926
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

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 thirtieth day of May, 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 the 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 o’ 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.

Altitude, from 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Greater part of the section is undulating, but southern portion steep and rough; about 80 acres fern, balance covered with mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, rimu; thick undergrowth of shrubs and supplejack. Soil of good quality, resting on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about seven miles from Opotiki, six miles being formed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
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 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 sale or selection on and after the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six; and also that the lands 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 lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £22, valuation for fencing and grassing.
Undulating land; 16 acres in grass, balance tea-tree and scrub, with a little mixed forest; soil of medium quality, resting on clay formation. Situated about ten miles from Mangapai by formed road. Altitude, from 450 ft. to 550 ft. above sea-level.

Whangarei | Owhiwa* .. | 231 | .. | 44 1 24 | 0 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 4·8 |
| | | | | | 22 0 0 | 0 11 0 | 0 8 10 |

Weighted with £27, valuation for house, grassing, and fencing.
About 3 acres level land, balance undulating, covered with fern and scrub; originally covered with mixed forest, burnt some years ago; clay soil of fair quality; well watered. Access by formed road about five miles from Parua Bay Landing. Altitude, from 150 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level.

*Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.