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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 68

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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,” 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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

About 40 acres flat in grass and 5 acres cultivated; the balance is mixed forest land.

| Waitemata | Waipareira*.. | 166 | .. | 27 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 37 2 6 | 1 4·5 | 0 18 7 | 1 1 | 0 14 11 |

Open fern land, near Swanson Railway-station. The section contains a house.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Sections 21 to 24, Block IX., all broken land of fair quality, covered with mixed forest, and are well watered. These sections are situated upon the sea-coast, from three to four miles from Whananaki, and have a northerly aspect. Section 2, Block X., comprises 20 acres flat in grass, about 5 acres swamp, and the balance mixed forest land. The section is situated upon the Matapouri Bay, and lies about seven miles from the Whananaki Post-office. Sections 3 and 4, Block XIII., broken forest land, well watered, and situated upon the coast, six miles from Whananaki Post-office. Sections 5 and 11, Blocks XIII. and XIV., are nearly all broken forest land of fair quality, and well watered; situated about seven miles from Whananaki Post-office, and on the sea-coast. Section 2, Block IV., Whangarei, and Sections 7, 8, and 9, Block XIV., Opuawhanga Survey District, comprise broken and undulating lands, covered with heavy bush—principally taraire, puriri, and kauri. The land is well watered, and suited for pastoral purposes. Sections 8 and 9 are somewhat more broken than the others. These sections are situated at the head of the Tutukaka Harbour, between Ngunguru and Whananaki.

Section N.W. 145, open land of fair quality, situated at Oruawharo Point, eastern coast. Section 19, two-thirds very broken land covered with heavy forest, balance open land and cliffs. Situated fifteen miles from Blind Bay.

| Hobson | Tatarariki* .. | S.pn.13 | .. | 39 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 25 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 12 6 | 0 6 | 0 10 0 |

About one-half kahikatea forest, balance tea-tree, flax, and raupo swamp, fronting the Wairoa River.

| Hokianga | Whangape .. | 24 | IX. | 50 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6 |

Broken forest land, situated at Herekino Settlement.

Broken forest land, from four to six miles from Raglan Post-office.

| Raglan.. | Pirongia* .. | 214 | .. | 49 2 27 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6 |

Comprises two-thirds swamp, balance open fern land; situated about two miles from Harapipi.

| Rodney | Tauhoa* .. | 178A | .. | 75 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 18 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 15 0 |

All heavy mixed forest land, near post-office, Glorit.

| Rodney | Mangawai* .. | S.pn.21 | .. | 45 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 11 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 5 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 6 |

Open land, near Mangawai.

One-third mixed forest land, balance open; situated about a mile and a half from proposed Waitanga Railway-station.

| Waitemata | Waipareira*.. | 154 | .. | 81 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 20 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 10 3 | 0 2·4 | 0 8 3 |

Open poor land, three miles from Henderson Post-office.

| Waitemata | Okura* .. | 40 & 41 | .. | 233 2 24 | 0 5 0 | 58 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 9 3 | 0 2·4 | 1 3 5 |

Nearly all open land, about three miles and a half from Lucas Creek Post-office.

• Parish. † Great Barrier Island.