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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

up the Turakina River, and one mile of rough pack-track. The area comprises hilly country, with about 30 acres of flat land. The soil is of good quality, and rests on papa formation. The forest, which is of a mixed character, comprises rimu, matai, kahikatea, totara, &c., and the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by constantly running streams. This section is weighted with £14 10s. for improvements, comprising 2½ acres grassed and a whare.

HUNTERVILLE No. II. BLOCK.

A. B. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
Rangitikei | Tiriraukawa | 14 | III. | 202 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 227 5 0 | 1 1·5 | 5 13 8 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 11
" | " | 6 | V. | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0

Section 14, Block III., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Hunter ville No. II. Block, on the Taheke Road, the access being from Murray’s Track, which is about three miles distant, one mile and a half of which is a formed bridle-track. The area comprises broken country, with a few flats on the stream. The soil rests on a papa formation, and is of fair quality. The forest, which is of a mixed character, comprises rimu, rata, tawa, &c., and the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered.

Section 6, Block V., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Hunter ville No. II. Block, on the Turakina Valley and Karetu Roads, the access being from Hunter ville, which is about seventeen miles distant, by fifteen miles and a half of formed dray-road and one mile and a half of formed bridle-track. The area comprises hilly country, with about 40 acres of flat land. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, and comprises rimu, kahikatea, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. This section is weighted with £16 for improvements, comprising 8 acres in grass.

HUNTERVILLE No. III. BLOCK.

Rangitikei | Tiriraukawa | 14 | VI. | 200 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 300 0 0 | 1 6 | 7 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 6 0 0
" | " | 15 | " | 200 0 0 | 1 8 0 | 280 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 7 0 0 | 1 1·4 | 5 12 0

Section 14, Block VI., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Hunter ville No. III. Block, on a surveyed road, the access being from Hunter ville, which is about twenty miles distant, by fourteen miles of formed dray-road and six miles of bridle-track. The area comprises broken country, with small flats, and soil of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of a mixed character, and comprises rimu, matai, tawa, rata, &c., with the usual undergrowth. This section is weighted with £35 for improvements, comprising 20 acres in grass.

Section 15, Block VI., Tiriraukawa, is situated in the Hunter ville No. III. Block, on a surveyed road, the access being from Hunter ville, which is about twenty miles distant, by fourteen miles of formed dray-road, five miles of bridle-track, and one mile of rough pack-track. The area comprises broken country with a few flats. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest comprises rimu, matai, rata, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by constantly running streams.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Rangitikei .. | Maungaka- | 2 | XV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
" .. | retu | | | | | | | | |
" .. | Pukeokahu| 32 | XIII.| 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0
" .. | " | 33 | " | 225 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 309 7 6 | 1 4·5 | 7 14 9 | 1 1·2 | 6 3 9
Pohangina.. | Pohangina| 44 | X. | 104 1 0 | 2 10 0 | 260 12 6 | 2 6 | 6 10 4 | 2 0 | 5 4 3

Section 2, Block XV., Maungakaretu, is situated on a surveyed road, the access being from Taihape, which is about twelve miles distant, by eleven miles of formed bridle-track and one mile of rough pack-track. The area comprises hilly country, with from 15 to 20 acres of flat land. The soil is of good quality, but rather light, and rests on a papa formation. The forest comprises rimu, matai, kahikatea, maire, a few totara, &c., and the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by constantly-running streams. The Rangitikei County Council has a claim of 11s. 6d. for rates due on this section.

Section 32, Block XIII., Pukeokahu, is situated on a surveyed road, and has access from Kaikoura (Utika Post-office), which is about twelve miles distant, by nine miles of formed horse-road to the Moawhango River, over which there is a foot-bridge, and three miles of good walking-track. There is also access from Moawhango, which is about fifteen miles distant by a rough Maori track. The section is rather broken, but there are a few acres of flat land, and the soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. With the exception of 10 or 15 acres of tutu and koromiko, the land is open, and it is well watered by constantly running streams.

Section 33, Block XIII., Pukeokahu, fronts on a surveyed road, the access being from Kaikoura (Utika Post-office), which is about twelve miles distant, by nine miles of formed horse-road to the Moawhango River, over which there is a foot-bridge, and from thence to the section by a good walking-track. There is also access from Moawhango, which is about fifteen miles distant, by a rough Maori track. Most of the land comprised in this section is ploughable, and there are from 50 to 60 acres of flat land. It has a good clay soil, resting on papa formation. With the exception of 75 acres of tutu and koromiko, the land is open grass country. It is well watered by constantly running streams and springs.

Section 44, Block X., Pohangina, is situated in the Awahou-Pohangina Block, on the main road, the access being from Ashurst Railway-station, which is about nine miles distant, and from Pohangina Township, which is about one mile and three-quarters distant by a metalled dray-road. With the exception of a steep gorge, the land is nearly all flat, and has a good soil resting on sandstone and shingle formation. The section is all in grass, and it is well watered by permanent streams in the gullies. This section is weighted with improvements comprising 104 acres in grass, £208; 84 chains of fencing, £58 16s.; yards, £3; total value, £269 16s.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Pahiatua .. | Makuri .. | 18 | VI. | 600 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 675 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 16 17 6 | 0 10·8 | 13 10 0
" .. | " .. | 50 | XVI. | 166 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 145 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 3 12 8 | 0 8·4 | 2 18 3

Section 18, Block VI., Makuri, is situated on the Woodville-Aohanga Road, and has access from Pahiatua, which is about thirteen miles and a half distant, by seven miles of formed and metalled dray-road, five miles of dray-road and horse-track, and one mile and a half of surveyed road, which is only partly cleared. The section is also about six miles distant from Hull’s Crossing and Kohonui Post-office. The area comprises hilly and sloping country, with clay soil of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest, which is of a mixed character, comprises rata, rimu, a few totaras, maire, miro, &c., and the usual undergrowth of supplejack.

Section 50, Block XVI., Makuri, is situated on the Otawa Road, about a mile from its junction with the Mangatoro Road. The access is from Coonoor, where there are a school and a post-office, the distance being about four miles and a half. The first three miles and a half of this distance is a formed and partly-metalled road, but the remaining mile has only been cleared of bush. The area comprises hilly land, with sharp spurs and ridges on the front of the section, and rather broken land on the back portion. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest comprises rata, miro, birch, &c., and an undergrowth of konini, supplejack, &c. The section is weighted with improvements comprising unfinished whare, £35; 140 acres in grass, £332 10s.; sheep-yards, £10; 30 chains of fencing, £30: the total value of which is £407 10s.

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