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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 26

swamp, 23 acres forest, containing puriri, totara, &c., 2 or 3
kauri; 14, 58 acres 2nd class, 10 acres 3rd class, chiefly broken,
10 acres swamp, 1½ acres forest, containing puriri, totara, &c.;
15, 97 acres 2nd class, all broken, 60 acres puriri, totara, &c.;
16, 80 acres 2nd class, all broken, 79 acres forest, puriri,
totara, &c.; 17, 78 acres 2nd class, 1 acre 3rd class, nearly all
broken, 1 acre swamp, 60 acres forest, puriri, totara, &c., 6 or 7
kauri; 18, 40 acres 2nd class, 34 acres 3rd class, nearly all
broken, 3 acres swamp, 8 acres forest, puriri; 19, 55 acres 2nd
class, 94 acres 3rd class, nearly all broken, 9 acres swamp, 4
acres forest, puriri; 20, 62 acres 2nd class, 15 acres 3rd class,
nearly all broken, 15 acres swamp.

Block. Section. Area. Price.

WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.—KARUHIRUHI, HOKIANGA.
I.
9 46 0 0 £ 23 0 0
10 47 0 0 23 10 0
22 75 1 0 56 8 9
23 58 2 0 43 17 6
24 54 3 0 41 1 3
25 90 3 0 45 7 6
26 66 3 0 33 7 6
27 88 0 0 44 0 0
28 217 0 0 108 10 0
29 177 3 0 88 17 6
30 155 3 0 77 17 6
31 211 0 0 105 10 0
32 257 3 0 128 17 6
33 131 0 0 65 10 0
35 201 0 0 150 15 0
36 227 0 0 170 5 0
37 50 0 0 37 10 0
38 51 3 0 38 16 3
39 50 0 0 37 10 0
40 75 0 0 56 5 0
41 50 3 0 38 1 3
42 79 2 0 59 12 6
43 50 2 0 37 17 6
44 61 2 0 46 2 6
45 108 2 0 54 7 6
46 79 3 0 59 16 3
47 118 0 0 88 10 0
48 132 3 0 66 7 6
XI.
1 100 0 0 50 0 0
2 59 0 0 29 10 0
4 59 3 0 44 16 3
5 67 3 0 38 17 6
6 40 0 0 20 0 0

WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.
II.
7 51 2 0 25 15 0
49 105 2 0 79 2 6
51 69 3 0 44 16 3
V.
17 110 2 0 55 5 0
18 192 1 0 144 3 9
20 167 1 0 88 12 6
21 197 1 20 148 12 6
VI.
13 66 0 0 49 10 0
14 74 0 0 37 0 0
15 172 3 0 86 7 6
16 186 2 0 93 5 0

Description of Land.—These lands are all of good quality,
and, from their situation on the Bay of Islands and Hokianga
Heads Road, are easily accessible. This road has been cleared
and bridged, and cuttings made where required. Boats also
can come up either the Whirinaki or Omanaia Rivers, right
into the block, from the Hokianga River. The forest on this
land is composed of puriri, taraire, rimu, matai, rata, kahikatea,
&c. There is a good deal of valuable puriri timber all over it.

WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.—PUNAKITERE, HOKIANGA.
IV.
1 52 2 0 26 5 0
2 55 1 0 27 12 6
3 54 2 0 27 5 0
5 51 2 0 25 15 0
6 52 2 0 26 5 0
7 70 3 0 35 7 6
8 53 3 0 26 17 6
9 51 0 0 38 5 0
10 54 1 0 40 13 9
11 50 2 0 37 17 6
12 58 0 0 43 10 0

Description of Land.—These sections are situated close to
the head of navigation on the Waima branch of the Hokianga
River. The soil is everywhere of good quality, being a black
volcanic loam, but is covered in many places with stone, which
prevents a large part of it being ploughed; but clover grows on
it luxuriantly.

NOTE.—Plans may be seen, and further particulars of the
land obtained, on application at this office.
Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid
at time of application, and the balance within one month there
after.
Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of purchase.

Sale of 73,950 Acres of Rural Lands, Land District
of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 1st March, 1880.

HEREBY notify that the rural lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Courthouse, Clyde, on Tuesday, the 6th day of
April next, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Lot. Area. Upset Price.

WAIROA CONFISCATED BLOCK, NEAR HAWKE'S BAY,
OPOTIKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Lot. A R P £ s. d.
29 1,195 0 0 298 15 0
30 986 0 0 246 10 0
32 1,085 0 0 271 5 0

TARAMARAMA SURVEY DISTRICT.
22 1,561 0 0 390 5 0
23 1,636 2 0 409 2 6
25 1,005 0 0 251 5 0
27 837 0 0 209 5 0
33 1,636 2 0 409 2 6
34 1,561 0 0 390 5 0
35 1,650 2 0 412 12 6
122 169 0 0 169 0 0
123 169 0 0 169 0 0
125 713 0 0 178 5 0

The Wairoa Confiscated Block, situated between the Rivers
Wairoa and Waiau, is distant from Clyde, the port of the
Wairoa, some 4½ miles, and is connected with it by a good dray
road. The land open for sale on this block consists of the back
portion, and has been subdivided into lots of areas above indi-
cated. The quality of the soil is everywhere good, and is
generally covered with a dense growth of fern and tutu on the
hills, with deep gullies generally with bush in them, and plenti-
fully supplied with water. The surface is formed of a series of
ridges, averaging some 1,200 feet high, with little or no level
land. It is, however, well adapted for small sheep runs. The
bush found in the gullies is generally light, consisting principally
of kowhai, titoki, tawa, and a little totara and rimu here and
there. Grass seems to take well where the fern has been burnt
off. On adjacent lands near the coast the fern has very
generally disappeared from the hills, before the fires and the
sheep, and they are now covered with a fine sward of the
"native poa" grass, which seems to extend itself immediately
the surface is denuded of fern; and these same hills are
described as having been a few years since as thickly covered
with fern and tutu as the country now open in the Wairoa
Block.

Block. Section. Area. Upset Price.

WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.
III. ... 1,795 0 0 £ 897 10 0
IV. 1 215 0 22 107 12 6
2 235 2 22 117 17 6
3 220 0 0 110 0 0
4 243 1 21 121 15 0
VI. ... 4,448 1 0 1,112 1 3
VII. ... 4,679 2 30 1,169 18 9
VIII. ... 3,920 0 0 980 0 0
IX. ... 3,558 0 0 889 10 0
X. 1 354 3 12 88 15 0
2 239 2 20 119 17 6
3 219 0 0 109 0 0
4 228 3 22 57 5 0
6 276 0 0 69 0 0
XI. ... 2,423 0 0 605 15 0
XIII. ... 4,389 1 0 1,479 16 3
XIV. ... 1,710 3 21 427 15 0
XV. ... 5,142 0 32 1,285 11 3
XVI. ... 4,010 0 0 1,002 10 0
XVII. ... 2,912 0 0 728 0 0