Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2717

December, 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Opotiki County.—Opotiki Survey District.

1 | XII | 139 2 0 | 280 0 0 | 7 0 0 | 5 12 0
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country. About ten acres fern; balance mixed forest, comprising tawa, rimu, and rata, with thick undergrowth of scrub. Soil of good quality, on sandstone formation. Well watered by stream. Fronts the Opotiki—Otara dray-road. About ten miles from Opotiki.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei County.—Mangakahia Survey District.

28 | IV | 130 0 0 | 65 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 1 6 0
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; fern and tea-tree. Soil, loam and clay, rather inferior, on sandstone formation. Watered by small streams. Situated about twenty miles from Whangarei, and three miles from Aponga Post-office by dray-road.

Mangonui County.—Takahue Survey District.

3 | IV | 176 3 7 | 160 0 0 | 4 0 0 | 3 4 0
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Rather broken country, covered with mixed forest, comprising totara, rimu, ruriri, kahikatea, matai, kohekohe, towai, rata, and tawa, with light undergrowth of kiekie, kuriwao, toikiwi, and ferns. Soil, a yellow clay, of fair second-class quality, on sandstone formation. Well watered. Distant about twenty-two miles from Mangonui—twenty miles metalled road to Fairburn’s Post-office, thence one mile and a half by formed bridle-track, and one mile by graded road as yet unformed.

Hokianga County.—Waipoua Survey District.

1 | X | 205 3 11 | 165 0 0 | 4 2 6 | 3 6 0
Weighted with £80, valuation for bush-felling and grassing, whare, and fencing.
Altitude, 100 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Broken, stony land; very steep. About 37 acres bush, felled and grassed; balance mixed forest, comprising taraire, rata, kohekohe, kahikatea, and some scattered kauri and totara timber of no commercial value; dense undergrowth of nikau and bush ferns. Soil fair to medium second-class quality. Well watered. Situated about twelve miles from Kaihu Railway-station by formed road.

Rotorua County.—Maketu Survey District.

7 | XVI | 497 0 0 | 300 0 0 | 7 10 0 | 6 0 0
Altitude, from 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and level country, covered with fern and scrub. Soil of good quality, on volcanic formation. Situated about seven miles from Pongakawa Post-office by formed road.

Rotorua and Whakatane Counties.—Rotoma Survey District.

1 | III | 1,046 2 0 | 545 0 0 | 13 12 6 | 10 18 0
Altitude, from 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken fern country; flat-topped spurs, and flat valleys covered with fern, koromiko, and tutu. Soil light, but of fair quality, on volcanic formation. Well watered by stream. Situated about thirty-two miles from Rotorua—twenty-three miles and a half by main Rotorua—Whakatane Road to Rotoma Post-office, thence by good dray-road to section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands

Opening Land 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, 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight; and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WEST TAupo COUNTY. — WHAREPAPA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

3 | VI | 919 3 18 | 575 0 0 | 14 7 6 | 11 10 0
6 | V |
Weighted with £842, valuation for house, stables, clearing, ploughing, grassing, and fencing.
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country; about 200 acres mixed forest, comprising tawa, tawhero, matai, and a few rata and rimu trees, with dense undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, and raurekau. Soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about eighteen miles from Kihikihi—ten miles formed road, balance track along which a cart can be taken.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands

Opening Lands in Westland Land District for Sale of 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 Tuesday, the twenty-second day of December, 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.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—WAIHO SURVEY DISTRICT.

874 | XIII | 112 0 0 | 57 10 0 | 1 8 9 | 1 3 0