Ramb. 135.

3891

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915.

Declaring Crown Lands in the Westland Mining District,
Nelson Land District, open for Disposal.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three of
the Land Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor,
by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any Crown
lands within any mining district not held under lease or
license, or for which a lease or license has been cancelled,
to be open for disposal, as provided in section one hundred
and thirty-five of the said Act :

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl
of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me
by section one hundred and thirty-three of the said Act,
and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling
me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
sections of land as described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open on Tuesday, the eleventh day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen, for disposal, as provided in section
one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act ; and I do also
declare that the sections of land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be deemed to be light bush land.

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
three 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
remi t 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—MATIRI
SURVEY DISTRICT.—WESTLAND MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

(Exempt from Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 17, Block XI: Area, 784 acres; capital value,
£400; half-yearly rent, £8.

Section 14, Block XII: Area, 1,156 acres; capital value,
£610; half-yearly rent, £12 4s.

Section 8, Block XVI: Area, 776 acres; capital value,
£410; half-yearly rent, £8 4s.

Section 9, Block XVI: Area, 1,040 acres; capital value,
£650; half-yearly rent, £13.

Section 10, Block XVI: Area, 555 acres; capital value,
£350; half-yearly rent, £7.

Well watered; and all forest-clad, principally red and
brown birch, with some scattered pine and mountain totara,
with good undergrowth of mixed scrubs. Each subdivision
has a homestead-site, and there are some narrow flats of
fairly good soil along the branches of Nuggety Creek and
sides of spurs, and poor on top of spurs. Formation con-
glomerate and sandstone. When forest has been cleared,
land in the vicinity has proved good sheep-country. Grass
grows luxuriously. Altitude, from 900 ft. to 2,800 ft. About
eight miles and a half from Murchison to commencement of
block, three miles of which is by main coach-road, balance
bridle-track. A bridle-track has been formed to the centre
of block, and is being continued to give access to all the
sections.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Govern-
ment House at Wellington, this twenty-second day
of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

ERRATUM.—In the notice of appointment of a member of Fairlie Domain Board published in Gazette No. 128, of
the 11th instant, page 3776, for “James Ormandy” read “William James Ormandy.”

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