1910
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

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 November, one thousand nine hundred and two; 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.

Section 5, about two-thirds mixed forest, balance swamp, fern, and tea-tree land; Sections 27 to 29, mostly broken forest land, with some clearing on each section. Situated twelve miles from Kaitaia.

Mangonui | Whakapaku* | 14 | .. | 278 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 139 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 9 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 15 7

Chiefly open land, with a few patches of mixed forest. Situated on sea-coast, about seven miles from Whangaroa. Weighted with £35, valuation for clearing and cultivation.

Whangaroa | Matawhero-hia* | 4 | .. | 46 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 29 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 14 8 | 0 6 | 0 11 9

" | Ditto .. | 11 | .. | 90 3 0 | 0 6 0 | 27 6 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 13 8 | 0 2·88 | 0 11 0

Mixed-forest lands, and broken. Situated about five miles from Kaeo Post-office.

Hokianga | Waoku .. | 4 | XII. | 203 0 29 | 0 12 6 | 126 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 3 3 5 | 0 6 | 2 10 9

Forest land of fair quality, fronting main road Opanake to Hokianga. About eleven miles from Taheke, and within the Auckland Special Settlement Block.

Hokianga | Waoku .. | 30 | XVI. | 221 3 0 | 0 12 6 | 138 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 9 5 | 0 6 | 2 15 6

Forest land of fair quality, fronting main Hokianga–Opanake Road. About seventeen miles from Taheke, and within the Auckland Special Settlement Block.

Hokianga | Mangamuka | 4 | IX. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0

" | " .. | 22 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0

Broken-forest land of fair quality, close to Tapuae Creek, Hokianga Harbour. Access by water. About six miles from Rawene.

Hokianga | Waipoua .. | 4 | X. | 277 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 173 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 6 7 | 0 6 | 3 9 3

Broken-forest lands of good quality, and well watered, fronting Opanake–Maunganui Bluff Road. Nine miles from Opanake Railway-station.

Whangarei | Mangapai* | N.E.88 | .. | 28 3 0 | 0 6 0 | 8 14 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 4 5 | 0 2·88 | 0 3 6

Open undulating land of inferior quality. Situated about six miles from Mangapai.

Hokianga | Tutamoe .. | 2 | V. | 105 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 66 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 1 13 2 | 0 6 | 1 6 6

Forest land of good quality, with some improvements. Situated in the Awatuna Improved-farm Settlement, fronting the Opanake–Hokianga Road, close to Mangatu Post-office.

Hokianga | Waipoua | 9 | X. | 97 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 61 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 1 10 8 | 0 6 | 1 4 6

Open and forest land. Situated in the Katui Improved-farm Settlement, about nine miles from Opanake Railway-station.

Whangarei | Maungata-pere* | 131A | .. | 47 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 23 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 5

Open land, with about 15 acres swamp. Situated three miles from Mangapai.

Rodney .. | Pakiri .. | 7 | XII. | 100 2 12 | 0 10 0 | 50 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 5 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 0 3

Undulating tea-tree land; about 15 acres swamp. Situated three miles from Wellsford.

Waikato .. | Taupiri* .. | 487 | .. | 300 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 187 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 4 13 9 | 0 6 | 3 15 0

Broken-forest land, with some clearing; soil good, and well watered. About six miles from Matahuru Settlement.

Raglan .. | Karamu* {3, 4, 5,} | .. | 262 1 0 | 0 6 0 | 78 12 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 19 4 | 0 2·88 | 1 11 5
| {6 and 9} |

Undulating open land; poor soil, with some swamp. About three miles from Whatawhata.

Kawhia .. | Pirongia .. | 3 | XVI. | 364 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 227 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 5 13 9 | 0 6 | 4 11 0

Open undulating land, well watered, and sandstone formation. About seven miles from Otorohanga.

Hokianga | Waoku .. | 45 | IX. | 37 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 18 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 5

Originally all forest; about 20 acres cleared, with dilapidated house. Situated at Waimamaku Settlement. Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements.

Opotiki .. | Waioeka* .. | 364A | .. | 306 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 191 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 4 15 7 | 0 6 | 3 16 6

" .. | " .. | 372A | .. | 196 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 98 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 9 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 19 3

Section 364A, nearly all broken forest land; good soil, with a few acres of fern. Section 372A, all mixed forest; broken country; soil good. Fronting Waioeka River, and situated from seven to eight miles from Opotiki.

• Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.