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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Level land, fronting Wairua River and Mangare Stream; affected by floods. Situated two miles from Poroti Post-office and eighteen miles from Whangarei.

Whangarei | Mangakahia | 23 | XII. | 40 3 8 | 0 12 6 | 25 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 12 10 | 0 6 | 0 10 3
" | " | 24 | " | 33 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 20 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 10 4 | 0 6 | 0 8 3
" | " | 4 | XV. | 531 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 318 12 0 | 0 7·2 | 7 19 4 | 0 5·76 | 6 7 6

Sections 23 and 24, about half level, fair land, fronting Wairua River, balance broken; situated two miles and a half from Poroti Post-office. Section 4, mixed-forest land, undulating and well watered, soil fair to good; situated twenty-one miles from Whangarei.

Bay of Isl'ds | Omapere .. | 1 | XV. | 50 1 18 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
Open agricultural land, covered with fern and tea-tree; clay soil, well watered. One mile and a half from Kaikohe.

Mangonui.. | Rangaunu.. | 1 | III. | 134 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 33 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 16 9 | 2 4 | 0 13 6
Inferior land, covered with wiwi and tea-tree scrub. Situated on Doubtless Bay, about twelve miles by sea from Mangonui.

Mangonui.. | Rangaunu.. | 2 | XI. | 63 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 15 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 7 10 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 4
Open inferior land. Adjoining Mangatete River, fourteen miles from Mangonui.

Mangonui.. | Karakara .. | 4 | IV. | 111 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 27 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 13 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 2
Inferior land, covered with wiwi and tea-tree scrub. Twelve miles by sea from Mangonui.

Bay of Isl'ds | Kawakawa* | 210 | .. | 71 0 7 | 0 5 0 | 17 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 8 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 7 2
Broken pastoral land, about five acres mixed forest, balance open; clay soil, well watered. Situated at Whangae Settlement, three miles from Opua.

Manukau .. | Koheroa* .. | 168 | .. | 60 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 0
Tea-tree and swamp land of good quality, Eight miles from Mercer, by formed road.

Rodney .. | Oruawharo* | 117 | .. | 161 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 40 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 0 3 | 0 2·4 | 0 16 3
Open fern and tea-tree hills. Three miles from Wellsford.

Waikato .. | Komakorau* | 78B | .. | 9 3 21 | 0 18 0 | 9 0 0 | 0 10·8 | 0 4 6 | 0 8·64 | 0 3 9
Mostly manuka; 3 acres in grass; well watered. Three miles and a half from Ngaruawahia. There is a good formed road to within a quarter of a mile of section.

Waikato .. | Komakorau* | 68,69,70 | .. | 152 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 76 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 18 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 10 5
" .. | " | 84,86 | .. | 97 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 49 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 4 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 19 8
" .. | " | 88,89,90 | .. | 134 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 67 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 13 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 6 10
" .. | " | 91A | .. | 15 0 28 | 0 10 0 | 7 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 3 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 3 0
Generally level land of fair quality; swamp and tea-tree; 1 acre of grass on Section No. 81. Situated three to four miles from Ngaruawahia, by good road.

Waikato .. | Kirikiriroa* | 3 | .. | 9 1 19 | 0 10 0 | 4 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 2 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 1 10
Level land, covered with heavy manuka. Fronting Waikato River, five miles from Ngaruawahia.

West Taupo | Wharepapa | 2 | I. | 358 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 224 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 5 12 3 | 0 6 | 4 9 9
" .. | " | 4 | " | 347 3 20 | 0 11 0 | 192 8 0 | 0 6·6 | 4 16 2 | 0 5·28 | 3 17 0
" .. | " | 6 | " | 273 3 29 | 0 17 0 | 232 18 0 | 0 10·2 | 5 16 5 | 0 8·16 | 4 13 2
Section No. 2, all ploughable, one-third first-class land, 25 acres forest, 30 acres swamp, balance fern and tea-tree. Section No. 4, 18 acres forest, balance open, one-half ploughable, good soil, balance broken. Section No. 6, all arable land, good soil. These lands are situated fifteen miles from Kihikihi.

• Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.