Land Selection Notices




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

  1. 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.”

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—WAIHO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Section. Block. Area. Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent.
Rent per Acre per Annum. Half-yearly Rent.
A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
2401 VI. 100 0 0 0 4·8 1 0 0
All lightly timbered; mixed bush. Access by Main South Road and Waiho River and Docherty’s Creek. Situated eighteen miles from Okarito Township.
2402 VI. 330 0 0 0 4·8 3 6 0
All lightly timbered; mixed bush. Access by Main South Road and Waiho River and Docherty’s Creek. Situated seventeen miles from Okarito Township.
2403 VII. 304 0 0 0 4·8 3 0 10
All lightly timbered; mixed bush. Access by Main South Road and Waiho River bed. Situated sixteen miles from Okarito Township.
2405 VII. 283 0 0 0 4·8 2 16 7
All lightly timbered; mixed bush. Access by Main South Road. Situated fifteen miles and a half from Okarito Township.
2199 XI. 286 0 0 0 4·8 2 17 3
All lightly timbered; mixed bush. Access by Main South Road. Situated fifteen miles from Okarito Township.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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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 March, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective prices 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 “scrub land.”

  4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of two 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 two 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Unsurveyed Scrub Land.

County. Survey District. Block. Area. Rent per Acre per Annum.
Waimea & Takaka Kaiteriteri { Takaka .. XIV. and XV. } XI., XII., XV. 1,100 3·76
All rough hills, of limestone formation; originally covered with heavy mixed bush, now burnt, and grown up with fern, blackberries, scrub, &c. The Takaka-Riwaka Main Road crosses the block, which is distant about twelve miles from Riwaka Post-office.
Takaka .. Takaka .. XI. 98 3·76
Rough hills, limestone formation; originally covered with heavy mixed bush, now burnt, and grown up with scrub, blackberries, and fern. Distant about fourteen miles from Riwaka Post-office.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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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 selection on and after the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the rentals specified in the said Schedules.

  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 First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” and the lands in the Second Schedule 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 four years in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush land, 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 in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush 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.



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🗺️ Rural Lands in Westland Land District Open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 December 1904
Land Act 1892, Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903, Rural lands, Westland Land District, Lease in perpetuity, Selection, Mining restrictions, Light-bush land, Westland County, Waiho Survey District
  • T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Nelson Land District Open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 December 1904
Land Act 1892, Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903, Rural lands, Nelson Land District, Lease in perpetuity, Selection, Mining restrictions, Scrub land, Waimea County, Takaka County, Kaiteriteri Survey District, Takaka Survey District
  • William Lee Baron Plunket, Governor
  • T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Westland Land District Open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 December 1904
Land Act 1892, Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903, Rural lands, Westland Land District, Lease in perpetuity, Selection, Mining restrictions, Heavy-bush land, Light-bush land
  • William Lee Baron Plunket, Governor
  • T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands