1568
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

Section 9, Block X., is on the Waiowaka Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about thirteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by the horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining four miles are at present unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with a good homestead-site on the Waiowaka Road. The soil is clay, of good quality, resting on a papa formation. The forest is light, comprising matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, tawa, and black-birch, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by a branch of the Pakowai Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 10, Block X., is on the Waiowaka Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about fourteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by the horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining five miles are at present unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with a good homestead-site on the Waiowaka Road. The soil is clay, of good quality, resting on a papa formation. The forest is light, comprising matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, tawa, and black-birch, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by branches of the Pakowai Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 11, Block X., is on the Waiowaka Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about thirteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road (metalled), and then by formed horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining four miles are at present unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with a good homestead-site on the Waiowaka Road. The soil is clay, of good quality, resting on a papa formation. The forest is light, comprising matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, tawa, and black-birch, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is indifferently watered by a branch of the Pakowai Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 12, Block X., is on the Waiowaka Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about fourteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road (metalled), and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining five miles are at present unformed. This section comprises hilly land, with a good homestead-site on the Waiowaka Road. The soil is clay, of good quality, resting on a papa formation. The forest is light, comprising black-birch, matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, and tawa, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. There is also a good deal of heavy manuka scrub. The section is indifferently watered. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 13, Block X., is on the Waiowaka Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about fourteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road (metalled), and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining five miles are at present unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with a good homestead-site on the Waiowaka Road. The soil is clay, of good quality, resting on a papa formation. The section, with the exception of an old clearing of 25 acres, is covered with forest, which is light, comprising black-birch, matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, tawa, and rewarewa, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by a branch of the Pakowai Stream. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 15, Block X., is on the Waiowaka Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about fifteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then for seven miles by formed horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads, the remaining six miles of the Waiowaka Road being unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with good homestead-site on the Waiowaka Road. The soil is clay, resting on a papa formation. The forest is light, comprising black-birch, matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, tawa, and rewarewa, and the area also includes about 50 acres of manuka scrub partly burnt, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by a branch of the Pakowai Stream. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 18, Block X., is on the King’s Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about eighteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by seven miles formed horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads, the remaining nine miles, of the Spur and other roads, being unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with a fairly good homestead-site on the King’s Road. The soil is clay and part poor sandstone, resting on papa formation. The forest is light, comprising black-birch, matai, rimu, totara, kahikatea, tawa, rewarewa, with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c., and the area also includes about 30 acres of poor scrub land. The section is well watered by branches of the Pakowai Stream. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea level.

Section 21, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about twelve miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber metalled road, and then by formed horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles, the remaining three miles being unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with a fair homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is clay and poor sandstone, resting on papa formation, and covered mostly with manuka scrub, with light bush of rewarewa, tawa, &c., at the back of section. The section is fairly well watered by the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 22, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about twelve miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber metalled road, and then by formed horse-track down the Huia and Waikereru Roads for seven miles; the remaining three miles, by the Spur Road, are unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with good homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is poor mixed clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and is covered with manuka scrub. The section is well watered by the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 23, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about twelve miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining three miles, by Spur Road, are unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with fair homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is mixed clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and is covered with scrubby manuka. The section is well watered by the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Section 24, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about twelve miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining three miles, on Spur Road, are not formed. The section comprises hilly land, with good homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is poor mixed clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and is mostly covered with short manuka scrub, with light bush of rewarewa and tawa at the back of section. The section is at present watered by the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 600 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Section 25, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about thirteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by formed horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining three miles, by Spur Road, are unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with good homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is poor clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and is covered principally with short manuka scrub, with light bush at the back of the section. The section is at present watered by the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 600 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level.

Section 26, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about thirteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber metalled road, and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining four miles, of the Spur Road, are unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with good homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is poor clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and is covered principally with poor manuka scrub, with light bush at the back of the section. The section is at present watered by a branch of the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 600 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level.

Section 27, Block X., is on the Spur Road. The access is from Rakaunui, which is about thirteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining four miles, of the Spur Road, being unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with homestead-site on Spur Road. The soil is poor clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and is covered principally with manuka scrub, with light bush of rewarewa and tawa at the back of the section. The section is at present watered by a branch of the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Section 28, Block X.: The access is from Rakaunui, which is about fourteen miles distant—viz., two miles by the Alfredton–Weber Road, and then by horse-track down the Huia, Waikereru, and Waiowaka Roads for seven miles; the remaining five miles, of the Spur Road, are unformed. The section comprises hilly land, with homestead-site on the Spur Road. The soil is poor clay and sandstone, resting on papa formation, and covered principally with manuka scrub, with light rewarewa and tawa bush at the back. The section is at present watered by a branch of the Maraimanga Stream. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

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