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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

FIRST-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.
Waimarino-Atuahae Block.—Wanganui County.—Manganui, Makotuku, and Rarete Survey Districts.

Bounded towards the north and north-east by Crown lands; towards the east by the Makotuku Valley Road and Crown lands set aside for a farm-homestead association; towards the south by Native land; and towards the west by the Mangoihe Block and Reserve A, Waimarino Block.

This block is situated on both sides of the Pipiriki-Ohakune Road, and extends westward from the Makotuku Stream to the Ararimu and Mangaetoroa Streams, and it runs northward to the Orautoha Stream, excluding the portion being taken up for farm-homestead purposes on the Makotuku, as shown on the published lithograph.

The area comprises hilly and undulating country in the northern and western parts, with flats more or less extensive along the Makotuku Stream. The formation generally is papa, and the soil throughout good, in many parts being deep loam. The block is permanently watered with mountain streams large and clear, which the removal of the timber is not likely to affect seriously.

The block is covered with mixed forest, consisting chiefly of rimu, rata, maire, tawa, matai, kahikatea, miro, tawhero, &c., the undergrowth is of the ordinary character, with supplejacks, &c., but contains an unusually large number of shrubs suitable for cattle-feed.

The main access is from Pipiriki, on the Wanganui River, distant about eleven miles, and the block is at present approached therefrom by the Pipiriki–Karioi horse-road, which runs through the block, and which is now being widened throughout as a main road for dray-traffic. A river-steamer is under contract to run to Pipiriki from Wanganui every week. Other dray- and horse-roads will also be constructed during the next twelve months, so as to insure all parts of the area offered being tapped by a road either of the one class or of the other, a sum of 7s. 6d. per acre having been added to the price of the land for this purpose.

This land is being offered subject to “The North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act Amendment Act, 1889,” section 4, subsection (4) of which reads as follows: “No person or body shall have any right or claim to the proceeds of the sale, lease, or other alienation or disposition of the lands acquired or to be acquired as aforesaid, otherwise than as herein specially provided.” Therefore no “thirds” from lands selected on the deferred-payment or perpetual-lease systems in this block will be available for payment to the local bodies to be expended in the construction or maintenance of roads and bridges leading to or opening up the sections from which they are derived, as provided by sections 127 and 160 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

The 200-acre section shown on the plan, and situated on the south side of the Pipiriki Road, between pegs lxv. and xci., is weighted with £61 for improvements. The person now occupying this land is to be allowed to cut the grass and dig the potato-crop now growing thereon.

The block can be approached from the south by the Hunter ville–Karioi Road, now under construction for cart-traffic, and by Hale’s and Field’s horse-roads from the west coast centres in Wellington Provincial District north of Marton, whilst from Napier it can be approached by the inland Patea–Karioi Road, and it may eventually be approached from the Auckland District by the road along the North Island Main Trunk Railway-line.

The general elevation is from 1,400ft. to 2,600ft. above sea-level; the climate is more bracing than on the sea-coast in the Wellington District, during summer the days are brighter and warmer, with cold nights, frosts are sharp in winter, and falls of snow are not uncommon.

The block, when cleared, will be well suited for pastoral purposes, and ultimately adapted for agriculture and fruit-growing.

Mr. Mountfort, Government Surveyor, now camped on the northern portion of the block, will give every information to any intending selectors calling upon him and asking his advice.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1892.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” either for cash, on deferred payments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Friday, the 18th March, 1892, when the first applicant on any tenure will be entitled to the area applied for:—

FIRST-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.
North-east Puketoi Block.—Makuri and Mount Cerberus Survey Districts.

Bounded on the north-east by the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay; on the south-east by Crown lands and the Coonoor Farm-homestead Block; on the south-west by the Middle Makuri Puketoi Block; and on the north-west by the North Puketoi Block.

This block consists of hilly and undulating lands, the western portion being in many places steep, with broken gullies; out towards the east it improves, and has more of a plateau or undulating character. The formation is limestone, papa, and sandstone, with soil from good to first-class. The timber consists of rata, rimu, hinau, miro, tawa, tawhero, and totara, with a dense underscrub consisting of matipo, supplejacks, &c. The altitude ranges from about 1,000ft. to 2,600ft. The block is generally well watered throughout. The principal access will be from Pahiatua, vid Makuri Township, to which points roads are either made or are now under construction, distance about twenty-three miles. There is also another approach vid Makairo Road, a dray-road being made eleven and a half miles from Pahiatua, or within two and a quarter miles of the land.

From Makuri Township, and within the block itself, horse- and dray-roads will be made by the Government through the entire area to the extent of the funds available, a sum of 6s. per acre having been added to the price of the land for this purpose.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1892.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” either for cash, on deferred payments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1892, when the first applicant on any tenure will be entitled to the area applied for:—

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.
Oroua-Coal Creek North Block.—Oroua County.—Abiti Survey District.

Bounded towards the north by the Feilding Special-settlement Block; towards the east by Coal Creek and Crown lands; towards the south by the Oroua-Coal Creek Block; and towards the west by the Oroua River.

This block is situated between the Oroua River and Coal Creek, and extends from that part of the Oroua-Coal Creek Block, already sold, northwards for four miles, to the Feilding Special-settlement Block. The area comprises generally broken and undulating hills, intersected by deep gullies, which merge into gorges, there being some small flats on the Oroua River and Coal Creek, and easy faces and flat tops of considerable size along the main ridge and western slopes towards the Oroua.