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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 20th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1906, under the provisions of Part III. of the said Act.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Situated on the south bank of the Makawakawa or Diggers’ Stream, about eighteen miles north of Ashhurst. Access from Ashhurst via Pohangina Village Road for seventeen miles and a half, and for remaining distance by road reserve. Comprises rough, broken country, with some steep cliffs. Soil of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. Forest light, comprising hinau, maire, tawa, &c., with some rimu and white pine, and thick undergrowth of the usual variety. Well watered by the Makawakawa Stream.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Disposal to the Holders of Adjacent Lands.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjacent lands on or after Friday, the 23rd day of February, 1906.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Wellington Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of December, 1905, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 2 of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the run is classed as “heavy-bush land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said run for a period of four years from the date from which such run is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such run during such period.

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 run 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.

If more than one application is received for the run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMARINO COUNTY.—KAITIEKE SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Situated in the Kaitieke Valley, and extending into the Mangahoe Valley. Accessible from Pukerimu, which is about nine miles distant by a good pack-track. Comprises spurs, gullies, and basins, with a few small flats; watered by the Kaitieke and Mangahoe Streams and their branches. Soil is a good loam in places; portions, however, consist of pumice sand resting on sandstone formation. The forest is light, comprising kahikatea, tawa, rimu, tawhero, rewa, and matai, with an undergrowth of manuka, scrub, fern, tataka, houhou, karamu, &c. Elevation, from 750 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. “Fourths” will accrue for a period of fourteen years and a half.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale under Section 115 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th November, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 115 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1905.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section No. 101A, Maungatapere Parish, Auckland Land District: Area, 33 acres 3 roods 33 perches.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.