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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 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 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 said 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.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
50 | VII. } | 535 2 18 | 0 2·4 | 2 13 7
51A | IX. } |
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.

52A | IX. | 180 0 5 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 0
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.

39 and 40 | VIII. | 726 1 33 | 0 2·4 | 3 12 7
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.

51 | VII. } | 837 2 8 | 0 2·4 | 4 3 10
55 | IX. } |
Open terrace country, from 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level; dry and bare; touched but not commanded by a water-race.

38 | VIII. | 597 3 35 | 0 2·4 | 2 19 10
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.

113 | I. | 490 3 15 | 0 2·4 | 2 9 1
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.

40 | VI. } | 338 2 5 | 0 4 | 2 16 6
7 | VII. } |
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.

47 | VI. } | 479 2 34 | 0 3·6 | 3 12 0
8 | VII. } |
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.

10 | VII. | 153 1 6 | 0 3·6 | 1 2 11
Mostly flat, open land; a fair depth of light soil, on gravel.

11 | VII. | 128 0 28 | 0 3·6 | 0 19 2
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.

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 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 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.

SCHEDULES.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

Waimea County.—Hope Survey District.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
4 | III. | 64 1 0 | 0 2·88 | 0 7 8
7 | " | 101 1 0 | 0 2·88 | 0 12 1
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.

19 | III. | 50 3 20 | 0 2·88 | 0 6 1
About half flat, medium soil, of granite formation; remainder 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.

22 | III. | 129 3 24 | 0 2·88 | 0 15 7
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.

2 | VII. | 68 0 11 | 0 3·12 | 0 8 10
3 | " | 40 3 22 | 0 2·88 | 0 4 11
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.

2 | II. | 29 2 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 8 10
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.