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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

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 ninth 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 land in the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub land,” and the land 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.
Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Hokianga | Tutamoe .. | 7 | V. | 183 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 109 16 0 | 0 7·2 | 2 14 11 | 0 5·76 | 2 3 11
Forest land of fair quality; well watered. Within Marlborough Special Settlement; fronts main Opanake-Hokianga Road, about eleven miles from Opanake Railway-station.

Hokianga | Tutamoe .. | 10 | V. | 188 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 94 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 7 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 17 7
Undulating and broken forest land; soil of fair quality; well watered. Situated in the Marlborough Special Settlement Block, about fourteen miles from Opanake Railway-station.

Kawhia .. | Orahiri .. | 2 | VI. | 553 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 414 15 0 | 0 9 | 10 7 5 | 0 7·2 | 8 5 11
Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Nearly all heavy mixed forest, with one or two fern and tea-tree openings; limestone formation; soil fairly good; well watered. Distant fourteen miles from Otorohanga.

Mangonui | Takahue .. | 4 | IV. | 275 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 137 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 8 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 15 0
Undulating to broken forest land, of good quality, and well watered. Situated about eight miles from Peria and two miles from Fairburn Post-office.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Second-class Light-bush Land.

Mangonui | Awanui* .. | 1 and N.W. 2 | .. | 114 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 57 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 8 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 2 10
Half mixed forest, half open land; soil medium, and well watered. Situated about four miles from Kaitaia and three miles from Awanui landing.

Whangarei | Opuawhanga | 31 | VI. | 47 3 5 | 0 15 0 | 36 0 0 | 0 9 | 0 18 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 14 5
" | " | 32 | " | 46 3 29 | 0 15 0 | 35 5 0 | 0 9 | 0 17 8 | 0 7·2 | 0 14 2
Chiefly broken land; about half of each section covered with mixed forest, balance tea-tree land. Situated on coast, about two miles and a half north of Whangaruru Harbour.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
Second-class Scrub Land.

Rodney .. | Mangawai* | 106A | .. | 71 3 26 | 0 7 6 | 27 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 13 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 10
About 10 acres mixed forest, remainder open land; broken and undulating; inferior soil. Situated on beach road from Mangawai to Omaha, about four miles and a half from Mangawai.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.
Second-class Swamp Land.

Rodney .. | Te Arai* .. | S. 35 | .. | 85 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 32 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 16 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 12 11
Open land, chiefly swamp, with some fern hills. Fronting Spectacle Lake, about three miles from Te Arai Post-office.

• Parish.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.