Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2271

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.

Nearly all broken land; inferior soil; formerly covered with mixed forest, but all run over by fires; well watered. About six miles from Waipu Post-office.

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.

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-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective 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 lands 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.

Low hills, slopes covered with stunted tea-tree; some swamp in each section; soil of a sandy nature, resting on pipeclay formation; land watered by springs. Situated fourteen miles from Mangonui.

Waikato .. | Whangama-rino* | 133 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" .. | Ditto | 134 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" .. | " | 135 | .. | 19 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 9 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 4 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 3 10 |

Altitude, about 40 ft. above sea-level; low-lying land, and rather wet; covered with tea-tree, fern, and rushes; soil of a black peaty nature, resting on clay, medium quality, but could be improved by drainage, for which there is a good fall; fairly well watered. Situated one mile from Waerenga Post-office and ten miles from Wairangi Railway-station by good cart-road.

Waitemata | Waipareira* | 154 | .. | 81 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 41 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 0 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 16 5 |

Undulating land, covered with short tea-tree and wiwi; clay soil, resting on sandstone; fairly well watered. Frontage to Great North Road, about four miles and a half from Henderson Railway-station.

• Parish.

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.