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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Altitude, from 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land at west end of sections fronting road; rather more broken at east end. About 45 acres of Section 1, and about 100 acres of Section 2, open land, covered with fern and tea-tree; balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, kahikatea, totara, nikau, towai, and torere. Soil of medium quality, mixed clay and loam; well watered. Fronting Main North Road. About nine miles from Hukerenui Railway-station and six miles from Kawakawa.

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 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-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, 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 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 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.
First-class Scrub Land.

Altitude, from 500 ft. to 950 ft. above sea-level. Section 17, undulating land, mostly ploughable; comprises patches of light bush (about 10 acres in all), balance fern and manuka, and some self-sown grass in a few places; soil good loam, resting on limestone, except about 10 acres south of Papatane Stream, which is inferior; fairly well watered. Section 18, mostly undulating; 25 acres light bush, balance fern and manuka; 45 to 50 acres at south end rather inferior; remainder good soil, resting on sandstone-and-papa formation; fairly well watered. Section 19, undulating land, mostly ploughable; about 45 acres light bush; a few acres of swamp, mostly good; balance fern and manuka; about 50 acres at west end rather inferior; balance of good quality, resting on sandstone, papa, and limestone formation; fairly well watered. The forest on these sections is composed mostly of small trees, comprising tawa, matai, miro, hinau, rata, rimu, with fairly open undergrowth of punga, kiekie, and supplejack. Sections 17 and 18 front the main Te Kuiti–Awakino Road, two miles and one mile and a half respectively from Paemako Post and Telephone Office and School. Section 19 fronts a branch road, about one mile from Paemako Post-office and School. The sections are distant about twenty miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station by main Te Kuiti–Awakino Road.

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.