JUNE 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1439

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 Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the first day of August, 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 “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, and two years in the case of scrub 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 two years in the case of scrub 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
Rotorua.. | Rotorua .. | 9 | III | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £150 for milling timbers (chiefly rimu).
Altitude, from 1,150 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, with low hills; covered with mixed forest, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, and miro, with dense undergrowth of supplejack and scrub; soil fair, of light volcanic nature, resting on igneous formation; fairly well watered. Situated about twelve miles from Rotorua, nearly all by main coach-road.

Rotorua.. | Rotorua .. | 19 | IV | 203 2 0 | 1 2 6 | 228 18 9 | 1 1·5 | 5 14 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 11 7
" .. | " .. | 20 | " | 202 0 38 | 1 7 6 | 277 15 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 18 10 | 1 1·2 | 5 11 1
Section 19 is weighted with £112 10s., and Section 20 with £134 1s., for milling timbers (chiefly rimu).
Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea level. Section 19, undulating land; about 50 acres fern country, with some grass; balance forest, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, miro, and a little hinau, with undergrowth of supplejack and scrub; well watered. Section 20, undulating land; about 5 acres fern, with a little grass; balance forest, comprising tawa, with rimu, rata, and miro; fairly well watered. Soil on both sections of good quality, being of light volcanic nature, resting on igneous formation. Situated about fifteen miles from Rotorua; Section 19 about one mile off main road, and Section 20 fronting main coach-road.

Rotorua.. | Rotorua .. | 14 | III | 200 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 225 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0
Altitude, from 900 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, a little broken towards the river. About 35 acres open, with fern and koromiko; balance covered with heavy forest, chiefly tawa, rimu, rata, and miro. Soil of good quality, being of a light volcanic nature, resting on igneous formation; well watered. Situated about fifteen miles from Rotorua, half a mile off the main road by surveyed road.

Rotorua.. | Rotorua .. | 13 | IV | 157 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 215 17 6 | 1 4·5 | 5 7 11 | 1 1·2 | 4 6 4
" .. | " .. | 14 | " | 206 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 231 15 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 15 10 | 0 10·8 | 4 12 8
" .. | " .. | 15 | " | 261 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 261 10 0 | 1 0 | 6 10 9 | 0 9·6 | 5 4 8
" .. | " .. | 17 | " | 204 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 229 10 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 14 9 | 0 10·8 | 4 11 10
" .. | " .. | 18 | " | 329 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 329 10 0 | 1 0 | 8 4 9 | 0 9·6 | 6 11 10
" .. | " .. | 22 | " | 164 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 205 12 6 | 1 3 | 5 2 10 | 1 0 | 4 2 10
" .. | " .. | 23 | " | 130 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 178 15 0 | 1 4·5 | 4 9 5 | 1 1·2 | 3 11 6
Altitude, from 1,050 ft. to 1,330 ft. above sea-level. Section 13, low hills and undulating land, mostly forest, with fern clearings (about 10 acres); the forest contains tawa, rimu, rata, and miro, with dense undergrowth of supplejack and scrub; well watered; about thirteen miles from Rotorua. Section 14, undulating land; about 35 acres fern and scrub, balance heavy forest, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, and miro, with dense undergrowth of supplejack and scrub; well watered; situated thirteen miles from Rotorua and half a mile off main coach-road. Section 15, undulating land, with low hills; 60 acres fern and scrub, balance forest, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, and miro, with dense undergrowth of supplejack and scrub; well watered; situated fourteen miles from Rotorua and about a mile off main coach-road. Section 17, low hills and undulating land; 100 acres fern land; 100 acres heavy mixed forest, comprising tawa, rata, rimu, and miro, with dense undergrowth; situated about fourteen miles from Rotorua and near to main coach-road. Section 18, undulating and low hills for the most part, but somewhat broken on north-east; about one-half fern land, balance forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, rata, and miro; well watered; situated about fourteen miles from Rotorua. Section 22, low undulating hills; all heavy forest, chiefly tawa, rimu, and miro; poorly watered; situated about fourteen miles from Rotorua and fronting main coach-road. Section 23, low and undulating hills; some strips of grass and fern along main road, but nearly all heavy forest, chiefly tawa, rimu, miro, and a little hinau; poorly watered; about thirteen miles from Rotorua and fronting main coach-road. The soil on all these sections is of good quality, being of a light volcanic nature, resting on igneous formation. Ngongotaha Railway-station is from eight to nine miles from these sections by main coach-road.

Rotorua.. | Rotorua .. | 4 | VIII | 174 3 16 | 1 2 6 | 196 17 6 | 1 1·5 | 4 18 5 | 0 10·8 | 3 18 9
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 200 0 20 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 307 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 268 12 6 | 0 10·5 | 6 14 4 | 0 8·4 | 5 7 6
Altitude, from 1,150 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Soil of light volcanic nature, generally of fair quality, but poor on the open. Section 4, mostly undulating, but flat on the west, and hilly towards the east; about 20 acres open fern and grass land; balance forest, mostly tawa, with rata, rimu, and miro; fairly well watered; situated about twelve miles from Rotorua and fronting the main coach-road. Section 5, flat and undulating land; about 30 acres fern land, balance