Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677

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 “heavy-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of four 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 four 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.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT. — GREY COUNTY. — MAWHERAITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Covered with heavy bush, chiefly brown- and silver-birch, with light undergrowth. Soil very fair along river frontage, and inferior at back of section. Well watered. Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Nine miles from Ikamatua Railway-station. Access by ford across Grey River, by unformed road and river-bed.

2 | II | 307 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 6 0

Covered with heavy bush, chiefly brown- and silver-birch; light undergrowth. Soil very fair along river frontage; inferior at back of section. Well watered. Altitude, 480 ft. to 550 ft. above sea-level. Eight miles from Ikamatua Railway-station. Access by ford across Grey River, by unformed road and river-bed.

3 | VI | 357 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 13 6

Covered with heavy bush, chiefly brown- and silver-birch; light undergrowth. Soil very fair along river; inferior at back of section. Well watered. Altitude, 470 ft. to 540 ft. above sea-level. Seven miles from Ikamatua Railway-station. Access by ford across Grey River, by unformed road and river-bed.

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.

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Rural Land in Westland 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 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is 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 rental specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1892,” as it contains, or is 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 land enumerated 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 land for the period of three years from the date from which in each case respectively such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land 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.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WESTLAND COUNTY. — WAITAHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

190 acres low-lying and flat. Soil alluvial and of a swampy nature, with underbed of gravel. 68 acres broken country, with ridges rising 90 ft. above the flat. Well watered by creeks. 170 acres covered with scrub and swamp growth, and 80 acres with fairly heavy timber. Access by Main South Road. Distant twelve miles and a half from Ross. Altitude, 100 ft. above sea-level.

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.

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Rural Lands in Westland 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 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 Schedules 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 respective prices specified in the said Schedules.

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 land enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “light-bush land,” and the land in the Third Schedule 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 four years in the case of heavy-bush land, three years in the case of light-bush land, and two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which in each case respectively such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land 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, and two years in the case of scrub land, shall not be demanded: provided