DEC. 5.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1221

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale
or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, Wiliam Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the
Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days
from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the
manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act,
and at the price per acre stated opposite such land in the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section. Area. Cash Price per Acre. Section. Area. Cash Price per Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.
Hukerenui Survey District.
Block V.
A. R. P.
3 | 50 0 0 | 20/
Description of Land: All
mixed forest (no kauri), on
main coach road to Kawa-
kawa.

MANUKAU COUNTY.
Pakuranga Parish.
277 | 25 1 0 | 20/
Description of Land: Open
land, rather broken, clay soil,
near Maungamaungaroa
Creek Bridge, about three
miles from Howick.

Wairoa Parish.
73 | 14 2 0 |
74 | 27 0 0 | 20/
75 | 77 0 0 |
Description of Land: Mixed
forest with some fern; about
5,000ft. kauri on Lot 73,
4,000ft. on Lot 74, and 6,000ft.
on Lot 75; land generally
very broken, clay soil.

RAGLAN COUNTY.
Onewhero Parish.
166 | 129 0 0 | 20/
Description of Land: Soil
fair, containing mixed bush
and fern.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.
Hukerenui Survey District.
Block XI.
11 | 55 3 36 | 25/
Description of Land:
Nearly all kahikatea forest,
with about 20 acres fern, a
little open, the remainder
mixed forest; situate on
main road, near Waiotu
Bridge.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.
Waimana Parish.
6A | 23 2 20 | 40/
Description of Land: Open
land, with a little swamp,
close to Whakatane.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.
Kaeo Survey District.
Block XII.
6 | 50 0 0 |
7 | 50 0 0 | 7/6
Description of Land: All
open fern land, except Sec-
tions 7, 10, 11, and 16, which
have each small clumps of
mixed bush.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.
Waoku Survey District.
44 | 61 2 0 | 15/

Description of Land: Good
soil, covered with mixed
forest, fern, &c.; the bush
contains puriri, taraire, rimu,
&c.; soil good; section fronts
Whirinaki River.

Whangape Survey District.
Block VII.
A. R. P.
25A | 10 0 0 | 10/
Description of Land: Nearly
all swampy forest land, with
a little open fern, in the
Herekino Settlement.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.
Mareretu Parish.
Section. Area. Cash Price per Acre.
127 | 56 0 16 |
171 | 63 3 16 |
172 | 69 2 8 | 10/
196A | 13 0 0 |
230 | 218 1 0 | 7/6
Description of Land: Sec-
tion 6, about two-thirds mixed
bush, remainder open, land
poor and stony; 7, about one-
third mixed bush, remainder
fern land, poor soil.

Kerikeri Survey District.
Block IX.
A. R. P.
9 | 85 0 22 | 5/
10 | 90 2 16 |

• Subject to improvements:
  Section 9 to £30, 10 to £50.
  Description of Land: Poor
  clay soil, undulating pastoral
  land, covered with fern and
  tea-tree.

Block XI.
21 | 50 0 0 | 10/
22 | 50 0 0 |
Description of Land: Un-
dulating fern land of fair
quality; no bush.

Block XIII.
1 | 34 1 0 | 10/
Description of Land: Open
land, on the Kerikeri River ;
10 acres of good quality, re-
mainder very poor.

HOBSON COUNTY.
Kaihu Survey District.
Block I.
7 | 150 2 32 | 7/6
8 | 121 0 32 |
Description of Land: Sec-
tion 7, open poor land; 8,
about 30 acres of mixed
bush, remainder poor fern
land.

Tutamoe Survey District.
Block XIII.
3 | 30 2 32 | 10/
4 | 51 0 32 |
5 | 50 0 16 |
7 | 73 1 8 |
8 | 62 3 16 |
11 | 146 0 32 | 7/6
12 | 79 2 0 |
13 | 138 2 32 |
14 | 197 2 16 |
16 | 95 2 8 | 10/
Description of Land: All
open fern land, except Sec-
tions 7, 10, 11, and 16, which
have each small clumps of
mixed bush.

RAGLAN COUNTY.
Karamu Parish.
206 | 145 3 0 | 15/
Description of Land: About
16 acres mixed bush, remain-
der undulating fern land with
about 15 acres of flax and
wiwi swamp, and 6 acres of
alluvial land, situate on Wai-
pa River.

RAGLAN COUNTY—continued.
Onewhero Parish—contd.
A. R. P.
178 | 159 1 0 |
179 | 153 0 0 | 10/
180 | 177 0 0 |
Description of Land: All
the above sections are covered
with mixed bush, fern, and
scrub, except Sections 171,
172, and 177 to 180, which
have more or less of flax and
raupo swamp upon them,
especially 177 to 180, which
are nearly all swamp. The
soil of the bush and fern lots
are fairly good, but the land
is broken. Lot 173 has a num-
ber of puriri sleepers cut and
stacked upon it.

Waipa Parish.
125 | 121 2 0 | 10/
Description of Land: All
mixed bush land, containing
a few totara trees; good;
well watered.

RODNEY COUNTY.
Puhoi Parish.
133 | 91 0 35 | 10/
Description of Land:
Broken forest land, well
watered, accessible by road
from Puhoi.

Matakana Parish.
114 | 78 0 0 | 10/
115 | 21 3 20 |
Description of Land: Open
fern and tea-tree land, situ-
ated at Matakana.

TAURANGA COUNTY.
Maketu Survey District.
11, 12,
and 15
} | 77 1 8 | 10/
Description of Land:
Broken forest land, at back
of Te Puke Settlement.

Block X.
1 | 181 0 0 | 20/
Description of Land: Open
land, fern and tutu, with a
few acres of mixed bush and
tea-tree, good soil.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.
Ararimu Parish.
N.W.
pn. 25
} | 80 0 0 | 15/
Description of Land: Nearly
all open land, with two small
patches of mixed bush.

Mairetahi Parish.
N.W.
pn. 7
} | 76 2 0 | 7/6
Description of Land: Open
land, with small patches
mixed bush.

WAIKATO COUNTY.
Whangamarino Parish.
444 | 150 0 0 | 10/
Description of Land: All
open land of second-class
quality, not far from Lake
Waikare.

RAGLAN COUNTY.
Onewhero Parish.
95* | 54 0 0 |
164 | 85 2 16 | 15/
168 | 98 1 0 |
169 | 108 3 16 |
170 | 189 0 0 |
171 | 213 1 0 | 10/
172 | 197 1 24 |
173 | 380 0 0 |
174 | 94 3 0 |
175 | 119 1 0 | 15/
176 | 80 2 16 |
177 | 108 3 20 |

• Subject to £70 for improve-
  ments.
  Description of Land: Lots
  100 and 101, fern land, each
  containing about 40 acres
  mixed bush; 103, all mixed
  bush, broken; 160, open fern
  land; 161, broken land, mixed
  bush, containing a few kauris,
  accessible by road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

W. R. RUSSELL,
(For the Minister of Lands.)