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tawa, hinau, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora,
supplejack, &c. The section is watered by the Waipuehu
Stream, and the general quality is fair.

Section 11, Block I., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the North Range Road. The access
is from Pahiatua, via Makuri, which is about thirty-six miles
distant—thirty-three miles of dray-road, two miles of horse-
track, and one mile surveyed road only. Pahiatua and
Woodville, via Makairo, are each about twenty-seven miles dis-
tant—fifteen miles of dray-road, two miles of horse-track, and
one mile surveyed road only. Coonoor (school and post-
office) is about six miles distant—three miles of dray-road,
two miles of horse-track, and one mile surveyed road only.
The section comprises undulating land with easy spurs. The
soil is clayey, resting on sandstone formation. The forest is
mixed, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, with the usual under-
growth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered
by a creek, and the general quality is fair.

Section 11, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road. The access
is from Weber or Coonoor, which are about eight miles dis-
tant—to the former by dray-road and horse-track, and to the
latter by about three miles of dray-road, two miles horse-
track, and three miles cleared road. Mount Wolff is about
five miles distant—four miles of horse-track and one mile
cleared road. The section comprises low flat spurs. The
soil is clayey, of good quality, resting on sandstone forma-
tion. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, kahikatea,
matai, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora,
supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a permanent
stream, and its general quality is fair.

Section 18, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Towai Road. The access is from
Pahiatua via Makuri, which is about thirty-six miles
distant—thirty-three miles of dray-road and three miles of
horse-track. Pahiatua and Woodville, via Makairo, are each
about twenty-seven miles distant—fifteen miles of dray-road
and twelve miles of horse-track. Coonoor (post-office,
school, &c.) is about six miles distant—three miles of dray-
road and three miles of horse-track. The section comprises
easy undulating land with gentle slopes. The soil is clayey,
resting on sandstone-and-papa formation. The forest is
mixed, comprising rimu, matai, hinau, &c., with the usual
undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is
watered by a creek, and its general quality is good.

Section 20, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, with half-chain frontage to Kororo Road.
The access is from Pahiatua via Makuri, which is about
thirty-eight miles distant—thirty miles of dray-road, six
miles of horse-track, and two miles of surveyed road only.
The section comprises very easy spurs, with about 80 acres of
flat land. The soil is of good quality, resting on sandstone
formation. The forest is mixed, comprising tawa, rimu,
rata, &c., with some totara, with a dense undergrowth of
supplejack, with rangiora, mahoe, kotukutuku, and a small
patch of manuka. The section is well watered by a large
permanent stream, and its general quality is good.

Section 21, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Kororo Road. The access is from
Pahiatua, via Makuri, which is about thirty-seven miles and
a half distant—thirty miles of dray-road, six miles of horse-
track, and a mile and a half of surveyed road only. The
section comprises very easy spurs, with about 100 acres of
flat land. The soil is of fair-to-good quality, resting on
sandstone formation. The forest is mixed, comprising tawa,
rimu, rata, with kahikatea and matai on the flat portion,
with open undergrowth of ramarama, rangiora, and toro,
and about 90 acres of manuka in the south-west. The sec-
tion is well watered by a large permanent stream, and its
general quality is good.

Section 23, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Towai and Waihi Valley Roads.
The access is from Pahiatua or Woodville, which are about
thirty-two miles distant, and from Weber via Pongaroa,
which are about twelve miles distant—eight miles of dray-
road and four miles of horse-track. The access is rather
difficult owing to steep intervening creeks. The section
comprises low hills, with about 50 acres of flat land. The
soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest
is mixed, comprising kahikatea, matai, tawa, &c., with the
usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section
is well watered by a permanent stream.

Section 24, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road. The access
is from Weber or Pongaroa, which are about twelve miles
distant—seven miles of dray-road (Alfredton-Weber Road)
and five miles of horse-track. The section comprises very
easy undulating ridges, with about 100 acres of flat land.
The soil is of fair quality, resting on sandstone formation.
The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, hinau, matai, and
heavy kahikatea on the flat, with open undergrowth of rangi-
ora, ramarama, toro, &c. The section is watered by a
permanent stream, and its general quality is good.

Section 25, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road. The access is
from Weber or Pongaroa, via Waihi-Akitio Road, which are
about twelve miles and a half distant—seven miles of dray-
road (Alfredton-Weber Road) and five miles and a half of
horse-track. The section comprises low flat spurs, with about
15 acres of flat land. The soil is of good quality, resting on
sandstone formation. The forest is mixed, comprising kahi-
katea and matai on the flats, and tawa, rimu, &c., with
open undergrowth of rangiora, &c. The section is watered
by a permanent stream, and its general quality is good.

Section 26, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road. The access
is from Pongaroa, which is about ten miles distant by horse-
track. The section comprises low flat spurs. The soil is of
fair quality, resting on sandstone formation. The forest is
chiefly manuka scrub, with about 30 acres of tawa and
matai. The section is watered by a permanent stream,
and its general quality is fair.

Section 27, Block II., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road. The access
is from Pongaroa, which is about nine miles distant by horse-
track. The section comprises easy spurs and gullies. The
soil is of fair-to-good quality, resting on sandstone forma-
tion. The forest is chiefly manuka scrub, with about 100
acres of light kahikatea and matai. The section is watered
by a permanent stream, and its general quality is good.

Section 38, Block IV., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Rising Sun Block, on the Waihi Valley Road. The access is
from Pongaroa, which is about eight miles distant by horse-
track. An intervening creek interferes with the approach
to the section. The section comprises low hills and undulat-
ing land, with about 30 acres of flat land. The soil is clayey,
of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is
mixed, comprising kahikatea, tawa, matai, rimu, &c., with
the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The
section is well watered by a permanent stream, and its
general quality is fair.

Section 46, Block XII., Mount Cerberus, is situated in
the Rising Sun Block, on the Towai Road. The access is
from Pahiatua or Woodville: both are about thirty-five
miles distant—thirty-three miles of dray-road and two
miles of horse-track. The section comprises hills, with good
spurs and gullies. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting
on sandstone formation. The forest is mixed, comprising
rimu, matai, tawhero, whitewood, &c., with the usual under-
growth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered
by creeks, and its general quality is fair.

Section 18, Block VII., Makuri, is situated in the Coonoor
Block, on the Upper Makuri Road. The access is from
Makuri Township, which is about nine miles distant by a
formed dray-road, seven miles being metalled. There is a
post-office and school at Coonoor. The section comprises
undulating land with gentle slopes. The soil is of fair
quality, resting on papa-and-limestone formation. The
forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, birch, &c.,
with the usual undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The
general quality of the section is fair.

Sections 13E and 14, Block VI., Mount Cerberus, are
situated on a by-road about three-quarters of a mile from
Alfredton-Weber Road. The access is from Pongaroa, which
is about seven miles distant, by six miles and a quarter
of the main Alfredton-Weber Road, which is cleared, but
not yet formed. This section is also accessible from Weber,
eleven miles and a half via Wolff’s Camp, two miles and
a half. It comprises hilly land, with a fairly good home-
stead-site on the by-road. The soil is a clay of good
quality, resting on a papa formation. The forest is heavy,
comprising rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, hinau, pukatea,
and a few totara, with a thick undergrowth of supplejack,
&c. The section is well watered by a branch of the Maka-
kupua Stream. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft.
to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

Section 11, Block V., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Pahiatua No. 1 Block, on the Waipatukaka Road. The
access is from Makuri, which is about twenty-one miles
distant—nine miles of dray-road and twelve miles of
horse-track. The approach is difficult, owing to a deep
creek intervening. Pongaroa Township is about seven miles
distant by a horse-track. The section comprises undu-
lating and hilly land. The soil is clayey, resting on papa
formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata,
matai, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supple-
jack, &c. The section is well watered by a permanent
creek. The improvements comprise 50 acres grassed (at
£2 2s. 6d.) : £106 5s.

Section 12, Block V., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Pahiatua No. 1 Block, on the Waipatukaka Road. The
access is from Makuri, which is about twenty-one miles
distant—nine miles of dray-road and twelve miles of horse-
track. The approach is difficult, owing to a deep creek
intervening. Pongaroa Township is about seven miles dis-
tant by horse-track. The section comprises undulating and
hilly land. The soil is clayey, resting on a papa formation
The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, &c., with
the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The
section is watered by a creek. The general quality of the
section is fair. The improvements comprise 46 acres
grassed (at £2 2s. 6d.) : £97 15s.