Jan. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 119

Section 6, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about seven miles distant—six miles of formed dray-road, and one mile surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly land. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a creek. The general quality of the section is fair.

Section 3, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about ten miles distant—six miles of formed dray-road, and four miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly land with about 40 to 50 acres of flat land. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The section is watered by the Mangaturuturu Stream. The general quality of the section is good.

Section 12, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about eight miles distant—six miles of formed dray-road, and two miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly land. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a creek. The general quality of the section is fair.

Section 13, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about nine miles distant—six miles of formed dray-road, and three miles surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly land. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a creek. The general quality of the section is fair.

Section 11, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about eight miles distant—six miles of formed dray-road, and two miles surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly country. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The general quality of the section is fair.

Section 18, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block, on the Manganui-a-te-ao River. The access is from Raetihi, which is about ten miles distant—six miles of formed dray-road, and four miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises steep hilly country, with about one-third of the area flat land. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth on half the section, the remainder being covered with fern and scrub. The section is well watered by the above river. The general quality of the section is good.

Section 22, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block, at the junction of the Manganui-a-te-ao River and Orautoha Stream. The access is from Raetihi, which is about ten miles distant—eight miles of formed dray-road, and the remainder surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly country, with good flats along the Orautoha Stream. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by the above river and stream. The general quality of the section is good.

Section 23, Block XIV., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about nine miles and a half distant—eight miles of formed dray-road, and the rest surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly country, with good flats along the Orautoha Stream. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth. The general quality of the section is good.

Section 1, Block XIII., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about eleven miles distant—eight miles of formed dray-road, and three miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly land. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character on two-thirds of the section, the remainder being covered with fern and scrub. The section is watered by the Manganui-a-te-ao River, and its general quality is good.

Section 2, Block XIII., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about twelve miles distant—eight miles of formed dray-road, and four miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly country, with about 20 acres of flat land on the river-terraces. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth on two-thirds of the section, the remainder being covered with fern and scrub. The section is watered by the Manganui-a-te-ao River, and its general quality is good.

Section 4, Block XIII., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about twelve miles distant—eight miles of formed dray-road, and four miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly country, with 50 to 60 acres of flat and undulating land. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth on about one-third of the section; the remaining two-thirds are covered with fern and scrub. The section is watered by the Manganui-a-te-ao River, and its general quality is good.

Section 5, Block XIII., Manganui, is situated in the Marton No. 3 Block. The access is from Raetihi, which is about twelve miles distant—eight miles of formed dray-road, and four miles of surveyed road only. The section comprises hilly country, with ridges and gullies. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of the ordinary mixed character, with the usual undergrowth on two-thirds of the section; the remainder is covered with fern and scrub. The general quality of the section is good.

Section 1, Block XV., Manganui, is situated in the Waimarino Block, on the Middle Road. The access is from Raetihi, which is about six miles distant, via the Raetihi, Ohura, and Middle Roads, which are formed for dray traffic for about four miles; the rest is a formed bridle-track. The section comprises undulating to rough country, with about 50 acres of flat land. The soil is of good quality, resting on shingle-and-papa formation. The forest is heavy on the flats, and lighter on the hills, comprising rimu, matai, miro, tawhero, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by the Orautoha and other small streams. The elevation ranges from about 2,200 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 10 acres felled and grassed (at £2), £20; slab whare, £7; garden, £2: total, £29.

Section 1, Block VI., Pukeokahu, is situated in the northern part of the Awarua Block, on the Matawhero Road—which is unformed and may be deviated—and is about eighteen miles from Taihape. The section comprises hilly land. The soil is of fair-to-good quality, resting on sandstone-and-papa formation. The country is open, with native and English grasses intermixed with fern on the ridges, and scrub and fern in the gullies. The section is watered by the Mangahoata Stream, and its general quality is fair.

Sections 7 and part 6, Block I., Mount Cerberus, are situated in the Rising Sun Block, on the North Range Road. The access is from Pahiatua, via Makuri and Coonoor, which is about thirty-eight miles distant, of which thirty-three miles are dray-road, about two miles horse-track, and three miles surveyed road only. Pahiatua and Woodville, via Makairo, are each about twenty-nine miles distant—fifteen miles of dray-road, eleven miles of horse-track, and three miles of surveyed road. The sections comprise undulating land, with easy ridges. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on sandstone formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, kahikatea, tawhero, &c., with the usual undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, &c., and about 8 acres of swampy flax and manuka in south-east corner of Section 6. The sections are watered by permanent streams, and their general quality is fair.

Section 4, 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-nine miles distant—thirty-three miles of dray-road, two miles of horse-track, and forty-one miles surveyed road only. Pahiatua and Woodville, via Makairo, are each about thirty miles distant—fifteen miles of dray-road, eleven miles of horse-track, and four miles surveyed road only. Coonoor School, Post-office, &c., are about nine miles distant—three miles of dray-road, two miles of horse-track, and four miles surveyed road only. The section comprises easy spurs and gullies, rising into broken country. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, tawa, matai, &c., with usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a permanent stream, and its general quality is good.

Section 5, Block I., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Rising Sun Block, on the Kororo Road. The access is from Pongaroa, which is about ten miles and a half distant—nine miles by horse-track, and one mile and a half of surveyed road only. The section comprises easy spurs and gullies. The soil is fair-to-good quality, resting on sandstone formation. The forest is chiefly manuka scrub, with about 50 acres of light kahikatea and matai. The section is watered by a permanent stream, and its general quality is good.

Section 10, 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 distant—fifteen miles of dray-road, eleven miles of horse-