Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3253

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland Land District for 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, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, 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 said Act.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

TAURANGA COUNTY.—OTAINEWAINUKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Altitude, 360 ft. to 1,828 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country; 200 acres fern land in Section 3, and 220 acres fern in Section 4; balance of sections fairly heavy mixed forest, comprising tawa, tawhero, rimu, kohekohe, pukatea, manuka, and rata, with heavy undergrowth of supplejack, karamu, raurekau, and horopito. Soil of a light volcanic nature, fair to good in quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Situated nine to ten miles from Te Puke Township—five miles dray-road, remainder rough track.

TAURANGA COUNTY.—MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 27 | V | 381 0 0 | 570 0 0 | 11 8 0 |
| 28 | " | 875 0 0 | 790 0 0 | 15 16 0 |

Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,828 ft. above sea-level. Section 27, about 15 acres fern, remainder fairly easy forest country; Section 28, rough forest country; forest comprises tawa, tawhero, rimu, kohekohe, pukatea, and rata, with heavy undergrowth of supplejack, karamu, raurekau, and horopito. Soil of a light volcanic nature; good on Section 27 and fair on Section 28, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Situated about eight miles from Te Puke Township—five miles by dray-road, remainder rough track.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland Land District for 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, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted for milling-timbers as follows: Section 5, about 567,000 sup. feet, £141 15s.; Section 7, about 980,000 sup. feet, £245.

Section 5, about 1,000 ft. above sea-level; Section 7, about 1,400 ft. above sea-level; low undulating hills, with flat valleys, some steep spurs on Section 7; all covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, hinau, mangeao, miro, matai, pukatea, rewarewa, tanekaha, tawa, and kohekohe; thick undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, makomako, mapau, punga, nikau, and tawhero; soil light and sandy, but of good quality, on pumice formation; Section 5, indifferently watered; Section 7, no water. Situated about twenty-nine miles from Rotorua—about twenty-three miles to Rotorua Post-office, thence by good dray-road.

2 | VII | 447 0 0 | 900 0 0 | 18 0 0

Weighted with £419 5s. for about 1,677,000 sup. feet milling-timber.

Altitude, about 1,600 ft. above sea-level. All steep country, broken in parts; good homestead-site on road; covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising tawa, mangeao, pukatea, rimu, hinau, miro, mami, rata, rewarewa, tanekaha, and kohekohe, with thick undergrowth of supplejack, makomako, mahoe, punga, nikau, kiekie, horopito, and tawhero. Soil light and sandy, but of fair quality, on pumice formation; well watered by streams. Situated about sixteen miles from Matata—fourteen miles by dray-road, balance bridle-track.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 8 | III | 527 0 0 | 710 0 0 | 14 4 0 |
| 9 | " | 482 0 0 | 730 0 0 | 14 12 0 |

Altitude, 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; about 40 acres fern and manuka on Section 8; remainder of sections heavy mixed forest, comprising tawa, rimu, hinau, mangeao, pukatea, rata, rewarewa, and kohekohe, with thick undergrowth of supplejack, makomako, manuka, punga, nikau, kiekie, and tawhero; a few puriri-trees on Section 8. Soil of fair quality, of a sandy nature, on volcanic cement; well watered. Situated on Pikowai Road, fifteen to sixteen miles from Matata, by formed road.

| 7 | IV | 322 0 0 | 650 0 0 | 13 0 0 |
| 8 | " | 229 0 0 | 460 0 0 | 9 4 0 |
| 10| " | 493 0 0 | 990 0 0 | 19 16 0|
| 11| " | 591 0 0 | 1,190 0 0| 23 16 0|
| 12| " | 575 0 0 | 870 0 0 | 17 8 0 |

Weighted with the following amounts for milling-timbers: Section 7, about 966,000 sup. feet, £241 10s.; Section 8, about 687,000 sup. feet, £171 15s.; Section 10, about 2,156,000 sup. feet, £539; Section 11, about 1,773,000 sup. feet, £443 5s.; Section 12, about 1,725,000 sup. feet, £431 5s.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level; Sections 7, 8, and 10, level to undulating land; Section 11, level on west boundary, undulating to broken on east; Section 12, undulating to broken; 20 acres fern and manuka on Section 12; balance of sections covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, hinau, mangeao, miro, pukatea, matai, rata, tanekaha, rewarewa, kohekohe, and tawa; very thick undergrowth of supplejack, makomako, mahoe, mapau, punga, tawhero, titoki, and nikau. Soil of a sandy nature, but of good quality, on volcanic cement formation; well watered. Situated on the Rotorua-Manawahe Road, ten to twelve miles from Matata, by good dray-road.

ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 7 | VI | 567 2 0 | 1,000 0 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 10 | " | 556 0 0 | 1,000 0 0 | 20 0 0 |

Weighted for milling-timbers as follows: Section 7, about 994,000 sup. feet, £248 10s.; Section 10, about 973,000 sup. feet, £243 5s.

Altitude, about 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Low undulating hills, with flat valleys covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, hinau, mangeao, pukatea, miro, rata, rewarewa, tawa, and kohekohe, with thick undergrowth of supplejack, punga, nikau, kiekie, tawhiri, horopito, and tawhero. Soil light and sandy, but of good quality, on pumice formation; no water. Situated twenty-seven to twenty-nine miles from Rotorua—over twenty-three miles by coach-road to Rotorua Post-office, thence by good dray-road.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 5 | VII | 484 0 0 | 850 0 0 | 17 0 0 |
| 6 | " | 343 0 0 | 600 0 0 | 12 0 0 |
| 7 | " | 415 0 0 | 830 0 0 | 16 12 0|

Weighted with the following amounts for milling-timbers: Section 5, about 500,000 sup. feet, £125; Section 6, about 200,000 sup. feet, £50; Section 7, about 1,494,000 sup. feet, £373 10s.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level land, steep along stream in Section 6; all covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, tawa, hinau, pukatea, rata, miro, tanekaha, and kohekohe, with thick undergrowth