Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2603

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 twenty-seventh day of November, 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 "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.

Second-class Scrub Land.

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 170 ft. above sea-level. Level and undulating land, covered with fern and tea-tree ; soil of fair quality, resting on clay formation, about 10 acres fronting the river in each section being of better quality than the balance; well watered by Hakaru River. Access by road from Mangawai Township, which is about five miles distant. There is a butter-factory within a mile of sections.

Whangarei | Mangakahia | 28 | IV | 130 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 65 0 0 | 0 0'6 | 1 12 6 | 0 4'8 | 1 6 0

Altitude, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Mostly undulating, part broken land covered with fern and tea-tree; clay soil, of medium quality; well watered. Access by good road from Kamo, seventeen miles distant, or Whangarei, about twenty miles distant.

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

ROBERT McNAB,

Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Otago 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 twentieth day of November, 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."

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Open agricultural land; elevation, 800 ft. above sea-level; light soil. Situated about seven miles and a half from Kurow Railway-station by a good road.

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

ROBERT McNAB,

Minister of Lands.