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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Rural Lands in Otago 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 Zea-
land, 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 enumerated in the Schedule
hereto shall be open for selection on and after the seventh
day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five;
and also that the lands 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
sid Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals,
minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the
prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned
in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said
lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of
"The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

VINCENT COUNTY.

Leaning Rock Survey District.

Open terrace country, from 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level;
bare and dry; soil light and gravelly; intersected by two
water-races. Frontage to main Alexandra-Ophir Road.

River-flat and terrace country, broken by cliffs and creek-
bed, 500 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level; terraces dry and
bare; fair amount of soil on river-flat, but liable to flood;
water in Long Gully. Frontage to Alexandra-Ophir main
road and to river.

Flat terraces, 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level, intersected
by two water-races, which, however, only command a small
portion of the area; in the gullies there is a little light soil.

Open terrace country, from 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level;
dry and bare; touched but not commanded by a water-
race.

Open flat and terrace country, 550 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-
level. Frontage to Clyde and Alexandra Roads. Soil light
and poor, on gravel; springs in Scrubby Creek near road;
intersected and mostly commanded by two water-races.

Open flat terrace land, about 700 ft. above sea-level;
light
soil, on gravel; no water. Frontage to main road Clyde
to Ophir.

Tiger Hill Survey District.

Open, undulating to flat, 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level;
light soil, on gravel; small creek runs through. Frontage to
main road Clyde-Ophir and to Manuherikia River.

Open, undulating, and terrace land, 600 ft. to 700 ft. above
sea-level; light soil, on gravel. Frontage to Manuherikia
River and to Clyde-Ophir Road.

Mostly flat, open land; a fair depth of light soil, on
gravel.

Similar to Section 10. Frontage to main Clyde-Ophir
Road. There is a small spring on this section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of December, one thousand
nine hundred and four.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

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 fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine
   hundred and five, at the respective prices 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 land enumerated in the
   First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be "heavy-bush
   land," and the land 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 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 in the case of heavy-bush land, and
   three years in the case of light-bush land, shall not be de-
   manded; 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 instal-
   ments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceed-
   ing in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded
   to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULES.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

Waimea County.-Hope Survey District.

Nearly all low hills, granite formation; from 1,300 ft. to
2,000 ft. above sea-level; covered with birch bush; soil poor.
Situated on formed road from the Tadmor to the Buller,
and distant about 18½ miles from the Tadmor Post-office.

About half flat, medium soil, of granite formation; re-
mainder poor hills; the whole covered with birch bush.
From 1,300 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level, and distant about
20½ miles from the Motupiko Railway-station.

All hills, granite formation; poor soil; covered with birch
bush. Access by unformed road for about 15 chains from
main road Nelson to West Coast, and distant about nineteen
miles from Motupiko Railway-station.

Each of these sections contains about one-third flat land,
remainder low spurs, of granite formation; all covered with
birch bush; soil poor. From 1,300 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-
level. Section 2 fronts on the main coach-road from Nelson
to the West Coast, and is distant about 21½ miles from the
Motupiko Railway-station.

Inangahua County.-Tutaki Survey District.

This section is broken hilly country, suitable for pastoral
purposes; nearly all covered with heavy birch bush; soil
gravelly loam on cement formation. Fronting on to the
road from Longford to Murchison, and is distant about
half a mile from the Longford Post-office.