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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three; 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.

Chieflly undulating forest land of good quality, and well watered; a few fern openings. Situated from fourteen to seventeen miles from Kohukohu, and four to eight miles from Broadwood.

| Hokianga | Whangape .. | 1, 2, 3 | IV. | 284 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 106 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 13 6 | 0 3·6 | 2 2 9 |
| " | " .. | 4, 5, 6, 7 | " | 400 2 10 | 0 8 0 | 160 8 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 0 3 | 0 3·84 | 3 4 2 |
| " | " .. | 8, 9, 10 | " | 306 1 0 | 0 8 0 | 122 8 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 1 2 | 0 3·84 | 2 9 0 |
| " | " .. | 11, 12 | " | 309 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 115 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 18 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 6 4 |
| " | " .. | 14, 15, | " | 436 2 10 | 0 8 0 | 174 16 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 7 5 | 0 3·84 | 3 10 0 |
| " | " .. | 16, 17 | " | | | | | | | |
| " | " .. | 18, 19, | " | 392 2 36 | 0 8 0 | 157 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 18 7 | 0 3·84 | 3 2 10 |
| " | " .. | 20, 21 | " | | | | | | | |
| " | " .. | 22, 23 | " | 236 0 20 | 0 7 6 | 88 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 4 3 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 5 |

Broken and undulating forest land of very fair quality, well watered, and accessible by formed dray and bridle road. Situated from ten to fourteen miles from Kohukohu, and from three to seven miles from Broadwood Post-office.

| Mongonui | Takahue .. | 13, 15, 16 | VI. | 233 0 14 | 0 7 6 | 87 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 3 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 0 |
| " | " .. | 17, 18, | " | 264 2 28 | 0 7 6 | 95 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 9 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 19 9 |
| " | " .. | 19, 20 | " | | | | | | | |

Sections 13 to 16, chiefly broken land; about 8 acres swamp, 60 acres open; balance forest, containing puriri, totara, &c., with a few kauri trees. Sections 17 to 20, about 28 acres swamp, balance broken; about 100 acres open, remainder forest, containing puriri, totara, and a few kauri trees. Situated three to four miles from Kaitaia.

| Mongonui | Takahue .. | 5, 5A, 6, 7 | X. | 269 3 38 | 0 8 0 | 108 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 14 0 | 0 3·84 | 2 3 3 |
| " | " .. | 8, 9, 19, | " | 294 1 26 | 0 8 0 | 117 12 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 18 10 | 0 3·84 | 2 7 1 |
| " | " .. | 20, 21 | " | | | | | | | |
| " | " .. | 10, 11, 12 | " | 460 0 4 | 0 7 6 | 172 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 4 6 3 | 0 3·6 | 3 9 0 |
| " | " .. | 13, 14 | " | 287 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 107 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 13 10 | 0 3·6 | 2 3 1 |
| " | " .. | 23 | " | 45 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 17 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 8 8 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 11 |

Sections 5 to 7, about 17 acres swamp, balance broken forest land, and some open; about 150 acres mixed forest, containing puriri, taraire, and a few kauri trees; clay soil; well watered. Sections 8, 9, 19 to 21, about 15 acres swamp, 100 acres forest, with rimu and kahikatea; some level land, but mostly broken; balance open. Sections 10 to 12, about 15 acres swamp, about 220 acres forest; a little level land, but mostly broken; the forest consists of puriri, totara, taraire, and matai; balance of land open. Sections 13 and 14, very broken land; about 200 acres mixed forest, consisting of puriri, totara, taraire, and matai; balance open land. Section 23, about 15 acres forest, 4 acres swamp; balance fern slopes. These are clay lands, well watered, and accessible by bridle-track, from four to seven miles from Kaitaia.

| Mongonui | Takahue .. | 15, 16, 21 | XI. | 277 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 139 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 9 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 15 8 |
| " | " .. | 13, 14 | " | 207 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 103 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 11 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 1 5 |

Sections 15, 16, 21, about 20 acres swamp, balance open land and broken. Sections 13, 14, about 15 acres mixed forest, remainder open land and broken. Access by main Mangonui-Hokianga Road, about eight miles from Kaitaia and three miles from Takahue Post-office.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.