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, 1908."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £80, valuation for felling and grassing.
Altitude, kom 800ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken and undulating, in parts level ; 12 acres bush felled and grassed ; balance mixed forest, comprising rats, towai, mahoe, rimu, totara, miro, and matai, with undergrowth of kiekie and supplejack. Soil, lorm and clay ; fair to good grass land, on limestone-and-sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated twenty-four miles from Kaihu-twenty-two miles dray-road and the balance by bridle-track.
20 ) v 125200 | 190 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 316 0 Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level laud, all covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, towai, taraire, miro, birch, with undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and ferns ; fair grass land. Soil, loam and clay, on sandstone formation; watered by springs and small watercourses. Situated about ten miler kom Kaihu Railway-station—eight milee dray-road • d two miles by formed bridle-track.
HOKIANGA AND HOBSOM COUNTIES.—TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.
10 | XV | 857 2 0 | 805 0 0 | 7 12 6 | 6 2 0 Weighted with £15, valuation for felling.
Altitude, 600ft. to 800ft. above sea-level. Undulating land ; 12 acres fell'd bush; balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, totara, towai, rata, taraire, birch, miro, with undergrowth of supplejack and manuka. Soil, loam and clay ; fair to good grass land, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant five miler from the Maropiu Railway-station by formed road.
HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAIPOUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
4 | XI | 100 0 0 | 160 0 0 | 4 0 0 | '8 4 0 Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. About 30 acres bush felled and grassed; 20 acres old clearing; balance mixed forest, comprising rimu, towai, totara, miro, taraire, and birch, with undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and ferns. Soil, mixed loam and clay; fair grass land, on sandstone formation; watered by springs and small water-courses. Situated eight miles from Kaihu Railway-station by dray-road. In addition to clearing and grassing mentioned above, the following improvements go with the land : 70 chains fencing, and house, 28 ft. by 12 ft., very much out of repair.
10 | XI | 100 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 3 16 0 | a 0 0 Altitude, 700 ft. to 950 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; 50 acres old bushfelling, of which 50 acres is grassed; balance mixed forest, oomprising totara, blrob, towai, rata, miro, with undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, and ferns. Soil, mixed loam and clay, on sandstone formation; watered by stream. Situated about eight miles from Kaihu Railway-station by dray-road.
11 | XI | 97 2 0 | 140 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 2 16 0 Weighted with £50, valuation for kauri timber. Altitude, from 700 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level land; about 50 acres cleared; balance mixed forest, containing totara and a few kauri-trees, miro, and birch; undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and ferns. Soil, mixed loam and olg, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated about seven miles from Kaihu Railway-station by dray-road. About 30 chains old fencing still on section.
HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.
11 | XVI | 208 2 0 | 166 0 0 | 3 17 6 | 3 2 0 Altitude, from 600 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land: 20 acres cleared some years ago, but now in second growth; balance mired forest, comprising rimu, taraire, kohe, and kahikatea; dense undergrowth of nikau and bush-ferns. Soil of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams and springs.
Distant nine miles from Waimamaku Settlement—six miles fair road, balance indifferent horse-track.
An witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, thir eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB, Minister of Lands.
Opening Lands i n 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, 1908," 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 fifty-four 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-eighth day of October, 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, 1908."
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANGONUI COUNTY.—MAUNGA-TANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT. Second-class Land.
|Block.|Area.|Cash Purchase: Total Price.|Occupation with Right of Purchase: Half-yearly Rent.|Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent.|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|A. a. R.|£ s. d.|£ s. d.|£ s. d.|£ s. d.|
|1 | II | 262 2 0 | 395 0 0 | 9 17 6 | 718 0 Weighted with £20, valuation for kauri and totara timber. Altitude, from 300 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Broken and undulating land ; about 40 acres fern, balance mixed forest, containing kauri, totara, puriri, matai, kahikatea, and rimu, with light undergrowth of kuriwao, bush-lawyer, toi-kiwi, and ferns. Clay soil of good second-class quality, on clay-and-rock formation; well watered. Situated twelve miles from Mangonui—three miles metalled road, five miles bridle-track, balance surveyed and graded road as yet unformed.
2 | II' | 308 2 0 | 265 0 0 | 7 2 6 | 6 14 0 Weighted with £35, valuation for kauri timber. Altitude, from 200 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. Broken and undulating country; about one-half fern, balance mixed forest, containing kauri, kahikatea, totara, and rimu, with medium undergrowth of kuriwao, tokiwi, and ferns. Clay soil of fair second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by large stream. Distant about seven miles from Mangonui —three miles metalled road, balance bridle-track.
8 | II | 197 114 | 150 0 0 | 8 16 0 | 8 0 0 Weighted with £15, valuation for kauri timber. Altitude, from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Broken and undulating land; about one-half fern; 10 acres dead bush, from which kauri timber has been removed; balance mixed forest, containing kauri, puriri, totara, kahikatea, and rimu, with medium undergrowth of kuriwao, ferns, and toikiwi. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered. Situated about eight miles from Mangonui—three miles metalled road, five miles bridle-track, balance unformed.
'6 | II | 323 1 0 | 365 0 0 | 9 2 6 | 7 6 0 Altitude, from 200 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Broken and undulating country; about 10 acres fern, balance mixed forest, containing kauri timber, with fairly heavy under-growth of kuriwao, lawyer, tokiwi, and kiekie; the timber is only sufficient for selector's requirements. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered. Distant about eight miles from Mangonui—three miles metalled road, five miles bridle-track, balance unformed.
6 | II | 192 2 0 | 255 0 0 | 6 7 6 | 5 2 0 Altitude, from 300 ft. w 700 ft. above sea-level], Broken and undulating count about 20 acres fern, balance mixed forest, containing kana timber only sufficient for selector's requirements, with fairly heavy undergrowth of kuriwao, toikiwi, lawyer, and ferns. Soil of fairly good second-class quality, on clay-and-rocky formation; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Mangonui—three miles metalled road, five miles' bridle-track, balance unformed.