SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1911

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay 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 twelfth 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 2 | XX. | 554 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 554 0 0 | 1 0 | 13 17 0 | 0 9·6 | 11 1 7
Hilly country; about 150 acres fern and scrub, balance covered with tawa, rimu, rewarewa, manuka, hinau, and supplejack; well watered; good clay soil; bad access. Situated about ten miles from Nuhaka.

Wairoa .. | Nuhaka N. | 4 | XVII. | 554 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 554 0 0 | 1 0 | 13 17 0 | 0 9·6 | 11 1 7
Hilly country; about 100 acres fern and scrub, balance covered with tawa, rimu, rewarewa, hinau, manuka, and supplejack; well watered; good clay soil; bad access. Situated from eight to twelve miles from Nuhaka.

Cook .. | Uawa .. | 1 | X. | 42 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 84 0 0 | 2 0 | 2 2 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 13 7
This section is situated about four miles and a half from Tolago Bay (Buckley Township). It has a frontage of about 20 chains to the Tolago Bay–Waimata dray-road. It is fenced on the south and west by a wire fence. It is open manuka-scrub country, and has been sown in grass in patches. There are a few acres of light bush in gully and near the Mangahua River. Broken country. Altitude, from 300 ft. to 600 ft.

Cook .. | Uawa .. | 1 | III. | 251 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 502 0 0 | 2 0 | 12 11 0 | 1 7·2 | 10 0 10
This section is situated about eight miles from Tolago Bay (Buckley Township). It has about 50 chains frontage to the Tolago Bay–Maungatokeran dray-road. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 1,174 ft. It contains about 60 or 70 acres very good flat land, with deep soil, 20 to 30 acres of which is in grass. The balance is steep hill-face, covered with mixed bush, chiefly tawa.

Cook .. | Hangaroa | 22 | VIII. | 609 2 35 | 1 0 0 | 610 0 0 | 1 0 | 15 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 12 4 0
About 250 acres of this section is open and covered with manuka scrub; flat and undulating, light soil. The balance is hilly land, covered with tawa, kahikatea, matai, rewarewa, manuka, &c.; soil good, and well watered. Situated about thirty-five miles from Gisborne, by a formed dray-road.

Wairoa .. | Nuhaka N. | 3 | XX. | 581 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 581 0 0 | 1 0 | 14 10 6 | 0 9·6 | 11 12 5
About 70 acres light fern and scrub land, balance hilly land, covered with bush, chiefly tawa, rimu, rewarewa, matai, black birch, &c. Soil light on hill-tops, but very good on lower levels; papa formation; well watered. Distant from Gisborne about forty-four miles, and accessible by the Tunanui–Mahia Road.

Second-class Land.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 1 | XVI. | 323 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 242 5 0 | 0 9 | 6 1 2 | 0 7·2 | 4 16 11
Hilly country, containing about 70 acres light fern and scrub, balance forest consisting of tawa, rimu, rewarewa, hinau, manuka, &c. Soil light in open and good clay in bush; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Nuhaka.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 2 | XVI. | 370 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 323 15 0 | 0 10·5 | 8 1 11 | 0 8·4 | 6 9 6
Hilly country, covered with tawa, rimu, rewarewa, manuka, and heavy scrub; well watered; soil good. Situated about ten miles from Nuhaka.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 3 | XVI. | 481 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 360 15 0 | 0 9 | 9 0 5 | 0 7·2 | 7 4 4
Hilly country; about 80 acres of fern and scrub, the balance forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, rewarewa, manuka, &c.; well watered; papa formation; good soil. Situated about ten miles from Nuhaka.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 1 | XX. | 510 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 382 10 0 | 0 9 | 9 11 3 | 0 7·2 | 7 13 0
Hilly country, with about 100 acres fern and scrub, the remainder covered with tawa, rimu, rewarewa, &c.; well watered; soil good, but light on hill-tops. Situated about ten miles from Nuhaka.

Wairoa .. | Opoiti .. | 1 | XI. | 587 2 25 | 0 15 0 | 441 0 0 | 0 9 | 11 0 6 | 0 7·2 | 8 16 5
About 100 acres open land, the balance covered with bush, chiefly tawa, rimu, matai, kahikatea, rewarewa, &c.; all hilly; papa formation; well watered. Valuation for improvements, 45 acres felled and grassed, £50 12s. 6d. Situated about five miles from Opoiti Bridge. Access by surveyed road up the Mangapoike and Makaretu Streams.

Cook .. | Motu .. | 4 | XV. | 471 2 0 | 0 11 0 | 259 12 0 | 0 6·6 | 6 9 10 | 0 5·28 | 5 3 10
An area of 230 acres is manuka land, with light soil; remainder forest, with good soil. About 70 acres of the manuka land cleared and grassed, and is worth at the present time £70, although the grass is mixed with manuka scrub. The forest consists of tawa, rimu, rata, kahikatea, matai, miro, &c.; well watered; papa formation; altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,850 ft. Situated about forty-five miles from Gisborne by formed dray-road.

Cook .. | Motu .. | 6 | XI. | 400 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 300 0 0 | 0 9 | 7 10 0 | 0 7·2 | 6 0 0
" .. | " .. | 11 | XV. | 404 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 303 15 0 | 0 9 | 7 11 11 | 0 7·2 | 6 1 6
All hilly forest land; good soil; well watered. The forest consists of tawa, rimu, rata, kahikatea, miro, rewarewa, &c.; papa formation; altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,850 ft. Situated about forty miles from Gisborne by formed dray-road.

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.