SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2307

are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the said land to be leased for any term not exceeding forty-two years:

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 Waikato District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby vary the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the said block of land so far as to permit the said land to be leased for any period not exceeding forty-two years.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 2 acres 2 roods 37 perches, more or less, known as Kawhia P No. 3, and being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 16th day of May, 1899, in favour of Taui Wetere and Whakarau Taui, and containing the following restrictions: “That the land the subject hereof may be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, but shall be otherwise inalienable except with the assent of the Governor.”

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

J. CARROLL.

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

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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, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LANDS.

Mangaroa Township.

Mangaroa Township is situated on the southern bank of the Mangaroa River, at the junction of the Ongarue-Stratford Main Road with the Tongaporutu Road, and is distant about twenty-nine miles from Ongarue Railway-station, the road being formed for dray traffic. It is distant from Whangamomona about forty-one miles and a half. The road for about sixteen miles is a dray-road, the balance for horse traffic only. The township is most centrally situated, and roads lead into it opening up large areas of Crown and Native lands from Mokau, Ongarue, Lower Ohura, and Wanganui Rivers, and Tongaporutu and Stratford. The sections offered are all level, and, with the exception of Section 1, Block IV., and the back portions of some of the sections in Blocks VI., VIII., and X., are in grass. The soil is of rich quality.

VILLAGE LANDS.

Tatu Village.

Tatu Village is situated on the Ohura Road (the main road between Ongarue and Stratford), at its junction with the Waro Road, and is distant about thirty-seven miles and a half from Ongarue, of which about thirty-one miles is dray-road, the remainder a riding-road only. The distance from Whangamomona is about thirty-two miles and a half, of which sixteen miles is dray-road and fifteen miles fit for horse traffic only. The lots offered are on the banks of the Upper Heao River, and comprise level land with good soil, all under heavy forest.

Aria Village.

Aria Village is situated near the ford on the south-eastern side of the Mokau-iti Stream, at the junction of the Mokau, Ohura, Kiekie, and Kumara Roads, and is distant from Te Kuiti Railway-station about twenty-four miles via the Awakino–Te Kuiti Road, which is formed for dray traffic to Piopio for fifteen miles, the remainder being a riding-track only. It is also distant from Ongarue Railway-station about forty four miles, by the Ohura–Stratford dray road for about nineteen miles, the remainder being a riding-track only. There are also riding-roads to Totoro, Mahoenui, and Mangaroa, all converging at this point, and which open up large areas of Crown and Native lands in the neighbourhood. The site of the village is practically level, and is covered with fern, grass, and light manuka scrub.

Matire Village.

Matire Village is situate at the junction of the Ohura Road (which connects Ongarue and Stratford) and the Ohura-Mokau Roads, being distant about nineteen miles from Ongarue Railway-station by a formed road, and is the centre of a considerable area of Crown and Native lands, all adapted for settlement. The lots being offered are on the banks of the Ohura River, chiefly covered with tall manuka and light bush, intermixed in places with grass, &c., and comprise good level ground.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.