1738
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £177 12s. 6d., valuation for improvements.

Situated in the Waitotara Valley, on the left bank of the Waitotara River. The access is from Waitotara, which is about twenty miles distant via the Waitotara Valley and Mangawhio Roads, which are formed as dray-roads to and past the section, opposite which there is a post-office. A store and school are situated within a mile of it. The section comprises rough hilly land, intersected by deep gullies; there are, however, some fairly good faces upon it. A great portion lies away from the sun. There are good building-sites near the road. The soil varies from poor to good, resting on sand-stone-and-papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, and comprises chiefly tawa, rata, rewarewa, hinau, and some rimu and kahikatea, with birch on ridges, and thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by small streams. The elevation ranges from about 300 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise about 145 acres felled and grassed, mostly covered with secondary growth; about 18 chains of fencing in a poor state of repair; and whare, 15 ft. by 12 ft., slab sides, iron roof, &c. The Patea County Council has a claim against the section of £5 7s. 4d. for arrears of rates. “Thirds” on this section will accrue for a period of eight years and a half.

| Maurice-ville | Tararua .. | 1 | XIII. | 300 0 0 | 10 0 | 150 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 0 0 |

Weighted with £147 10s., valuation for improvements.

Situated on the Kaiparoro Road. The access is from Mangamahoe Railway-station, which is about nine miles distant, by six miles of metalled road, two miles of formed road, and the remainder bridle-track. The section comprises steep hilly land, with soil of a poor clayey nature, resting on rotten-rock formation. The forest consists of birch, rata, tawa, rewarewa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by permanent streams. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise about 70 acres felled and grassed; garden and fence (out of repair); and whare, 14 ft. by 16 ft., iron roof. “Thirds” on this section will accrue for a period of fifteen years.

| Maurice-ville | Tararua .. | 2 | XIII. | 200 0 0 | 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 0 0 |

Weighted with £67 10s., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated on the Kaiparoro Road, the access being from the Mangamahoe Railway-station, which is about nine miles and a half distant, six miles being metalled, two miles formed, and the remainder bridle-track. The section comprises hilly land. The soil is of a poor clayey nature, resting on rotten-rock formation. The forest comprises birch, rata, rimu, tawa, rewarewa, &c., with usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejacks, &c. The section is well watered by a permanent stream. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 2,300 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 60 acres felled and grassed (now covered with secondary growth), and whare, 20 ft. by 10 ft. by 6 ft., with iron roof and chimney, out of repair. “Thirds” on this section will accrue for a period of fifteen years.

| Pahiatua | Makuri .. | 51 | XVI. | 378 0 0 | 12 6 | 236 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 5 18 1 | 0 6 | 4 14 6 |

Weighted with £99, valuation for improvements.

This section is situated on the Makairo Road, and is distant about six miles from Makairo Post-office and school. The access is from Pahiatua or Woodville via Makairo, which are about twenty miles distant, six miles being dray-road and the remainder formed bridle-track. The approach to the section is somewhat difficult, owing to the land rising steeply from the road. The lot comprises hilly land intersected by steep gullies, with no suitable homestead-site on road frontage. The soil is of fair quality, resting on shale or rotten-rock formation. The forest is medium in density, and comprises tawhero, rata, rimu, birch, konini, &c., with usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by small creeks in gullies. The elevation ranges from about 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise about 27 acres felled and grassed and 45 chains of fencing. “Thirds” on this section will accrue for a period of thirteen years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction existing against the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and three, and received on the twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended His Excellency the Governor to vary the restrictions contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Hingarangi Kauri No. 1, except as regards the share or interest of Ramari te Kawei in the said land, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council aforesaid, hereby vary the restrictions contained in the instrument of title of the said block of land known as Hingarangi Kauri No. 1, except as regards the share or interest of Ramari te Kawei in the said land, so far as to permit the said land to be leased.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 9 acres 1 rood 10 perches, more or less, known as Hingarangi Kauri No. 1, and being the whole of the land comprised in order of the Native Land Court dated the 1st day of December, 1897, in favour of Pahiri Wiari and five others.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL.

Notifying Lands in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket