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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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same district, by the Opouteke Block, by Sections Nos. 1 and 3 of Block VIII., aforesaid, and by a public road; towards the south-east by a public road; towards the south by a State Forest reserve; towards the west by a State Forest reserve and by the eastern boundary of Block VI., Tutamoe Survey District; again towards the south by the northern boundary of the said Block VI.; again towards the west by section No. 9 of Block V., and Sections Nos. 3, 2, and 1 of Block I., Tutamoe Survey District; again towards the south by the section last mentioned; and towards the west by a line running due north to the point of commencement: save and except Ketetangariki B No. 2 Block, and Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Block III., Section No. 2 of Block IV., and Sections Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of Block VII., all of Tutamoe Survey District, from the area hereinbefore described.

Description of Land.—North portion of Blocks I. and II.: Mixed forest land of fair quality, containing rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c.; undulating and broken; fronts formed road. South portion of Block I. and south-west portion of Block II.: Mixed forest land of good quality; undulating, with some alluvial flats along the Wai-o Kumurau Stream; fronts formed road. Forest consists of taraire, rimu, rata, &c. Balance of Block II. and south-west portion of Block III.: Mostly mixed forest, undulating and broken, containing rimu, kahikatea, &c., with some scattered totara; soil fair. North portion of Blocks III. and IV.: Some very good flats along Mangakahia River, covered with fern and tall manuka, balance covered with mixed forest consisting of rimu, kahikatea, &c.; good soil. South-east portion of Block III., balance of Block IV., east portion of Block VII., and north portion of Block VIII.: Undulating to broken; mixed forest, containing rimu, kahikatea, taraire, kohekohe, &c., and scattered totara; soil of fair quality. South portion of Block VIII.: Undulating land of good quality, covered with mixed forest of same character as last-mentioned block. South portion Block III., west portion Block VII., Block XI., and Block XII.: Nearly all broken land, covered with mixed forest consisting of rimu, rata, kahikatea, taraire, kohekohe, &c., with some scattered kauri and totara; some flat and sloping country at southern end of block; soil of fair quality throughout. All the above lands are well watered. The access at present is by track from nearest formed road at Mangakahia Bridge, about twenty miles, to eastern end of block. At the western end about five or six miles of road have been formed east of Marlborough Special Settlement, giving access to the main Opanake-Hokianga Road. The Dargaville Road also runs close by the eastern side of block, through the Karaka Block.

Cash price, 12s. to 21s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 7·2d. to 12·6d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 5·76d. per acre to 10·08d. per acre per annum.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 described 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 lands 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 described 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.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., and XVI., Punakitere Survey District, containing by admeasurement 16,970 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by the

Kohatutaka Block, by a State forest reserve, by Sections Nos 11 and 12 of Block X., Punakitere Survey District, and by Otawa Road; towards the north-west generally by the eastern boundary of Block XIV., Punakitere Survey District, by Sections Nos. 13 and 10 of Block X. of the same district, and by unadjudicated Native land; towards the north-east generally by the Kawaenui Stream, by unadjudicated Native land, by the Paparoa Stream, and by the Mangakahia-Kaikohe Road; towards the south-east generally by the Paramurua River and the Te Kawa Stream, by unadjudicated Native Land, by the Pahara, Otaenga, and Whakairo Streams, by the Otaniwha Block, and by the Putaka and Mangaraupo Streams; towards the south generally by the Mangakahia River, by part of the western boundary of Block XIV., Punakitere Survey District, and by the southern boundary of Block XIII. of the same district; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 19, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, and 24 of Block XVI., Waoku Survey District, to the point of commencement.

Description of Land.—Block XIII.: Undulating land of very fair quality, heavily timbered, covered chiefly with rimu, rata, taraire, &c., with a few scattered kauri and totara. There is a flat along the Mangakahia River, about 20 chains deep, of fairly rich soil. Some of the steep spurs are of rather poor quality, being covered with towai. Block XIV.: Land in the north-west portion of the block is of very fair quality, covered with taraire, rata, rimu, nikau, &c. The southern portion is very broken, covered with mixed forest; land of good quality, sandstone formation. There is scattered kauri throughout the block. Block XI. and northern portion of Block XV. consist mainly of open fern land, with forest in gullies, containing scattered kauri; soil of inferior quality. The southern portion of Block XV., lying between the Mangaraupo and Mangakahia Rivers, is very good land with a nice piece of flat along the Mangakahia River. The above lands are situated from twelve to twenty miles from Taheke. The western end of the block is within two miles of the Taheke-Opanake Main Road, and about fifteen miles from Taheke. Access to the central portion will be by the Otawa Road to be formed shortly, about twelve miles from Taheke; and to the eastern portion by bridle-track along the Mangakahia River, about twelve miles from Kaikohe, and the same distance from the Mangakahia Native Settlement.

Cash price, from 10s. to £1 per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6d. to 1s. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 4·8d. to 9·6d. per acre per annum.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 described 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 lands 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.

KAWHIA COUNTY.

Unsurveyed First-class Land.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., and XI., Whareorino Survey District, and Blocks V., IX., X., and XIII., Maungamangero Survey District, containing by admeasurement 29,583 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a State forest reserve, by Sections Nos. 10 and 11 of Block VI., Maungamangero Survey District, and by Sections Nos. 4 and 3 of Block X. of the same survey dis-