Jan. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 29

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.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
7B | IV | 126 3 0 | 190 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 3 16 0

Altitude, from 400 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. About 5 acres swamp; balance undulating to slightly broken land, covered with manuka and fern; soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by swamps. Fronts Whakarara Road. About two miles and a half from Otorohanga by formed road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

6 | IV | 199 0 0 | 275 0 0 | 6 17 6 | 5 10 0

Altitude, from 300 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, covered with fern and manuka; soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams and swamps. Distant about four miles from Otorohanga by formed road.

Waitomo County.—Otanake Survey District.

1,12 | XII | 359 2 0 | 360 0 0 | 9 0 0 | 7 4 0

Altitude, 250 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. About 10 acres swamp; balance level and undulating land, covered with fern and manuka; soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by swamps. Situated nineteen miles from Te Kuiti—seventeen miles by formed road and two miles in course of construction.

2,3 | XII | 328 0 0 | 370 0 0 | 9 5 0 | 7 8 0

Altitude, 350 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. About 35 acres swamp; balance undulating fern country; soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by swamps. Situated about twenty miles from Te Kuiti—sixteen miles by main road, two miles by formed road, and two miles in course of construction.

5,10 | XII | 361 2 30 | 465 0 0 | 11 12 6 | 9 6 0

Weighted with £16 15s., valuation for house, grassing, and fencing.

Altitude, 350 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 5 acres forest, mostly tawa, with light undergrowth; balance fern and tea-tree; soil good to medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by Mokau River and small streams. Situated twenty miles from Te Kuiti—eighteen miles formed road and two miles in course of construction.

7,9 | XII | 360 0 15 | 380 0 0 | 9 10 0 | 7 12 0

Altitude, 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. About 60 acres swamp; 5 acres light bush, mostly tawa; balance level and undulating land, covered with fern and manuka; soil of medium quality, on limestone formation; well watered by small streams and swamp. Situated twenty-one miles from Te Kuiti—nineteen miles formed road and two miles in course of construction.

Whakatane County.—Waimana Parish.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
314 | .. | 284 3 36 | 260 0 0 | 6 10 0 | 5 4 0

Altitude, 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Steep and broken country, covered with fern and scrub, except 27 acres light forest, mostly tawa, with thick undergrowth of scrub; soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by springs. Fronts Opotiki–Whakatane main coach-road, about five miles from Kutarere Post-office.

Raglan County.—Maramarua Survey District.

4 | XIII | 354 0 0 | 225 0 0 | 5 12 6 | 4 10 0

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 15 acres light bush, principally tawa, with light undergrowth of supplejack and small ferns; 50 acres wet swamp, balance undulating fern land; mostly ploughable; black and brown soil of very light nature, on clay subsoil. Access from Tuakau, distant fifteen miles by good road.

5 | XIII | 418 0 0 | 210 0 0 | 5 5 0 | 4 4 0

Altitude, 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. About 10 acres light bush, principally tawa, with light undergrowth of tree-ferns; 200 acres rush swamps, balance fern and tea-tree hills; soil of inferior quality, on clay formation; indifferently watered by swamps. Situated about sixteen miles from Tuakau by good road.

Manukau County.—Otai Parish.

83 | .. | 418 0 0 | 275 0 0 | 6 17 6 | 5 10 0

Weighted with £292, valuation for improvements, consisting of house and 128 acres felled and grassed.

Altitude, 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Rather broken land; 128 acres bush felled and grassed; balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, hinau, and tawa; undergrowth of supplejack, ferns, ponga, and nikau; soil a reddish clay of fair quality, resting on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about five miles from Clevedon Township by good road in summer—cart-road as far as the boundary of the section, thence along boundary of section by formed sledge-track.

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.

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.”