MAR. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 675

14 perches, £1 10s.; Lot 72, 37 perches, £1 10s.; Lot 36,
32 perches, £1 10s.; Lot 37, 28 perches, £1 10s.; Lot 43,
26 perches, £1 10s.; Lot 54, 1 rood 1 perch, £1 10s.; Lot 68,
1 rood 11 perches, £3. Section VIII: Lot 11, 29 perches,
£1 10s.; Lot 12, 24 perches, £1 10s.; Lots 30, 31, 2 roods
27 perches, £6; Lot 50, 1 rood 8 perches, £5.

Rural Lands.

Parish Pukeatua (Waitemata County).-Section E. 123:
7 acres 3 roods 19 perches; upset price, £8. Fronts Old
North Road, about three miles from Wade Village; covered
with fern and tea-tree.

Parish Ararimu.-Section M. 16: 19 acres; upset price,
£9 10s. Situated about one mile from Kaukapakapa Rail-
way-station; covered with tea-tree and fern.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and six.
JAS. MCGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

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

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-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and six; 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."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-WHANGAREI COUNTY.-OPUA-
WHANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £10, valuation for fencing and grassing.
Open land, covered with fern and tea-tree, except 5 acres
cleared and grassed; clay soil of inferior quality. Situated
nine miles from Otonga Railway-station.

Broken land, mostly old kauri workings, once grassed,
but now almost entirely overgrown; clay soil of medium
quality; well watered. Situated about three miles from
Hikurangi Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-second day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and six.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

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 selection on and
   after the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine
   hundred and six, at the rentals specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity
   only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of
   "The Land Act, 1892," as they contain, or are supposed to
   contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, 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 the 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 occu-
   pancy 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.-TAURANGA COUNTY.-TAURANGA
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Scrub Land.

Altitude, from 12 ft. to 20 ft. above sea-level. Low, sandy
country, covered with tauhinu and manuka scrub, with a few
swamps running across the sections, which are quite dry in
summer. Both sections front the Bay of Plenty, and Sec-
tion 2 also has a frontage to Tauranga Harbour. Situated
about two miles from Tauranga Township by water.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-second day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and six.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

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 selection on and
   after the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hun-
   dred and six, at the rentals specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity
   only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of
   "The Land Act, 1892," as they contain, or are supposed to
   contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, 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 the 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