Jan. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 159

SECOND-CLASS HEAVY-BUSH LAND—continued.

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.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
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. (Litho. 165.)

Hawera | Omona .. | 6 | XII. | 650 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 568 15 0 | 0 10·5 | 14 4 4 | 0 8·4 | 11 7 6
Situate on Moeawatea Road; access from Eltham, about thirty-four miles distant—twelve miles metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, remainder formed bridle-road; fair country, although very broken; soil fair, on papa formation; well watered; forest heavy, comprising tawa, rata, rimu, and small quantity of birch on tops of ridges, with a thick undergrowth. Elevation, 800 ft. to 1,500 ft. (Litho. 165.)

Hawera .. | Omona .. | 1 | XVI. | 1,845 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1153 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 28 16 7 | 0 6 | 23 1 3
Patea .. | Kapara .. | 3 | I. | 1,350 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 843 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 21 1 10 | 0 6 | 16 17 6
Situate on Rawhitiroa Road; access from Eltham or Waitotara; distant from the latter thirty-six to forty miles; access by formed dray-road to within a mile of Section 3. Hilly and broken country, wholly covered with forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch on highest ridges; formation papa, with sandstone and shell-rock; well watered. Elevation, 400 ft. to 1,580 ft. (Litho. 165.)

Patea .. | Kapara .. | 9 | V. | 1,203 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 751 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 18 15 11 | 0 6 | 15 0 9
Situate on Ridge Road; access from Waverley, distant about eighteen miles, twelve miles being formed dray-road, thence by a bridle-road to within about four miles. Hilly and broken country, wholly covered with forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, and black-birch on highest ridges; formation papa; well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. (Litho. 165.)

Hawera .. | Omona .. | 4 | XV. | 820 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 615 0 0 | 0 9 | 15 7 6 | 0 7·2 | 12 6 0
" .. | " .. | 3 | XVI. | 1,670 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 1461 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 36 10 7 | 0 8·4 | 29 4 6
Situate on Epero Road, Section 3 having also a frontage to Moeawatea Road; access from Eltham, distant about thirty-two miles, of which twelve is metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, nine miles formed horse-road, remainder surveyed road only. Hilly and broken country, covered with forest, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, tawhero, and black-birch on the tops of ridges; soil fair, on papa and shell-rock formation; well watered. Elevation, 550 ft. to 1,200 ft. (Litho. 165.)

Hawera .. | Omona .. | 4 | XVI. | 685 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 599 7 6 | 0 10·5 | 14 19 8 | 0 8·4 | 11 19 9
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 991 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 867 2 6 | 0 10·5 | 21 13 7 | 0 8·4 | 17 6 11
Situate on Rawhitiroa and Moeawatea Roads; access from Eltham, distant about thirty-six miles, twelve miles by metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, remainder formed bridle-road. Hilly and broken country, with flats and easier slopes on Moeawatea Stream; covered with forest, consisting of tawa, rimu, rata, tawhero, towai, and black-birch on tops of ridges; dense undergrowth; soil fair, on papa and shell-rock formation; well watered. Elevation, 550 ft. to 1,200 ft. (Litho. 165.)

Hawera .. | Omona .. | 9 | XV. | 1,037 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 777 15 0 | 0 9 | 19 8 10 | 0 7·2 | 15 11 1
Patea .. | Opaku .. | 1 | IV. | 736 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 552 0 0 | 0 9 | 13 16 0 | 0 7·2 | 11 0 9
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 584 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 511 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 12 15 6 | 0 8·4 | 10 4 5
" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 678 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 593 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 14 16 7 | 0 8·4 | 11 17 4
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 337 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 294 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 7 7 5 | 0 8·4 | 5 17 11
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 413 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 361 7 6 | 0 10·5 | 9 0 8 | 0 8·4 | 7 4 6
" .. | " .. | 5 | VIII. | 610 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 457 10 0 | 0 9 | 11 8 9 | 0 7·2 | 9 3 0
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 1,043 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 782 5 0 | 0 9 | 19 11 2 | 0 7·2 | 15 12 11
Situate on Moeawatea Road; access from Eltham, distant between thirty-eight and forty-two miles, of which twelve is metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, fourteen miles formed horse-road, and the remainder surveyed walking-track. Hilly country, in some parts broken, but small flats may be found on the Moeawatea Stream; covered with forest, consisting of tawa, rata, rimu, tawhero, towai, and black-birch on the highest ridges. The soil generally is fair, but good in places, resting on a formation principally papa with shell-rock, and is well watered by permanent streams. Elevation, from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft., some of the highest ridges rising to about 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Another access to these sections from Waverley is under consideration, and if eventually carried out would make that town distant about thirty miles from the junction of the Whenuakura and Moeawatea Streams—twenty miles dray-road, two miles bridle-road, and remainder walking-track. (Litho. 165 )

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 2 | III. | 1,120 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 700 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 17 10 0 | 0 6 | 14 0 0
Situate on Whenuakura Valley and Wharariki Roads; access from Eltham, distant about forty-one miles, also from Waverley, about thirty-one miles—twenty miles formed dray-road, two miles bridle-road, remainder walking-track. From Eltham twelve miles is metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, fourteen miles formed horse-road, and the remainder surveyed road only. Hilly and broken country; small flats along frontage; soil fair, resting on papa formation; well watered. The forest is dense, consisting of rata, tawa, towhai, with birch on tops of ridges, and a few rimu, kahikatea, totara, &c., and thick undergrowth. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,200 ft. (Litho. 165.)

Patea .. | Opaku .. | 4 | IV. | 930 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 581 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 14 10 7 | 0 6 | 11 12 6
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 566 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 424 10 0 | 0 9 | 10 12 3 | 0 7·2 | 8 9 9
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 598 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 448 10 0 | 0 9 | 11 4 3 | 0 7·2 | 8 19 5
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 552 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 414 0 0 | 0 9 | 10 7 0 | 0 7·2 | 8 5 7
Situate on Opaku Road; access from Eltham, distant forty to forty-one miles, of which twelve miles is metalled dray-road, eight miles formed dray-road, fourteen miles formed horse-road, and the remainder surveyed road only. Hilly and broken country, covered with fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, rimu, tawhero, towhai, and some black-birch on the tops of ridges; the soil is of fair quality, resting on a papa-and-sandstone formation, and is well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,550 ft. (Litho. 165.)

General Description of Land in Blocks XII., XV., and XVI., Omona; I. and V., Kapara; III., IV., and VIII., Opaku Survey Districts.—The land is situate in the Hawera and Patea Counties, in the southern portion of the land district, and generally consists of hilly country with fair to steep slopes, and in some places very broken, with flats in the valleys, covered with

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