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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.

Section 24, 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 dis-
tant—nine miles of dray-road, nine miles of horse-track, and
three miles cleared only. Pongaroa Township is about seven
miles distant—two miles dray-road, and the rest horse-track
and cleared road. The section comprises undulating and
hilly land, with about 8 acres of flat. The soil is clayey,
resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising
rimu, tawa, kahikatea, &c., with the usual undergrowth.
The section is watered by a creek, and its general quality is
fair. The improvements comprise 15 acres grassed (at £2) :
£30.

Section 26, 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 horse-track, and three miles of cleared road
only. Pongaroa Township is about seven miles distant—two
miles of dray-road, and the rest horse-track and cleared road.
The section comprises undulating and hilly land, with easy
slopes, and about 4 acres of flat. The soil is clayey, resting
on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu,
rata, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora,
supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The
improvements comprise 18 acres grassed (at £2), £36; and
whare, £4 : total, £40.

Section 28, 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-two miles dis-
tant—nine miles of horse-track, and four miles of cleared
road only. Pongaroa Township is about eight miles distant
—two miles of dray-road, and the rest horse-track and cleared
road only. The section comprises undulating and hilly land,
with easy slopes and a small flat. The soil is clayey, resting on
papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata,
matai, kahikatea, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora,
supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The
improvements comprise 51 acres grassed (at £2), £102;
whare, 22ft. by 19ft. by 7ft., £10: total, £112.

Section 11, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Pahiatua No. 2 Block, on the Kaituna Road. The access is
from Pongaroa, which is about seven miles distant—five
miles of formed dray-road and two miles of horse-track.
The section comprises undulating and hilly land. The soil
is clayey, of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The
forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, tawa, &c.,
with the usual undergrowth of supplejack, lawyer, &c. The
section is watered by a permanent stream, and its general
quality is fair.

Section 12, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Pahiatua No. 2 Block, on the Kaituna Road. The access is
from Pongaroa, which is about seven miles distant—five
miles of formed dray-road and two miles of horse-track.
The section comprises undulating and hilly land. The soil
is clayey, of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The
forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, tawa, &c.,
with the usual undergrowth of supplejack, lawyer, &c. The
section is watered by a permanent stream, and the general
quality is fair.

Section 19, Block XI., Makuri, is situated in the Masterton
Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The access is
from Makuri, which is about nineteen miles distant—ten
miles of dray-road and nine miles of horse-track. Pongaroa
is about nine miles distant by horse-track. The section
comprises hilly and undulating land, with easy spurs. The
soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on sandstone-and-papa
formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata,
hinau, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora,
supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a small creek,
and its general quality is fair. The improvements com-
prise 6 acres felled and burnt and 4 acres grassed (at £2) :
value, £8.

Section 20, Block XV., Makuri, is situated in the Master-
ton Reform Block, at the junction of the Mangatiti and
Range Roads. The access is from Makuri, which is about
seven miles distant by a dray-road, of which four miles
are metalled. The section comprises easy undulating land
with flat-top spurs. The soil is clayey, of good quality, rest-
ing on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising
rimu, rata, matai, hinau, &c., with the usual undergrowth of
rangiora, kiekie, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by
a small creek, and its general quality is good. The improve-
ments comprise 10 acres felled and 5 acres grassed at £2) :
value, £10.

Section 24, Block IV., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the
Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The
access is from Makuri, which is about nineteen miles dis-
tant—ten miles of dray-road, and about nine miles of horse-
track. The section comprises sloping land with easy spurs.
The soil is clayey, of good quality, resting on sandstone-and-
papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata,
hinau, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of mahoe,
kotukutuku, supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by
creeks, and its general quality is fair.

Section 3, Block IX., Tararua, is situated on the Manga-
tainoka River Reserve Road and Clark's Road. The access
is from Newman Railway-station, which is about twelve
miles distant by a metalled road to within one mile of the
section, the latter portion being formed dray-road, and the
Mangatainoka River has to be crossed. At Nireaha, about
half-way to Newman, there is a post-office, school, &c. The
section comprises undulating and hilly land, with about 50
acres of flat. The soil is clayey, resting on papa formation.
The forest is mixed, comprising rata, rimu, birch, with the
usual undergrowth of rangiora, konini, supplejack, &c. The
section is watered by the Mangatainoka River, and its
general quality is fair. The improvements comprise 30 acres
grassed (at £2) : £60.

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

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, for Lease on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 12th January, 1899.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on appli-
cation on and after Monday, the 27th February, 1899, at the
half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Native Land Court Agents licensed.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that licenses have been issued
to the under-mentioned persons authorising them to
appear as Agents in the Native Land Court for the year
ending the 31st day of December, 1899, subject to the pro-
visions of section 20 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894,"
viz. :—

PEPENE EKETONE,
TAMATI TAUTUHI.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of January, 1899.
EDWARD BUCKLE,
Deputy Registrar.