Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 625

timber and scrub ; thin soil, for most part on gravel. Access by Main South Road (dray-road), Waitaha River, and deviation to bridge now under construction.

Paringa .. | XV, XVI | 370 0 0 | 0 4·8
On east bank of Paringa River, near its mouth. Flat land ; light loamy soil ; covered with light forest. Access by Paringa seaport.

Abbey Rocks | IX | 500 0 0 | 0 4·8
North side of Moeraki River, bounded by Runs 48 and 65. River-alluvium ; scrub and timber. Access by Moeraki Horse-track.

Waiho .. | IX, X | 150 0 0 | 0 4·8
Between Paddy’s Creek and Waikukupa River. Good alluvial land, flat, covered with scrub. Access by Waikukupa River bed.

Grey County.

Hohonu .. | XIII | 250 0 0 | 0 4·8
Situated at back of and flanking Teremakau Special Settlement. All forest country ; fair soil ; moderate slopes. Good roads from mining towns of Kumara and Greenstone.

THIRD-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

Westland County.

Bruce Bay .. | IV | 150 0 0 | 0 3·6
Bush country ; broken terraces thickly covered with birch, and well watered. Close to sea at mouth of Karangarua River.

Mahinapua .. | XII | 700 0 0 | 0 3·6
Kanieri .. | IX |
Situated on the left bank of Hokitika River, about eight miles from Hokitika. Access by dray-road to east boundary of block. Hummocky country, covered with thick bush ; fairly easy slopes ; soil sour, but easily drained.

Mahinapua .. | XVI | 450 0 0 | 0 2·4
Situated on left bank of Hokitika River, immediately opposite Koiterangi Settlement. Access by Kokatahi Road and open river-bed. Land sour, and partly occupies a series of terraces ; the whole area is covered with dense light timber.

Kanieri .. | XV | 460 0 0 | 0 3·6
Margin of land abreast of junction of Kokatahi and Styx Rivers. Inferior soil ; covered with forest. Distant six miles and a half by road from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

Toaroha .. | II, III, VI | 2,480 0 0 | 0 2·4
Comprises the lower western slopes of Diedrich Range. Broken heavily timbered land. Distant about twenty miles from Hokitika, nine miles from dairy factory at Kokatahi, and five miles from creamery at Koiterangi. Access by Whitcombe and Doughboy Roads.

Wataroa .. | II, VI | 260 0 0 | 0 2·4
Situated on north bank of Wataroa River, about six miles from mouth. All hummocky country, and heavily timbered with mixed forest. Access by open Wataroa River bed, four miles from Main South Road.

Wataroa .. | XIII | 400 0 0 | 0 3·6
All heavily timbered country ; white-, red-, and black-pine forest, with kamahi on terraces ; about half the area is flat land, the remainder rugged ; fairly good soil. Main South Road passes through the block. Distant eight miles from Okarito Township.

Kanieri .. | XIV | 470 0 0 | 0 3·6
Occupies lower western slopes and terraces of Mount Graham. All heavily timbered land. Access by unformed branch road from Main Road. Distant about four miles from Kokatahi Dairy Factory.

Wataroa .. | I, II | 1,500 0 0 | 0 2·4
Situated between Rivers Wataroa and Waitangitaona, averaging about four miles from sea-beach. Fringes of good sandy soil along river-banks ; bulk of this land more or less swampy, but drainable ; land for the most part sour and wet. Access by open river-beds from end of Wataroa Flat Road—say, eleven miles from Main South Road. Distant about twenty miles from Town of Okarito.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Westland Land District for 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, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule ; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and the National Endowment Act, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LANDS.

Grey County.—Hohonu Survey District.

2485 | X | 168 0 0 | £ 90 0 0 | £ 1 16 0
Open kamahi bush land, with scattered rimu, miro, kahikatea, totara, hinau, and rata of good size. There is about 20 acres of good dry land, with good soil, and 90 acres of fairly flat inferior land, the remainder being rather broken ; well watered. Altitude, 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Access by dray-road to Kumara, ten miles, or by dray-road to Lake Brunner (four miles) and across lake (six miles) to Moana Railway-station.

Westland County.—Waiho Survey District.

2401 | VI | 100 0 0 | £ 50 0 0 | £ 1 0 0
All lightly timbered ; mixed bush. Access by Main South Road and Waiho River and Docherty’s Creek. Situated eighteen miles from Okarito Township.

THIRD-CLASS LANDS.

Westland County.—Turiwhate Survey District.

2396 | VIII | 325 0 0 | £ 90 0 0 | £ 1 16 0
Inferior pastoral land, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level ; chiefly covered with dense birch scrub, with scattered belts of fair mixed timber, and with a belt of ribbonwood along river frontage. About 40 acres of flat at river-level, the remainder consisting of flat terraces on slaty soil ; well watered. Access by pack-track and Taipo River bed, five miles and a half to Taipo Post-office, and thence by main road seventeen miles and a half to Kumara or seven miles to Jackson Railway-station.

Grey County.—Hohonu Survey District.

2473 | VII | 425 0 0 | £ 110 0 0 | £ 2 4 0
Heavily timbered bush land. The timber consists of rimu, miro, kahikatea, matai, totara, hinau, and rata. Land broken, with high ridges and spurs, and in places precipitous sandstone bluffs. With the exception of a few acres of creek-bottom land on Morgan Creek it is poor, and wet in places. Altitude, 700 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Access from Kumara by main Greenstone dray-road, ten miles, and three miles and three-quarters by Morgan Road, of which three-quarters of a mile is constructed. Distance, thirteen miles and three-quarters.

2481 | X | 353 0 0 | £ 90 0 0 | £ 1 16 0
Open kamahi bush land, with scattered rimu, miro, totara, and large rough rata. Land is flat to undulating, with inferior, shallow, wet soil, on thin cement bottom ; well watered by small creeks. Altitude, 400 ft. above sea-level. Access from Kumara by dray-road, ten miles, and by pack-track half a mile.

2482 | X | 168 0 0 | £ 50 0 0 | £ 1 0 0
Open kamahi bush land, with scattered rimu, miro, and totara, and large rough rata. Land is flat to undulating, with inferior, wet, shallow soil, on thin cement bottom ; well watered by small creeks. Altitude, 400 ft. above sea-level. Access from Kumara by dray-road, ten miles, and by pack-track half a mile.

2483 | X | 250 0 0 | £ 100 0 0 | £ 2 0 0
Open kamahi bush land, with scattered rimu, miro, and totara, and heavy rough rata. Land is flat to undulating, with inferior, wet, shallow soil, on thin cement bottom ; wel-