Jan. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

5. Any person importing any of the aforesaid perfumed spirits or perfumery except in accordance with the provisions hereof, or any person contravening in any way the provisions of this Order, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, to be recovered in the High Court of the Cook Islands, and in addition the said Collector of Customs may seize and forfeit for the benefit of the Crown all perfumed spirits or perfumery imported contrary to the provisions of this Order.

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

JAMES McGOWAN.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and their amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BLOCKS XIV AND XV, HAPUA KOHE SURVEY DISTRICT.—REWI SETTLEMENT.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £440, repayable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £22 4s. Total half-yearly payment, £82 10s.

General Description.

Rewi Settlement is situated eight miles from Taupiri and twenty miles from Hamilton by formed dray-roads. It was formerly part of Woodlands Estate, and consists more or less of drained swamp of very fair quality, with tea-tree scrub and rushes. The roads are all formed, and the fencing is good. There is not much grass on Section 7, but a considerable area of each of the other sections is in grass. The bridge behind the homestead will be removed to Section 1, and placed over Tauhei Stream at a suitable place. Section 2 contains two small clumps of bush useful for shelter, and is accessible from the road by a good bridge over Tauhei Stream. There is a creamery on the settlement.

Improvements.

All the fencing on the various sections goes with the land. The seven-roomed house, wash-house, and cowshed on Section 3 are valued at £440, and have to be paid for separately by the tenant.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and their amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

Piako County.—Patetere North Survey District.

| 97 | VI | 414 0 0 | 350 0 0 | 7 17 6 |

Agricultural and pastoral land of inferior to very fair light sandy loam. Generally undulating country, all in fern, manuka, and scrub, and very largely ploughable. Altitude varies from 400 ft. to 525 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by Oraka Stream, access to the stream being through the fishing reserve. The improvements (included in price of the land) consist of the whole of about 50 chains of fencing on and near road boundary, valued at £12, and a half-share (value £10) in about 42 chains of boundary-fencing; total value, £22. This section adjoins the Putaruru Village, close to the railway-station.

BICKERSTAFFE SETTLEMENT.

Otamatea County.—Matakoe Survey District.

| 5 and 6 | XVI | 203 0 0 | 1,280 0 0 | {28 16 0
| | | | | 3 11 3*
| | | | | 11 19 9†

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings on Section 5 valued at £55, repayable in cash or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £3 11s. 3d.

† Interest and sinking fund on fencing and gates valued at £138 13s. 3d., repayable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £11 19s. 9d.

Mostly ploughable land of good quality, on clay and hydraulic limestone. Section 5 is well watered, but Section 6 is somewhat deficient. Frontage to main road and side roads. From 35 to 40 acres in manuka, remainder good cultivated grass land, which has been ploughed. The improvements to be paid for by the tenant are small cottage, brick and concrete sheep-dip, with necessary yards; also the fencing (with two gates) on Colbeck and Ford Roads, and one-half of the dividing-fence on the boundary of Section 16 adjoining. The sections front the main Whakapirau-Mau-ngaturoto Road (metalled), about three miles from Whakapirau Wharf.

METHUEN HAMLET.

Eden County.—Titirangi Survey District.

| 3 | .. | 1 2 0 | 120 0 0 | 2 14 0 |

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about ¼ acre furze, remainder grass land; soil a stiff loam of inferior quality; drained by small watercourse. Fronts Manukau Road, near Avondale Railway-station. There is an old post-and-rail-and-gorse fence on Manukau Road frontage. The southern and eastern boundaries have been fenced by adjoining holders, who are entitled to recover half-cost of same from incoming tenant.

| 17 | .. | 2 1 7 | 140 0 0 | 3 3 0 |

Weighted with £65, valuation for house, draining, fencing, &c.

Undulating land; inferior soil, containing a good deal of furze.

CRADOCK HAMLET.

Eden County.—Titirangi Survey District.

| 19 | .. | 1 2 0 | 89 0 0 | 2 0 0 |

Undulating land, in English grasses, overrun with manuka scrub; drained by deep watercourse; soil 1 ft. deep; clay subsoil. Fronts Manukau Road, close to Avondale Railway-station.

MATAMATA TOWNSHIP.

Piako County.—Matamata Settlement.

| 2 | VI | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 | 1 0 3 |

Level land, in grass; soil of a good light loamy nature. Fronts Tower Road, near Matamata Railway-station. Altitude, 210 ft. above sea-level.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.