Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2177

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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 third day of December, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

All hilly, forest-clad country; about twenty-three miles from Hawera, via Tangahoe Valley Road, and about thirty miles from Patea, via Maben Road. Frontage to Patea River.

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 7 | VI. | 1,060 0 0 | 15 0 | 795 0 0 | 0 9 | 19 17 6 | 0 7·2 | 15 18 0

A small portion undulating, balance fair to rough country; all forest. Situate on Maben Road, about twenty-five miles from Patea.

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 1 | III. | 1,026 0 0 | 12 6 | 641 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 16 0 8 | 0 6 | 12 16 6

" .. | Omona .. | 7 | XV. | 1,041 0 0 | 12 6 | 650 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 16 5 4 | 0 6 | 13 0 3

" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 1,697 0 0 | 12 6 | 1,060 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 26 10 4 | 0 6 | 21 4 3

All hilly and broken forest country, the soil of fair quality, resting upon a papa formation. Distant from thirty-three to thirty-five miles from Eltham, via Rawhitiroa Road and branch roads, of which twenty miles is by dray-road, portion being metalled, seven miles of bridle-road, remainder unformed.

Patea .. | Omona .. | 4 | XIV. | 1,270 0 0 | 12 0 | 762 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 19 1 0 | 0 5·7 | 15 4 9

" .. | " .. | 3 | XV. | 1,294 0 0 | 15 0 | 970 10 0 | 0 9 | 24 5 3 | 0 7·2 | 19 8 2

All hilly and broken forest country; distant from Eltham twenty-seven to thirty miles, bridle-track within two miles of Section 4, via Mataiwhetu and Tahuri Roads.

Patea .. | Omona .. | 4 | XV. | 820 0 0 | 12 6 | 512 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 12 16 3 | 0 6 | 10 5 0

" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 980 0 0 | 15 0 | 735 0 0 | 0 9 | 18 7 6 | 0 7·2 | 14 14 0

All hilly and broken forest country; distant from Eltham thirty-one to thirty-two miles, twenty by formed dray-road, seven by bridle-road, good walking-track over remainder, via Epero Road.

Patea .. | Omona .. | 1 | XV. | 1,550 0 0 | 15 0 | 1,162 10 0 | 0 9 | 29 1 3 | 0 7·2 | 23 5 0

" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 1,256 0 0 | 12 6 | 785 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 19 12 6 | 0 6 | 15 14 0

" .. | " .. | 2 | XVI. | 1,166 0 0 | 17 6 | 1,020 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 25 10 2 | 0 8·4 | 20 8 1

All broken forest country; situate about thirty miles from Eltham, via Rawhitiroa Road, of which twenty miles is formed for dray traffic, the remainder being formed as a bridle-road.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 2 | XIII. | 594 0 0 | 14 0 | 415 16 0 | 0 8·4 | 10 8 0 | 0 6·7 | 8 6 4

" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 420 0 0 | 16 6 | 346 10 0 | 0 9·9 | 8 13 3 | 0 7·9 | 6 18 7

" .. | " .. | 11 | " | 850 0 0 | 11 6 | 488 15 0 | 0 6·9 | 12 4 5 | 0 5·5 | 9 15 6

Broken pastoral land, suitable for grazing, covered with mixed light forest. Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Soil fair, on sandstone-and-papa formation; well watered. Situate from thirteen to sixteen miles from Tongaporutu. At present packhorses can be taken to each section by old Public Works track and Tooi Road, which, however, can only be considered temporary access pending the construction of the roads on the permanent lines. An area in Sections 2 and 3 is reserved for railway purposes.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 5 | XIII. | 590 0 0 | 9 0 | 265 10 0 | 0 5·4 | 6 12 9 | 0 4·3 | 5 6 3

" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 575 0 0 | 19 0 | 546 5 0 | 0 11·4 | 13 13 2 | 0 9·1 | 10 18 6

" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 905 0 0 | 9 0 | 407 5 0 | 0 5·4 | 10 3 8 | 0 4·3 | 8 3 0

" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 760 0 0 | 9 0 | 342 0 0 | 0 5·4 | 8 11 0 | 0 4·3 | 6 16 9

" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 1,200 0 0 | 16 6 | 990 0 0 | 0 9·9 | 24 15 0 | 0 7·9 | 19 16 0

" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 1,013 0 0 | 16 6 | 835 14 6 | 0 9·9 | 20 17 10 | 0 7·9 | 16 14 4

Broken pastoral land, covered with forest. Altitude, from 100 ft. to 1,450 ft. above sea-level. Soil fair, formation chiefly papa with a little sandstone; well watered by permanent streams. Packhorses can be taken to the boundary of Section 5 by Tooi Road, and as far as Section 6 by Okau Road. Distant about twelve miles from Tongaporutu Township.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 4 | XIV. | 512 0 0 | 22 6 | 576 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 14 8 0 | 0 10·8 | 11 10 5

" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 594 0 0 | 22 6 | 668 5 0 | 1 1·5 | 16 14 2 | 0 10·8 | 13 7 3

" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 367 0 0 | 22 6 | 412 17 6 | 1 1·5 | 10 6 5 | 0 10·8 | 8 5 2

" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 315 0 0 | 20 0 | 315 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 17 6 | 0 9·6 | 6 6 0

" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 480 0 0 | 20 0 | 480 0 0 | 1 0 | 12 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 9 12 0

" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 476 0 0 | 17 6 | 416 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 10 8 3 | 0 8·4 | 8 6 7

These sections are all situate at the head of the Mataru Stream, at an altitude varying from 1,000 ft. to 1,350 ft. The land is hilly, but has more or less flat land on each section, with swamp along banks of Mataru Stream. The formation is principally sandstone, the soil of fair quality, and well watered by permanent streams. The timber is comparatively heavy, and along the valleys may be found small quantities of rimu and kahikatea, probably of rather poor quality.

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