SEPT. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1393

Description of Land.—Section 157, forest, totara, with ordinary timber, broken, well-watered; 160, mixed forest; 229, 230, 241, 242, fern land, broken and undulating, watered, accessible by road; 236, mixed forest with kauri, very broken, watered; 247, undulating, mixed forest.

Description of Land.—Sections 202, 203, 206, 207, swamp, accessible by river; 208, about 73 acres swamp, remainder fern land, accessible by road; 209, about 12 acres swamp, remainder fern land, accessible by road.

PARISH OF WAIUKU EAST.

Description of Land.—Sections 212, 213, and 214, all open swamp, flax, and raupo; 215, about 60 acres kahikatea swamp, balance covered with manuka and flax, manuka 10 to 20 feet high, soil black loamy peat 1½ to 2 feet deep, lying over a white marly clay, and quite dry during summer; 216, about 10 to 15 acres kahikatea, balance open swamp, fronts partially-drained road; 217, about 3 acres dry land, balance open swamp, fronts partially-drained road; 218, about 3 acres dry land, balance open swamp, fronts partially-drained road and close to dry land; 219, 220, and 221, all open swamp, very wet; 222, all open swamp, very wet, growing stunted manuka and moss; 223 and 224, all open swamp, covered with rushes and not very wet. There is a fall of from 7 to 9 feet in the mile over all this part of the swamp on a bearing of 189° 27′ (the direction of main road), with peat 2 to 9 feet deep overlying the clay. The peat is deepest on the land side, getting shallower as it approaches the Waikato River.

Description of Land.—Lots 54, 55, 56, 57, 63, and 67, all open fern or short scrubby tea-tree land, clay soil, undulating, suitable for crops or grass, accessible by good road from Waiuku; 91, open swamp covered with rushes.

Description of Land.—Lot 151, 55 acres kahikatea forest, balance manuka, all swamp, and mostly covered with water in winter, subsoil is a hard white clay, carries cattle for part of the year; 152, about 100 acres kahikatea forest, balance open swamp.

PARISH OF KOHEROA.

Description of Land.—About 120 acres swamp, remainder fern land, accessible by road.

WAIKATO COUNTY.

PARISH OF WHANGAMARINO.

Description of Land.—Section 150, 48 acres ridges, 224 acres swamp; 381, 108 acres ridges, 73½ acres swamp; 382, 31 acres swamp, remainder undulating; 383, 387, and 388, undulating land; 384, 30 acres swamp; 385, 15 acres swamp; 386, 50 acres swamp; 389, 20 acres swamp; remainder of each section undulating land.

RAGLAN COUNTY.

PARISH OF WHANGAPE.

Description of Land.—Partly swamp, partly dry fern hills.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.

PARISH OF WAIPAREIRA.

Description of Land.—All these sections are open land. Section 129, broken; 130, about 40 acres flat; 131, about 50 acres flat; 132, broken and undulating; 133, broken; 134, broken, about 10 acres bush, with a few kauri trees; 135, broken and undulating; 136, about 8 acres flat, rest broken; 137, broken and undulating; 138, broken, about 40 acres flat; 139, undulating and flat; 140 and 141, about 50 acres flat on each section; 142, 142A, and 143, broken and undulating. The above sections are situated at Waitakerei Railway Station.

Description of Land.—Lots 158 and 159, open, strip of flat along stream; remainder undulating, poor kauri-gum land, which has been dug over several times. Situated about two miles to the eastward of Lucas Creek Bridge.

PARISH OF PUKEATUA.

Description of Land.—Lot 252, about 30 acres mixed forest containing some kauri, 20 acres flat, covered with high tea-tree, good land, remainder undulating, the Wade River runs through this section; portion 255, nearly all open undulating land; portion 257, open broken land.

PARISH OF WAIWERA.

Lot 172 subject to £400 for improvements.