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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 24

NELSON LAND DISTRICT—continued.

Section 10 has from 20 to 25 acres flat, remainder low spurs; the remaining three sections are nearly all hills; soil poor on Section 3.

| Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 11 | XI. | 83 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 62 5 0 | 0 9 | 1 11 1 | 0 7·2 | 1 4 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 12 | " | 229 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 143 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 3 11 6 | 0 6 | 2 17 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 203 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 101 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 0 7 |

These sections have small flats up gullies and Donald’s Creek, and Section 13 good slopes; timber, rimu and white-pine occasionally amongst the brown- and red-birch.

| Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 15 | XI. | 88 0 0 | 0 19 0 | 83 12 0 | 0 11·4 | 2 1 9 | 0 9·1 | 1 13 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 16 | " | 102 0 0 | 0 19 0 | 96 18 0 | 0 11·4 | 2 8 5 | 0 9·1 | 1 18 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 17 | " | 167 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 146 2 6 | 0 10·5 | 3 13 0 | 0 8·4 | 2 18 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 18 | " | 137 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 102 15 0 | 0 9 | 2 11 4 | 0 7·2 | 2 1 1 |
| " .. | " .. | 19 | " | 146 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 65 14 0 | 0 5·4 | 1 12 10 | 0 4·3 | 1 6 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 20 | " | 112 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 50 8 0 | 0 5·4 | 1 5 2 | 0 4·3 | 1 0 2 |

Section 15 is flat terraces, with few acres of rimu and white-pine along road. Section 16 has about 20 acres of flat terrace-land, the remainder low spurs; timber as in 15. Section 17 about 20 acres flat, facing road and Cat Creek. Section 18 is about one-third flat terrace, remainder gentle slopes; 19 and 20 have small flats along Cat Creek, balance low spurs. There is some rimu, but too scattered for milling.

| Waimea .. | Tadmor .. | 26 | XI. | 258 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 103 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 11 7 | 0 3·8 | 2 1 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 27 | " | 225 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 90 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 5 0 | 0 3·8 | 1 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 28 | " | 318 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 127 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 3 7 | 0 3·8 | 2 10 10 |
| " .. | " .. | 29 | " | | | | | | | |
| " .. | " .. | 30 | " | 256 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 102 8 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 11 2 | 0 3·8 | 2 0 11 |
| " .. | " .. | 31 | " | | | | | | | |

Nearly all hills; small flats along Donald’s and Cat Creeks; timber, birch, with some rimus.

This land lies in the upper basin of the Tadmor Valley. The block adjoins the Tadmor Settlement, which has been occupied for many years past, and is now nearly all cleared and in grass. Its nearest point is fourteen miles and a half from the Motupiko Railway-station, which again is distant thirty miles by rail from Nelson. The railway is about to be extended from Motupiko, and the line is surveyed up the valley of the Tadmor, and traverses the whole length of the block, and will no doubt eventually be carried on to the Hope and Buller Rivers.

The main road through the block was made some years ago, and has lately been re-formed, but the branch roads will require to be opened by felling the bush and forming horse-tracks.

The block is covered with forest, for the greater part birches of one kind or another, though interspersed in parts with rimu, white-pine, and other timbers. It is generally of a hilly character, though not abrupt, and is suitable for grazing when cleared and grassed, but in the valley itself there are good flats throughout the whole length.

The Tadmor Settlement, which is land of a similar character, and which intending selectors will pass through on their way to inspect the block, affords a good indication of what the country will produce.

About the centre of the block a small village-site has been laid off, and reserves made for schools, recreation-ground, cemetery, and general purposes; but this will probably not be offered until it has been felled, burnt, and grassed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Declaring Roads through Lands in Bruce County (Barnego Estate) to be closed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General, from which it appears that the roads described in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused, and that they intersect land acquired under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and are not suitable for the subdivision of such land: Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of section sixty-nine of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads in the Bruce County hereinafter described, and I do hereby declare that they shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

As the same are delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 45075A, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.