Jan. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 311

Rural Lands 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 sixteenth 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.

SCHEDULES.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Unsurveyed Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Corom’ndl | Mahakirau* .. | .. | .. | 3,986 0 0 | 0 10 0 | .. | 0 6 | .. | 0 4·8 | ..
All bush, broken, soil fair; a formed bridle-road through it.

Corom’ndl | Cape Colville | .. | II. | 1,280 0 0 | 0 5 0 | .. | 0 3 | .. | 0 2·4 | ..
Generally very broken land, covered with scrub and mixed bush.

Corom’ndl | Moehau | .. | I. | 330 0 0 | 0 5 0 | .. | 0 3 | .. | 0 2·4 | ..
Broken land, covered with scrub and mixed bush.

Corom’ndl | Harataunga .. | .. | I. | 1,010 0 0 | 0 5 0 | .. | 0 3 | .. | 0 2·4 | ..
Moehau .. | .. | II. |
Very broken land, covered with scrub and mixed bush.

Hobson .. | Maungaru .. | .. | II. | 304 0 0 | 0 12 0 | .. | 0 7·2 | .. | 0 5·8 | ..
Forest land, undulating and broken, with a little swamp at northern end; situated about fifteen miles from Dargaville and five miles from the Wairoa River.

Hokianga | Punakitere .. | .. | XIII.,XIV. | 9,100 0 0 | 0 10 0 | .. | 0 6 | .. | 0 4·8 | ..
| | | | | | to | | to | | to |
| | | | | | 1 0 0 | | 1 0 | | 0 9·6 |
Block XIII.: Undulating land of very fair quality, heavily timbered, covered chiefly with rimu, rata, tarai re, &c., with a few scattered kauri and totara. There is a flat along the Mangakahia River, about 20 chains deep, of fairly rich soil. Some of the steep spurs are of rather poor quality, being covered with towai. Block XIV.: Land in the north-west portion of the block is of very fair quality, covered with tarai re, rata, rimu, nikau, &c. The southern portion is very broken, covered with mixed forest; land of good quality, sandstone formation. There is scattered kauri throughout the block. The above land is situated from twelve to twenty miles from Taheke. The western end of the block is within two miles of the Taheke-Opanake Main Road, and about fifteen miles from Taheke. Access to the central portion will be by the Otama Road to be formed shortly, about twelve miles from Taheke; and to the eastern portion by bridle-track along the Mangakahia River, about twelve miles from Kaikohe, and the same distance from the Mangakahia Native Settlement.

Hokianga | Tutamoe .. | .. | I.,II.,III., | 18,500 0 0 | 0 12 0 | .. | 0 7·2 | .. | 0 5·76 | ..
| | | IV., VII., | | to | | to | | to |
| | | VIII., XI., | | 1 1 0 | | 1 0·6 | | 0 10·08 |
| | | XII. |
North portion of Blocks I. and II.: Mixed-forest land of fair quality, containing rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c.; undulating and broken; fronts formed road. South portion of Block I. and south-west portion of Block II.: Mixed-forest land of good quality; undulating, with some alluvial flats along the Wai-o-Kumurau Stream; fronts formed road. Forest consists of tarai re, rimu, rata, &c. Balance of Block II. and south-west portion of Block III.: Mostly mixed forest, undulating and broken, containing rimu, kahikatea, &c., with some scattered totara; soil fair. North portion of Blocks III. and IV.: Some very good flats along Mangakahia River, covered with fern and tall manuka, balance covered with mixed forest consisting of rimu, kahikatea, &c.; good soil. South-east portion of Block III., balance of Block IV., east portion of Block VII., and north portion of Block VIII.: Undulating to broken; mixed forest, containing rimu, kahikatea, tarai re, kohekohe, &c., and scattered totara; soil of fair quality. South portion of Block VIII.: Undulating land of good quality, covered with mixed forest of same character as last-mentioned block. South portion Block III., west portion Block VII., Block XI., and Block XII.: Nearly all broken land, covered with mixed forest consisting of rimu, rata, kahikatea, tarai re, kohekohe, &c., with some scattered kauri and totara; some flat and sloping country at southern end of block; soil of fair quality throughout. All the above land is well watered. The access at present is by track from nearest formed road at Mangakahia Bridge, about twenty miles, to eastern end of block. At the western end about five or six miles of road have been formed east of Marlborough Special Settlement, giving access to the main Opanake-Hokianga Road. The Dargaville Road also runs close by the eastern side of block, through the Karaka Block.

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