1912
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

These lots are situated about a mile and a quarter west-
ward of Temuka, on the banks of the Raupo Stream, close
to the Waitohi Road, and comprise open flat loamy land of
good quality.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned vil-
lage-homestead allotments will be open for selection
on lease in perpetuity at this office, on and after Wednes-
day, the 22nd December, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.
Village-homestead Allotments, Waianiva Village.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

The whole of the sections are covered with scrub; subsoil,
deep red clay; soil good, but thin; sections are all well
watered; height above sea-level, about 90 ft. Distance from
Waianiva Railway-station, about three miles.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual
Lease and Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for selection, at this office, on and after
Wednesday, the 27th October, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

On Perpetual-lease Conditions ("Land Act, 1885").

| 6 | XI. | Makuri | 640 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1·5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 846 | 13 | 9 |
| 6 | XIV. | " | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10·5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 782 | 10 | 2 |
| 8 | VII. | " | 640 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 18 | 2 |
| 11 | " | " | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 8 |

The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day
on which the application is approved.

The lease- and registration-fee under the perpetual-lease
system is £1 10s. for each holding.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

On Lease-in-perpetuity Conditions ("Land Act, 1892").

| 8 | XI. | Makuri | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9·6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 16 | 0 |
| 9 | " | " | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9·6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 11 | 0 |

A half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee, together with the
amount with which the section is weighted for improve-
ments, must be paid before the application can be approved.

These sections are situated in the Makuri District, in the
neighbourhood of Makuri, and are approached chiefly by
roads leading into or towards that township. They consist
principally of land in the Makuri and adjoining valleys, or
country sloping into or served by them or their road-
systems. The land, taken as a whole, would be considered
suitable for sheep-farming, as it contains some good soil on
papa or limestone formation. The sections are in a high
state of improvement, the extent and value of which are
stated against the number of each.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Township of Pipiriki open for Lease by Public
Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
sections in the Township of Pipiriki will be open for
lease by public tender for a term of twenty-one years, with
right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at
this office, on Wednesday, the 17th November, 1897.
Sections not applied for on the 17th November, 1897, will
be open thereafter at the upset ground rentals noted below.

TOWNSHIP OF PIRIRIKI.

General Description.

Pipiriki Township is situated on the proper left bank of the
Wanganui River, about fifty-six miles from the Town of
Wanganui, and comprises generally open, scrub, forest, flat,
undulating, and hilly land, intersected by several gullies and
small streams. The open land is interspersed with patches
of fern and manuka scrub; the forest comprises tawa,
pukatea, rata, hinau, rimu, &c., and tawhero on the ridges.
The elevation ranges from about 110 ft. to about 700 ft. above
sea-level. The soil is generally good, and grows garden
and farm produce freely. Its capabilities for the production
of the grape, peach, cape-gooseberry, pear, apple, quince,
and other fruits are well known, and are due in great
measure to the low elevation, the mild climate, and the
sunny aspect of the township-site.

Pipiriki is at present the key to the up-river country,
being the present inland terminus of Messrs. Hatrick and
Co.'s Wanganui River steamboat-service, and the point of
junction with the coach-services connecting with Taupo and
Rotorua on the north, Napier on the east, and Hunterville
and Rangitikei on the south-east, and it is possible that it
will ultimately be connected by road with Taranaki. The
Government has, where practicable, reserved the banks of
the Wanganui River, and also the adjacent country, with
the object of conserving for all time the beautiful and un-
rivalled scenery which is already of world-wide fame.
Large numbers of tourists travel annually by way of
Pipiriki, both from the north and the south.

Pipiriki Township is the present inlet and outlet to the
Waimarino and Murimotu country as far east as Ohakune,
and also the starting-point for visitors by canoe to Manganui-
o-te-ao and the upper reaches of the Wanganui River, and
the resting-place of those on the downward journey. These
with other considerations indicate that the township will
develop into a place of some commercial importance, and
that, owing to its genial and healthy climate and many
attractions, it will become yearly more popular as a place of
resort.

Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-
year's rent in cash or by marked cheque, together with the
lease-fee of £1.

Maps and full particulars may be obtained on application.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.