Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2941

Rural Lands in Auckland 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 Schedule 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 prices specified in the said Schedule.

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 lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, they 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 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 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Half open fern land, half mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, pukatea, manuka, and puriri; broken; good soil, and well watered. Situated about four miles from Te Puke.

Altitude, about 250 ft. above sea-level. Comprises broken and undulating land, except about 25 acres swamp; 120 acres mixed forest, consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, hinau; soil fair; balance open fern and tea-tree land; poor quality, and well watered. Situated about seven miles from Churchill.

Sections 8, 9, and 19 to 21, about 15 acres swamp, 100 acres forest, with rimu and kahikatea, balance open; some level land, but chiefly broken. Sections 10 to 12, about 15 acres swamp and 220 acres forest, comprising puriri, totara, taraire, and matai; balance of land open; a little level land, but chiefly broken. The sections are clay soil, and well watered. Access by bridle-track, about six miles from Kaitaia Post-office.

Broken and undulating land; well watered; one-half mixed forest, comprising tawa, taraire, rata, and a few rimu; one-half fern land. Near coast at Taimaro, about nine miles from Mangonui.

Broken and undulating land of good quality; part old kauri workings, balance covered with mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, towai, rewarewa, and kahikatea; clay soil, with small flats on banks of streams; well watered, and suited for pastoral purposes. Situated about three miles from Maropiu Railway-station.

Broken land; about 22 acres mixed forest, containing rata, tawa, and rewarewa; balance short fern and tea-tree. Situated one-quarter mile from head of Matuku Bay, and about three miles from Cowe’s Wharf by road.

Broken and undulating land; about one-fourth covered with mixed forest, containing tawa and rata (of no milling value); balance fern and tea-tree; soil good, limestone formation, and well watered. Situated about eight miles from Huntly.

• Parish. † Not in a county.

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 Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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