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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42
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-second day of July, 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.-INANGAHUA COUNTY.-INANGAHUA
SURVEY DISTRICT.-INANGAHUA JUNCTION BLOCK.
Section Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly
Rental.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
18 VIII 773 0 0 775 0 0 15 10 0
About 270 acres flat; swampy in places; fair soil; will
make good agricultural land. The remainder is all rather
steep spurs, covered with thin soil on papa. Timber consists
of brown-birch on the hills, and small white-pine on the flat.
There is a site suitable for a homestead. Fronts the Reefton-
Inangahua Junction Road and proposed railway. Distant
about three miles from Inangahua Junction Post-office.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
53 IV 730 0 0 550 0 0 11 0 0
Nearly all hills, broken towards the ridge; thin soil on
hard papa; covered with forest of brown-birch. There is a
site for homestead at south end of section. Has frontage to
the Reefton-Inangahua Junction Road and proposed railway.
Distant about one mile and a quarter from Inangahua Junc-
tion Post-office.
10 V 160 0 0 120 0 0 2 8 0
Rough limestone country, growing rimu, kahikatea, and
kamahi, with undergrowth of kotukutuku, currant-wood,
supplejack, and ponga. Altitude, from 200 ft. to 1,400 ft. above
sea-level. Watered by small creeks with drainage into the
Buller and Inangahua Rivers. Fronts the main Reefton-
Inangahua Junction Road. Distant about 4 chains from
Inangahua Junction Post-office. The soil is very good and
suitable for pastoral purposes.
25 V 486 0 0 365 0 0 7 6 0
All hills, very steep in places; fair soil on limestone;
timber principally brown-birch. There is a site for a home-
stead near the south-eastern corner of the section. Access
by main road from Reefton to Inangahua Junction, and dis-
tant about one mile from Inangahua Junction Post-office.
17 VIII 587 0 0 445 0 0 8 18 0
All hills, broken towards the ridge; thin soil on limestone.
Altitude rises to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Timber principally
brown-birch. There is a site suitable for a homestead. Access
by a road at present unformed up Hard Creek. Distant
about one mile and a quarter from the Reefton-Inangahua
Junction Road and proposed railway, and about three miles
and a half from the Inangahua Junction Post-office.
19 VIII 479 0 0 360 0 0 7 4 0
All steep broken limestone spurs; thin soil; a good deal
of bare limestone rock in places. Altitude rises to about
2,000 ft. above sea-level. Contains a site suitable for a
homestead. Access by a road at present unformed up Hard
Creek. Distant about two miles and a half from the Reeft-
ton-Inangahua Junction Road, and about four miles and
three-quarters from Inangahua Post-office.
20 VIII 1,005 0 0 760 0 0 15 4 0
About 12 acres flat, remainder rather steep spurs; fair
soil on papa and limestone. Timber principally brown-birch.
Fronts the Reefton-Inangahua Junction Road and proposed
railway. Distant about four miles from Inangahua Junction
Post-office.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB.
Minister of Lands.
Opening National Endowment Lands in Nelson 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 described in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday,
the twenty-fourth day of June, 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Third-class Unsurveyed Land.
District. Block. Area. Rent per Acre
per Annum.
Takaka County.
Acres.
d.
Takaka ..I, II, VI, X, and 17,000 3·36
XI
Very rough broken mountain-slopes, covered with bush,
chiefly birch. Access by proposed branch roads up the
Anatoki and Waingaro Rivers, Stony Creek, and other side
gullies.
Takaka..IV, VII, VIII, XI, 10,000 3·36
XII
Very rough broken mountain-slopes covered with birch
bush. Access by tracks proposed from Rameka Creek
through Canaan to the Stockyards, Riwaka Range.
Flora ..| I, II, V ..| 2,450 | 3·12
Situated about twenty miles south of Takaka and fourteen
miles west of Motueka as the crow flies. Access is by the
Motueka Valley Main Road and the formed pack-track fol-
lowing the Graham River and Flora Creek for a distance of
about twenty miles from the Town of Motueka.
The northern portion of the block is of limestone formation,
the middle portion limestone and slate, and the southern
portion principally slate formation, the whole being covered
with heavy birch bush, with scattered cedars and the usual
heavy underscrub.
Takaka..XIV, XV, XVIII,} 11,000 3·6
XIX
Flora ..II, III, V, VI, X}
Takaka..X, XIII, XIV, 4,500 3·36
XVII, XVIII
The country along the slopes is suitable for sheep; well
watered, and easy of access from the Motueka side of the
range. There is very little undergrowth, the principal
timber being stunted red-birch. The belt between the
Takaka River and the dividing range between the Takaka
and Cobb Rivers is inferior light-bush land. The northern
portion of the block is accessible from Upper Takaka, and is
distant twenty-four miles from the Villages of Waitapu and
Motueka respectively. The southern end of the block is
approached by way of the Graham River Track from
Motueka Village, from which it is distant about twenty-two
miles.
Mount Arthur VII, VIII, XI, XII, 14,300 2·88
XV, XVI
Fair soil; covered with forest, principally birch. Situated
on the eastern side of Mount Arthur Range. Access by
roads up the Rivers Pearse and Graham.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.
Opening Settlement Lands in Taranaki 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-fourth day of June, 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