Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2365

Rural Lands in Nelson 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 Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the sixth day of December, 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 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 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 lands for a period of three 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 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Nearly all hilly country; poor soil; medium birch and rimu bush, usual underscrub.

All spurs and gullies, with the exception of about 20 acres flat in creek-basin, covered with birch and some rimu. Access by unformed road 75 chains from coach-road. About seven miles from Motupiko Railway-station.

Nearly all hilly country, chiefly birch bush, with some rimu in gullies; about one-half will grow grass well and the remainder fairly well.

Hilly country, fair soil for grass; birch bush, with some rimu.

Hilly country; fair soil for grass, on loose shingly sandstone; chiefly birch bush, with some rimu; small flats along main creeks.

Spurs and gullies from main ridge, part burnt bush grown up with fern, the remainder covered with birch bush, with some rimu. Access by unformed road about 20 chains from main coach-road. About eight miles from Motupiko Railway-station.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Officer under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed Otago District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1905.

T is hereby notified that

CHARLES WILLIAM McLAY,

of Waikouaiti, has been appointed to be an Officer for the purposes of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same.

J. G. WARD.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Nelson and Otago Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, namely:—

Name. District.
CHARLES FREDERICK FENEMOR .. .. Nelson.
WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH FENEMOR .. .. Nelson.
CHARLES WILLIAM McLAY .. .. Otago.

J. G. WARD.

Dairy Instructor, Inspector, and Grader resigned.—Notice No. 991.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1905.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

DAVID DICKIE

has resigned the appointments held by him as Dairy Instructor in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1887,” and Inspector and Grader in terms of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture,