May 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1467

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PART OF NORTH WAIMARINO BLOCK.
Second-class Land.

More or less open land, with fern and manuka; well watered. Elevation from about 700 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Nelson 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 enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the seventeenth day of July, 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 land enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” and the land in the Second Schedule 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 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MAUNGATAPU BLOCK.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Second-class Unsurveyed Heavy-bush Land.

| Waimea .. | Maungatapu .. | VI | 1,474 0 0 | 10 6 | 0 6·3 | 0 5·04 |

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Second-class Unsurveyed Light-bush Land.

| Waimea .. | Maungatapu .. | III | 1,158 0 0 | 9 6 to 9 9 | 0 5·70 to 0 5·85 | 0 4·56 to 0 4·68 |

This area of 2,632 acres is situated about thirteen miles from Nelson, and lies on the western watershed of Pelorus River. Access is by nine miles of dray-road and about four miles of bridle-track. The country is hilly, with the exception of a few small flats along Pelorus River, and is forest-clad, except about 650 acres, which has been burnt and replaced by fern and scrub. The timber consists of brown-birch and red-birch, with some rimu. The formation is slate and serpentine rock. The soil is fair on slopes and in the gullies, but inferior on spurs, all being well watered. Carrying-capacity when burnt and grassed varies from one sheep to an acre on Pelorus River and Heringa Stream to two sheep to 3 acres on back portions of block. Altitude above sea-level is 500 ft. to 2,200 ft.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.