MAR. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

Rural Land 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is 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 land 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 land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, it 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 land 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 land for a period of four years
   from the date from which 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 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.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Awakino Maungamarero

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

1 XIII 640 0 0 1 0 0 640 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 9·6 12 16 0

Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, and
rimu, with thick underscrub; soil of fair quality, resting on papa formation; well watered. Fronts Upper Awakino Valley
Road. About thirty-five miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station and twenty-two miles from Awakino Village. The section is
seven miles off Te Kuiti-Awakino Main 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.

Rural Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-fifth
day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at
the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in
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.

Hobson .. Tutamoe .. 3 XVI 969 0 0 15 0 726 15 0 0 9 18 3 5 0 7·2 14 10 9

Weighted with £137 10s., valuation for house and outbuildings, fencing, grassing, and garden.

Altitude, from 900 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. One-third undulating land, balance broken; about 40 acres old
kauri workings, and 40 acres scrub, which has been burnt and grassed; balance mixed forest, comprising kahikatea and
rimu (not marketable on account of position), and sufficient totara for fencing purposes; soil mixed clay and loam, the
general quality being fair grass land; fairly well watered. Access from Tangowahine Landing, on Wairoa River, about
eight miles distant.

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.