Mar. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 781

Rural Land in Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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 sale or selection on and after the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease in perpetuity: provided that in the case of land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, it shall be selected on lease in perpetuity only 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 said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “light-bush land.”

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Light-bush Land.

Situated about three miles from Winton Railway-station, two and a quarter miles of which is a formed road, the rest being an uncleared bush road. Bush land, the timber fit only for firewood; land low-lying and swampy; soil inferior.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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 Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the thirty-first day of May, 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 “heavy-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 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 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.—MATIRI BLOCK.

Unsurveyed Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Shown on plan marked S.G. 53390.

This block comprises that portion of the Matiri River basin lying between Lake Matiri and the main Buller Coach-road. It is about eight miles long and about one mile to one mile and a half wide.

The southern end of the block is about two miles and a half from Longford Post and Telegraph Office, and about five miles from the Township of Murchison by a good metalled coach-road.

The country is of limestone formation, with outcrops of clay-slate and gneiss. Small alluvial flats occur frequently near the river-banks, from which rise the spurs of the higher ranges. The lower parts of the country are from 600 ft. to 1,000 ft. high, the higher portions attaining generally an altitude of 2,600 ft.

The valley is covered with bush, principally birch, with small patches of kahikatea (white-pine) on the flats.

Wild cattle and red deer are plentiful, while the river itself contains excellent trout.

The freehold country adjoining the block, which has been cleared and cultivated, grows hops, barley, oats, potatoes, turnips, and good grass.

The whole block is well watered by the Matiri River and its numerous tributaries.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.