2886
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

Rural Lands in Southland 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 lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, 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 “light-bush land,” and the land in the Second 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 a 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 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Second-class Light-bush Land.

Wallace .. | Waiau .. | 130 | X. | 200 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 125 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 2 6 | 0 6 | 2 10 0
Situation bad; access very bad. Distance from Otatau, seventeen miles. Soil good, with clay and gravel formation covered with bush, consisting chiefly of matai and rimu of no commercial value; undergrowth heavy; well watered.

Southland | Invercargill Hundred | 103 | XXIII. | 23 0 23 | 1 10 0 | 34 14 4 | 1 6 | 0 17 4 | 1 2·4 | 0 13 11
Ditto .. | 104 | " | 28 3 23 | 1 10 0 | 43 6 10 | 1 6 | 1 1 8 | 1 2·4 | 0 17 4
Situation fair; access fair by summer road only. Distance from One-tree Point Railway-siding, three miles. Soil inferior; land low-lying and wet; bush consists chiefly of kamai, fit for firewood only; well watered.

Southland | Winton Hund. | 65 | VIII. | 195 3 27 | 0 12 6 | 122 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 1 3 | 0 6 | 2 9 0
Situation fair; access bad. Distance from Winton, about eight miles, portion of road being unformed. Soil fair; bush consists chiefly of kamai and white-pine, of no commercial value, and fit for firewood and fencing only; undergrowth heavy; well watered.

Southland | Waikawa .. | 1 | XVII. | 103 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 25 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 12 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 10 4
" | " .. | 2 | " | 98 0 24 | 0 5 0 | 24 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 12 3 | 0 2·4 | 0 9 10
" | " .. | 3 | " | 99 1 24 | 0 5 0 | 24 17 6 | 0 3 | 0 12 5 | 0 2·4 | 0 9 11
" | " .. | 4 | " | 90 1 24 | 0 5 0 | 22 12 6 | 0 3 | 0 11 4 | 0 2·4 | 0 9 1
" | " .. | 5 | " | 203 1 8 | 0 5 0 | 50 17 6 | 0 3 | 1 5 6 | 0 2·4 | 1 0 4
" | " .. | 6 | " | 110 0 3 | 0 5 0 | 27 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 13 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 0
" | " .. | 16 | " | 101 3 35 | 0 7 6 | 25 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 12 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 2
" | " .. | 17 | " | 101 3 24 | 0 7 6 | 25 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 12 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 2

Section 2 is weighted with £20, valuation for house; Section 4 with £5 for sawmilling timber; Section 6 with £7 for hut and £7 10s. for sawmilling timber; Section 16 with £5 for hut; and Section 17 with £5 for sawmilling timber. The whole of the above sections were formerly in the Waikawa Improved-farm Settlement. They are covered with light bush, consisting chiefly of kamai, with a few patches of rimu fit for sawmilling, the remainder being suitable for fencing and firewood only. Soil inferior and rough; undergrowth very heavy; well watered. Situation bad; access by fair summer road, and distant from Niagara from one to two miles, and from Waikawa about five miles and a half.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Second-class Swamp Land.

Southland | Campbelltown Hundred | 54 | VIII. | 100 1 39 | 0 5 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 12 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 10 0
" | Ditto .. | 55 | " | 99 3 2 | 0 5 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 12 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 10 0
" | " .. | 56 | " | 99 3 5 | 0 5 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 12 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 10 0
" | " .. | 57 | " | 99 3 8 | 0 10 0 | 50 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 0 0

Situation fair; access by good gravelled road to within half a mile of sections. The soil is fairly good but wet, and capable of growing good crops when drained. Distance from Woodend Railway-siding, two miles and a half.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.