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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

Section.
Area.
Minimum Half-yearly Rental.
Class.

OHINEPOUTEA BLOCK.—BLOCKS VIII, XII, AND XVI, RAUKUMARA EAST, AND BLOCKS V AND IX, MANGAOPORO SURVEY DISTRICTS.—HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
4 | 4,839 0 0 | 191 10 10 | Second.
5 | 200 0 0 | 7 18 4 | Second.
6 | 50 0 0 | 5 0 0 | First.

Sections 5 and 6 have been set aside for application by the Maori owners of the land.

Section 4 contains about 250 acres, more or less, of old river-terraces, the tops of which are more or less flat, and are for the most part composed of bouldery-shingle, with an admixture of alluvial soil on top. The remainder consists of one large ridge branching into a few spurs, the lower portions of which are covered with scrub. The upper portions of the spurs and the remainder of the range is covered with heavy bush, consisting principally of tawa on the lower and tawai on the higher country. These bushes are mixed with a small proportion of rimu, matai, kahikatea, and a little totara. The soil is good on the lower country, varying gradually to light as it approaches the higher elevations. About eighteen miles by good dray-road from Tuparoa. There is a range of altitude from about 600 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. It is watered by the Tapuaeroa River and the Mangapoi and Raparapaririki Streams.

AHIAPARUA BLOCK (UNSURVEYED).—BLOCKS VII AND VIII, RAUKUMARA EAST SURVEY DISTRICT, HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
7 | 550 0 0 | 5 14 7 | Third.

Soil light, land covered with bush. About 3,000 ft. above sea-level. About twenty-eight miles from Tuparoa.

WAIPAOA NO. 5 BLOCK.—BLOCKS I, II, III, V, VI, VII, IX, X, AND XI.—TUAHU SURVEY DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

11 | 2,950 0 0 | 59 0 0 | Third.

Altitude, from 2,100 ft. to 3,450 ft. All birch-clad pastoral country, comprising a large swampy flat, partly burnt, easy downs and steep broken hills; light soil, well watered. About forty-five miles from Wairoa, via Waikaremoana—forty miles by coach-road, remainder formed pack-track.

12 | 7,850 0 0 | 157 0 0 | Third.

Altitude, from 2,100 ft. to 3,500 ft. Mostly birch country, with tawa and mixed bush in the watershed of the Waipaoa Stream, comprising a big birch flat along the main road; undulating hills and rough, broken country; light soil, well watered. About forty-five miles from Wairoa, via Waikaremoana—forty miles by coach-road, remainder formed pack-track.

13 | 5,040 0 0 | 163 16 0 | Third.

Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 3,300 ft. Rough, broken country, tawa and mixed bush in the valleys, with birch on the ridges; fair soil, well watered. Distant about forty-nine miles from Wairoa, via Ruakituri—twenty-six miles by coach-road, remainder formed pack-track.

Note.—Sections 12 and 13 have been brought under the provisions of subsection (9) of section 17 of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, by special resolution of the Board.

14 | 1,600 0 0 | 57 0 0 | Second.

Altitude, from 900 ft. to 3,300 ft. Steep, broken country, well sheltered, sunny faces and slopes, mostly tawa and mixed bush, with birch on the higher ridges; well watered; good soil. Distant about forty-eight miles from Wairoa, via Ruakituri—twenty-six miles by coach-road, remainder formed pack-track.

15 | 1,195 0 0 | 46 6 0 | Second.

Altitude, 800 ft. to 3,300 ft. Comprises rough, broken country, with well-sheltered sunny slopes and faces; mostly tawa and mixed bush, with birch on the high ridges; well watered. Distant about forty-five miles from Wairoa, via Ruakituri—twenty-six miles by coach-road, remainder formed pack-track.

16 | 830 0 0 | 52 18 0 | Second.

Altitude, 650 ft. to 2,200 ft. Comprises steep face from Ngapakira Cliff, with easy slopes and flats towards the river; well sheltered and sunny; good soil; well watered; about 150 acres felled and in grass, remainder tawa and mixed bush. Distant about forty-three miles from Wairoa, via Ruakituri—twenty-six miles by coach-road, remainder formed pack-track. Preference will be given in this Section 16 to applications by the Maori owners.

ALEX. KEEFER,
President.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, 7th November, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 17th day of December, 1908, for leases of the undermentioned lands for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAHARANGI BLOCK.—RARETE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section.
Block.
Area.
Rent per Acre per Annum.
Minimum Half-yearly Rent.

First-class Land.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
4 | X | 30 0 0 | 3 0 | 2 5 0
5 | X | 30 0 0 | 3 0 | 2 5 0

Second-class Land.

1 | XV | 449 0 0 | 1 9 | 19 12 11
3 | XI and XV | 1,568 0 0 | 1 9 | 68 12 0
8 | XI | 1,036 0 0 | 1 9 | 45 6 6
9 | IX | 1,154 0 0 | 1 9 | 50 9 9
10 | VIII, IX, XI, and XII | 1,131 0 0 | 1 9 | 49 9 8
11 | IX and XII | 1,010 0 0 | 1 9 | 44 3 9
13 | XII | 561 0 0 | 1 9 | 24 10 11
14 | XI and XII | 890 0 0 | 1 9 | 38 18 9
15 | XI and XII | 1,177 0 0 | 1 9 | 51 9 11
16 | XI | 431 0 0 | 1 9 | 18 17 2

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

The Waharangi Block is situated on the Wanganui River between the Ohoutahi Block (the Catholic Mission Farm at Jerusalem) and Pipiriki Township, which it adjoins. It runs back from the river, along both sides of the Pipiriki–Raetihi Road, till it joins the Morikau No. 2 Block, which was subdivided and leased about a year ago, the Morikau No. 2 Block forming the eastern and southern boundaries. On the north it is bounded by the Huikumu Block (Mr. Corrie’s run), and on the north-west by the Ngaporo and Waharangi No. 6 Blocks, both being Native lands. All the sections have good dray-road access (except those fronting the Wanganui River, where a road is proposed to be laid off connecting Pipiriki with Jerusalem) along the Pipiriki–Raetihi and Huikumu Roads.

Small flats and easy-sloping ground have been reserved along the Raetihi Road for homestead-sites and small paddocks, and access from them to the back country through the proposed scenery reserves will be reserved.

The whole block is forest-clad, the bush comprising principally tawa, rata, rimu, tawhero, matai, maire, &c., with a dense undergrowth of rangiora, mahoe, houhou, karamu, kotukutuku, supplejack, &c.

The formation is papa and shell-rock, and the quality of the soil is good.

The block is well watered by numerous streams, a number of them being gorges.

The elevation above sea-level ranges from about 50 ft. on the Wanganui River to 2085 ft. at Whaharangi Trig. Station.

The sections are being surveyed at present, and good fencing-lines along spurs and ridges will be taken as boundaries.

It is proposed to reserve a considerable portion of land along the Wanganui River and the Pipiriki–Raetihi Road for scenic purposes, and the approximate boundaries and areas are shown on lithograph; but should the Scenery Commissioners not acquire this land within, say, one year, the portions shown within each section will be added to that section, and it will be made a condition of lease that the selector will require to take the area at the same rental per acre as is being paid for the area now offered.

Maps and terms and conditions of the leases may be obtained from the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, and from the office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui.

THOS. W. FISHER,
President.