Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1227

Description of Land: Lot 65, about two-fifths swamp, two-fifths bush, one-fifth broken fern country, soil good, accessible by Waikato River; Lot 66, one-half swamp, the other broken fern land, soil generally poor; Lot 67, one-third swamp, one-fourth bush, remainder open, soil generally fair; Lot 68, one-half bush, the remainder open fern and manuka, with a little swamp, valuable timber in kahikatea bush, soil good; Lot 69, one-third broken bush country, two-thirds undulating fern land, soil good; Lot 92, one-third first-class land, the whole is covered with bush; Lot 176, broken, kauri-gum land, soil on 10 acres good; Lot 177, three-fourths bush; Lot 180, all bush, with the exception of about 10 acres, soil good, quantity of good timber in bush; Lot 220, one-third fern, remainder swamp, soil moderately good and drainable into Maungatawhiri; Lot 221, swamp, good and drainable into Maungatawhiri; Lot 222, swamp, very wet and undrainable in parts; Lot 223, three-fourths low-lying heavy manuka scrub land, soil first-rate, one-fourth swamp, good natural drainage into Waiponga Stream: Lot 225, one-third manuka scrub land, two-thirds low-lying wet swamp; Lot 226, very low-lying wet swamp. These lots are all accessible by road.

PARISH OF OTAU.
65 | 87 0 8 | 32 15 0

Description of Land: One-third bush, remainder open fern and manuka, accessible by road.

PARISH OF KOHEROA.
125 | 8 0 20 | 12 5 0
Subject to £65 for improvements.

Description of Land: All swamp, with the exception of about 1 acre, frontage to Great South Road.

WAIKATO COUNTY.

PARISH OF WHANGAMARINO.
26 | 32 0 32 | 16 2 6
43 | 121 2 32 | 61 0 0
199A | 102 2 0 | 51 5 0
336 | 19 3 3 | 10 0 0
394 | 443 3 35 | 111 0 0
395 | 223 2 18 | 112 0 0
396 | 73 3 34 | 27 15 0
397 | 213 1 36 | 106 15 0
398 | 621 1 23 | 155 10 0

Description of Land: Lot 26, 16 acres bush and manuka, remainder undulating; Lot 43, 23 acres bush, 24 acres swamp, 19 acres high manuka, remainder level; Lot 199A, 17 acres open swamp, remainder light bush; Lot 336, 1 acre bush, 2 acres swamp, remainder level; Lot 394, about three-fourths hilly kauri gum land, remainder swamp, poor soil, accessible by road; Lot 395, about four-fifths hilly and flat fern land, remainder swamp, soil very fair, accessible by road; Lot 396, hilly fern land, soil fair, accessible by road; Lot 397, about one-half swamp, remainder fern land, soil very good, accessible by road; Lot 398, one-half hilly islands covered with manuka and fern, the other half swamp, soil on islands good, accessible by Whangamarino River.

PARISH OF TAUPIRI.
240 | 43 2 24 | 11 0 0
256 | 47 0 0 | 23 10 0

Description of Land: Lot 240, undulating; Lot 256, 7 acres swamp, 7 acres undulating, remainder level.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one month thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall thenceforward be null and void. Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

NOTE.—Maps of the above lands may be seen and further particulars obtained on application at this office.

Schedules containing descriptions, &c., of the above lands will be exhibited at railway stations and post offices.

Native Land Court Notices.

Sitting of Native Land Court adjourned.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 16th September, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court which was recently held at Tapuaeharuru, Taupo, and adjourned to the 30th instant, is, by order of John Edwin Macdonald, Esq., Chief Judge, further adjourned to the 13th January, 1887.

EDWD. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given during a session opened at Opotiki, in the said district, on the 2nd day of February, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as “Pukemauri No. 1;” and in the matter of the several applications of Tatana Ngatawa and others for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such applications.

Dated this 6th day of September, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 6th day of September, 1886, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 16th day of October, 1886.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Pukemauri No. 1 and Pukemauri No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty. Area: 14,173 acres.

Dated this 16th day of September, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—170 acres, Section 69, Block II., Hundred of Invercargill. Occupied by George Smith. No. 2190.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 11th day of September, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.

5932. JOHN MATHER.—1 rood, part of Rural Section 29, Town District of Linwood. Occupied by Mrs. Pilliett.

5933. BEDELIA HOWARD.—20 perches, part of Rural Section 175, Town District of Linwood. Occupied by Applicant.

5934. GEORGE DEAN.—9 acres 1 rood 4 perches, part of Rural Section 1561, Oxford Survey District. Occupied by Harriet Elizabeth Agaziz.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 18th day of September, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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