May 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1469

The following sections are more or less open, with fern and manuka—viz., 2, 3, 4, Block V, and 1, Block IX, Kaitieke Survey District.
All the sections are well watered.
The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 2,050 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 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 Schedule 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 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 enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-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 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PART OF NORTH WAIMARINO BLOCK.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Situated on the Wanganui River, about two miles and a half to the west of the Main Trunk Railway, and lies to the west and south of Piriaka Township, and immediately to the north of the Kaitieke Block, which has already been disposed of. Access to the north portion of the block can be obtained by rail from Taumarunui to Piriaka, a distance of six miles, thence by the Main Road and Makokomiko Road (which is unformed), a distance of about three miles to the block. Access to the eastern portion may be had from Owango, fifteen miles by rail from Taumarunui. Owango is about two miles and a half distant from the block by the Kawautahi and Hikimutu Roads, which are unformed.
The block comprises for the most part hilly and undulating country, many of the sections containing small flats. The soil is a sandy loam, intermixed with pumice sands, on a sandstone formation, with papa in places.
The forest is mixed, and varies from light to heavy, comprising tawa, tawhero, mahoe, rewarewa, hinau, rimu, miro, and some totara, with usual undergrowth. All of the sections are well watered.
The elevation ranges generally from about 700 ft. to 2,000 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.