2916
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Light-bush Land.

Altitude, from 250 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and steep country, some parts very broken; about one-third mixed forest, comprising towai, tanekaha, manuka, and birch, with light undergrowth of shrubs; soil mixed loam and clay, on sandstone formation; well watered. Access by formed road from Kawakawa, ten miles distant.

Altitude, from 300 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Part undulating and part broken; about 80 acres fern land, balance covered with mixed forest, formerly containing a large quantity of kauri, which has been worked out, remaining forest comprises towai, rimu, taraire, rata, manuka, and birch, with light undergrowth of shrubs and fern; soil a mixed clay and loam, from fair to inferior in quality; sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Access from Whakapara Railway-station, distant about eight miles and a half by good formed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of November, 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 nineteenth day of December, 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 “light-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of three 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 three 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.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.—HASTINGS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Light-bush Land.

Altitude, from 20 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. About 90 acres of Sections 2 and 5 and 130 acres of Section 3 covered with tea-tree and small scrub; balance light mixed forest, comprising small tawa and rimu, with thick undergrowth of scrub. Both sections somewhat broken; soil inferior clay on the open land, but of better quality in the forest; clay-and-sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated on the coast, fronting Thames-Coromandel Road, about five miles from Tapu Post-office.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, at the rental specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1892,” as it contains, or is 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 land 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 land for a period of two 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 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.