Num. 84.

3659

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1930.

Declaring Lands in Westland Land District open for Disposal on Renewable Lease.

[l.s.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fifty-four of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General, by Proclamation, may from time to time declare any Crown lands within any mining district to be open for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act :

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-fifty-fourth section 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open on Friday, the sixteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, for disposal as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.

Westland County.—Ahaura Survey District.

Section 3098, Block II : Area, 233 acres 3 roods 7 perches. Capital value, £100. Half-yearly rent, £2.

Comprises mostly flat terraced land, carrying heavy timber throughout, consisting of birch and miro of no commercial value, with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil is fair quality of a sandy nature resting on gravel. Altitude, 690 ft. to 770 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by permanent streams. Access by Ahaura–Kopara metalled dray-road, six miles from Ahaura Post and Telegraph Office and railway-station.

Section 3099, Block VI : Area, 246 acres 2 roods 14 perches. Capital value, £100. Half-yearly rent, £2.

Comprises 30 acres rough spur; balance flat, carrying heavy timber, partly burned, consisting of birch and miro, few small white and red pine of no commercial value, with a dense undergrowth of black scrub. Soil is fair, of a sandy nature resting on gravel. Altitude, 750 ft. to 830 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by permanent streams. Access by Ahaura–Kopara metalled dray-road, six miles and three-quarters from Ahaura Post and Telegraph Office and railway-station.

Section 3100, Block VI : Area, 254 acres 3 roods 24 perches. Capital value, £100. Half-yearly rent, £2.

Comprises 70 acres rough hilly faces; balance flat, the whole carrying heavy timber consisting of birch and miro, with a few small white and red pine of no commercial value, with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil is fair, of a sandy nature, resting on gravel. Altitude, 785 ft. to 1,125 ft. above sea-level. Well watered. Access by Ahaura–Kopara metalled dray-road, seven miles and a half from Ahaura Post and Telegraph Office and railway-station.

Section 3101, Block VII : Area, 269 acres 1 rood 38 perches. Capital value, £105. Half-yearly rent, £2 2s.

Comprises about 75 acres broken hilly country, remainder flat land carrying heavy bush consisting of birch and miro, and small pines from which all timber of commercial value has been cut out. Dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil very fair, of a sandy nature resting on gravel. Altitude, 830 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by permanent streams. Access by Ahaura–Kopara metalled dray-road, eight miles from Ahaura Post and Telegraph Office and railway-station.

Section 3102, Block VII : Area, 374 acres 3 roods 8 perches. Capital value, £150. Half-yearly rent, £3.

Comprises about 30 acres broken spurs, remainder practically flat land, carrying heavy bush, consisting of birch and miro, &c., from which all timber of commercial value has been cut out. Dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil poor to fair, of a sandy nature, resting on gravel. Well watered by permanent streams. Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Access by Ahaura–Kopara metalled dray-road, nine miles from Ahaura Post and Telegraph Office and railway-station.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 25th day of October, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

(L. and S. 9/2521.)

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