SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1253

western portion Lot 36, open, small tea-tree and fern, undulating, kauri-gum field.

Description of Land: 35 acres kauri forest, remainder tea-tree, stream runs through lot, accessible by road.

Parish of Matakohe.

Subject to £50 for improvements.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Parish of Tatarariki.

*Subject to £20 for improvements. † Subject to £10 for improvements.

Description of Land: South-west middle portion Lot 20, tea-tree and rush swamp; north-west portion Lot 21, about 30 acres good flax swamp, remainder fern and tea-tree, undulating land, one and a half miles from Te Kopuru township by road now being formed, has a drain 17 chains 60 links; Lots 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 69, all part swamp, part undulating, land covered with tea-tree, good means of access by roads now being formed, good water can be obtained on high ground by sinking, a portion of land is being drained by the County Council; Lots 79 and 81, open, undulating, fern, and tea-tree; Lot 53, one-third swamp, remainder undulating, fern and tea-tree; Lot 54, 12 acres swamp, remainder undulating, fern and tea-tree; Lot 57, about 40 acres rich swamp land, now being drained, remainder undulating, fern and tea-tree; Lot 56, about 25 acres undulating, fern and tea-tree, remainder swamp, now being drained; Lots 77, 76, 75, 74, and 70, portion swamp, remainder undulating, fern and tea-tree; Lots 82 and 85, open, undulating, fern and tea-tree; Lot 83, about 10 acres swamp, remainder open, undulating, fern and tea-tree; Lot 84, part swamp, part broken, has a gum-shed and store thereon; Lot 86, open, undulating, fern and tea-tree, a wooden building thereon valued at £10; Lots 87 and 88, open, broken, swampy, portions good soil; Lot 89, undulating, fern and tea-tree, wooden building thereon valued at £10; Lots 91, 92, 99, and 100, part broken, part swampy, portions good for cultivation.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Parish of Parahaki.

| W. pn. 22 | 29 0 0 | 50 15 0 |

Description of Land: Fern, &c., about half level, soil rather poor.

Description of Land: Lot 197, about 30 acres open land of fair quality, remainder forest, undulating and broken, containing some kauri, on main Whangarei and Parua Bay Road, about four miles from latter place; north-west portion Lot 199, broken bush land, on main road Whangarei and Parua Bay Road.

Parish of Waikare.

Description of Land: Open country, undulating poor land, about four and a half miles from Parua Bay by road, and situated on Taiharuru Harbour, a branch of the Pataua.

Subject to £4 for improvements.

Description of Land: Section 19A, Block XII., about three-fourths mixed bush, remainder open fern land, soil medium accessible by road.

OPUAWHANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Subject to £441 for improvements.

Description of Land: Section 12, Block VIII., about one-sixth open, remainder forest, small valley along stream, soil good, remainder broken; Section 5, Block VI., about 12 acres forest, 10 acres level, remainder broken, soil good, frontage to Whananaki Inlet.

Description of Land: These sections are all undulating, covered with short fern and tea-tree; the soil is generally poor, mostly well watered, and from two and a half to four miles from Runciman Railway-station by formed road. Lots 118 to 122 have frontage to tidal creek.

Parish of Waiuku East.