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Pongaroa is about two miles. The area comprises level and easy sloping land in front, but the back portion rises to a
considerable height and is somewhat broken. The soil varies from fair to good, but is poor in the north-west ; it rests on
papa formation. The forest is mixed, and comprises rimu, taws, matai, with an undergrowth of rangiora and supplejack.
This section is watered by a small stream.

PAHIATLA No. II. BLOCK.

Section 2, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. II. Block, on the Kaituna Road, the access being
from Pongaroa Township, where there is a school, post-office, store, &c., which is about eight miles distant, by five miles
of dray-road, one mile of horse-track, and two miles of road which has been surveyed only. The area comprises undulat-
ing and sloping lands, having soil of a fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest, which is heavy, comprises
rimu, matai, kahikatea, and a mixed undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is watered by small streams.

Section 5, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. II. Block. The access is from Pongaroa, where
there is a school, post-office, store, &c., which is about seven miles distant-viz., two miles of dray-road, one mile and a
half of horse-track, and three miles and a half of road which is surveyed only. The area comprises undulating land, with
soil of fair quality, resting on clay and papa formation. The forest is heavy, and comprises rimu, matai, totara, &c., and
the usual undergrowth. The land is well watered by a stream.

Section 8, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. II. Block, on the Kaituna Road. The access is from
Pongaroa, where there is a school, post-office, store, &c., and which is about eight miles and a half distant, five miles being
a dray-road, and the remaining three miles and a half a road which is surveyed only. The area comprises good undulating
country along the frontage, and high spurs at the back. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest
is mixed, comprising taws, rimu, rata, matai, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is well
watered by a permanent stream.

PAHIATIIA NO. III. BLOCK.

Section 4, Block III., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. III. Block, on the Waihi-Akitio Road. The
access is from Alfredton, which is about thirty-six miles distant by the Alfredton-Weber Road, which is a formed dray-road,
and which extends to within half a mile of the section, the remainder of the distance being a formed horse-road.
The area comprises hilly country, with about 10 acres of flat. The soil is of poor to fair quality, resting on papa formation.
The forest is mixed, and comprises rimu, matai, kahikatea, hinau, totara, and miro, with an undergrowth of wharangi,
manuka, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a stream.

Section 6, Block III., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. III. Block, on the Waihi-Akitio Road. The
access is from Pongaroa or Weber, each of which is about ten miles distant, by eight miles of dray-road and two miles of
bridle-track. The area comprises undulating land, with easy spurs in front and rising land towards the back line.
The soil is of good quality, resting on sandstone-and-papa formation. The forest is mixed, and comprises taws, totara,
matai, and an undergrowth of rangiora and supplejack.

Section 3, Block VII., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. III. Block, on the Akitio River, which has to be
forded to reach the section. The access is from Dannevirke, which is about thirty-two miles distant by dray-road. The
area comprises low spurs of good and easy slope, and has soil of good quality, resting on sandstone formation. The forest,
which is mixed, originally comprised kahikatea, rimu, taws, and totara, and an undergrowth of rangiora, but most of the
useful timber has now been removed.

PAHIATUA No. IV. BLOCK.

Section 8, Block I., Aohanga, is situated in the Pahiatua No. IV. Block, on the Mangatiti Road. The access is from
Makuri, which is about twelve miles and a half away, nine miles of this distance being either dray- or horse-road, and the
remainder a road which is partly cleared only. Rakaunui, where there is a school, post-office, store, &c., is the nearest
centre at present, the distance being only three miles-viz., two miles of dray-road and one mile which has only been
surveyed for a road. The area comprises undulating country, with fair soil, resting on a papa formation. An area of
10 acres of the section is in grass, and the balance covered with heavy bush, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, with an under-
growth of supplejack, lawyer, &c. The section is watered by a stream. This section is weighted with £22 10s. for im-
provements, comprising 10 acres in grass at £2 5s. per acre.

Section 9, Block I., Aohanga, is situated in the Pahiatua No. IV. Block, on the Mangatiti Road. The access is from
Makuri, which is about thirteen miles distant, nine miles of which is either dray- or horse-road, and the remainder a road
which is only partly cleared. Rakaunui School, Post-office, and store are two miles and a half away, by two miles of
formed dray-road and half a mile of road which is surveyed only. The area comprises hilly land, with soil of fair quality,
resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, totara, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of fern, supple-
jack, lawyer, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The improvements comprise 6 acres felled and burned, but not
grassed.

MASTERTON REFORM BLOCK.

Section 10, Block XI., Makuri, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The access is
from Makuri, which is about seventeen miles distant, by five miles of dray-road, ten miles of bridle-track, and two miles
of road which has been surveyed only. The area comprises a good leading spur, with a flat of about 10 acres. The soil
is of good quality, resting on limestone formation. The forest, which is mixed, comprises taws, rimu, rata, &c., with
mixed undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is watered by small streams.

Section 21, Block XI., Makuri, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road, the access being
from Makuri, which is about sixteen miles distant, by five miles of dray-road, ten miles of bridle-track, and one mile of
road which is surveyed only. The area comprises good easily accessible spurs and gullies, with good soil, resting on papa
formation. The forest is mixed, comprising taws, rimu, rata, hinau, matai, &c., with an undergrowth of supplejack,
rangiora, &c. The section is watered by a permanent stream.

SALISBURY BLOCK.

This section is situated in the Salisbury Block, on the Main Cross Road East and the Coal Creek Road, the access
being from Apiti, which is about five miles and a half distant, by four miles and a half of metalled road and one mile of
formed bridle-road. The area comprises hilly and undulating land, with about 20 acres of flat. It is cut by a ravine.
The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The forest is mixed, and comprises rimu, matai,
taws, rata, miro, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by constantly running streams.