JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1579

Sections in Waiotapu Township, Rural and Suburban Sections and Small Grazing-runs at Waiotapu and Whakarewarewa, for Lease by Public Auction under “The Maori Land Administration Act, 1900,” and its Amendments.

Office of the Waiariki Maori Land Council,
Rotorua, 6th June, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned township, suburban, and rural sections and small grazing-runs at Waiotapu and Whakarewarewa, Paeroa and Tarawera Survey Districts, will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Thursday, 28th July, 1904, at 10 a.m., at the upset annual rentals noted below. Term of lease of the township lots will be twenty-one years, with right of renewal for four further terms of twenty-one years. Term of lease of the suburban, rural, and small grazing-runs will be twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

Sections not leased on the day of sale will remain open for application at the upset annual rentals until further notice.

H. F. EDGER,
President, Waiariki District Maori Land Council.

SCHEDULE.
WAIOTAPU TOWNSHIP.
(Part of Rotomahana-Parekarangi Block 3a Section 1a, Blocks II. and III., Paeroa Survey District.)

Locality and Description of Waiotapu Township.

Waiotapu Township is situated twenty miles from Rotorua, on the main road to Taupo; it is within a mile of the boiling springs and other natural wonders at Waiotapu, and adjoins that portion of the land containing thermal action which is owned by Government, and which has been largely improved by the laying-out of paths and the planting of trees. It is also close to Maungakakaramea or Rainbow Hill, and about seven miles from Waimangu Geyser. There are many points of thermal action on the land itself. The principal of these have been cut out as reserves for the use of the public, as also has the piece of native forest on the slopes of the mountain Maungaongaonga and Lake Ngapouri. The township sections mostly abut on the main Taupo Road, which has been widened to a width of 2 chains, all other roads being 1½ chains wide.

Part of the township is situated at the junction of the Taupo and Galatea main roads, where an accommodation-house or hotel will soon be necessary owing to the increasing tourist traffic.

The climate is clear and bracing, the general altitude of the land being about 1,500 ft. above sea-level. There is good shooting and fishing in the neighbourhood. Lake Ngapouri contains trout.

WAIOTAPU SUBURBAN AND RURAL SECTIONS.

• Suburban. † Rural.

SMALL GRAZING-RUNS AT WAIOTAPU
(Part of Rotomahana-Parekarangi Block 3a Section 1b), Paeroa Survey District.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN NEAR WHAKAREWAREWA
(Part of Rotomahana - Parekarangi Block 6a Section 2 No. 6b), Block V., Tarawera Survey District.

| No. 3 | 667 0 0 | 25 0 0 | Undulating open land; well watered; soil poor to medium. Situated on main road to Waiotapu. |

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The respective lots will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Thursday, the 28th day of July, 1904, at 10 a.m.

The bidder of the highest rent shall be declared to be the lessee, and if any dispute arises as to the last or highest