Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1735

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 seventh day of October, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 4 | IX. | 520 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 715 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 17 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 14 6 0

Situate on Okau Road; access from Tongaporutu, distant about fifteen miles, about seven miles being dray-road, about seven miles and a half bridle-road, and the remainder surveyed road only. Level, hilly, and undulating country, covered with forest, principally tawa, with a little rata, rimu, hinau, &c., and a dense undergrowth. The soil is good, on papa formation, and well watered. There is a small lake, Roto Kawau, on the section. Elevation, 70 ft. to 1,000 ft.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 2 | V. | 444 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 388 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 9 14 3 | 0 8·4 | 7 15 4
" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 925 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 693 15 0 | 0 9 | 17 6 10 | 0 7·2 | 13 17 6

Situate on Mangatoro Road; access from Tongaporutu by Okau Road, which is formed as a dray-road for about seven miles, and as a bridle-road for about three miles. The Mangatoro Road is now being opened for another mile, and the remainder—about four miles—is a surveyed road only. Broken country, soil fair; formation chiefly papa, with sandstone; well watered. Elevation, 50 ft. to 900 ft. All forest, consisting of tawa, rata, lightwoods, and a small quantity of birch.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 4 | V. | 500 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 375 0 0 | 0 9 | 9 7 6 | 0 7·2 | 7 10 0
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 419 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 314 5 0 | 0 9 | 7 17 1 | 0 7·2 | 6 5 8
" .. | " .. | 1 | VI. | 645 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 483 15 0 | 0 9 | 12 1 10 | 0 7·2 | 9 13 6
" .. | " .. | 7 | IX. | 800 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 800 0 0 | 1 0 | 20 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 16 0 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 613 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 536 7 6 | 0 10·5 | 13 8 2 | 0 8·4 | 10 14 6
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 374 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 327 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 8 3 7 | 0 8·4 | 6 10 11
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 369 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 322 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 8 1 5 | 0 8·4 | 6 9 2

Situate on Mangaroa Road; access from Tongaporutu, distant seventeen to nineteen miles, about seven being formed dray-road, seven and a half formed pack-track, the remainder surveyed road only. Hilly country, in some places broken, with a few small flats on Mangatawa Stream. The soil is of fair quality, resting on a formation of papa and sandstone, and is well watered. The forest is fairly heavy on slopes, but light on tops of hills, and comprises tawa, rata, hinau, with a few rimu, kahikatea, miro, and a little birch on the ridges, with a thick undergrowth. Elevation, from 100 ft. to 1,200 ft.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 5 | IX. | 700 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 700 0 0 | 1 0 | 17 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 14 0 0
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 570 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 570 0 0 | 1 0 | 14 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 11 8 0
" .. | " .. | 1 | X. | 1,205 0 0 | 0 16 0 | 964 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 24 2 0 | 0 7·6 | 19 5 7
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 900 0 0 | 0 16 0 | 720 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 18 0 0 | 0 7·6 | 14 8 0
" .. | " .. | 10 | XIV. | 480 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 420 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 10 10 0 | 0 8·4 | 8 8 0
" .. | " .. | 12 | " | 1,780 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 1557 10 0 | 0 10·5 | 38 18 9 | 0 8·4 | 31 3 0

Situate on Okau Road; access from Tongaporutu, distant sixteen and a half to twenty miles, about seven miles being formed dray-road, seven and a half formed bridle-road, the remainder surveyed road only. Chiefly hilly and broken country; a small portion of Section 5 level and undulating, and a little tableland on the southern end of Section 10. The soil is vegetable mould of fair to good quality, resting on papa formation, and well watered. The forest is heavy, chiefly tawa, with a little rata, rimu, hinau, and a dense undergrowth. Elevation, from 100 ft. to 1,460 ft.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 7 | XIII. | 905 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 452 10 0 | 0 6 | 11 6 3 | 0 4·8 | 9 1 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 760 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 380 0 0 | 0 6 | 9 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 7 12 0

Situate on Boar Road; access from Tongaporutu Township, distant about fifteen miles and a half, seven miles being formed dray-road, about seven miles and a half bridle-track, and the remainder surveyed road only. Hilly and broken forest country; formation chiefly papa, with a little sandstone. The soil is of fair to good quality, and is well watered. The forest is chiefly tawa, with a few rimu, hinau, rata, &c., and a little birch on the sandstone formation, with the usual undergrowth. Elevation, from 100 ft. to 900 ft.; ridges averaging about 400 ft. above valleys.

General Description of Land in Blocks V., VI., IX., X., XIII., and XIV., Waro Survey District.—This land is situated in the Clifton County, and includes portions of the valleys of the Mangatoro and Mangatawa Streams and the Tongaporutu River. It consists chiefly of hilly and generally rolling forest-clad country, with flats in the valleys, the timber comprising tawa, rata, rimu, with a small quantity of birch on the highest spurs, and the usual undergrowth, which is very dense. The soil is generally of good quality, resting upon a formation principally of papa, with sandstone in places, and is well watered by permanent streams. The altitude varies from 50 ft. to 1,460 ft. above sea-level. On the whole the land is well adapted for sheep-farming and raising cattle, while here and there in the more favoured portions of the sections, after the land is cleared, dairying will be practicable in the future. The principal means of access is via the Okau Road, between fifteen and twenty miles from Tongaporutu Township, where there are a post and telephone office, stores, &c. This township is forty-eight miles from New Plymouth and thirty-seven miles from Waitara, the nearest seaport. The main road from New Plymouth is metalled to Uruti, with the exception of occasional gaps in places between there and Urenui. The Okau Road branches off the main road about four miles south of Tongaporutu, and is formed for dray traffic for about seven miles, and another seven miles and a half are opened as a horse-road. The climate is bracing and healthy, the rainfall being equable and plentiful throughout the entire year, which generally insures an abundance of grass when the pastures are dry and burnt in other parts of the colony, whilst the comparatively low elevation has a tendency to maintain a mild temperature.

Hawera · | Omona .. | 2 | XII. | 973 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 608 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 15 4 1 | 0 6 | 12 3 3

Situate on Rawhitiroa Road; access from Eltham, about thirty-six miles distant—twelve miles metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, and the remainder formed bridle-road. The land is broken, with small flats on Moeawatea Stream; soil generally fair to good; papa formation with sandstone, well watered; dense forest of tawa, rata, rimu, matai, and thick undergrowth; also birch on tops of ridges. Elevation, 700 ft. to 1,500 ft.