Sept. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2415

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 thirtieth day of October, 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 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 lands for the period of four 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 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.

Altitude, from 700 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Hilly and broken country, about 12 acres fern and tea-tree, balance covered with mixed forest, comprising rata, matai, rimu, towai, tanekaha, tawa, and kahikatea, with light undergrowth of supple-jack and shrubs; a large quantity of kauri has been cut off this section; soil, semi-volcanic, of medium quality and somewhat stony; well watered by streams. Situated about three miles from Kaihu Railway-station—one mile by dray-road, balance by bridle-track.

Hokiangā | Whangape .. | 64 | II | 1,102 0 0 | 12 6 | 688 15 0 | 0 7·5 |
| | | | | | | 17 4 4 | 0 6 |
| | | | | | | | 13 15 6 |

Altitude, from 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising taraire, miro, kohekohe, some scattered kahikatea, and a few odd kauri trees, only sufficient for selector’s requirements, with dense undergrowth of nikau, tree-ferns, mahoe, &c.; soil, fair, resting on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Fronting Broadwood—Herekino Road; about four miles from Broadwood, and ten miles from Herekino.

Hokiangā | Whangape .. | 3 | VIII | 133 2 0 | 23 0 | 153 10 6 | 0 11·8 |
| | | | | | | 3 16 9 | 0 11·04 |
| | | | | | | | 3 1 5 |

Altitude, from 200 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Undulating broken land, 2 acres fern, balance covered with mixed forest, comprising tawa, taraire, kohekohe, miro, a little puriri, and some scattered kahikatea and totara, with dense undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, nikau, mahoe, &c.; soil, good loam and clay, resting on sandstone formation; well watered by branches of Kohe Stream. Situated on the Whangape—Kohe Road, with access from Whangape, eight miles by unformed road, or seven miles by water.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
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 thirtieth day of October, 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 price 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.”

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