200 ft. The forest is
of the same nature as that on the western side of the Ori-
kaka, with the addition of a little matai and kahikatea, the
whole being well watered by the Orikaka River, Pensini’s
Creek, and their numerous tributaries.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of September, one thou-
sand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

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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 selection on
   and after the sixteenth day of November, one thousand

nine hundred and four, at the respective prices 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 “ 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 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT. — BULLER COUNTY. — OTUMAHANA
BLOCK.

Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

I., II., V., VI,
IX., X., XIII. | A. 20,824 | 3·84d. to 6·24d. |

Shown on plan marked S.G. 52529 attached.

This block is bounded generally towards the north by the
surveyed sections on Granite Creek, and by the northern
district line of the Otumahana Survey District; towards
the east and south by unsurveyed Crown lands; and to-
wards the west by the Karamea-Seddonville Main Road and
surveyed sections in Blocks II. and III., Kongahu Survey
District. The whole is covered with heavy mixed bush,
chiefly birch, kamai, rimu, and miro, with occasional
patches of white-pine towards the northern end of the
block, and the usual heavy undergrowth. The land is un-
dulating, with good rich flats along most of the rivers and
creeks, varying in altitude from 80 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-
level; formation, sandstone and granite gravel on papa, the
whole being well watered.

Access is gained by the Karamea-Seddonville Main Road,
and by unformed branch roads up the various creeks and
rivers, the northern extremity of the block being distant
about four miles and a half from the Karamea Settlement,
and the southern end about twelve miles from Seddonville.
A metalled dray-road from the sea-coast, by way of the
Little Wanganui Valley taps the block about midway on
the Karamea-Seddonville Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of September, one thou-
sand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Varying Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “ The Maori Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in
any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor
may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any
restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris:
Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recom-
mendation of the Council shall be given within six months
from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Council,
by a recommendation made and passed by the said Coun-
cil on the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and three, and received on the thirteenth day
of September, one thousand nine hundred and four,
recommended His Excellency the Governor to vary the re-
strictions contained in the instrument of title to the block
of land known as Kawhia P No. 3, particulars of which land