1270 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 61

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT—continued.

| County. | District. | Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price | Occupation with Right of Purchase: | Lease in Perpetuity: |
| | | | | | Per Acre. | Total Price. | Rent, 5 per Cent. | Rent, 4 per Cent. |
| | | | | | | | Rent per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent. | Rent per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent. |
| | | | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d. |

FIRST-CLASS LAND—continued.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 25 | XIV. | 270 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 405 0 0 | 1 6 | 10 2 6 | 1 2·4 | 8 2 0
Nearly all light bush and heavy scrub; very steep; pastoral country; soil good; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 26 | XIV. | 118 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 153 8 0 | 1 3·6 | 3 16 8 | 1 0·48 | 3 1 5
" .. | " .. | 27 | " | 120 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 156 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 3 18 0 | 1 0·48 | 3 2 5
" .. | " .. | 28 | " | 125 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 162 10 0 | 1 3·6 | 4 1 3 | 1 0·48 | 3 5 0
" .. | " .. | 29 | " | 150 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 195 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 4 17 6 | 1 0·48 | 3 18 0
High manuka; undulating country; fairly good soil.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 30 | XIV. | 374 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 486 4 0 | 1 3·6 | 12 3 3 | 1 0·48 | 9 14 7
Heavy forest land, with dense underscrub; timber principally tawa, rimu, rata; soil good, but country broken; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 1 | XV. | 272 0 0 | 1 2 0 | 299 4 0 | 1 1·2 | 7 9 7 | 0 10·56 | 5 19 8
Undulating, open country, with manuka scrub; well watered; soil medium to poor.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 2 | XV. | 276 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 414 0 0 | 1 6 | 10 7 0 | 1 2·4 | 8 5 7
High manuka, with patches of light bush; undulating; soil good; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 3 | XV. | 325 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 487 10 0 | 1 6 | 12 3 9 | 1 2·4 | 9 15 0
Half light bush, balance manuka; land broken; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 4 | XV. | 305 0 0 | 1 13 0 | 503 5 0 | 1 7·8 | 12 11 8 | 1 3·84 | 10 1 4
Half light bush, balance manuka and rough grass; mostly undulating; good soil.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 5 | XV. | 400 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 600 0 0 | 1 6 | 15 0 0 | 1 2·4 | 12 0 0
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 385 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 577 10 0 | 1 6 | 14 8 9 | 1 2·4 | 11 11 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 300 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 450 0 0 | 1 6 | 11 5 0 | 1 2·4 | 9 0 0
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 300 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 450 0 0 | 1 6 | 11 5 0 | 1 2·4 | 9 0 0
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 319 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 414 14 0 | 1 3·6 | 10 7 4 | 1 0·48 | 8 5 11
Mixed light bush and high manuka; steep near top of range, remainder undulating; soil good; well watered.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 12 | XV. | 340 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 443 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 11 1 0 | 1 0·48 | 8 16 10
Light bush, manuka, with some rough grass; principally easy country.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 13 | XV. | 322 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 418 12 0 | 1 3·6 | 10 9 4 | 1 0·48 | 8 7 6
Light bush and manuka mixed; undulating country.

Waipawa .. | Takapau .. | 14 | XV. | 250 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 325 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 8 2 6 | 1 0·48 | 6 10 0
" .. | " .. | 15 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 260 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 6 10 0 | 1 0·48 | 5 4 0
" .. | " .. | 16 | " | 205 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 266 10 0 | 1 3·6 | 6 13 3 | 1 0·48 | 5 6 7
Undulating country, covered with manuka and patches of light bush; Section 16 is about half open, rough grass and rushes.

Waipawa .. | Mangatoro | 1 | II. | 198 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 257 8 0 | 1 3·6 | 6 8 9 | 1 0·48 | 5 8 0
High manuka; undulating country; soil fairly good.

Waipawa .. | Mangatoro | 1 | III. | 300 0 0 | 1 6 0 | 390 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 9 15 0 | 1 0·48 | 7 16 0
Two-thirds light bush, one-third manuka; broken country; small flats along river.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF BLOCK.

The portion of the Waikopiro Block to be thrown open for selection lies to the eastward of the Ormondville Township, on the Napier-Wellington Railway, the nearest section being distant two miles and a half from the railway, and the bulk of the block is within seven miles. Its extent is 10,000 acres, and outside of that set apart as a village it is subdivided into sections varying in size from 20 to 400 acres. About 3,000 acres is covered with forest, the remainder being large manuka, light bush, scrub, low tea-tree, and about 400 acres of open grass land. Speaking generally, the country is from undulating to broken, though a large proportion of it will eventually be brought under the plough. Three parallel ridges of limestone formation, varying in height from 1,600ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level, run through the block, the valleys being from 1,000ft. to 1,200ft. above the sea, or about the height of the country round Ormondville. With the exception of a few hundred acres it is good country, magnificently watered throughout, and well adapted for dairy and pastoral pursuits. In the grass country, three miles and three-quarters from the Papatu Railway-station, Whetukura Village has been laid off, which will be thrown open for selection under village-settlement conditions. Road-works have for some months been in progress, £1,600 having been spent in giving access to and opening up the block. A 16ft. road, with good grades, has been formed across the gorge of the Manawatu River, and the road felled and cleared for a mile and three-quarters through the forest to the village-site. Formation and the clearing of the roads through the block is now being proceeded with.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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 ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; 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."