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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, 45 acres felled and grassed, balance covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, tawhai, towai, rata, tawa, and some totara, with heavy undergrowth of supplejack, ferns, and shrubs; fairly well watered by small stream; general quality of section is fair grass land. Situated about nine miles from Kaihu Railway-station, and fronting the main Kaihu-Hokianga Road. There is a house of three rooms (out of repair) and 10 chains of fencing on the section, in addition to the grassing mentioned above.

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 Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 selection on and after the thirtieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and six, at the rentals specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1892,” as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, 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 “scrub land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of two 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 two 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.—WAITOMO COUNTY.—PIRONIA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Scrub Land.

Altitude, from 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and broken land, mostly covered with stunted tea-tree and fern, with small clumps of mixed forest on Section 10; soil a light-brown and grey papa, resting on sandstone formation—fair on Section 10, somewhat inferior on Section 7; well watered by streams. Situated about eight miles from Otorohanga Railway-station—four miles and a half by dray-road, remainder unformed road.

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 Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 selection on and after the sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six. at the rentals specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1892,” as they contain or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, 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.