Land Descriptions and Prices




Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

| Sec- | Area. | Cash | Sec- | Area. | Cash |
| tion. | | Price per | tion. | | Price per |
| | | Acre. | | | Acre. |

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.
TANGIHUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block I.
A. R. P.
W. pn. } 60 0 0 | 10/
8
Block II.
12 | 100 0 0 | 10/
13 | 99 0 0 | 10/
14 | 101 0 0 | 10/
15 | 109 0 0 | 10/
16 | 106 0 0 | 10/
17 | 100 0 0 | 10/
18 | 101 1 20 | 10/
19 | 99 2 5 | 10/
20 | 100 0 0 | 10/
22 | 97 2 0 | 10/
23 | 65 0 0 | 10/
25 | 102 0 0 | 10/
26 | 101 0 0 | 15/
27 | 100 0 0 | 10/
28 | 105 0 0 | 10/
29 | 80 0 0 | 10/
30 | 103 0 0 | 15/

Description of Land.
Block I.: Western portion 8,
heavy timber, rather broken,
excellent soil, dark loam.
Block II.: Sections 12 to 26,
common forest, good soil,
undulating, a little kauri and
totara; 26, common forest,
level, good soil; 27, 28, 29,
30, common forest, good soil,
undulating.

PURUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
(Near Whangarei.)
Block I.
17 | 35 2 0 |
25 | 40 0 0 |
26 | 40 0 0 |
50 | 40 0 0 |
51 | 32 0 0 |
59 | 40 0 0 |
63 | 48 0 0 | 10/
65 | 40 0 0 |
67 | 40 0 0 |
68 | 40 0 0 |
70 | 209 0 0 |
71 | 40 0 0 |
72 | 34 0 0 |

Description of Land.—Sec-
tion 17, good clay soil, undu-
lating, taraire forest with a
little kauri and plenty of
totara; 25, good clay soil,
undulating, mixed forest with
a little kauri; 26, good clay
soil, undulating, mixed forest,
about one-half heavy ma-
nuka; 50 and 51, good clay
soil, undulating, mixed forest,
a little kauri; 63, about one-
half cold clay, with rushes,
remainder fern; 65, about 8
acres good clay, fern, and
tea-tree, remainder forest
with a good deal of kauri;
67 and 68, good clay soil,
undulating, mixed forest with
a little kauri; 70, good clay
soil, broken, mixed forest with
a good deal of kauri and
totara, bounded by Apungo
Stream; 71, good clay soil,
broken, mixed forest with a
little kauri and totara; 72,
good clay soil, undulating,
mixed forest with a little
kauri and totara.

Block II.
2 | 78 0 0 | 15/
3 | 82 0 0 | 15/
4 | 80 0 0 | 15/
6 | 55 0 0 | 10/
7 | 180 0 0 | 10/

| Sec- | Area. | Cash | Sec- | Area. | Cash |
| tion. | | Price per | tion. | | Price per |
| | | Acre. | | | Acre. |

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.
Description of Land.
Undulating lands, covered
with fern rushes and flax.
Block IX.
A. R. P.
3* | 20 2 32 | 15/
4 | 27 0 0 |

  • Subject to £30 for improve-
    ments.
    Description of Land.
    Section 3, level, about 12
    acres good soil, remainder
    rather poor, 3 or 4 acres bush,
    remainder fern and scrub; 4,
    nearly level, soil good, origi-
    nally all bush.

OPUAWHANGA SURVEY DIS-
TRICT.
Block VI.
1 | 127 1 8 | 10/
11 | 40 0 0 | 15/
14 | 48 2 0 | 15/
15 | 48 1 0 | 15/
16 | 50 0 0 | 12/6
17 | 50 0 0 | 12/6
18 | 50 0 0 | 12/6
21 | 50 0 0 | 12/6
22 | 50 0 0 | 12/6
26 | 48 1 0 | 15/
27 | 49 0 0 | 15/
28 | 48 2 10 | 15/
29 | 48 2 0 | 15/
34 | 47 1 31 | 15/

Block IX.
8 | 40 2 16 | 15/
11 | 46 3 12 | 15/
14 | 46 1 0 | 12/6
15 | 50 0 0 | 12/6

Description of Land.
Section 1, all bush, scattered
kauri, in all about 10 acres,
some of acres level, remainder
broken. The other sections
consist of bush and open
lands, of fair quality, near
Whananaki River.

PARISH OF OWHIWA.
32 } 21 2 32 | 15/
33
34 } 19 0 12 | 15/
35
36 }
37 } 50 1 6 | 15/
39
40
41 } 44 2 24 | 15/
42
43 } 16 2 36 | 15/
45
47 } 13 1 25 | 15/
48
49 } 12 0 4 | 15/
50 } 12 1 0 | 15/
51 } 10 2 20 | 15/
171 | 46 3 24 |
173 | 29 3 0 |
175, } 32 2 0 | 10/
W. pn. }
176
197 | 65 2 0 |
228 | 25 3 8 |
230 | 45 1 0 |

Description of Land.
Lots 32 to 51 inclusive, mixed
bush containing a good deal
of puriri, rather broken, well
watered, close to Whangarei
Harbour on main road be-
tween Whangarei and Parua
Bay, land of fair quality; 50
and 51, swampy, but easily
drained; 197, about 30 acres
open land of fair quality, re-
mainder forest, undulating
and broken, contains some
kauri, on main Whangarei-
Parua Bay Road, about 4
miles from Parua Bay.

PARISH OF MANAIA.
A. R. P.
S.E. } 48 3 24 | 10/
pn. 52

Description of Land.
Broken, short fern and scrub,
road-frontage to Whangarei
Harbour.

PARISH OF HIKURANGI.
82 | 78 3 0 |
83 | 82 0 0 | 10/
84 | 115 2 27 |

Description of Land.—Sec-
tion 82, small quantity of
bush, remainder fern, &c.,
undulating, part light vol-
canic, soil fair; 83, small
quantity of bush, 20 acres
level, remainder broken, fern,
&c., soil good; 84, about 7
acres bush, level land, re-
mainder undulating and
broken, soil patchy.

PARISH OF WAIPU.
277 | 417 0 0 | 10/

Description of Land.—66
acres manuka, remainder
bush, some kauri, broken.

WHANGAROA COUNTY.
WHANGAROA SURVEY DIS-
TRICT.
Block VII.
4 | 28 2 30 | 15/

Description of Land.—Sec-
tion 4, undulating pastoral
land, covered with short tea-
tree and fern.

WAIKATO COUNTY.
PARISH OF KIRIKIROA.
N. pn. } 40 0 6 | 10/
65

Description of Land.—Low-
lying wet land, covered with
manuka scrub; accessible by
road.

PARISH OF WHANGAMARINO.
169 | 86 0 0 |
397 | 213 1 36 |
411 | 200 0 0 |
412 | 222 3 14 |
413 | 200 0 0 |
414 | 200 0 0 |
415 | 200 0 0 |
416 | 197 2 0 |
417 | 201 0 0 |
418 | 207 0 0 |
419 | 200 3 0 |
420 | 189 2 0 |
421 | 200 0 0 |
422 | 188 2 0 |
423 | 187 2 0 |
424 | 186 0 0 |
425 | 179 0 0 |
426 | 217 0 0 | 10/

Description of Land.—Lot
169, 21 acres bush, 9 acres
light tea-tree, 4 acres swamp,
remainder high fern; 397,
about half swamp, remainder
fern land, soil very good, ac-
cessible by road; 411 to 426
inclusive, situated at head of
Whangamarino River, land
somewhat broken, soil fair,
both bush and open, well
watered.

| Sec- | Area. | Cash | Sec- | Area. | Cash |
| tion. | | Price per | tion. | | Price per |
| | | Acre. | | | Acre. |

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.
WAIPA COUNTY.
PARISH OF PUKETE.
A. R. P.
88 | 242 2 31 | 12/6
144A | 10 1 11 | 15/
150 | 106 0 0 | 10/
151 | 48 0 0 | 10/
171 | 37 2 0 | 10/
174A | 29 0 0 | 10/
175 | 51 2 0 | 10/
176 | 48 0 0 | 10/
190 | 40 0 0 | 10/

Description of Land.
Generally undulating fern
land or swamp; Lot 144A,
about 8 acres level, fern and
manuka scrub, remainder
gully; soil fair, well watered,
accessible by road.

PARISH OF TUHIKARAMEA.
81 | 50 0 0 |
82 | 49 0 0 | 10/
83 | 50 0 0 |
90 | 50 0 0 |

Description of Land.
Generally undulating, or
swampy.

PARISH OF NGAROTO.
182 | 34 1 0 | 10/
361 | 50 0 0 |

Description of Land.
Swampy.

PARISH OF HOROTIU.
3 | 49 3 0 |
4 | 50 0 0 |
26 | 50 0 0 | 10/
27 | 49 0 0 |
29 | 50 0 0 |

Description of Land.—Sec-
tions 3, 4, 26, and 27, open
undulating land.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.
PARISH OF OKURA.
36 | 41 0 0 | 10/
40 | 120 2 36 | 10/
41 | 113 3 28 | 10/
42 | 157 3 19 | 10/
43 | 104 3 15 | 15/
53 | 49 1 0 | 10/
54 | 51 2 22 | 10/
55 | 52 2 6 | 10/
56 | 48 2 17 | 10/
59 | 56 3 0 | 15/
60 | 57 2 11 | 15/
66 | 171 0 0 | 15/
68 | 74 0 0 | 15/
69 | 165 1 0 | 15/
70 | 101 0 0 | 15/

Description of Land.—Lot
36, undulating, covered with
fern and tea-tree; 40, 41, and
42, broken, chiefly open,
small bushes and tea-tree in
gullies between 1 and 2 miles
of New North Road; 43,
chiefly open, little forest and
high tea-tree, 50 acres flat,
remainder broken; 53 and
54, open lands, frontages to
New North Road; 55 and 56,
very broken, tea-tree and re-
mains of bushes in gullies;
59, about two-thirds open and
broken, flat near Okura River,
frontage to Okura River, sub-
ject to a chain reserve; 60,
open, three-fourths broken,
remainder small bushes along
river; 66 to 69 inclusive,
poor land with small patches
of good soil in gullies; 70,
about 4 acres light bush, re-
mainder poor broken land.



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