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trict; towards the south-east generally by the Puketiti No. 1 Block, by the Awakino River, by the Kinohaku West B No. 2 Block, again by the Awakino River, by the Kinohaku West A No. 1 Block, and again by the Awakino River, and by Sections Nos. 3 and 4 of Block I., Awakino East Survey District; towards the south-west generally by Sections Nos. 5, 4, and 3 of Block II., Awakino North Survey District, and by the Kinohaku West E Section 1G No. 2, Section 1D No. 2, Section 1E, and Section 1F. No. 1 Blocks; and towards the north-west generally by the sea, by a right line running parallel to and at a distance of 60 chains in a northerly direction from the northern boundary-line of Blocks IX., X., and XI., Whareorino Survey District, by a right line being the production in a southerly direction of the eastern boundary of Crown land formerly known as the Kinohaku West G Section 1C No. 1 Block, by the south-western boundary of the said block, and by the Kinohaku West G Section 1C No. 2, G Section No. 1A No. 2, and H Section 2B No. 2 Blocks to the point of commencement.

Description of land: Altitude ranges from sea-level to 2,600 ft. above sea-level. Land mostly covered with heavy forest, consisting of tawa, rata, rimu, puriri, &c ; some open land, mostly along sea-coast ; soil of good quality, papa and marl formation, well watered.

Cash price, £1 to £1 5s. per acre ; occupation with right of purchase, 1s. to 1s. 3d. per acre per annum ; lease in perpetuity, 9·6d. to 1s per acre per annum.

WEST TAupo COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks VII., X., XI., XIII., XIV., and XV., Whaepapa Survey District, and Blocks I., II., and III., Ranginui Survey District, containing by admeasurement 24,800 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the east generally by the Wharepuhanga No. 16, No. 15, and No. 19 Blocks, and by Crown land formerly known as the Pouakani A No. 1A Block; towards the south by the Wharepuhanga No. 17 Block; towards the west by the Ranitoto Tuhua Block and the Mangatutu Stream; and towards the north-west generally by a Native reserve, by Sections Nos. 32 and 4 of Block X., Wharepapa Survey District, and by Section No. 1 of Block VII. of the same district to the point of commencement.

Description of land: About 4,000 acres open land, balance mixed forest; sandstones and Tertiary clay, in parts covered with consolidated tufa and blown pumice; situated from twenty to twenty-eight miles from Kihikihi.

Cash price, 10s. 6d. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6·3d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 5·04d. per acre per annum.

OPOTIKI COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks IV., VII., VIII., XI., XII., XV., and XVI., Waioeka Survey District; Blocks III., IV., VII., and VIII., Waioeka South Survey District; Blocks I., II., V., VI., VII., IX., X., XI., XIII., and XIV., Urutawa Survey District; and Blocks I., II., and V., Motu Survey District; containing by admeasurement 84,415 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by the Oamaru No. 2B, No. 3B, and No. 4B Blocks, by the confiscation boundary-line, by the Oamaru No. 5B Block, by the Pakihi Stream, by the Oamaru No. 7B Block, and by the Whitikau No. 3A Block; towards the south-east generally by the boundary of the Auckland Land District proclaimed in the Gazette of the 28th April, 1898, page 689; and towards the west generally by the Oamaru No. 1C Block, by the Kote Pato Stream, and by the Waioeka River to the point of commencement.

Description of land: This land is part of the Oamaru Block, lying to the southward of the Opotiki confiscation boundary-line, and situated from eleven to thirty miles from the sea-coast. The land is, generally speaking, very broken, the higher peaks and ridges ranging from 2,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. The soil is poor on the tops of these ridges and spurs, tawai or black-birch being the prevailing timber. Along the valley of the Waioeka River, from the Opato Stream southwards, the slopes are easier, and the soil is of better quality, and, generally speaking, the country becomes less broken as the heads of the rivers are approached. With the exception of the ridges and spurs mentioned above, the block is fairly good pastoral country, the quality of the soil being good, though broken, and the block well watered throughout.

Cash price, 15s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 9d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 7·2d. per acre per annum.

KAWHIA COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks II., VI., VII., X., and XI., Pirongia Survey District, containing by admeasurement 6,300 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by unadjudicated Native land

known as the Matakowhai Block; towards the north-east generally by a State forest reserve, by the Mangauika No. 1B Block, by the boundary of a block of land opened for selection as unsurveyed land on the 3rd March, 1897, by a Native reserve, again by the aforesaid unsurveyed land, by Section No. 1 of Block VII., Pirongia Survey District, by Crown land formerly known as the Whakairoiro Block, by the Kopua No. 1N, Kopua No. 10, and Kopua No. 1L Blocks; towards the south generally by the Kawhia-Pirongia main road, and by part of Kopua No. 1S Section 2 Block; towards the south-west by the Waiwhakaata No. 3E No. 4 Block, by other part of the Kopua No. 1S Section 2 Block, by a public road, and by Section No. 2 of Block VI., Pirongia Survey District; and towards the west generally by a public road, by a metal reserve, again by a public road, and by Section No. 3 of Block I., Pirongia Survey District, to the point of commencement.

Description of land: About 1,400 acres at eastern end of block is open land, broken and undulating; balance mixed forest, mostly broken; soil at western end of block volcanic, of good quality. Land is well watered, and situated from six to sixteen miles from Pirongia.

Cash price, 16s. 6d. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 9·9d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 7·92d. per acre per annum.

WEST TAupo COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks VII., VIII., and XI., Ranginui Survey District, containing by admeasurement 3,423 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a line; towards the south-east and south-west by Pastoral Run No. 61; towards the north west and again towards the south-west by the Pouakani A No. 3 Block; and again towards the north-west by the Wharepuhanga No. 13 and No. 20 Blocks to the point of commencement.

Description of land: Half forest, remainder open, country fairly good, but covered with pumice in places, flat, undulating, and broken; situated from thirty-four to thirty-eight miles from Kihikihi.

Cash price, 10s. 6d. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 6·3d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 5·04d. per acre per annum.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Blocks XII., XV., and XVI., Ranginui Survey District; Blocks IX. and XII., Whakamaru Survey District; and Blocks III., IV., VII., and VIII., Hurakia Survey District; containing by admeasurement 14,386 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Pastoral Run No. 61; towards the south-east generally by the Pouakani C No. 1B and B No. 9B Blocks, by the Tihoi Block, by a line, and by the Ongarue River; and towards the west generally by a line, by the Maraeroa A Section 3 Block, and by Pastoral Run No. 61 aforesaid to the point of commencement.

Description of land: Mostly mixed forest; fair loamy soil, mixed with pumice; situated from forty to fifty miles from Kihikihi.

Cash price, 14s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 8·4d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 6·72d. 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.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 19th December, 1902.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
BARNARD BRUCE MACCURDY .. .. Helensville.
EVAN RACKLEY .. .. Waipara.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 23rd December, 1902.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN PICKARD

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Middlemarch.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.