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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Rural Lands 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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands 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, they 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 lands enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “scrub land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of two years from the date from which in each case respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands 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 two 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 Scrub Land.

Altitude, 120 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level, and situated about three miles from Otorohanga, and from twelve to thirteen miles from Pirongia. Section 15A comprises about 76 acres fern and tea-tree flat, balance easy fern spurs; soil light sandy nature resting on papa; well watered. Section 14A, about 90 acres flat, fair to good light soil, balance easy fern spurs; well watered.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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 sale or selection on and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—MANGATORO BLOCK.
Second-class Land.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.