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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Lands declared to be Waste Lands of the Crown.

(L.S.)

NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS by the seventeenth section of "The
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it
is enacted that whenever the Governor is satisfied
that any lands purchased out of the sums authorized
under "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870," and any Act amending the same, to be issued
and expended in the purchase of lands in the North
Island of New Zealand, are free from Native claims
and all difficulties in connection therewith, he shall,
by Proclamation, declare such lands to be waste
lands of the Crown, subject, except as thereafter in
the said Act provided, to be sold and dealt with
according to the provisions of the laws regulating
the sale and disposal of waste lands of the Crown for
the time being in force in the land district in which
such land is situated; and thereupon such land so
proclaimed shall become subject to such provisions:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule
hereto has been purchased out of the sums authorized
under "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870," and Acts amending the same, and it is ex-
pedient that the said land should be declared to be
waste lands of the Crown:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, being satisfied that the lands de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto are free from Native
claims and all difficulties in connection therewith, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by "The Waste Lands Administration
Act, 1876," do hereby proclaim and declare the said
lands to be waste lands of the Crown, subject to
be sold and dealt with according to the provisions of
the laws regulating the sale and disposal of waste
lands of the Crown in force in the Land District of
Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

RUAKITURI.

ALL that block or parcel of land situate in the
District of Wairoa, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Ruakituri, contain-
ing by admeasurement forty-three thousand seven
hundred and sixty-five (43,765) acres or there-
abouts. Bounded towards the North by the Waio-
paoa Block fifty-two thousand and seventy-two
(52072) links, and having a true bearing of 95° 13'
56" to the Ruakituri River, thence by that river to
its junction with the Wairoa River; towards the
East by the Wairoa River aforesaid; towards the
South and South-west by the Mangaaruhe East
Block four thousand and sixty-four (4064) links, true
bearing 135° 42′ 45″, and twenty-two thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four and nine-tenths (22834.9)
links, true bearing 283° 12′ 45", by the Mangaaruhe
West Block fifteen thousand seven hundred and
eighty (15780) links, true bearing 244° 30′, to the
Mangaaruhe River, thence by that river to the
eastern boundary of the Taramarama Block; and
towards the West by the boundary aforesaid twenty-
two thousand five hundred and seventy-five (22575)
links, true bearing 185° 13' 56" to the point of com-
mencement. Excepting out of the hereinbefore
described area twelve (12) Native reserves contain-
ing in the whole two thousand nine hundred and
seventy-five (2,975) acres three (3) roods and ten
(10) perches or thereabouts, as delineated on the
plan of the block in the office of the Chief Surveyor
of the Provincial District of Auckland.

TARAMARAMA.

All that block or parcel of land situate in the
District of Wairoa, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Taramarama, con-
taining by admeasurement forty-three thousand nine
hundred and seventy (43,970) acres or thereabouts.
Bounded towards the North by a line thirty-two
thousand four hundred and ninety-six (32496)
links, and having a true bearing of 95° 13' 56";
towards the East and North-east by a line twenty-
two thousand five hundred and seventy-five (22575)
links, true bearing 185° 13' 56", to the Mangaaruhe
River, thence by that river to its confluence with
the Mangakapu stream; towards the South and
South-west by the Mangakapu Stream aforesaid, by
the Wairoa Confiscated Block twenty-seven thousand
seven hundred and seventy-one (27771) links, true
bearing 34° 9', to the Waikarė Taheke River, thence
by that river to the Waikare Moana; and towards
the West by the shores of that lake to the point of
commencement. Excepting out of the hereinbefore
described area eight (8) Native reserves, containing
in the whole two thousand eight hundred (2,800)
acres or thereabouts, as delineated on the plan of the
block in the office of the Chief Surveyor of the
Provincial District of Auckland.

TUKURANGI.

All that block or parcel of land situate in the
District of Wairoa, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Tukurangi, con-
taining by admeasurement thirty-nine thousand three
hundred and forty-six (39,346) acres or thereabouts.
Bounded towards the North, North-east, and East by
the Waikare Moana, to its outlet at the Waikare
Taheke River, thence by that river and by a line
two thousand eight hundred and ninety-six (2896)
links, true bearing 26° 54', again by the Waikare
Taheke River aforesaid to its junction with the
Waiau River, and thence by that river; and towards
the South and South-west by the Waiau River afore-
said to the affluence of the Waihi River; thence
by that river and by the Waiau Block forty-three
thousand and seventy-two (43072) links, true bearing
321° 15′ 46″, to Waikare Moana, the point of com-
mencement. Excepting out of the hereinbefore
described area seven (7) Native reserves, contain-
ing in the whole four thousand four hundred and
twenty-seven (4,427) acres or thereabouts, as
delineated on the plan of the block in the office of
the Chief Surveyor of the Provincial District of
Auckland.

WAIAU.

All that block or parcel of land situate in the
District of Wairoa, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, known by the name of Waiau, containing
by admeasurement forty-five thousand five hundred
(45,500) acres or thereabouts. Bounded towards the
North by Waikare Moana; towards the North-east
by a line forty-three thousand and seventy-two
(43072) links, being the south-west boundary of the
Tukurangi Block; again towards the North and
East by the Waihi River to its confluence with the
Waiau River; towards the South by the Waiau
River aforesaid; and towards the West by a line
fifty thousand eight hundred and eighty-five (50885)
links, and having a true bearing of 29° 37′ 38″ to
the Waikare Moana, the point of commencement.
Excepting out of the hereinbefore described area a
Native reserve containing three hundred (300) acres
or thereabouts, as delineated on the plan of the block
in the office of the Chief Surveyor of the Provincial
District of Auckland.