Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1405

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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, William 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 in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 2 | VIII. | 118 0 0 | 1 18 0 | 224 4 0 | 2 7 6 | 14 0 5 | 0 1 10½ | 5 12 1
All forest, about 75 acres agricultural flats and good spurs on Makaria and Kaitangi, hills good pastoral, sunny slopes, forest principally tawa, rata, and rimu, pine on the flats, undergrowth light, fuchsia is prevalent, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 3 | VIII. | 185 0 0 | 1 16 6 | 337 12 6 | 2 5 7½ | 21 2 1 | 0 1 9⁹⁄₁₀ | 8 8 10
All forest, about 60 acres agricultural flats and spurs in both the Makaria and Kaitangi Valleys, remainder good pastoral hills, mixed forest, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 4 | VIII. | 198 0 0 | 1 16 0 | 356 8 0 | 2 5 0 | 22 5 6 | 0 1 9⁶⁄₁₀ | 8 18 3
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural flats and spurs, remainder pastoral hills, broken near the western boundary, mixed forest, good soil, papa formation, fairly watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 5 | VIII. | 193 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 361 17 6 | 2 6 10½ | 22 12 4 | 0 1 10½ | 9 1 0
All forest, about 60 acres agricultural flats and spur-ends, remainder good pastoral hills, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 6 | VIII. | 199 0 0 | 1 16 6 | 363 3 6 | 2 5 7½ | 22 14 0 | 0 1 9⁹⁄₁₀ | 9 1 7
All forest, about 60 acres agricultural flats and spur-ends, small flat of 4 acres on Patea, remainder good pastoral hills, good soil, papa formation, outcrop of shell-rock on Patea, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 7 | VIII. | 151 0 0 | 1 15 6 | 268 0 6 | 2 4 4½ | 16 15 0 | 0 1 9³⁄₁₀ | 6 14 0
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural, including 25 acres of flat on Patea, remainder good pastoral hills, steep and broken facing Patea, mixed forest, soil good, papa formation, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 8 | VIII. | 118 0 0 | 1 16 6 | 215 7 0 | 2 5 7½ | 13 9 3 | 0 1 9³⁄₅ | 5 7 8
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural flats and terraces on the Makaria and Kaitangi Streams, the hills are good pastoral land, mixed forest, soil good, papa formation, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 9 | VIII. | 438 0 0 | 1 15 6 | 777 9 0 | 2 4 4½ | 48 11 10 | 0 1 9³⁄₁₀ | 19 8 9
All forest with exception of about 5 acres Maori clearing, 130 acres river-terraces, 100 of which suitable for agriculture, remainder pastoral; mixed forest, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaiire .. | 11 | VIII. | 240 0 0 | 2 1 0 | 492 0 0 | 2 11 3 | 30 15 0 | 0 2 0⁶⁄₁₀ | 12 6 0
All forest, 30 acres agricultural, remainder fair pastoral hills, gullies steep and broken in places, forest and undergrowth moderately heavy, soil good, papa formation, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 5 | XI. | 140 0 0 | 1 17 0 | 259 0 0 | 2 6 3 | 16 3 9 | 0 1 10²⁄₅ | 6 9 6
All forest, except 3 acres open swamp, 70 acres agricultural flats and low spurs, remainder good pastoral hills, sunny slopes, heavy bush of tawa, rata, pine, and dense undergrowth, soil good, somewhat wet near swamp, which is covered with flax, carex, and raupo, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 6 | XI. | 180 0 0 | 1 18 0 | 342 0 0 | 2 7 6 | 21 7 6 | 0 1 10⁸⁄₁₀ | 8 11 0
All forest, except 2 acres open swamp, 80 acres agricultural flats and low spurs, heavy mixed forest with dense undergrowth, soil good, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 7 | XI. | 167 0 0 | 2 6 0 | 384 2 0 | 2 17 6 | 24 0 2 | 0 2 3⁶⁄₁₀ | 9 12 1
All forest, except 1 acre of open swamp, 70 acres agricultural flats and low spurs, mixed forest, good soil, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 2 | XII. | 215 0 0 | 2 3 6 | 467 12 6 | 2 14 4½ | 29 4 6 | 0 2 2¹⁄₁₀ | 11 13 10
All forest, about 60 acres agricultural flats on streams, remainder good pastoral hills, moderate number of tawa, rimu, rata, &c., good soil, papa formation with outcrop of shell-rock, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 3 | XII. | 272 0 0 | 2 2 0 | 571 4 0 | 2 12 6 | 35 14 0 | 0 2 1³⁄₁₀ | 14 5 8
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, broken hills south of Tarere Range, mixed forest, good soil, papa formation.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 4 | XII. | 179 0 0 | 2 4 6 | 398 5 6 | 2 15 7½ | 24 17 10 | 0 2 2⁷⁄₁₀ | 9 19 2
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral hills, bush principally tawa with rata, &c., good soil, fairly watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 5 | XII. | 138 0 0 | 2 6 0 | 317 8 0 | 2 17 6 | 19 16 9 | 0 2 3⁶⁄₁₀ | 7 18 9
All forest, about 60 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral, bush principally tawa with rata, &c., good soil, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 7 | XII. | 173 0 0 | 2 6 0 | 397 18 0 | 2 17 6 | 24 17 5 | 0 2 3⁶⁄₁₀ | 9 18 11
All forest, about 70 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral, forest principally tawa with rata, &c., good soil, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 8 | XII. | 115 0 0 | 2 6 0 | 264 10 0 | 2 17 6 | 16 10 8 | 0 2 3⁶⁄₁₀ | 6 12 3
All forest, about 40 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral, bush and soil as above, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 9 | XII. | 115 0 0 | 2 6 0 | 264 10 0 | 2 17 6 | 16 10 8 | 0 2 3⁶⁄₁₀ | 6 12 3
All forest, about 40 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral, sunny spurs, bush principally tawa with rata, rimu, matai, &c., moderate timber and undergrowth, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 10 | XII | 198 0 0 | 2 2 0 | 415 16 0 | 2 12 6 | 25 14 10 | 0 2 1²⁄₁₀ | 10 7 10
All forest, about 40 acres agricultural, remainder fair pastoral, broken hill-sides, mixed forest, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaiire .. | 11 | XII. | 215 0 0 | 2 3 0 | 462 5 0 | 2 13 9 | 28 17 10 | 0 2 1⁸⁄₁₀ | 11 7 7
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural, remainder fair pastoral, a little broken, mixed forest, good soil, well watered.