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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28
swamp, 23 acres forest, containing puriri, totara, &c., 2 or 3 | NOTE. - Plans may he seen, and further particulars of the
kauri; 14, 58 acres 2nd class, 10 acres 3rd class, chiefly broken, | land obtained, on application at this office.
10 acres swamp, 1½ acres forest, containing puriri, totara, &c.; | Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid
15, 97 acres 2nd class, all broken, 60 acres puriri, totara, &c.; | at time of application, and the balance within one month there-
16, 80 acres 2nd class, all broken, 79 acres forest, puriri, | after.
totara, &c.; 17, 78 acres 2nd class, 1 acre 3rd class, nearly all | Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of purchase.
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 | Sale of 73,950 Acres of Rural Lands, Land District
broken, 3 acres swamp, 8 acres forest, puriri; 19, 55 acres 2nd | of Auckland.
class, 94 acres 3rd class, nearly all broken, 9 acres swamp, 4
acres forest, puriri; 20, 62 acres 2nd class, 15 acres 3rd class, | Crown Lands Office,
nearly all broken, 15 acres swamp. | Auckland, 1st March, 1880.
| Block. | Section. | Area. | Price. | I HEREBY notify that the rural lands mentioned in the
|---|---|---|---| Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
| WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.—KARUHIRUHI, HOKIANGA. | | | | auction, at the Courthouse, Clyde, on Tuesday, the 6th day of
| I. | 9 | 46 0 0 | £ s. d. | April next, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon,
| | 10 | 47 0 0 | 23 0 0 |
| | 22 | 75 1 0 | 23 10 0 | D. A. TOLE,
| | 23 | 58 2 0 | 56 8 9 | Commissioner of Crown Lands.
| | 24 | 54 3 0 | 43 17 6 |
| | 25 | 90 3 0 | 41 1 3 | SCHEDULE.
| | 26 | 66 3 0 | 45 7 6 |
| | 27 | 88 0 0 | 33 7 6 | Lot. | Area. | Upset Price.
| | 28 | 217 0 0 | 44 0 0 | | | |
| | 29 | 177 3 0 | 108 10 0 | WAIROA CONFISCATED BLOCK, NEAR HAWKE'S BAY,
| | 30 | 155 3 0 | 88 17 6 | OPOTIKI SURVEY DISTRICT.
| | 31 | 211 0 0 | 77 17 6 |
| | 32 | 257 3 0 | 105 10 0 | A R. P. | £ s. d.
| | 33 | 131 0 0 | 128 17 6 | 29 | 1,195 0 0 | 298 15 0
| | 35 | 201 0 0 | 65 10 0 | 30 | 986 0 0 | 246 10 0
| | 36 | 227 0 0 | 150 15 0 | 32 | 1,085 0 0 | 271 5 0
| | 37 | 50 0 0 | 170 5 0 | TARAMARAMA SURVEY DISTRICT.
| | 38 | 51 3 0 | 37 10 0 | 22 | 1,561 0 0 | 390 5 0
| | 39 | 50 0 0 | 38 16 3 | 23 | 1,636 2 0 | 409 2 6
| | 40 | 75 0 0 | 37 10 0 | 25 | 1,005 0 0 | 251 5 0
| | 41 | 50 3 0 | 56 5 0 | 27 | 837 0 0 | 209 5 0
| | 42 | 79 2 0 | 38 1 3 | 33 | 1,636 2 0 | 409 2 6
| | 43 | 50 2 0 | 59 12 6 | 34 | 1,561 0 0 | 390 5 0
| | 44 | 61 2 0 | 37 17 6 | 35 | 1,650 2 0 | 412 12 6
| | 45 | 108 2 0 | 46 2 6 | 122 | 169 0 0 | 169 0 0
| | 46 | 79 3 0 | 54 7 6 | 123 | 169 0 0 | 169 0 0
| | 47 | 118 0 0 | 59 16 3 | 125 | 713 0 0 | 178 5 0
| | 48 | 132 3 0 | 88 10 0 | The Wairoa Confiscated Block, situated between the Rivers
| XI. | 1 | 100 0 0 | 66 7 6 | Wairoa and Waiau, is distant from Clyde, the port of the
| | 2 | 59 0 0 | 50 0 0 | Wairoa, some 4½ miles, and is connected with it by a good dray
| | 4 | 59 3 0 | 29 10 0 | road. The land open for sale on this block consists of the back
| | 5 | 67 3 0 | 44 16 3 | portion, and has been subdivided into lots of areas above indi-
| | 6 | 40 0 0 | 38 17 6 | cated. The quality of the soil is everywhere good, and is
| WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT. | | | 20 0 0 | generally covered with a dense growth of fern and tutu on the
| II. | 7 | 51 2 0 | 25 15 0 | hills, with deep gullies generally with bush in them, and plenti-
| | 49 | 105 2 0 | 79 2 6 | fully supplied with water. The surface is formed of a series of
| V. | 51 | 69 3 0 | 44 16 3 | ridges, averaging some 1,200 feet high, with little or no level
| | 17 | 110 2 0 | 55 5 0 | land. It is, however, well adapted for small sheep runs. The
| | 18 | 192 1 0 | 144 3 9 | bush found in the gullies is generally light, consisting principally
| | 20 | 167 1 0 | 88 12 6 | of kowhai, titoki, tawa, and a little totara and rimu here and
| | 21 | 197 1 20 | 148 12 6 | there. Grass seems to take well where the fern has been burnt
| VI. | 13 | 66 0 0 | 49 10 0 | off. On adjacent lands near the coast the fern has very
| | 14 | 74 0 0 | 37 0 0 | generally disappeared from the hills, before the fires and the
| | 15 | 172 3 0 | 86 7 6 | sheep, and they are now covered with a fine sward of the
| | 16 | 186 2 0 | 93 5 0 | "native poa" grass, which seems to extend itself immediately
Description of Land. - These lands are all of good quality, | the surface is denuded of fern; and these same hills are
and, from their situation on the Bay of Islands and Hokianga | described as having been a few years since as thickly covered
Heads Road, are easily accessible. This road has been cleared | with fern and tutu as the country now open in the Wairoa
and bridged, and cuttings made where required. Boats also | Block.
can come up either the Whirinaki or Omanaia Rivers, right | Block. | Section. | Area. | Upset Price.
into the block, from the Hokianga River. The forest on this | WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.
land is composed of puriri, taraire, rimu, matai, rata, kahikatea, | III. | 1,795 0 0 | £ s. d.
&c. There is a good deal of valuable puriri timber all over it. | IV. | 1 | 215 0 22 | 897 10 0
WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.— PUNAKITERE, HOKIANGA. | | 2 | 235 2 22 | 107 12 6
| IV. | 1 | 52 2 0 | 26 5 0 | | 3 | 220 0 0 | 117 17 6
| | 2 | 55 1 0 | 27 12 6 | | 4 | 243 1 21 | 110 0 0
| | 3 | 54 2 0 | 27 5 0 | VI. | ... | 4,448 1 0 | 121 15 0
| | 5 | 51 2 0 | 25 15 0 | VII. | ... | 4,679 2 30 | 1,112 1 3
| | 6 | 52 2 0 | 26 5 0 | VIII. | ... | 3,920 0 0 | 1,169 18 9
| | 7 | 70 3 0 | 35 7 6 | IX. | ... | 3,558 0 0 | 980 0 0
| | 8 | 53 3 0 | 26 17 6 | X. | 1 | 354 3 12 | 889 10 0
| | 9 | 51 0 0 | 38 5 0 | | 2 | 239 2 20 | 88 15 0
| | 10 | 54 1 0 | 40 13 9 | | 3 | 219 0 0 | 119 17 6
| | 11 | 50 2 0 | 37 17 6 | | 4 | 228 3 22 | 109 0 0
| | 12 | 58 0 0 | 43 10 0 | XI. | 6 | 276 0 0 | 57 5 0
Description of Land. - These sections are situated close to | XIII. | ... | 2,423 0 0 | 69 0 0
the head of navigation on the Waima branch of the Hokianga | XIV. | ... | 4,389 1 0 | 605 15 0
River. The soil is everywhere of good quality, being a black | XV. | ... | 1,710 3 21 | 1,479 16 3
volcanic loam, but is covered in many places with stone, which | XVI. | ... | 5,142 0 32 | 427 15 0
prevents a large part of it being ploughed; but clover grows on | XVII. | ... | 4,010 0 0 | 1,285 11 3
it luxuriantly. | | ... | 2,912 0 0 | 1,002 10 0
| | | | 728 0 0