MAR. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 431

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

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, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 New Zealand Gazette, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Piako .. | Aroha .. | 78 | IX. | 10 0 0 | 4 0 0 | 40 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 4 0 | 1 0 0
Open land, near Te Aroha Township and railway-line; house, worth £20, erected upon it.

Waikato .. Suburbs of New- | 179 } | .. | 10 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0
castle North | 180 } | .. | | | | | | | |
Nearly all kahikatea swamp; bush very much destroyed and of little value.

Waikato .. | Taupiri .. | 467 | .. | 181 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 226 17. 6 | 1 11 3 | 14 3 8 | 0 1 3 | 5 13 6
Nearly all kahikatea and mixed bush land, with frontage to Maungawara River; level land, rich alluvial soil.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga | Whangape .. | 3 | I. | 59 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 29 12 6 | 0 12 6 | 1 17 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 14 10
" | " .. | 4 | " | 67 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 33 12 6 | 0 12 6 | 2 2 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 16 10
" | " .. | 5 | " | 59 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 29 12 6 | 0 12 6 | 1 17 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 14 10
" | " .. | 6 | " | 46 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 23 2 6 | 0 12 6 | 1 8 11 | 0 0 6 | 0 11 7
" | " .. | 7 | " | 38 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 19 5 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 4 1 | 0 0 6 | 0 9 8
" | " .. | 10 | " | 38 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 19 2 6 | 0 12 6 | 1 3 11 | 0 0 6 | 0 9 7
" | " .. | 13 | " | 41 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 20 15 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 6 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 10 5
" All good land, covered with mixed forest, situated in the Mangonui-owae Valley. Sections Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are intersected by the main road to Takahue.

Manukau | Hunua .. | 206 | .. | 81 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 40 15 0 | 0 12 6 | 2 11 0 | 0 0 6 | 1 0 5
Heavy mixed forest, containing rimu, rata and tawa; undulating land, fair soil.

Raglan | Whaingaroa .. | 126 | .. | 82 1 24 | 0 10 0 | 41 5 0 | 0 12 6 | 2 11 7 | 0 0 6 | 1 0 8
Broken forest land of fair quality, with frontage to main formed road.

Rodney | Komokoriki .. | 80 | .. | 104 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 52 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 5 0 | 0 0 6 | 1 6 0
Broken forest land, sandstone and clay soil, well watered; 2s. 6d. per acre added for roading.

Rodney .. | Tauhoa .. | 200 | .. | 280 2 0 | 0 9 6 | 133 4 9 | 0 11 10½ | 8 6 6 | 0 0 53½ | 3 6 8
" | " .. | 201 | .. | 350 0 0 | 0 9 6 | 166 5 0 | 0 11 10½ | 10 7 9 | 0 0 53½ | 4 3 2
Waikato .. | Komakorau .. | 231 | .. | 129 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 48 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 3 0 6 | 0 0 4½ | 1 4 3
" | " .. | 232 | .. | 151 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 56 12 6 | 0 9 4½ | 3 10 10 | 0 0 4½ | 1 8 5
" From 15 to 20 acres of swamp in each section; the remainder open land, poor clay soil; situated about two miles from Taupiri Railway-station.

Whakatane | Matata .. | 113 | .. | 52 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 26 2 6 | 0 12 6 | 1 12 8 | 0 0 6 | 0 13 1
" | " .. | 114 | .. | 38 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 19 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 3 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 9 6
" Section 113, open land, covered with tea-tree and toitoi; 114, about 20 acres river flat, remainder very poor land, covered with short teatree; both lots adjoin the Rangitaiki River.

Whakatane | Waioeka .. | 363A | .. | 200 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 6 5 0 | 0 0 6 | 2 10 0
About 25 acres flat, partly swamp, remainder undulating to broken land, good soil, about two-thirds mixed forest, remainder fern and scrub; situated about four miles from the coast, and about a mile from the Waiawa River.

Whangarei | Whangarei .. | 9 | XI. | 50 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 9 4½ | 1 3 6 | 0 0 4½ | 0 9 6
Broken forest land, containing 2 or 3 acres of flat land along stream.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Whaingaroa, and containing approximately 4,300 acres. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 46 and 45 of the Parish of Whaingaroa; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 115 and 114 of the same parish, and by a right line being the production of the south-western boundary of the last-named section; towards the south-east by the south-eastern boundary of the Parish of Whaingaroa; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 104A, 124, 106, and 107 of the said parish; and towards the north-west generally by Sections Nos. 65, 64, 63, 21, 100, 41, 83, 84, 81, and 80 of the said parish, and by a reserve to the point of commencement: save and except Section No. 125 of the said Parish of Whaingaroa from the area hereinbefore described.

All very broken land of fair description, covered with dense forest, and not very accessible. Cash price, 7s. 6d. per acre.

Whangarei County.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks IV., V., and VII., Purua Survey District, and containing approximately 3,200 acres. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 2 of Block IV., Purua Survey District, and by Sections Nos. 81 and 7 of the Parish of Whangarei; towards the south-east generally by Section No. 26 of the said parish, by the Waihirere Block, by Section No. 2 of Block V., Section No. 1 of Block IV., and Section No. 18 of Block VII., of Purua Survey District, and by the Maketawa, Tunahia, Whakaparapara, and Waipapa Blocks; towards the south-west generally by Section No. 19 of Block VII., Purua Survey District, and by Sections Nos. 145, 12, and 13 of the Parish of Ruatangata; towards the west generally by Section No. 4 of Block IV., Purua Survey District, by Section No. 16A of the Parish of Ruatangata, and by Sections Nos. 3 and 1A of Block IV. aforesaid; and towards the north-west by the Papakuri A Block to the point of commencement.

Nearly all deep swamp; situated about three miles from Kamo Railway-station. Cash price, 7s. 6d. per acre.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands,