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track, and one mile of surveyed road. Coonoor School, Post-office, &c., are 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 and gullies. The soil is clayey, resting on sandstone formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, matai, 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 distant—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 undergrowth 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 distant—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 formation. 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 section 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 rangiora, 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 kahikatea 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 formation. 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 undulating 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 undergrowth 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 homestead-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 Makakupua 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 undulating 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, supplejack, &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