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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Lands in Waimana Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th May, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Public Hall, Whakatane, on Monday, the 5th day of August, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OPOTIKI AND WHAKATANE COUNTIES.—BLOCKS III AND IV, WAIMANA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Waimana Settlement.

GROUP A.—DAIRY FARMS.

GROUP B.—ORDINARY FARMS.

GROUP C.—VILLAGE ALLOTMENTS.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £375, repayable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £18 18s. 9d. Total half-yearly payment, £58 8s. 9d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100, repayable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £6 9s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment, £26 9s. 6d.

NOTE.—Each section is a subdivision.

Improvements on Sections.

Section No. 13 contains a four-roomed cottage, galvanised-iron and concrete cowshed with twelve bails, and stock-yards, valued at £100, repayable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £6 9s. 6d. Section No. 15 contains a five-roomed cottage, large stable, and store-rooms, valued at £375, repayable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £18 18s. 9d. Other improvements on the various sections go with the land.

Locality and Description.

The Waimana Settlement is pleasantly situated in the Waimana Valley, within convenient distances from the Townships and Harbours of Opotiki, Ohiwa, and Whakatane, and the Village of Taneatua; it has a generous climate and a plentiful rainfall, and is fairly well sheltered from heavy winds.

The present chief access is from Taneatua and Whakatane by a dray-road down the valley of the Waimana, but other roads avoiding the river-crossings are being surveyed both to Taneatua and Ohiwa.

The formation of the land is apparently sedimentary, in places covered with volcanic matter, with occasional pumice. Altitude varies from 140 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. The flats vary from very rich alluvial deposit on gravel to gravel with a lighter covering. The soil on the hills is of a light loamy character of fair quality, but inferior in places. The rich flats, where tried, have given a prolific yield of maize. Each farm is well watered. The grass on the various parts of the settlement is a good mixture of English grasses, and, generally speaking, is in good heart.

All the fences are of a fairly permanent character.

The areas of the sections are subject to adjustment.

A guide will be available in Waimana to point out the boundaries of the sections.

There is a good accommodation-house adjoining the village.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Teasdale Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th May, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Public Hall, Te Awamutu, on Monday, the 26th day of August, 1907, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPA COUNTY.—MANGAPIKO PARISH.—BLOCKS II AND VI, PUNIU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Teasdale Settlement.

GROUP A.—TOWN ALLOTMENTS.

GROUP B.—SUBURBAN ALLOTMENTS.

NOTE.—Each allotment is a subdivision.

Locality and Description.

Teasdale Settlement is situated about a hundred miles from Auckland by the Main Trunk Railway line, and from half to one mile from Te Awamutu Railway-station. The main road between the township and the station intersects the settlement.

The soil is a good, light loam, on clay formation, suitable for gardens, orchards, oat and root crops, as well as for pasture. Most of the settlement is under grass, though some parts are more or less overgrown with gorse and fern. All level and gently undulating land. Altitude, from 160 ft. to 235 ft. above sea-level.

The climate is exceedingly bracing and healthy, and the rainfall about the average.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.