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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

Situated on the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa Road. Access from Tongaporutu, twenty-four to twenty-five miles distant, of which six miles are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, the remainder a good walking-track now being cleared as pack-track. Access also from Mangaroa Town, fifteen to sixteen miles distant, by a good walking-track, also being cleared as pack-track. The land comprises fairly easy spurs and hills, with small swamps along creeks, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, &c., with a dense undergrowth of karamu, kari-wai, kiekie, &c.; well watered. Elevation varies from 1,350 ft. to 1,612 ft. above sea-level.

Situated on the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa and Mohakatino Roads. Access from Tongaporutu, about twenty-six miles distant, six miles of which are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track, now being cut out as a pack-track. Access also from Mangaroa Township, about fifteen miles distant by a good walking-track, also being cleared as a pack-track. The section comprises fairly easy hills, small flats, and swampy along creeks, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, and a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould of good quality, on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 1,360 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

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Situated at the junction of the Kotare and Waitaanga South Roads. Access from Tongaporutu, about twenty-seven miles distant, six miles of which are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track now being cleared as pack-track. Access from Mangaroa, about fifteen miles and a half distant by a good walking-track also being cut out as a pack-track. The land comprises fairly easy hills with small swamps along creeks, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, and a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould of good quality on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 1,350 ft. to 1,650 ft. above sea-level.

4 | VII. | 330 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 5 15 6

Situated at the junction of the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa and Waitaanga South Roads. Access from Tongaporutu, about twenty-five miles distant, of which six miles are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track now being cleared as a pack-track. Access also from Mangaroa Town, about fourteen miles and a half distant by a good walking-track, now also being cut out as a pack-track. The land comprises mostly easy hills with a little swamp, covered with fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, and a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould of good quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 1,350 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

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Situated at the junction of the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa and Mohakatino Roads. Access from Tongaporutu, twenty-six miles distant, of which six miles are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track now being cleared as a pack-track. Access also from Mangaroa Town, fourteen miles and a half distant by a good walking-track, now also being cleared as a pack-track. The land comprises mostly easy hills, with a little swamp, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, &c., with a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould of good quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 1,350 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

6 | VII. | 532 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 7 19 8

Situated at the junction of the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa and Waitaanga North Roads. Access from Tongaporutu, about twenty-seven miles distant, of which six miles are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track, now being cleared as a pack-track. Access also from Mangaroa Town, twelve miles and a half distant by a good walking-track, now also being cut out as a pack-track. The land comprises easy hills, with a small proportion of swamp, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, &c., with a dense undergrowth of karamu, karawai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould of good quality, on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 1,350 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

Situated on the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa Road. Access from Tongaporutu, twenty-eight miles distant, of which six miles are dray-road, seven miles a formed horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track, now being cleared as a pack-track. Access also from Mangaroa, eleven miles distant by a good walking-track, also being cleared as a pack-track. The land comprises easy hills, with small swamps along streams, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, &c., with a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould of good quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 1,370 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

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These sections are situated on the Mangaroa and Huhatahi Roads. Access from Mangaroa Town, four to six miles distant by a surveyed road-line, three miles and a half of which are bridle-track. The land comprises mostly rough spurs falling sharp into streams, with good terraces at top of ridge. The forest is heavy, and comprises rata, rimu, kahikatea, pukatea, tawa, hinau, tawhero, rewarewa, mahoe, and soft woods, with a thick undergrowth of supplejacks, ferns, kiekie, and karamu. The soil is of good quality, resting on a papa formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 580 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

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Situated on the Mangaroa and Kotare Roads. Access from Tongaporutu, nineteen miles and a half distant, six miles of which are dray-road, seven miles a 6 ft. horse-road, and the remainder a good walking-track now being cleared as pack-track. The land comprises broken hilly country, with small flats along the Mangaroa Road frontage, covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, and a little birch on tops, with a dense undergrowth of karamu, kariwai, and kiekie. The soil is vegetable mould, resting on a mixed papa and sandstone formation; well watered. Elevation varies from 500 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

LOCALITY AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND.

The block of land is situated for the most part on the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa Road—which will eventually become one of the main through roads of Taranaki—in the Clifton County, in the north-eastern part of Taranaki. It consists generally of ridgy and hilly country, with fair to steep slopes. In some parts of the block, near the higher lands, the watercourses are sharp and steep. There are terraces on the hillsides and small flats along the streams. On the higher lands of the Waitaanga the country is more rolling, the spurs easier, and there are more flats. The forest is heavy, being composed chiefly of rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, miro, tawhero, hinau, rewarewa, kotukutuku, and mahoe, with thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The soil varies from fair to good quality, resting on a papa formation, well watered by permanent streams. The altitude varies from 550 ft. to 1,850 ft. above sea-level. On the whole, the land is well adapted for pastoral purposes. On the better sections dairying will, no doubt, be undertaken later on. The principal means of access will be on the east from the new Town of Mangaroa, two miles and a half to twenty miles and a half distant, which again is twenty-nine miles by a dray-road from the Ongarue Railway-station, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway. On the west or Taranaki side from Tongaporutu the distance is nineteen miles to thirty-nine miles and a half. From Tongaporutu there is a dray-road for six miles, and a horse-road for about seven miles. At the Mangaroa end the surveyed road is a bridle-track for two miles and a half. It is anticipated that the intervening country will shortly be traversed by a horse-track not altogether on the surveyed line of road, though for long distances it is. There are also good walking tracks all through the block. All horse and walking-tracks are reserved until the permanent roads are made. At both Mangaroa and Tongaporutu there are complete stores and accommodation-houses.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.