June 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 829

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Taranaki | Tarurutangi | 68 | .. | 60 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 13 7 | 0 1 0 | 1 10 0
All forest, undulating, well watered, forest consists of rimu, pukatea, kohekohe, &c.; soil volcanic loam of good quality; situate on Upland Road, distant two miles from Junction Road and five miles from Inglewood; both roads formed.

Taranaki | Tarurutangi | 147 | .. | 61 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 3 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 2 14 6 | 0 1 0 | 1 10 6
All forest, level, a little swampy in south-eastern corner, well watered, light volcanic soil, forest consists of rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, tawa, rata, tawhero, &c.; fronts on Bedford Road, unformed; one and a half miles to Lepper Road, four and a half miles from Inglewood.

Clifton .. | Huiroa .. | 6 | IV. | 154 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 184 16 0 | 1 10 0 | 8 5 0 | 0 1 2·4 | 4 12 5
About one-third open and light scrub, remainder undulating, forest consists of tawa, tawhero, and smaller growth; well watered, soil light on papa subsoil; fronts Pukeho Road, unformed; three-quarters of a mile from Junction Road and five miles from Tarata Village.

Hawera .. | Kaupokonui .. | 50 | X. | 50 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 75 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 3 7 0 | 0 1 6 | 1 17 6
All forest, level agricultural land, good quality, well watered; fronts the Opunake–Stratford Road, adjoins Makaka Village, and is six and a half miles from Opunake by a formed and partly-metalled road, volcanic formation.

Stratford | Omona .. | 1 | V. | 239 0 0 | 1 14 9 | 415 5 3 | 2 3 5½ | 18 10 9 | 0 1 8·85 | 10 7 8
About 75 acres agricultural terraces and low spurs, remainder broken, good pastoral land, all forest, principally tawa, with rimu, matai, rata, &c., moderately heavy timber, undergrowth light on terraces and heavy on hill-sides, soil rich and light, formed from papa, shell-rock, and sand, well watered by the Patea, which is accessible at several places.

Stratford | Omona .. | 2 | V. | 253 0 0 | 1 18 9 | 490 3 9 | 2 8 5½ | 21 17 8 | 0 1 11·25 | 12 5 2
There are two old Maori clearings about 30 acres, now overgrown with light bush, about 120 acres of terraces and flats of agricultural land, remainder good low spurs, pastoral land, forest and soil same as Section 1, well watered by Patea and Mangaehu Rivers.

The sections in the Omona District are situate about twelve miles from Eltham Railway-station by Mountain and Anderson Roads, formed for two miles as cart-road, remainder pack-track. The sum of £301 7s. has been included in price, to cover cost of making the Anderson Road as a cart-road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 12 | VII. | 547 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 656 8 0 | 1 10 0 | 29 6 1 | 0 1 2·4 | 16 8 4
Twenty acres clearing, remainder forest, broken, light soil, about 150 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 13 | VII. | 450 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 540 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 24 2 2 | 0 1 2·4 | 13 10 0
Twenty acres fern and scrub, remainder forest, broken, light soil, about 120 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 14 | VII. | 298 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 357 12 0 | 1 10 0 | 15 19 3 | 0 1 2·4 | 8 18 10
Twelve acres manuka scrub, remainder forest, broken, light soil, about 50 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 15 | VII. | 207 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 248 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 11 1 10 | 0 1 2·4 | 6 4 2
All forest, principally tawa, undulating, good soil, about 50 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 16 | VII. | 325 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 390 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 17 8 3 | 0 1 2·4 | 9 15 0
All forest, principally tawa, undulating, good soil, about 100 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 17 | VII. | 540 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 648 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 28 18 7 | 0 1 2·4 | 16 4 0
All forest, principally tawa, undulating, good soil, about 150 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 18 | VII. | 1070 0 0 | 1 1 6 | 1150 5 0 | 1 6 10½ | 51 7 0 | 0 1 0·9 | 28 15 3
All forest, principally tawhero, broken, light soil, about 170 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 3 | VIII. | 980 0 0 | 1 1 6 | 1053 10 0 | 1 6 10½ | 47 0 8 | 0 1 0·9 | 26 6 9
Thirty acres scrub, remainder forest, broken, well watered, light soil, about 150 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 4 | VIII. | 736 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 883 4 0 | 1 10 0 | 39 8 7 | 0 1 2·4 | 22 1 8
Forty acres clearing, remainder forest, broken, light soil, about 130 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 5 | VIII. | 646 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 775 4 0 | 1 10 0 | 34 12 2 | 0 1 2·4 | 19 7 8
Forty acres manuka scrub, remainder forest, broken, light soil, about 120 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Taranaki | Huiroa .. | 7 | VIII. | 214 0 0 | 1 4 0 | 256 16 0 | 1 10 0 | 11 9 3 | 0 1 2·4 | 6 8 5
Thirty acres clearing, remainder forest, broken, well watered, light soil, about 80 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral.

Stratford | Huiroa .. | 22 | XII. | 420 0 0 | 1 1 6 | 451 10 0 | 1 6 10½ | 20 3 2 | 0 1 0·9 | 11 5 9
All forest, principally tawhero, broken, light soil, about 70 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, well watered.

Huiroa District: The hills are generally about 250ft. above the valleys, soil papa formation. The block is situated about eleven miles from the Midhirst Railway-station, by the Beaconsfield, Stanley, and Makara Roads, partly formed, and about twelve miles from Inglewood by the Junction, Kawau, and Motukawa Roads, nine miles of which are formed cart-road. The sum of £2,093 4s. 6d. has been included in the price, to cover cost of roading without metalling.

Patea | Kapara .. | 1 | I. | 1880 0 0 | 0 17 5 | 1637 3 4 | 1 1 9½ | 73 1 9 | 0 0 10·45 | 40 18 8
All forest, mostly broken pastoral land, light bush, principally tawa, with some rata; accessible by Waitotara River, on which are some bad rapids; distance from Waitotara Township forty-three miles; about thirty miles overland, ten of which are by dray-road and six by bridle-track; tender let for three miles more bush-track.