Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2179

With regard to roads, the main road from Waitara is metalled as far as Uruti, with the exception of about four miles between the latter place and Urenui. At Uruti the Uruti Road branches off in a south-easterly direction. The Moki Road, which runs through the centre of the area now being opened, will be one of the most important roads in this part of the provincial district, being the most direct route from inland Taranaki to the sea-coast, and thence to the Port of Waitara and on to New Plymouth. This road branches off from the Uruti Road at a point two miles and a quarter from Uruti Post-office, or thirteen miles and a half from Urenui. From its junction with the Uruti Road it is formed for a mile and a quarter as a dray-road, and a further six miles as a bridle-road, whilst more work is proposed to be undertaken in the near future. From the junction with Ohura Road, two miles and a half are felled and cleared, with a rough horse-track formed along the line for one mile and three-quarters. Work here is now in progress. Access to the sections in Block IV., Upper Waitara, Block I., Pouatu, and Sections 3 and 4, Block II., Pouatu, will be directly from the Moki Road. The Rerekino Road, part of which it is proposed to form this season, will give access to Blocks VIII. and XII., Upper Waitara. Access to the southern and south-eastern portions of the block might also be from Ohura Road by Marco and Mangaowata Roads, the former of which is formed as a dray-road for a mile from Ohura Road, with a further two miles of horse-track, whilst the latter is formed as a bridle-road for four miles and a half. Further work on these roads is now under consideration, and it is hoped that it may be in progress this season. The sections in the north-western portion of the block will be approached by the Makarakia and Rerekapa Roads running northward from the Moki Road. The Putiki and Okau Roads will provide access to the northern sections. The Putiki Road branches off from the main Mokau Road, and is formed as a dray-road as far as Putiki, from which point the Okau Road is now formed seven miles as a bridle-road up the Tongaporutu Valley, with further work in progress. The Ohura and Mangapapa Roads will give access to the north-eastern sections. The former road is formed as a dray-road to a point about sixteen miles north from Whangamomona, and as a bridle-road past the junction of the Mangapapa Road, whilst there is a rough horse-track to connect with the formed road in the Ohura District.

Sections 1 and 2, Block XIV., Waro, and Sections 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Block II., Pouatu, are reserved for possible future sawmilling operations if afterwards thought desirable.

The general character of the sections being offered consists of hilly and rolling forest-clad country, with an elevation ranging from 100 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The quality of the soil is from fair to good, resting on a papa-and-sandstone formation; and, although a portion of the country is broken and intersected with ravines and gorges, it is on the whole well adapted for grazing purposes. The entire block is suitable for sheep and cattle raising, and in the more favoured localities dairying might be carried on in the future. All the sections are well watered by permanent streams, the climate is bracing and healthy, the rainfall being also equable, and plentiful throughout the entire year, which generally insures an abundance of grass.

General Description of Land in Blocks XI. and XV., Upper Waitara Survey District.

This land is situated in the Clifton County, and includes part of the valley of the Waitara and adjoining streams. It is distant in an easterly direction from Inglewood about thirty-one miles by Junction and Matau Roads. These roads will probably provide the best access for the present to the north-western sections. The northern sections may be reached from the Okoke Road, now available as a bridle-track to Section 6, Block VI., Upper Waitara, thence by walking-track to the Tangitu Stream, two miles and a half from Tarawai Road. The western sections are within two miles of the Ohura Road by the Tawhiwhi Road. The junction of Tawhiwhi Road is about thirty-two miles from Stratford by the Ohura Road, formed as a dray-road, with about fourteen miles metalled. The land is all forest-covered, and is generally rough, hilly country. The bush is moderately heavy, and consists of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, &c., with usual undergrowth—karamu, mahoe, karewa, kiekie, &c. The Junction Road is formed as a dray-road past the point where the Matau Road branches off, and of the twenty-seven miles intervening between Inglewood and Matau about twenty are metalled. There is a post-office, school, and store near the junction of Matau and Junction Roads. Of the Matau Road a mile and a quarter is formed for dray traffic, a mile and a half more as bridle-road, with a further length of about a mile felled and cleared.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Takapuna Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

GEORGE JOHNSON

to be a Trustee, in the place of John Johnson, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Takapuna Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in Canterbury.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms portion of a reserve heretofore duly set apart for Provincial Government purposes, being a reserve within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and such land has not been vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustees:

And whereas it is expedient that the said land shall be appropriated for the purposes of a public recreation-ground, being a reserve in Class III. of the aforesaid Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the second section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” do by this notification declare that the said land shall, from and after the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two, be appropriated for the purposes of a public recreation-ground under Class III. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 60 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3596 and formerly part of Reserve No. 1816, situate in Block VII., Waitaki Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the said Reserve No. 1816, 1506 links; towards the east by the road forming the western boundary of Sections Nos. 28388 and 28225, 4151·6 links; towards the south by a road-line, 1543·6 links; and towards the west by the railway reserve, 3815·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 48639, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged pink.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and two; and that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”