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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and thirty-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight; 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 renewable lease; 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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Otamatea County.—Te Kuri Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
7 | III | 101 1 27 | 510 0 0 | 12 15 0 | 10 4 0
Altitude, about sea-level. Level land, being reclaimed swamp, covered with rushes, flax, and raupo; alluvial soil of very good quality; good water can be obtained by sinking artesian wells, but there is no surface water. Situated about half a mile from proposed new wharf and adjoining Mapau Township.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Waipoua Survey District.

4 | VII | 293 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 4 0 0
Altitude, from 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. All forest land, undulating to broken. Forest comprises towai, birch, kohekohe, miro, taraire, with heavy undergrowth of kiekie and supplejack. Soil a mixed loam and clay, resting on semi-sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Access from Kaihu, about ten miles by formed road.

5 | VII | 163 0 0 | 125 0 0 | 3 2 6 | 2 10 0
Altitude, from 850 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. All forest land, undulating, with soil of mixed loam and clay, on sandstone formation. Forest comprises kohekohe, miro, towai, taraire, and birch, with heavy undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and ferns; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Kaihu by formed road.

11 | VIII | 261 2 0 | 165 0 0 | 4 2 6 | 3 6 0
Altitude, 600 ft. to 950 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; covered with mixed forest, comprising totara, rata, tawa, birch, miro, towai, taraire, and manuka, and moderate undergrowth of kiekie and supplejack. Soil a mixed clay and loam of fair quality, on clay-and-stony subsoil; well watered by stream. Situated about eight miles from Kaihu Railway-station by good dray-road.

11 | X | 100 0 0 | 75 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 10 0
Weighted with £80, valuation for old house, small dairy, 45 acres felling and grassing, and 40 chains of fencing.
Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating land; 45 acres felled and grassed, balance mixed forest, comprising taraire, towai, birch, totara, puriri, and manuka, with undergrowth of kiekie and shrubs. Soil semi-volcanic and loam, on clay-and-stony subsoil; watered by springs. Situated in the Katui Settlement, eleven miles from Kaihu Railway-station by dray-road.

6 | XI | 100 0 0 | 75 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 10 0
Weighted with £69, valuation for grassing and fencing.
Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Mostly undulating land; part a little broken; 50 acres felled and grassed, balance mixed forest, comprising puriri, totara, towai, taraire, birch, and kohekohe, with undergrowth of supplejacks and kiekie. Soil a mixed loam and clay of fair quality, on semi-volcanic formation; watered by stream. Situated six miles from Kaihu Railway-station by dray-road.

Hokianga County.—Tutamoe Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
15 | V | 360 0 0 | 225 0 0 | 5 12 6 | 4 10 0
Weighted with £40, valuation for bushfelling.
Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Level and undulating land, covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, taraire, towai, kohekohe, miro, and rata, with light undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and shrubs, except 40 acres felled; soil a mixed loam and clay of fair quality, on clay-and-stony subsoil; well watered by swamps and small streams. Situated eleven miles from Kaihu Railway-station, on main Kaihu-Hokianga dray-road.

Whangarei County.—Maungatapere Parish.

80 | .. | 47 3 20 | 25 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 10 0
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with short fern and tea-tree; soil mixed clay and loamy pipeclay, from fair to inferior quality, on sandstone formation; water can only be obtained by sinking. Situated six miles from Whangarei by dray-road.

Whangarei County.—Waipu Parish.

330 | .. | 123 0 0 | 80 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 1 12 0
Altitude, from 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; two-thirds tall manuka and manuka scrub, balance mixed forest, comprising birch, taraire, towai, manuka, and a few puriri-trees, with undergrowth of kiekie and supplejack. About 25,000 superficial feet of kauri, useful for building and fencing. Soil a mixed loam and clay, fair to inferior quality, on clay subsoil; watered by small streams. Situated about eight miles from Mangawai by dray-road.

Whangarei County.—Ruarangi Parish.

91,92| .. | 226 0 0 | 115 0 0 | 2 17 6 | 2 6 0
Altitude, 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Level and undulating land, covered with fern and tea-tree scrub, except 4 acres mixed forest, comprising taraire, tawa, birch, and manuka, with light undergrowth of shrubs and fern; clay soil, fair to inferior quality; watered by small streams and springs. Situated about eight miles from Mangapai by dray-road.

Otamatea County.—Mareretu Parish.

150 | .. | 61 3 0 | 65 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 1 6 0
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Level to sloping land; about 10 acres mixed forest, containing some kahikatea, one kauri-tree, and taraire, towai, birch, and manuka, with undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and shrubs; balance fern and tea-tree. Soil fair to good, on clay-and-limestone formation; watered by small streams. Situated eleven miles from Waipu by dray-road.

Otamatea County.—Tokatoka Survey District.

1 | XI | 51 3 3 | 35 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 0 14 0
Altitude, from 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level land, covered with manuka scrub. Soil medium to inferior quality, on sandstone formation; watered by swamps. Situated one mile from Naumai Landing by dray-road.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

212 | .. | 20 2 0 | 11 0 0 | 0 5 6 | 0 4 5
Mostly broken land, but a few acres is ploughable; about 3 acres mixed forest, balance covered with fern and tea-tree; a small portion has been under cultivation. Soil generally of inferior quality, being a worked-out gumfield; fairly well watered. Situated about three miles from Riverhead by main road.

218 | .. | 62 3 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 0 16 0
Undulating land, about one-fourth light mixed forest, balance fern and tea-tree; soil of inferior quality; fairly well watered. Situated about four miles from Riverhead on main road Riverhead to Albany.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.