1188
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

Rural Land in Auckland 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective 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 the 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Light-bush Land.

Hobson .. | Tutamoe .. | 11 | XV. | 160 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 120 7 6 | 0 9 | 3 0 3 | 0 7 | 2 8 2

Land of fair quality, somewhat broken towards northern end, balance undulating; covered with mixed forest, consisting of tawa, rata, miro, mahoe, kohe, and taraire, the latter predominating towards the southern end; old kauri workings scattered throughout the section; well watered. Situated about four miles from Maropiu Railway-station.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Auckland 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective 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 “heavy-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said land for a 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.
Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Waitomo | Orahiri .. | 4 | VII. | 351 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 394 17 6 | 1 1·5 | 9 17 5 | 0 10·8 | 7 18 0

Situated on Te Rau-Mauku Road, about eight miles from Otorohanga Railway-station. Limestone formation; broken country, but good soil; about 100 acres open fern land, balance mixed forest, consisting of tawa, rata, mahoe, with sufficient rimu and hinau for domestic uses; watered by several small streams. Well suited for pastoral purposes.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.