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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Rural Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than thirty 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.
SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

COOK COUNTY.—MOTU* AND NGATAPA† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

XI., XII., XV.,} A. R. P. | 16,760 0 0 | 11/6 | /7 | /5½
and XVI.*
III. and IV.†

This block lies to the westward of and adjacent to the Gisborne–Opotiki Road, touching it at a point distant forty-one miles from the former place. It is bounded towards the north by the Crown lands thrown open for selection on the 1st June, 1892, and Section No. 1, Block XII., Motu Survey District (awarded to Wi Pere); towards the east by the Rangiriri Stream, the Waikohu River, the Waikohu, Matawai No. 1 Block, the Waikohu Block, and part of Run No. 47, leased by Messrs Hutchison Brothers; towards the south by Run No. 47 aforesaid; and towards the west by Crown land.

Chiefly covered with forest, some of it being heavy bush consisting of tawa, rata, rimu, &c., with supplejack under-scrub; and the remainder light bush, manuka scrub, konini, and fern country. The formation is principally papa, though there is some limestone and sandstone country in parts; while the soil is generally light, but with patches of good quality here and there. The block is well watered, the Waihuka and Waikohu Rivers with numerous tributaries running through it. The altitude ranges from 800ft. to 2,000ft., and the land, being mostly undulating and flat, though broken and hilly in parts, is well adapted for grazing and pastoral purposes. The northern portion of the block is accessible from Gisborne, distant forty-one miles by the main road from that place to Opotiki; the southern portion will be reached from Patutahi, when the road is completed in that direction.

A sum of money will be expended in continuing the widening of the Gisborne–Opotiki Road; and, as far as funds will allow, the roads through the block will be cleared, and horse-tracks formed. Contracts for several miles of work are now let. For this purpose 1s. 6d. an acre has been added to the price of the land.

COOK AND WAIROA COUNTIES.—NUHAKA NORTH DISTRICT.

VI., VII., X., XI., | 9,500 0 0 | 9/ to | /5½ to /8½ | /4½ to
XIV., XV. | | 14/ | | /6¾

Bounded towards the north and east by Crown land and the Maraetaha and Nuhaka Roads; towards the south by Crown lands opened for selection on the 18th June, 1890; and towards the west by the Tutaematuatua Stream, the Nuhaka No. 2 Block to peg xii. on the range, and then along the range to Trig. Station A.

Light pumice soil, part undulating and part broken country. The land is covered with mixed timber, consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, hinau, and matai, and is well watered by several small streams and the Nuhaka River running through the block. The elevation of the land ranges from about 1,000ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level, and the country though hilly is well adapted for pastoral purposes. It is accessible either from Gisborne, distant about thirty-three miles, or from the Nuhaka Pa, about ten miles.

A sum of money has been added to the price to cover the cost of roading without metalling.

MOTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

III., IV., VII., | 5,527 0 0 | 7/6 to | /4½ to /6 | /3½ to
VIII. | | 10/ | | /4¾

Forest country, situated on both sides of the watershed between the Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay. The land is hilly and in some parts broken, the altitude varying from 600ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level. The timber consists of rimu, matai, and other pines in the valleys and lower portions, together with tawa, hinau, rata, and black birch on the higher elevations. The soil is generally excellent, as shown by the luxuriant growth of grass always to be seen on the Ormond–Opotiki Road. In some places the formation is papa. The land is well watered by numerous streams, and, as there is a considerably greater rainfall more equally distributed throughout the year than in the open country, it should be well adapted for pastoral purposes. The eastern end of the block is distant forty-four miles from Gisborne by the Ormond–Opotiki Road, of which thirty-six miles are available for dray-traffic, and which is gradually being widened as funds become available. Beyond the thirty-six miles the road becomes a horse-track, but all on excellent grades.

An accommodation-house has been established at about three miles on the Gisborne side of the Motu Bridge, and close to that river. There are also huts and grass clearings at intervals all the way from the entrance of the main forest to the open land on the Opotiki side.

A village settlement has been laid out adjoining the accommodation-house site, and is now open for selection.

II., III., VI., VII., | A. R. P. | 5,500 0 0 | 11/6 | /7 | /5½
X., XI.

The blocks lie to the west of the Ormond–Opotiki Road, the south-eastern portion of it abutting on it at a point forty-two miles distant from Gisborne. There is a dray-road to within seven miles of the blocks, and the remainder is a good horse-track on permanent grades, a four-mile section of which is now being widened to a dray-road. The land, which will, when cleared, make good grazing country, is generally hilly and covered with forest, consisting chiefly of rimu, matai, tawa, rata, &c., in the valleys, with birch on the tops of the highest ridges. The elevation above sea-level ranges from 500ft. to 3,000ft., the bulk of the country being about 1,500ft. It is well watered by numerous streams, and the rainfall, which is large, is well distributed throughout the year. Formation is papa rock, with patches of sandstone and small veins of crystallized limestone interspersed. There is an accommodation-house on the main road, five miles from the northern end of the block, and a village settlement laid off in the same locality.

A sum of money will be expended in continuing the widening of the Ormond–Opotiki Road; and the road forming the western boundary of the blocks is now being cleared, and a horse-track formed: 1s. 6d. an acre has been added to the value of the land for this purpose.

NUHAKA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

VII., XIV., XV. | 2,410 0 0 | 12/6 to | /7½ to /10½ | /6 to /8¼
| | 17/6 | | |

The block, by the Nuhaka Road, which is in course of being felled and partially formed, is ten miles distant from the Nuhaka Pa, situated on the main road from Wairoa to Mahia. It is thirty miles distant from Gisborne, and about thirteen miles from the shipping-place at Mahia. It is, generally speaking, undulating hilly country, covered with mixed timber, consisting of rimu, rata, &c. The soil is light, but fairly good. The land generally is suitable for grazing purposes. There is a valuable hot spring which will be reserved for public purposes, together with an ample area around it. There are also some salt streams near this spring. The forest is for the most part light, consisting of tawa, pukatea, hinau, titoki, and kohekohe, with a few matai, totara, and rimu trees. The formation is generally papa and sandstone, with pumice here and there.

WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

I., II., XXVIII. | 8,635 0 0 | 7/6 to | /4½ to 1/ | /3½ to
| | 20/ | | /9½

Forest country, of an altitude varying from 1,500ft. to 3,500ft. above sea-level, the level of Waikaremoana, almost immediately north of the block, being 1,015ft.; the land is rather rough, and broken by gullies. The timber is black-birch, miro, totara, tawa, silver birch, white-pine, and rimu. There is a little flat land and a few spurs covered with Maori grass. The land is well watered by numerous streams, and, as there is a considerable rainfall during the year, it is well adapted for pastoral purposes. The block is connected with Wairoa, distant about thirty-four miles, by the Wairoa–Waikaremoana Road, now being constructed for dray-traffic, and an accommodation-house is being rebuilt.