MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1157

Lands in Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 10th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on and after Tuesday, the 23rd day of May, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TARANAKI COUNTY.—PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.—SPOTSWOOD SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farms.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £165, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £6 8s. 9d.: total half-yearly, £44 2s. 6d.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Sections 27, 31, 32, 33, 35, 105, 106, and 107 (grouped): These sections are situated between the Ngamotu Road and the Hongihongi Stream. They are accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South Road, Breakwater Road, and Ngamotu Road, two miles and a quarter; and from the Breakwater by the Breakwater Road and Ngamotu Road, half a mile. On the immediate frontages the land is of easy slopes, falling thence somewhat steeply to the Hongihongi Stream. Sections 105, 106, and 107 are mostly flat or slightly broken land, in coarse grass, fern, &c. The general quality of the soil is good, being a deep sandy loam, watered by the Hongihongi Stream, which forms a natural boundary on the west to all of the sections.

Sections 28, 29, 30, 34, 37, 43, 46, 47, 49, and 51 (grouped): These sections are situated to the north of the Ngamotu Road, being accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South Road, Breakwater Road, and Ngamotu Road, two miles and a half, and from the Breakwater three-quarters of a mile. About two-thirds of each section, comprising the front portions, is practically flat land in coarse grasses, the remainder being under furze and lupin. The general quality of the sections is good, the soil on the southern part being a deep sandy loam; on the northern part it is somewhat more sandy.

Sections 50, 52, and 56 (grouped): These sections are situated to the south of and front the Ngamotu Road, are accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South Road, Breakwater Road, and Ngamotu Road, two miles and a half to 2 miles 56 chains; and from the Breakwater three-quarters of a mile. The sections are either slightly undulating or flat, in reverted coarse grass. The general quality of the land is very good, the soil being a deep sandy loam on a free-clay subsoil. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, are as follows: Section 56, 11 chains intersecting furze-and-wire fence, valued at £2 4s.; Section 50, 3½ chains fencing, valued at £1 1s.; and Section 52, 3¾ chains fencing, valued at £1 2s. 6d.

Sections 55, 57, and 59 (grouped): These sections are situated at the north of and front the Ngamotu Road, being accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South Road, Breakwater Road, and Ngamotu Road, 2 miles 61 chains to 2 miles 67 chains, or by the Main South and Ngamotu Roads, 2 miles 78 chains to 3 miles 4 chains; and from the Breakwater by the Breakwater and Ngamotu Roads, 81 to 87 chains. The sections comprise flat and slightly undulating land, of which about two-thirds of each is in reverted coarse grasses, the remaining one-third being in furze and lupin. The general quality of the frontage two-thirds is good, the soil being a deep sandy loam; on the back portions, however, it is lighter and somewhat more sandy. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of, on Section 55, 10 chains of old wire fence with furze hedge, valued at £1 10s.

Sections 63, 64, and 66 (grouped): These sections are situated between the Ngamotu Road and the Herekawe Stream, being accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South and Ngamotu Roads, two miles and three-quarters, or from the Breakwater by the Ngamotu and Breakwater Roads, one mile and a quarter. Generally speaking, these sections comprise hilly grazing-land, with a sufficient level area on the frontage for building purposes. The soil is mostly of a deep sandy loam on a free-clay subsoil, well watered at the back by the Herekawe Stream, and also by branch creeks. The improvements on Section 63, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 4 chains fencing, valued at 16s.

Sections 65, 68, 71, 75, and 76 (grouped): These sections are situated to the north of and front the Ngamotu Road, being distant about two miles and a half from New Plymouth by the Ngamotu and Main South Roads, or one mile and a half from the Breakwater by the Breakwater and Ngamotu Roads. The sections comprise flat and undulating land, a small area on the frontage being in reverted coarse grasses, the remainder being in good mixed English grasses, and the back portion in rough natural pasture. There is a strip of flat land on the frontages of Sections 75 and 76, then rising about a hundred feet to some fairly flat land on the top of hill, and again falling to back boundary. The general quality of the land is very good, the soil being a deep sandy loam on a free-clay subsoil. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, are as follows: Section 68, 5 chains intersecting fencing, valued at £1; Section 71, 6½ chains fencing, valued at £1 19s.; Section 75, 6½ chains fencing, valued at £1 18s. 6d.; Section 76, 6¾ chains fencing, valued at £2 2s.

Sections 67, 69, and 70 (grouped): These sections are situated to the south of and front the Ngamotu Road, being accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South and Ngamotu Roads, two miles and three-quarters, and from the Breakwater by the Ngamotu Road, one mile and a half. The Herekawe Stream forms the back boundaries of Sections 67 and 69. A small area on the frontage is flat, but the greater part of each section is hilly or sloping grazing-land in fairly good grass, though poor in places. The general quality of each section is good, and they are well watered at the back by the Herekawe Stream. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, are as follows: Section 69, 5 chains fencing near frontage, valued at £1; Section 70, 8 chains intersecting furze hedge, &c., valued at £1 12s.; Section 67, 5½ chains intersecting post-and-wire fence, with furze hedge, valued at £1 2s.

Sections 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, and 83 (grouped): These sections are situated at the junction of Ngamotu Road, the Main South Road, and Barrett Road, being distant from New Plymouth by the Main South Road two miles and a quarter, and from the Breakwater one mile and a half. The sections