Nov. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2917

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—MARAMARUA PARISH.
Second-class Scrub Land.

Undulating to hilly land, covered with short fern and tea-tree, and a little flax in gullies; soil of inferior quality; fairly well watered. Situated about twenty-one miles from Mercer by formed road and about five miles from Maramarua Coal-mine.

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 Southland 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 “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 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 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WAIKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Situated about three miles from Waikawa Township by boat and road. Land hilly, covered with mixed bush and scrub; soil very fair, sandstone formation; well watered.

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 Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — SOUTHLAND COUNTY. — WAIKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £22, valuation for improvements—felling, burning, and fencing.
Land undulating, covered with heavy mixed bush; soil inferior: well watered. Distant seventeen miles from Fortrose Township by good summer road.

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.

Notifying Lands in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—OMAU VILLAGE.
Village Lands.

Omau Village is situated on the Westport—Cape Foulwind Railway, six miles and a half from the Town of Westport.

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