APRIL 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1239

Rural Lands in Taranaki 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 Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and after the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, at the rentals specified in the said Schedules.

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 land enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” and the land in the Second 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 a period of four years in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush land, 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 in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case of light-bush land, 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.

SCHEDULES.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOMO COUNTY.—ARIA SURVEY DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
8 | XIV | 739 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 14 15 8

Situated on the Hapurua Road. Access from Mangaroa, about seven miles distant—by a formed dray-road for about one mile and a half, by a formed road 6 ft. wide for about four miles, and by a bush pack-track only for the remainder of the distance. The section comprises rough steep country, with a good flat along the Hapurua Road and Stream; covered with a heavy forest of tawa, rata, rimu, rewarewa, with black-birch on top of spurs, and a medium undergrowth of supplejack, karamu, &c. The soil is fair, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 500 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

First-class Light-bush Land.

15 | II | 217 0 0 | 0 10·8 | 4 17 8

Situated on the Kaeaeae Road, distant six miles and a half from Aria Township. Access from Te Kuiti, thirty-two miles distant—by a dray-road for nearly the whole of the distance; the last half-mile is only a bridle-track. The section comprises undulating and steep spurs, with some ploughable country along the road frontage; covered with a generally light forest of tawhero, rewarewa, and tawa on the spurs, and manuka on the lower parts of the section, and a dense undergrowth. About one-third of the section is light manuka and fern. The soil is of fair to good quality, on clay-and-papa formation; fairly well watered. Elevation varies from 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Taranaki Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Taranaki Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 27 acres and 18 perches, more or less, being Section No. 11, Block V, Kapara Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by the Waitotara Valley Road, 2432·7 links; towards the east generally by Section No. 29, Block VI, Kapara Survey District, 2021 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 1, Block V, Kapara Survey District, 2943·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56972/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red. For the preservation of scenery.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 37 acres, more or less, being Section No. 29, Block VI, Kapara Survey District. Bounded towards the north and north-east generally by the Waitotara Valley Road, 4876 links; and towards the south generally by Section No. 2, Block VI, Kapara Survey District, 4590·7 links: be the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56972/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red. For the preservation of scenery.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 28 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 30, Block VI, Kapara Survey District. Bounded towards the west, north-west, north, north-east, and east generally by the Waitotara Valley Road, 8575 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 3, Block VI, Kapara Survey District, 1115·8 links; towards the south-east and south by the aforesaid Section No. 3, 4184·8 links; and again towards the south-east by Section No. 2 of the aforesaid Block VI, 880·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56972/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red. For the preservation of scenery.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Nelson Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 408 acres, more or less, being Section No. 6, Block III, Lewis Survey District. Bounded towards the