comprising rimu and totara and kauri rickers sufficient for selector's use ; also manuka, taraire, birch, towai, rata, and tawa, with light undergrowth of ferns and shrubs; soil, loam and clay of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Fronts coach-road, about twelve miles from Hikurangi Railway-station, about two miles from Whananaki.

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

J. G. WARD,
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, 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 Wednesday, the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, 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.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Exempt from rent for three years.
Situated about 17½ miles from Reefton and about 32½ miles from Westport by main road, Brown Creek Road, and a by-road. Fronts Brown Creek and Coal Creek. Altitude, from 260 ft. to 520 ft. above sea-level. Forest land ; hills and flats; soil generally inferior; coal formation. Watered by Brown and Coal Creeks. Sale plan 131.

COLLINGWOOD COUNTY.-PAKAWAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Exempt from rent for four years.
Bush country; birch and rimu timber. Access by steamer to West Wanganui Inlet as opportunity offers; or by pack-track from Pakawau, five miles. Sale plan 131.

TAKAKA COUNTY.-TAKAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 10 | VI | 45 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Exempt from rent for four years.
Rough bush hills, chiefly birch. Access by road from Long Plain to Anatoki. Sale plan 131.

TAKAKA COUNTY.-TAKAKA* AND TOTARANUI† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

| 21 | IV* | 1,990 0 0 | 995 0 0 | 19 18 0 |
| 1 | VIII† } |

Exempt from rent for four years.
Fair sheep-country on western side Wainui River, but inferior and steep on the eastern slopes. Heavily timbered, chiefly with red-birch and brown-birch, and some cedar and rata. Access from Pohara by formed track for about one mile and a half, the remaining three miles and a half being unformed ridge-track. Sale plan 131.

WAIMEA COUNTY.-MOTUEKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 7 | I | 338 0 0 | 170 0 0 | 3 8 0 |
| 8 | I | 120 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 4 0 |
| 9 | I | 314 0 0 | 160 0 0 | 3 4 0 |

Exempt from rent for four years.
Rough mountain-slopes; birch bush. Access by Brooklyn Track, about eight miles from Riwaka. Sale plan 131.

| 39 | II | 624 2 0 | 315 0 0 | 6 6 0 |

Exempt from rent for four years.

Exempt from rent for four years.
Inferior birch hills; granite formation. Access by Canaan Track. Sale plan 131.

5 | V | 119 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 4 0
7 | V | 608 0 0 | 305 0 0 | 6 2 0
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough granite hills, covered partly with birch bush and partly with fern and manuka. Access by branch road from Sandy Bay Road. Sale plan 131.

1 | VI | 100 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
2 | VI | 100 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough, broken, hilly land; birch bush. Situated on mainland abreast of Astrolabe Roadstead. Access by sea. Sale plan 131.

4 | VI | 171 1 24 | 87 10 0 | 1 15 0
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough hills; birch bush. Situated on the sea-coast at Astrolabe Roadstead. Access by sea. Sale plan 131.

1 | XV | 357 0 0 | 180 0 0 | 3 12 0
Exempt from rent for four years.
Rough, broken mountain-slopes, covered with birch bush. Access by road up Riwaka Valley. Sale plan 131.

WAIMEA COUNTY.-RINTOUL* AND GORDON† SURVEY DISTRICTS.

| 5 | V | 612 0 0 | 310 0 0 | 6 4 0 |
| 6 | V | 344 0 0 | 175 0 0 | 3 10 0 |
| 1 | VIII† } |

Exempt from rent for three years.
Rough, hilly country, covered with forest, chiefly birch. Slate formation. Distant about 14½ miles from Wakefield Railway-station, of which 12½ miles is formed dray-road and two miles unformed track. Sale plan 131.

WAIMEA COUNTY.-GORDON SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 9 | IX | 499 0 0 | 250 0 0 | 5 0 0 |

Exempt from rent for three years.
About a hundred and fifty acres open land, covered with fern, tutu, and flax; remainder chiefly birch; a few acres flat along creek, remainder hills from 1,000 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Access by unformed road up Brewerton Creek, and distant about 11½ miles from Kohatu Railway-station. Sale plan 131.

COLLINGWOOD COUNTY.-AORERE SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 3 | X | 51 1 5 | 27 10 0 | 0 11 0 |
| 2 | X | 50 0 14 | 27 10 0 | 0 11 0 |

Exempt from rent for five years.
All manuka hills, with inferior soil. Situated on Aorere River, fronting main road up Aorere Valley. Sale plan 131.

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

J. G. WARD,
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, 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 Wednesday, the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, 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.