APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 927

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 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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the thirty-first day of May, 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

KAWATIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.

51 | IV. | 111 3 34 | 0 4·8 | 1 2 4
Open, level pakihi land, with frontage to road and railway; adjoins Sergeant’s Hill Railway-station; distant three miles from Westport.

52 | IV. | 111 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 2 2
Open, level pakihi land, with frontage to road and railway; distant half a mile from Sergeant’s Hill Railway-station, and three miles and a half from Westport.

25 | VII. | 221 0 15 | 0 3·36 | 1 10 11
26 | " | 200 0 33 | 0 3·36 | 1 8 0
27 | " | 149 1 34 | 0 3·36 | 1 0 10
These sections are all open, level pakihi land; poor soil; frontage to Addison’s Road, and distant from two miles and a half to three miles and a half from Westport.

31 | VII. | 33 1 38 | 0 3·84 | 0 5 3
Level pakihi land; poor soil; frontage to Pomona and Bradshaw’s Roads; distant about one mile and a half from Westport.

STEEPLES SURVEY DISTRICT.

23 | IV. | 92 1 20 | 0 3·84 | 0 14 8
24 | " | 78 3 18 | 0 3·84 | 0 12 7
25 | " | 149 1 14 | 0 3·84 | 1 3 10
Level pakihi land; poor soil. Section 23 has about 2 acres of bush of little value, remainder all open. Section 24 has a frontage to, and Sections 23 and 25 are intersected by, Bradshaw’s Road, and are distant from one mile and a half to two miles from Westport.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is 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 rentals 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 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 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT. — BULLER COUNTY. — BRIGHTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Surveyed Heavy-bush Land.

2 | II. | A. R. P. 93 0 24 | s. d. 0 6 | £ s. d. 1 3 3

Steep spurs and gullies, limestone formation; good soil on lower slopes; very steep towards the back, which attains a height of 1,300 ft. above sea-level; covered with heavy mixed bush. Access by pack-track from Brighton to Charleston and unformed track up Belfast Creek; distant two miles from Brighton.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of April, 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 Schedules 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 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,” the land in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “light-bush land,” the land in the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub land,” and the land in the Fourth Schedule shall be deemed to be “swamp 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, three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land, and two years in the case of scrub 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, three years in the case of light-bush land or swamp land,