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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 62

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 one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” 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 on and after the eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven ; 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 land 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

| Taranaki .. | Egmont .. | 1 | I. | 167 R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | " | 152 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 209 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 5 4 6 | 1 1·2 | 4 3 8 |
| " .. | Cape .. | 8 | VII. | 181 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 226 5 0 | 1 3 | 5 13 2 | 1 0 | 4 10 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 11 | " | 182 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 228 2 6 | 1 3 | 5 14 1 | 1 0 | 4 11 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 16 | " | 162 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 202 10 0 | 1 3 | 5 1 3 | 1 0 | 4 1 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | X. | 170 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 212 10 0 | 1 3 | 5 6 3 | 1 0 | 4 5 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 155 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 193 15 0 | 1 3 | 4 16 11 | 1 0 | 3 17 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 14 | " | 159 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 198 15 0 | 1 3 | 4 19 5 | 1 0 | 3 19 6 |

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

| Taranaki .. | Egmont .. | 3 | I. | 203 0 0 | 1 1 8 | 219 18 4 | 1 1 | 5 10 0 | 0 10·6 | 4 8 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 1 | V. | 242 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 121 5 0 | 0 6 | 3 10 8 | 0 4·8 | 2 8 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | " | 226 2 30 | 0 10 0 | 113 6 11 | 0 6 | 2 16 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 5 4 |
| " .. | " .. | 3 | " | 230 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 115 5 0 | 0 6 | 2 17 8 | 0 4·8 | 2 6 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | " | 236 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 147 13 9 | 0 7·5 | 3 14 0 | 0 6 | 2 19 1 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 220 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 137 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 8 9 | 0 6 | 2 15 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 180 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 164 5 0 | 0 10·9 | 4 2 2 | 0 7·8 | 3 5 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 208 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 189 16 0 | 0 10·9 | 4 15 0 | 0 7·8 | 3 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 8 | " | 212 0 0 | 0 15 6 | 164 6 0 | 0 9·3 | 4 2 2 | 0 7·4 | 3 5 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 9 | " | 203 0 0 | 0 15 6 | 157 6 6 | 0 9·3 | 3 18 8 | 0 7·4 | 3 3 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 10 | " | 210 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 191 12 6 | 0 10·9 | 4 15 10 | 0 7·8 | 3 16 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 295 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 147 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 13 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 19 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 14 | " | 311 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 155 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 17 9 | 0 4·8 | 3 2 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 16 | " | 293 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 183 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 11 7 | 0 6 | 3 13 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 17 | " | 294 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 147 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 13 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 18 10 |
| " .. | Cape .. | 1 | VII. | 163 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 148 14 9 | 0 10·9 | 3 14 5 | 0 7·8 | 2 19 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 2 | " | 153 2 0 | 0 18 3 | 140 1 6 | 0 10·9 | 3 10 0 | 0 7·8 | 2 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 3 | " | 257 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 160 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 0 4 | 0 6 | 3 4 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | " | 265 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 165 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 2 10 | 0 6 | 3 6 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 170 0 0 | 1 2 0 | 187 0 0 | 1 1·2 | 4 13 6 | 0 10·5 | 3 14 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 9 | " | 244 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 152 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 16 3 | 0 6 | 3 1 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 171 2 0 | 0 18 3 | 156 10 0 | 0 10·9 | 3 18 3 | 0 7·8 | 3 2 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 160 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 146 0 0 | 0 10·9 | 3 13 0 | 0 7·8 | 2 18 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 14 | " | 260 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 162 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 4 1 3 | 0 6 | 3 5 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 17 | " | 177 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 161 10 3 | 0 10·9 | 4 0 9 | 0 7·8 | 3 4 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 18 | " | 228 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 256 10 0 | 1 1·5 | 6 8 3 | 0 10·8 | 5 2 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 19 | " | 176 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 160 12 0 | 0 10·9 | 4 0 4 | 0 7·8 | 3 4 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 16 | X. | 129 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 117 14 3 | 0 10·9 | 2 18 11 | 0 7·8 | 2 7 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 17 | " | 197 2 0 | 0 18 3 | 180 4 6 | 0 10·9 | 4 10 2 | 0 7·8 | 3 12 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 4 | XI. | 279 0 0 | 0 15 6 | 216 4 6 | 0 9·3 | 5 8 2 | 0 7·4 | 4 6 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 278 0 0 | 0 15 6 | 215 9 0 | 0 9·3 | 5 7 9 | 0 7·4 | 4 6 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 222 2 0 | 0 15 6 | 172 8 9 | 0 9·3 | 4 6 3 | 0 7·4 | 3 9 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 220 2 0 | 0 15 6 | 170 17 9 | 0 9·3 | 4 5 6 | 0 7·4 | 3 8 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 8 | " | 239 0 0 | 0 18 3 | 218 1 9 | 0 10·9 | 5 9 1 | 0 7·8 | 4 7 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 9 | " | 238 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 267 15 0 | 1 1·5 | 6 13 11 | 0 10·8 | 5 7 2 |
| " .. | " .. | 10 | " | 176 2 0 | 1 2 6 | 198 11 3 | 1 1·5 | 4 19 4 | 0 10·8 | 3 19 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 11 | " | 177 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 199 2 6 | 1 1·5 | 4 19 7 | 0 10·8 | 3 19 8 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 216 0 0 | 0 15 6 | 167 8 0 | 0 9·3 | 4 3 9 | 0 7·4 | 3 7 0 |

The above sections are subdivisions of the Patua Block, which lies on the north-western side of the Mount Egmont Forest Reserve, between the Pouakai and Patua Ranges, and behind the settled districts of Koru, Oakura, and Okato. The distance from New Plymouth to the nearest end of the block, via the Carrington Road, is about eleven miles, six miles being a metalled dray-road. The upper part of the block—that is, the part nearest the forest reserve—consists of poor land, and lies at a considerable elevation, about 2,000 ft. above sea-level; the balance comprises fair soil, a little damp in some places, whether owing to the subsoil being somewhat retentive or to a layer of cemented gravel which shows in the bottom of some of the creeks it is difficult to say. The land is a good deal cut up by gullies, some of them only small, which make the individual flats narrow in extent. The country is very well watered. The timber is chiefly tawhero, with rata and rimu, and supplejack undergrowth; on the lower parts there is a little tawa, kohekohe, mahoe, &c., which disappear on the upper ground. There is not a great deal of rimu, but probably sufficient for building and fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.