1470
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Rural Lands in Southland 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 described in the Schedules 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 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 land described in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land,” the lands in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “swamp land,” and the land in the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub 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, three years in the case of swamp land, and two years in the case of scrub 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, three years in the case of swamp land, and two years in the case of scrub 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Southland | Forest Hill Hundred | 364 | XII | 135 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 85 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 2 3 0 | 0 6 | 1 14 0

Weighted with £10, valuation for clearing.

Situated about five miles from Otapiri Railway-station. Good road to within two miles of section, balance unformed. Land covered with mixed bush; scrub-heavy; soil inferior; well watered.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Swamp Land.

Southland | Oteramika Hundred | 15 | V | 112 2 6 | 0 5 0 | 29 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 15 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 12 0

" | Ditto | 18 | " | 106 3 36 | 0 5 0 | 27 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 14 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 0

" | " | 21 | " | 106 3 36 | 0 5 0 | 27 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 14 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 0

" | " | 23 | " | 106 3 36 | 0 5 0 | 27 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 14 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 0

" | " | 25 | " | 106 3 36 | 0 5 0 | 27 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 14 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 0

Situated five miles and a half from Kapuka Railway-station. Access by unformed road. Land inferior and swampy.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Second-class Scrub Land.

Southland | New River Hundred | 2 | XVII | 92 1 20 | 0 5 0 | 24 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 12 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 10 0

Situated about ten miles and a half from Invercargill by formed road and cart-track, or four miles and a half from Wallacetown. Land low-lying and swampy, part light bush, and part manuka scrub.

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 Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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 sale or selection on and after the seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”