Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 993

Notifying Land 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 Wednesday, the twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, at eleven o’clock a.m., as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF SEAFORD.

SECTION 5: Area, 5 acres. Upset price, £15.

Seaford Village is situated on the north shore of Pakawau Inlet, Golden Bay, about eight miles by road from the Town of Collingwood.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Nelson 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 twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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 “light-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said land for the period of three 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 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMEA COUNTY.—TADMOR SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Chiefly hills, covered with birch forest, with small flats along creeks. Accessible by main coach-road. Situated about twelve miles and a half from Kohatu Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Nelson 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven; 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMEA COUNTY.—TADMOR SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Hilly land; about 60 acres covered with green bush, chiefly brown and red birch; about 25 acres open fern country, originally forest; remainder burnt bush grown up with fern, with a little grass along the lower slopes; formation, sandstone gravels. Fronts the main coach-road to the West Coast, and is distant about twelve miles from Kohatu Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Nelson 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 twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven; 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—COLLINGWOOD COUNTY.—AORERE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Rather poor country; very stony. The land between the road and the river is very good; 25 acres have been felled and grassed. The forest consists principally of birch, with a very few scattered rimu-trees and some yellow-pine, with undergrowth of toitoi and kiekie.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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