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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Rural Lands in Taranaki 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 Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedules.
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 First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” and the lands in the Second Schedule 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 the period of four years in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush land, 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 in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush land, 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.

SCHEDULES.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
First-class Heavy-bush Land.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 32 | XIV | A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
" .. | " .. | 35 | " | 242 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 363 0 0 | 1 6 | 9 1 6 | 1 2·4 | 7 5 3
Access by Turoto Road to Mangaroa, thirteen miles and a half. Good heavy bush slopes, spurs, and good flats. Forest heavy, consisting of rata, rimu, kahikatea, miro, a little matai, tawa, hinau, mahoe, rewarewa, and soft woods, with a thick undergrowth of fern, supplejack, &c. Soil good; well watered. Elevation, 525 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 5 | XI | 525 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 525 0 0 | 1 0 | 13 2 6 | 0 9·6 | 10 10 0
Situated on the Turoto Road. Access from Mangaroa, ten miles and a half—two miles and a half dray-road, the remainder bridle-road. Long spurs running down to Ohura River, good sunny slopes on south-eastern side. Light to heavy forest of rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, towai, hinau, rewarewa, mahoe, with scattered totara, and a thick undergrowth. Soil fair, but good on the flats; well watered. Elevation varies from 525 ft. to 1,150 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 8 | XI | 740 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 555 0 0 | 0 9 | 13 17 6 | 0 7·2 | 11 2 0
Situated on the Kururau Road. Access to the Turoto Road, or to Taumarunui, or to Aukopae Landing on Wanganui River. Short and steep spurs to Taumona and Kururau Streams. About one third open scrub and light bush; the balance light and heavy bush of tawa, hinau, rewarewa, rata, a little rimu and scattered totara, towai, mahoe, and soft woods; thick undergrowth; some good slopes to Taumona Stream. Soil fair to good on Taumona Valley; mixed with pumice on lower levels on Kururau Stream; well watered. Elevation, 525 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 9 | XI | 1,256 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 942 0 0 | 0 9 | 23 11 0 | 0 7·2 | 18 16 10
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 1,144 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 715 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 17 17 6 | 0 6 | 14 6 0
Situated on the Kakahi Road on the west, and the Kururau Road on the east. Access to the Turoto Road, to Taumarunui, or to landing on Wanganui River. The sections comprise long spurs down to streams; some good slopes and terraces on the lower levels and near Moetahanga on Kururau Road, sharper and steeper to Kakahi Road. About one-tenth of each section is scrub; the balance mixed light and heavy bush, the light bush being tawhero, hinau, rewarewa, mahoe, tawa, and soft woods; the heavy bush tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea, towai, with scattered totara. Soil fair; well watered. Elevation, from 550 ft. to 1,350 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 11 | XI | 532 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 532 0 0 | 1 0 | 13 6 0 | 0 9·6 | 10 12 10
Situated on the Kururau Road. Access by that road to either Taumarunui, sixteen miles, or landing on Wanganui River at Aukopae, eight miles. The section comprises short, light-bush spurs to Kururau Stream, with scrub flats on stream. Good slopes with heavy bush on eastern part of section. Soil fair to good; well watered. Elevation, 550 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 1 | XII | 373 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 279 15 0 | 0 9 | 6 19 11 | 0 7·2 | 5 7 11
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 680 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 680 0 0 | 1 0 | 17 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 13 12 0
Situated on the Kururau Road. Access by that road either to Taumarunui, thirteen miles by horse-track, or to the Turoto Road, seven to eight miles. The sections comprise good sunny slopes and spurs to Moetahanga Stream. Section 1 is mostly heavy-bush spurs, about 60 acres being light bush and scrub. About 200 acres of Section 2 is open fern and scrub land of manuka, koromiko, hinau, hoho, intermixed with natural grasses. The remainder of both sections is covered with a heavy forest of rata, tawa, rimu, kahikatea, towai, rewarewa, hinau, mahoe, and soft woods, with scattered totara; thick undergrowth of fern, supplejack, &c. Soil fair to good, but mixed with pumice near Moetahanga Stream; well watered. Elevation, from 800 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 1 | XV | 638 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 478 10 0 | 0 9 | 11 19 3 | 0 7·2 | 9 11 5
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 700 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 700 0 0 | 1 0 | 17 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 14 0 0
Situated on the Kururau Road. Access either to landing on Wanganui River at Aukopae, about five miles and a half, to Taumarunui, or via the Turoto Road to Mangaroa. About 150 acres of Section 1 (on the higher parts and up some of the gullies) light and mixed bush, and about 200 acres of Section 2 is open fern and scrub slopes, spurs, and flats down to Kururau Stream. The remainder of the sections is mixed bush, and fern and manuka slopes and spurs, with occasional flats. Patches of heavy bush of rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, hinau, towai, rewarewa, mahoe, and soft woods, with scattered totara; thick undergrowth of ferns, &c. Soil mixed with pumice on the lower parts near Kururau Stream, otherwise fair; well watered. Elevation, from 525 ft. to 1,250 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Ohura .. | 1 | XVI | 619 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 567 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 14 4 0 | 0 8·4 | 11 7 2
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 419 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 419 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 9 6 | 0 9·6 | 8 7 8
Situated on the Aorangi Road. Access to landing on Wanganui River at Aukopae, one mile. Light and heavy bush spurs and slopes, with good aspect. Forest consists of rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, rewarewa, hinau, towai, mahoe, and soft woods, and scattered totara, and thick undergrowth. Soil good; well watered. Elevation, from 600 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.