JULY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2145

Rural Lands in Auckland 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 eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven; 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.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Waitomo | Otanake | 5, 12 | VI | 434 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 543 0 0 | 1 3 | 13 11 0 | 1 0 | 10 17 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country; about 20 acres light mixed forest, comprising tawa, hinau, and some rimu, with heavy undergrowth of supplejack, raurekau, mahoe, and ponga; balance fern land, with some patches of grass; soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation. Eastern part of section well watered by small stream, swamp, and springs. Situated about twelve miles from Te Kuiti, five miles of which is metalled road, balance formed.

Waitomo | Otanake | 6, 11 | VI | 428 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 535 10 0 | 1 3 | 13 17 0 | 1 0 | 10 14 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, covered with some fern and patches of grass; soil of a light nature, medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams, swamp, and springs. Situated about twelve miles from Te Kuiti by formed road, five miles metalled.

Waitomo | Otanake | 7, 9 | VI | 441 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 551 10 0 | 1 3 | 13 15 0 | 1 0 | 11 0 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Level, undulating, and broken country; about 20 acres mixed forest, comprising tawa, rewarewa, with heavy undergrowth; balance fern land, with some patches of grass. About 20 acres good soil, on limestone formation; soil on balance of medium quality and light nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams and swamps. Situated about eleven miles by formed road from Te Kuiti.

Waitomo | Otanake | 8 | VI | 334 0 0 | 1 2 0 | 367 5 0 | 1 1·2 | 9 3 0 | 0 10·56 | 7 6 0
Altitude, from 250 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. About 60 acres swamp, 65 acres level land, balance undulating to broken; about 90 acres covered with light mixed forest, comprising tawa, hinau, rewarewa, and some rimu and rata, with heavy undergrowth; soil of a light nature, on sandstone formation. Situated nine miles from Te Kuiti by main Te Kuiti–Awakino Road, five miles being metalled.

Waitomo | Otanake | 14, 15 | VI | 533 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 666 5 0 | 1 3 | 16 13 0 | 1 0 | 13 6 0
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country; about 70 acres covered with light mixed forest, comprising tawa, rewarewa, hinau, with heavy undergrowth; soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; fairly well watered by small stream and swamp. Situated about fourteen miles from Te Kuiti by formed road, five miles metalled.

Waitomo | Otanake | 3, 13 | VI | 416 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 520 5 0 | 1 3 | 13 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 8 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to slightly broken land; a little light mixed forest, balance covered with fern. About 130 acres good soil, on limestone formation; balance soil of a light nature, on sandstone formation. Eastern end of section well watered by small stream. Situated thirteen miles from Te Kuiti by formed road and three miles off Te Kuiti–Awakino Main Road.

Waitomo | Otanake | 3 | IX | 305 0 4 | 1 5 0 | 381 5 0 | 1 3 | 9 10 0 | 1 0 | 7 12 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Fifty acres wet swamp, balance level to undulating land, covered with fern and manuka; soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by Mangakowhai Stream and swamps, Situated about twelve miles from Te Kuiti by main road, five miles metalled.

Waitomo | Otanake | 1 | IX | 200 2 0 | 1 6 0 | 260 10 0 | 1 3·6 | 6 10 0 | 1 0·48 | 5 4 0
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, mostly covered with fern; a little light mixed forest along bank of stream; soil good to medium, somewhat light in nature, on limestone formation; well watered by the Mangakowhai Stream and small springs. Situated about fifteen miles from Te Kuiti by formed road and one mile off the main Te Kuiti–Awakino Road.

Waitomo | Otanake | 1, 5 | X | 427 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 534 0 0 | 1 3 | 13 7 0 | 1 0 | 10 13 0
Altitude, from 250 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating country; 100 acres swamp, balance fern land; soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by swamp. Situated about ten miles from Te Kuiti by main road.

Waitomo | Otanake | 2 | IX | 362 3 0 | 1 5 0 | 453 5 0 | 1 3 | 11 6 0 | 1 0 | 9 1 0
Altitude, from 250 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. About 80 acres swamp, balance level. Undulating and broken country, mostly covered with fern and manuka, with a few small patches of light mixed forest; soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small stream. Situated eleven miles from Te Kuiti by main road from Awakino to Te Kuiti.

Waitomo | Otanake | 7, 8 | IX | 349 2 0 | 1 6 0 | 454 5 0 | 1 3·6 | 11 7 0 | 1 0·48 | 9 1 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, covered with fern and manuka; soil of medium quality on limestone formation; fairly well watered by swamps and stream. Fronts Main Te Kuiti–Awakino Road. About fourteen miles from Te Kuiti.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.