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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

Piako County.—Patetere North-east and Patetere North† Survey Districts.*

ᵃ Grouped. ᵇ Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £40, repayable in cash, or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £3 9s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £41 18s. 8d.

Section 47 comprises 379 acres pastoral land of dark loam of good quality, on decomposed rhyolite formation; broken to undulating, and very steep where the Waiomu Stream and head of Waiohotu Gorge enter the section. During a dry summer the only permanent water is the Waiomou Stream. About 330 acres in good grass of mixed kinds, and the balance native bush. Distance to Rotorua, about seventeen miles; Tirau, seventeen miles; Putaruru, eighteen miles. Altitude, about 1,670 ft. above sea-level. Section 84 contains 365 acres agricultural and pastoral land of good light loam, very largely ploughable; generally undulating, with altitude varying from 250 ft. to 370 ft. above sea-level. About 85 acres fallow after rape and now in rough feed; about 70 acres in grass of mixed kinds, of which 90 acres is really good; balance in manuka, fern, and scrub; well watered. Improvements, not included in the price of the land, consist of four-roomed cottage, with batten walls and iron roof, all in fair order; value, £40. Distance to Tirau Railway-station about three miles, and twelve miles to Section 47, by good formed roads.

Piako County.—Tapapa Survey District.

57 | XII | 552 0 0 | 320 0 0 | 7 4 0

Agricultural and pastoral land, of inferior to fair light sandy loam; generally undulating in character, and largely ploughable; all in manuka-scrub and fern, &c., with exception of about 40 acres of swamp. Altitude varies from 250 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. The soil on east side of the Raparapa Stream is of better quality. Well watered by the Raparapa Stream, access to the stream being through the Fishing Reserve. Distant about nine miles from Okoroire Railway-station. About a mile and a half of access road to section is yet unformed. Wagons can be driven on to section from main road.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

Piako County.—Patetere North and Patetere South† Survey Districts.*

41 | XIV*,II† | 5,095 0 0 | 980 0 0 | 22 1 0

Pastoral land of fair to inferior nature, on rhyolite formation; soil easily worked, and large areas can be ploughed; generally undulating easy country, but broken at stream-facings. Altitude, from 600 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Vegetation consists of scrub, fern, tupaki, and tussock. Well watered by the Waioraka Stream, which forms a natural boundary in most places. Distant from Lichfield six miles to southern boundary by the Lichfield–Waotu Road, and about eight miles south from Putaruru Railway-station to northern boundary. The Cambridge–Taupo Road, which traverses the section, although unformed, is practicable for wagons. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of a half-share in about 240 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £60, and the whole of 84 chains of subdivisional fencing, valued at £25 14s.

NOTE.—The right is reserved to take 10 acres for a mill-site, also a strip of land 1 chain wide for a tramway worked by either horse or steam power.

Piako County.—Patetere North Survey District.

42 | XIII | 2,460 0 0 | 460 0 0 | 10 7 0

Pastoral land of fair to inferior light loam, on rhyolite formation. The best land is along the Waipa Stream, generally undulating for greater portion, covered with manuka scrub, tussock, and fern. Altitude, from 600 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by Waipa Stream and some springs. Distant about eight miles from Putaruru Railway-station. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of half-share in 179 chains of boundary-fencing and the whole of 80 chains of subdivisional fencing, total value £54.

NOTE.—The right is reserved to take 10 acres for a mill-site, also a strip of land 1 chain wide for a tramway worked by either horse or steam power.

38 | XV | 2,829 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 9 0 0

Pastoral land, of poor light soil and pumice, resting on rhyolite formation; undulating to broken. Altitude varies from about 600 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. About one-half is ploughable. Well watered by Ngutuwera Stream, to which access can be had through Fishing Reserve. Vegetation consists of tussock, manuka, scrub, and fern, and tupaki spurs. Distant from Putaruru Railway-station about five miles and a half. There are no improvements on the land.

NOTE.—The right to construct roads and tramways through section is reserved.

Piako County.—Patetere South Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
44 | III, VII | 4,260 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 9 0 0

Pastoral land; inferior pumice soil, on rhyolite formation; almost all ploughable; all undulating, but steep in places. Average altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Covered with fern, scrub, and tussock. The Taupo Timber Company’s railway-line traverses the middle of the land. Distance from Lichfield via Taupo–Napier Road is about three miles, and from Putaruru Railway-station about eight miles. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of half-share in 78 chains of boundary-fencing, value £14.

NOTE.—The right is reserved to take 10 acres for a mill-site, also a strip of land 1 chain wide for a tramway worked by either horse or steam power.

45 | IV | 3,950 0 0 | 380 0 0 | 8 11 0

Pastoral land of inferior pumice soil, resting on rhyolite formation; generally undulating, scrub, fern, and tussock country, very broken in places; fairly well watered; the Pokaiwhenua Stream is the principal one that flows through the section. Average altitude, about 850 ft. Distance from Lichfield about five miles, and from Putaruru about ten miles. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of a half-share in 247 chains of boundary-fencing, value £41.

NOTE.—The right is reserved to take 10 acres for a mill-site, also a strip of land 1 chain wide for a tramway worked by either horse or steam power.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and their amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of March, 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 Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—TE ARAI SETTLEMENT.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £75, repayable in cash or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £4 17s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £49 10s. 5d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £105, repayable in cash or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £6 16s. Total half-yearly payment, £55 12s. 6d.