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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased,
as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under
and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £8, valuation for two whares and two areas cultivated.
Heavy clay land, undulating to broken; mostly covered with short tea-tree; well watered. Situated three miles from
Riverhead.

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.

Rural Lands in Taranaki 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 described in the Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on
   and after the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five, at the respective prices specified in the said
   Schedules.
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 described in the First
   Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” and the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “light-
   bush land.”
4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of four years in
   the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush land, 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 four years in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush 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.

SCHEDULES.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Clifton .. |Upper Waitara| 7 | XI. | 645 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 403 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 10 1 7 | 0 6 | 8 1 3
Situated on the Matau Road. Accessible from Purangi, ten miles distant by the Matau Road—nine miles a formed
dray-road and one mile walking-track. The section comprises rough hilly land, with small flats on Matau Stream, covered
with moderately heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, and rata, with the usual undergrowth of karamu, mahoe, and
karewa. The soil is of fair quality, on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. |Upper Waitara| 3 | XII. | 500 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 500 0 0 | 1 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 10 0 0
Situated on the Matirangi Road. Accessible from Whangamomona, thirteen miles distant—three miles a formed dray-
road, two miles bridle-track, and the remainder surveyed road. The land comprises low hills and ridges of good quality,
covered with heavy forest of tawa, rimu, rata, kahikatea, and thick undergrowth; good soil, on a papa formation; well
watered. Elevation, from 500 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. |Upper Waitara| 5 | XIII. | 647 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 485 5 0 | 0 9 | 12 2 8 | 0 7·2 | 9 14 2
Situated on the Ngatoto and Mangapito Roads. Accessible from Purangi, two miles and a half—two of which is dray-
road, the remainder surveyed road only. The land comprises rough broken country, with numerous papa gutters and
gorges, covered with dense forest of rata, rimu, tawa, tawhai, with patches of manuka, and a thick undergrowth. The soil
is fair, on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 350 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.