1468
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Rural Lands in Wellington 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 Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedules.

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 enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” and the lands 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Retaruke, Kirikau, and Part North Waimarino Blocks.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

| Waimarino | Owatua | .. | 1 | II | 1,154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1788 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6·6 | 44 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 0 |
| " | Retaruke | .. | 1 | IV | 1,225 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 9 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 2 | " | 1,221 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2014 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 6 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 4 | " | 955 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1575 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 5 | " | 815 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1344 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 6 | " | 900 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1575 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 1 | VII | 719 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1186 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 2 | " | 1,091 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1801 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 3 | " | 889 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1377 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6·6 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 4 | " | 1,185 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1955 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 1 | VIII | 999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1549 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6·6 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2·8 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 2 | " | 1,320 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 39 | 12 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 3 | " | 1,188 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1782 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 35 | 13 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 4 | " | 953 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1430 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 28 | 12 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 1 | XI | 1,346 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2220 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 7·8 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3·8 | 44 | 9 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 2 | " | 1,547 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2553 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7·8 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3·8 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 1 | XII | 1,154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1904 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7·8 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3·8 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 3 | " | 1,149 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1608 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4·8 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 4 | " | 1,138 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1707 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| " | Hunua | .. | 1 | VII | 1,443 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2236 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6·6 | 55 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2·8 | 44 | 15 | 0 |
| " | Kaitieke | .. | 1 | I | 1,296 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1944 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 38 | 18 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 5 | " | 1,045 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1567 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 6 | " | 1,750 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4·8 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 1 | V | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1732 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 34 | 13 | 0 |

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

| Waimarino | Kaitieke | .. | 2 | V | 693 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1040 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 20 | 17 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 3 | " | 917 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1375 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 27 | 11 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 4 | " | 930 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1395 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2·4 | 27 | 18 | 0 |
| " | " | .. | 1 | IX | 962 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1203 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 |

Situated on the left bank of the Wanganui River, to the north of the Retaruke River, and to the west of that portion of the Kaitieke Block which has been already offered. Consists for the most part of hilly undulating and broken country, many of the sections containing small flats and clearings. The North Island Main Trunk Railway traverses the country about sixteen miles to the east.

The access to those sections lying between the watershed and the Wanganui River is from Taumarunui by the Wanganui River to the Kokakoriki Road, a distance of about twenty-five miles, and then about two miles to the edge of the block, thence by unformed roads.

Access to the sections on the eastern side of the watershed is by the Retaruke–Kaitieke Road, a distance of about fifteen miles from Raurimu, which is situated about twenty-five miles from Taumarunui by rail and about thirty miles from Raetihi by road. The Retaruke–Kaitieke Road is formed as a dray-road for a distance of about twelve miles, the remaining distance is formed as a bridle-track.

The soil is a light clay and humus, on papa-and-sandstone formation.

The forest varies from light to heavy, and comprises tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, miro, rewarewa, and some totara, with the usual undergrowth.