Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2939

The country is well sheltered, well watered, and forest-clad—the forest consisting of birch, matai, white-pine, totara, rata, and, at the northern boundary, cedar. The underscrub may be classed as good cattle-feed.

The southern end of the block is traversed by the main coach-road from Nelson to Westport. This road is formed and metalled, and access therefrom may be had to the land by roads and tracks unformed at present.

The nearest railway-station to the block is Motupiko, distant twenty-seven miles to the east. The Owen Junction Post-office is near the south-east corner of the block. The local markets for produce are Murchison, Lyell, and Reefton.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands

Rural Lands in Taranaki 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 Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the rentals 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 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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.

FIRST-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

Ohura Survey District.

| 21 | V. | 174 0 0 | 1 1·2 | 4 15 9 |

Situated on the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Road. Access is from Mangaroa Township, about four miles distant by a surveyed road-line, two miles and a half of which is a horse-track. The section comprises easy slopes from main ridge, with a rough corner on the south side. The forest is very heavy, and comprises rata, rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, tawa, hinau, tawhero, mahoe, and soft woods, with a thick undergrowth of supplejacks, ferns, kiekie, tataranoo, and karamu. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 800 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

Ohura Survey District.

| 2 | I. | 1,710 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 25 13 0 |
| 3 | I. | 690 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 13 16 0 |
| 4 | I. | 970 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 16 19 6 |
| 13 | V. | 661 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 11 11 5 |

These sections are situated on the Mangakara and Huhati Roads, about three to six and a half miles distant from the Mangaroa Township. Access is by a surveyed road-line only, with easy grades, three miles and a half of which are horse-track. The sections generally comprise long spurs, running out from main ridge to streams, with small terraces and good flats along streams. Good homestead-site at southern end of Section 2. The forest is heavy, and comprises rata, rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, tawa, hinau, tawhero, rewarewa, mahoe, miro, and soft woods, with a little matai on flats, and a dense undergrowth of ferns, kiekie, supplejacks, karamu, &c. The soil is from fair to good, resting on a papa formation; well watered. The elevation varies from 550 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

| 14 | V. | 420 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 8 8 0 |

Situated on the Huhatahi and Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Roads, at a distance of two to three miles from Mangaroa Township. The access is by a surveyed road with easy grades, the greater part of which is a bridle-track. The land comprises long spurs, rather broken in parts, with small flats along stream, covered with a heavy forest of rata, rimu, kahikatea, miro, pukatea, tawa, hinau, rewarewa, mahoe, and soft woods, with patches of black-birch, and a thick undergrowth of ferns, kiekie, supplejacks, and karamu. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 550 ft. to 1,790 ft. above sea-level.

| 16 | V. | 242 0 0 | 0 10·8 | 5 8 11 |
| 20 | V. | 878 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 13 3 5 |
| 22 | V. | 430 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 8 12 0 |

Situated on the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Road, two to seven and a half miles distant from Mangaroa Township, from which Sections 16 and 20 are accessible by a bridle-track, and Section 22 by a bridle-track for two miles and a half, remainder being a surveyed road only. The land comprises very broken spurs from main ridge, with occasional good slopes and terraces, and good homestead-sites on all the sections. The forest is heavy, and comprises rata, rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, tawa, hinau, tawhero, miro, mahoe, rewarewa, kotukutuku, and soft woods, with a little matai and totara on Section 16. There is a thick undergrowth of supplejacks, kiekie, ferns, and karamu. The soil is good, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 550 ft. to 1,750 ft. above sea-level.

Waro Survey District.

| 1 | III. | 990 0 0 | 0 6 | 12 7 6 |
| 2 | III. | 935 0 0 | 0 6 | 11 13 9 |
| 3 | III. | 988 0 0 | 0 6 | 12 7 0 |
| 4 | III. | 366 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 6 8 2 |
| 5 | III. | 776 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 13 11 8 |

These sections are situated on the Waitaanga North Road. Access is from Tongaporutu, twenty-eight to twenty-nine and a half miles distant. Of this six miles are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track, now being cut out as a pack-track, though not always on the survey road-line. The distance from Mangaroa Township is thirteen miles and a half to fourteen miles, by a good walking-track, also being cleared as a pack-track. The land comprises fairly easy hills with swamp along frontage, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, with birch, tawhero, and a few pines in swamp, and a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, kiekie, &c. The soil is vegetable mould, of good quality, on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 1,350 ft. to 1,750 ft. above sea-level.

| 2 | VI. | 490 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 18 0 |
| 3 | VI. | 500 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 5 0 0 |

Situated on the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Road. Access is from Tongaporutu, nineteen miles and a half to twenty-one miles distant, of which six miles are dray-road, seven miles a 6 ft. horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track now being cleared as a pack-track. The land comprises broken hilly country, with small flats along Mangatawa Stream; covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, miro, rata, hinau, and a little birch on tops of hills, and a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is a vegetable mould, resting on a mixed sandstone and papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 500 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

| 4 | VI. | 280 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 12 0 |
| 5 | VI. | 292 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 16 10 |
| 3 | VII. | 240 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 16 0 |