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SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND—continued.

Rough and broken pastoral country, covered with fairly heavy forest. Altitude, from 500 ft. to 1,480 ft. above sea-level. Soil of fair quality, resting upon papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. Distant from Uruti fifteen to nineteen miles, and from Tuhara nine to fourteen miles. (Litho. 152.)

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 9 | XI. | 1,635 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1,021 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 25 11 0 | 0 6 | 20 8 9

Rough, broken grazing country, covered with moderately heavy forest. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,350 ft. above sea-level. Soil fair, resting on papa formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distance from Junction Road via Matau Road, about five miles. Small flats on Waitara River. (Litho. 152.)

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 8 | XV. | 1,609 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 1206 15 0 | 0 9 | 30 3 5 | 0 7·2 | 24 2 9

Rough and broken country, suitable for grazing; covered with moderately heavy forest. Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Soil fair, on papa formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distance from Junction Road via Matau Road, about five miles. (Litho. 152.)

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 8 | VI. | 630 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 787 10 0 | 1 3 | 19 13 9 | 1 0 | 15 15 0

" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 550 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 687 10 0 | 1 3 | 17 3 9 | 1 0 | 13 15 0

Situate about fourteen miles from Urenui by Okoke and Kaka Roads, and six miles from Uruti by Uruti Road: the Okoke Road is formed for dray traffic, and the Kaka Road is a 5-ft. bridle-road for four miles, the remainder being surveyed road only; the Uruti Road is formed for three miles as a dray-road, the remainder is in course of formation as a bridle-road. The land is fair to good pastoral country, wholly covered with forest consisting of rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c., and usual undergrowth; the soil is good, on well-watered papa formation. (Litho. 164.)

Clifton .. | Mimi .. | 9 | XII. | 511 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 383 5 0 | 0 9 | 9 11 8 | 0 7·2 | 7 13 4

Situate about nine miles from Uruti. Access by Mangahia Road, which is a dray-road for about four miles, another four miles bridle-road, the remainder a pack-track. The section comprises rough, hilly country, steep and broken; all forest, consisting of rata, tawa, rimu, hinau, and a little matai and totara, with a dense undergrowth; the soil varies from fair to good, on a well-watered formation of papa and sandstone. (Litho. 164.)

Clifton .. | Mimi .. | 11 | XIII. | 395 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 395 0 0 | 1 0 | 9 17 6 | 0 9·6 | 7 18 0

" .. | " .. | 12 | " | 620 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 620 0 0 | 1 0 | 15 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 12 8 0

Situate about eleven miles from Uruti. Access by Mangahia and May Roads, four miles being a dray-road, four miles bridle-road, and the remainder pack-track. The land is hilly and undulating pastoral country, wholly covered with heavy forest of rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c., and a little totara, with a dense undergrowth; the soil varies from fair to good, and rests upon a well-watered formation of papa and sandstone. (Litho. 164.)

Stratford | Mahoe .. | 3 and 4 | XIV. | 400 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 8 0 0

Situate about twenty miles from Stratmore. Access by Taihore Road, which is formed for dray traffic; thence by Puniwhakau dray-road to within about three miles of the section; the remainder being partly bridle-road and partly surveyed road only. The land generally is rough, but fairly good along frontage; all covered with forest, heavy on ridges and light in valleys, consisting of rata, rimu, kahikatea, &c., with dense undergrowth of karewa, mahoe, &c.; the soil is of good quality, resting upon a well-watered papa formation. (Litho. 164.)

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. (Litho. 165.)

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 4 | V. | 500 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 375 0 0 | 0 9 | 9 7 6 | 0 7·2 | 7 10 0

" .. | " .. | 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

" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 374 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 327 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 8 3 7 | 0 8·4 | 6 10 11

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. (Litho. 165.)

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 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

" .. | " .. | 12 | XIV. | 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. (Litho. 165.)

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 mile 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. (Litho. 165.)

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