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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a 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.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Hokianga Waoku .. 21 V | 197 1 20 | 12 6 | 123 2 6 | 0 7 5 | 3 1 7 | 0 6 | 2 9 3
Altitude, from 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising taraire, rimu, kahikatea, and rata, with dense undergrowth of nikau, mahoe, and bush ferns; soil of fair quality, resting on sandstone formation; fairly well watered by small streams. Situated about eleven miles from Rawene and four miles from Oue Post-office. There is a good road from Rawene to Oue, but from Oue to the section the road is not yet formed, and access at present is somewhat difficult.

Hokianga Whangape .. 22 IV | 236 0 20 | 10 0 | 118 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 19 0 | 0 4 8 | 2 7 3
" " 23 } Altitude, from 100 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising taraire, rimu, miro, kohekohe, and dense undergrowth of nikau, kiekie, and ferns; soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; fairly well watered by small streams. Distant about five miles from Broadwood Post-office.

Hokianga Whangape .. 47 II | 119 2 0 | 10 0 | 60 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 10 0 | 0 4 8 | 1 4 0
Altitude, from 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, about one-fourth fern land; balance covered with mixed forest, comprising miro, rimu, tawa, taraire, with dense undergrowth of nikau, kiekie, and ferns; soil fair, on papa formation; fairly well watered by streams. Situated five miles from Broadwood Post-office.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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 described in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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 described 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.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Bay of Isl'ds Ruapekapeka* 117 .. | 346 0 0 | 0 8 6 | 147 1 0 | 0 5 1 | 3 13 6 | 0 4 8 | 2 18 10
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 40 acres mixed forest, comprising towai, manuka, tanekaha, with light undergrowth; balance covered with fern and tea-tree; soil a mixed loam and clay, on sand-stone formation; well watered by streams. Situated six miles from Towai.

Hokianga Whangape .. 16 III | 263 1 30 | 0 10 0 | 131 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 5 9 | 0 4 8 | 2 12 7
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, mostly covered with fern, with some clumps of mixed forest, comprising taraire, rimu, kohekohe, and dense undergrowth of nikau and ferns; soil fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by Mangawhero Stream. Situated about four miles from Broadwood Post-office.

• Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.