JAN. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 17

SCHEDULES.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.—TO AROHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

2350 | II. | 100 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 10 0
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. About 70 acres steep, fair soil, balance nearly flat, good soil; all covered with kamahi, with some rimu and supplejacks. Fair pastoral land; well watered. Accessible by road and river-bed, and by cut track; eighteen miles from Hokitika, and eight miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

2379 | II. | 168 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 16 9
Altitude, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Covered with white-birch, kamahi, and a few scattered rimu; broken by low hummocks, with lagoons in the hollows. Pastoral land; well watered. Accessible by road and river-bed. Distant from Hokitika seventeen miles, and seven miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

2389 | II. | 174 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 17 4
Altitude, 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. About half area consists of steep faces covered with kamahi and supplejacks, balance flat and gentle slopes; good soil. A few scattered rimu on section. Good pastoral land; well watered. Accessible by road and river-bed, and cut track; seventeen miles from Hokitika, and seven miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

2390 | VI. | 89 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 8 10
Altitude, 200 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. About 35 acres consists of steep faces covered with kamahi and supplejacks, fair soil; balance gentle slopes, good soil, covered with mixed timber, principally kamahi, with a few rimu. Good pastoral land; well watered. Accessible by road and river-bed, and cut track; seventeen miles from Hokitika, and seven miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

2378 | II. | 178 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 17 9
Altitude, about 200 ft. above sea-level. 40 acres swamp, with patches of scrub and white-pine; the balance is covered with white-birch, kamahi, and a few rimu. Area is broken by low hummocks; pastoral land; well watered. Accessible by road and river-bed. Distant from Hokitika seventeen miles, and seven miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Auckland 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 land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the rental specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1892,” as it contains, or is 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 land described 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 land for the period of four years from the date from which 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 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.—KAWHIA SOUTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

All heavy forest, consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, and mahoe; good soil; sandstone and limestone formation; undulating and broken; well watered. Altitude, from 50 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Situated about sixteen miles from Parawai Township and fronting Marakopa River.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.—MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £14, valuation for improvements, comprising small house and about 40 chains of fencing. Mostly broken country, covered with fern and tutu; soil light but of fair quality, and well watered. Situated about eight miles from Te Puke and fourteen miles from Tauranga.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.