Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2275

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 4 | XVI. | 384 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 384 0 0 | 1 0 | 9 12 0 | 0 9·6 | 7 13 8

Situated on the Mangapaka and Matarangi Roads. Accessible from Whangamomona, eleven miles distant—three miles by a formed dray-road, two miles bridle-road, the remainder surveyed road. The section comprises good slopes and flats along Mangapaka Road frontage, but rougher on the southern part; light forest on ridges, but heavy in valleys, chiefly tawa, rata, tawhero, hinau, totara, with a thick undergrowth. The soil is good, on papa formation; well-watered. Elevation, from 550 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Mimi .. | 11 | XIII. | 396 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 396 0 0 | 1 0 | 9 18 0 | 0 9·6 | 7 18 5
" .. | " .. | 12 | " | 621 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 621 0 0 | 1 0 | 15 10 6 | 0 9·6 | 12 8 5

Situated about ten miles from Uruti. Accessible by Mangahia and May Roads—four miles being dray-road, four miles bridle-road, and the remainder pack-track. The land is hilly and undulating pastoral country, covered with heavy forest of rimu, rata, kahikatea, &c., a little totara, and a dense undergrowth; soil varies from fair to good, on papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. Elevation, from 500 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Pouatu .. | 3 | I. | 892 0 0 | 0 14 0 | 624 8 0 | 0 8·4 | 15 12 3 | 0 6·72 | 12 9 10

Situated fifteen miles and a quarter from Tongaporutu. Accessible by the Makarakia, Tooi, and Mimi-Mokau Roads—six miles and a quarter dray-road and the remainder bridle-track. Broken pastoral land, covered with moderately heavy forest of tawa, rimu, kahikatea, hinau, rata, &c., with karamu and the usual underscrub; soil fairly good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,350 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Pouatu .. | 8 | IX. | 786 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 393 0 0 | 0 6 | 9 16 6 | 0 4·8 | 7 17 3

Situated on the Mangaowata Road. Accessible from Whangamomona, fourteen miles distant—nine miles by dray-road, four miles by bridle-road, and the remaining mile by surveyed road only. Broken pastoral country, covered with moderately heavy forest of tawa, tawhero, kahikatea, rimu, rata, &c., with thick undergrowth of karamu, karewa, &c.; fair soil, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 300 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Waro .. | 5 | V. | 436 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 327 0 0 | 0 9 | 8 3 6 | 0 7·2 | 6 10 10
" .. | " .. | 8 | IX. | 632 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 553 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 13 16 6 | 0 8·4 | 11 1 3
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 367 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 321 2 6 | 0 10·5 | 8 0 7 | 0 8·4 | 6 8 6

Situated on the Mangaroa Road. Accessible from Tongaporutu, sixteen to seventeen miles and a half distant—about seven miles being formed dray-road, seven miles and a half formed bridle-road, the remainder surveyed road only. Hilly country, broken in some places, with a few small flats on Mangatawa Stream; soil is fair, on papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. The forest is moderately heavy on slopes, but light on tops of hills, and comprises tawa, rata, hinau, with a few rimu, kahikatea, miro, and a little birch on ridges, with a thick undergrowth. Elevation, from 100 ft. to 1,185 ft. above sea-level.

Hawera .. | Opaku .. | 6 | I. | 962 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 481 0 0 | 0 6 | 12 0 6 | 0 4·8 | 9 12 5

Situated on the Maben Road. Accessible from Hawera by the Tangahoe Valley Road, eighteen miles and a half distant—seven miles formed dray-road, seven miles 5 ft. bridle-track, and the remainder a horse-track. The section comprises rough pastoral land, covered with heavy forest of rimu, rata, &c., with thick undergrowth of supplejack; good soil, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 650 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Patea .. | Kapara .. | 2 | IX. | 337 0 0 | 0 10 6 | 176 18 6 | 0 6·3 | 4 8 6 | 0 5·04 | 3 10 10
" .. | " .. | 4 | " | 189 0 0 | 0 10 6 | 99 4 6 | 0 6·3 | 2 9 8 | 0 5·04 | 1 19 9

Situated on the Weraweraonga Road. Accessible from Waitotara, eighteen miles distant by the Weraweraonga Road—twelve miles a formed dray road, the remainder a bridle-road. Rough and broken country, covered with heavy forest of rata, rimu, tawhero, and thick undergrowth of supplejack. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation; well watered. Elevation, from 1,200 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 2 | VI. | 600 0 0 | 0 18 5 | 552 10 0 | 0 11·05 | 13 16 3 | 0 8·83 | 11 1 0

Situated on the Mangamaeho Road. Accessible from Urenui, eleven miles distant—six miles and a half by metalled road, three miles by dray-road, and the remainder surveyed road only. Broken pastoral country, covered with a light mixed forest, and light undergrowth of supplejacks and scrub. The soil is fairly good, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 500 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level.

Clifton .. | Upper Waitara | 1 | X. | 1,337 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 835 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 20 17 10 | 0 6 | 16 14 3
" .. | " | 3 | XIV. | 315 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 157 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 18 9 | 0 4·8 | 3 3 0

Situated on the Ngatoto Road. Accessible from Purangi, six to six miles and a half distant—two miles and a half of which is by dray-road and the remainder by surveyed road only. The land comprises rough broken country, covered with light bush of rata, rimu, tawa, lancewood, and tawhai on spurs, and light undergrowth. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, from 360 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five: and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,”