Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2269

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 four years in the case of heavy-bush land, and two years in the case of scrub 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.

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SCHEDULES.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

Ohura Survey District.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
22 | II. | 568 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 8 10 5

Situated on the Waitemeha Road. Accessible from Mangaroa—three miles and a quarter distant—by a pack-track. The land comprises steep spurs and undulations with narrow flats on streams, covered with heavy forest of rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, black-birch, and some totara. The soil is fairly good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 900 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

Aria Survey District.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
5 | VI. | 470 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 8 4 6

Situated on the Paro Road. Accessible from Te Kuiti, via Wairere, thirty-three miles, sixteen of which is dray-road, and the remainder surveyed road and pack-track across country. The section is hilly and ridgy, with some terraces and low spurs on frontage; covered with a mixed forest of tawa, hinau, kahikatea, birch, and manuka. Fair to good soil, on papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. Elevation, from 400 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS SCRUB LAND.

Totoro Survey District.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
6 | X. | 261 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 5 4 5

Situated on the Mokau-Ohura Road. Accessible from Te Kuiti, twenty-four miles distant—nineteen miles by dray-road, and remainder by pack-track. This section comprises low ridges and flats, chiefly covered with fern and scrub. There is a little mixed forest along Huioteko Stream, and also a small area of swamp. The soil is fair to good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 350 ft. to 570 ft. above sea-level.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Land in Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five; and also that the land 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 it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT. — CLIFTON COUNTY. — OHURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Situated on the Ohura Road. Accessible from Ongarue, 23½ miles distant by a dray-road. The section comprises hilly, undulating, agricultural, and pastoral land of good average quality, covered chiefly with fern and manuka, with patches of light bush, tutu, koromiko, and high fern. The soil is of good quality; well watered. Elevation, about 500 ft. above sea-level.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Lands in Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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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 twenty-first day of November, 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.”

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

VINCENT COUNTY.—LOWER HAWEA SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
4 | VII. | 308 0 0 | 0 3·84 | 2 9 3

Weighted with £68 4s., valuation for improvements. Open land, about 50 acres suitable for cultivation, the remainder hilly or shallow hilltop. Situated about thirty-three miles from Cromwell and two miles from Luggate School.

TUAPEKA COUNTY.—TEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

9 and 10 | VIII. | 534 2 38 | 0 3·6 | 4 0 3

Weighted with £47 10s., valuation for improvements. Open land, rough and broken; soil light; well watered. Situated about six miles from Coal Creek and about twelve miles from Roxburgh.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.