✨ Land Selection Schedule
MAY 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1463
SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Unsurveyed Land.
| District. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Acre per Annum. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acres. | d. |
TAKAKA COUNTY.
Takaka .. | I, II, VI, X, XI | 14,750 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Very rough broken mountain-slopes, covered with bush, chiefly birch. Access by proposed branch roads up the Anatoki and Waingaro Rivers, Stony Creek, and other side gullies. Sale plan 139.
Takaka .. { | IV, VII, VIII, | }
| XI, XII | 8,435 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Very rough broken mountain-slopes, covered with birch bush. Access by tracks proposed from Rameka Creek through Canaan to the Stockyards, Riwaka Range. Sale plan 139.
Flora .. | I, II, V | 2,450 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for four years.
Situated about twenty miles south of Takaka and fourteen miles west of Motueka as the crow flies. Access is by the Motueka Valley Main Road and the formed pack-track following the Graham River and Flora Creek for a distance of about twenty miles from the Town of Motueka. The northern portion of the block is of limestone formation, the middle portion limestone and slate, and the southern portion principally slate formation, the whole being covered with heavy birch bush, with scattered cedars and the usual heavy under-scrub. Sale plan 139.
Mt. Arthur { | VII, VIII, XI, | }
| XII, XV, XVI | 13,500 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Fair soil, covered with forest, principally birch. Situated on the eastern side of Mount Arthur Range. Access by roads up the Rivers Pearse and Graham. Sale plan 139.
Takaka { | XIV, XV, |
| XVIII, XIX | }
Flora { | II, III, V, VI, |
| X | } 11,000 | 4·8
Takaka { | X, XIII, XIV, |
| XVII, XVIII | } 3,400 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
The country along the slopes is suitable for sheep, well watered, and easy of access from the Motueka side of the range. There is very little undergrowth, the principal timber being stunted red-birch. The belt between the Takaka River and the dividing-range between the Takaka and Cobb Rivers is inferior light-bush land. The northern portion of the block is accessible from Upper Takaka, and is distant twenty-four miles from Waitapu and Motueka respectively. The southern end of the block is approached by way of the Graham River Track from Motueka, from which it is distant about twenty-two miles. Sale plan 139.
Totaranui | VI, VII | 380 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough hills, covered with birch bush. Situated on Awaroa Road behind Tonga Bay and Awaroa Inlet. Access by sea and proposed branch road. Sale plan 137.
Totaranui | VIII, IX, X | 10,640 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough mountain-slopes, thickly timbered with birch and some rimu. Access by proposed tracks up the Awaroa and Falls Rivers respectively. Sale plan 137.
Totaranui | V | 330 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Consists almost wholly of hills and gullies, varying from 60 ft. to about 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Covered with bush consisting chiefly of birch, with some rimu in the gullies; granite formation; well watered. Situated back of Awaroa Inlet. Access by surveyed track. Sale plan 137.
Totaranui | V, VIII, IX | 3,719 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Bounded towards the north generally by the surveyed sections in Block III, Totaranui Survey District; towards the south generally by Crown lands; and towards the west generally by surveyed sections in Blocks V and VIII. Consists chiefly of hills and gullies of an altitude varying from about 500 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Covered with bush consisting of birch, cedar, and some rimu; granite formation; well watered. Access is by unformed roads from Awaroa, Totaranui, and Wainui Inlets. Sale plan 137.
WAIMEA COUNTY.
Motueka | V | 2,150 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
| District. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Acre per Annum. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acres. | d. |
Fair soil; forest principally birch. Access by road up Pokororo Stream. Sale plan 137.
Motueka | I | 3,850 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough mountain-slopes, covered with birch bush. Access by Brooklyn Track over ranges into Riwaka Valley. Sale plan 137.
Motueka | II, VI | 600 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Low hills, principally fern land. Access by Mount Campbell Track and track up Rocky River. Sale plan 137.
Wangapeka | X, XIII, XIV | 8,000 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Steep mountain-sides; very cold in winter; covered with mixed bush, comprising birch, rimu, and some totara. Access by road up the Wangapeka and Clarke Rivers. Sale plan 137.
Wangapeka | III | 1,410 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough wooded hills; timber chiefly birch. Situated on the Baton River. Access by branch track from the Baton River Road and by track up Ellis Creek. Sale plan 137.
Kaiteriteri | XIII, XV | 3,536 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Very rough broken mountain-slopes, covered with birch bush. Access by road up the Riwaka Valley. Sale plan 137.
Kaiteriteri | III to VI | }
Totaranui | XI, XII | } 9,300 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough mountain-slopes, thickly timbered; timber chiefly birch, with some rimu and rata. Access by proposed tracks up the Otuwhero and Marahau Rivers. Sale plan 137.
Kaiteriteri | IV | 314 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Inferior birch hills; granite formation. Access by Canaan Track. Sale plan 137.
Tadmor .. | VI, X, XIV | 3,832 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for four years.
All low hills and gullies, with a few small flats in the creeks; covered with bush, principally birch, with a little rimu; formation, sandstone gravels. Access by unformed roads up the River Sherry and branches of the River Tadmor. Distant four miles from the proposed railway-station at Manu. Sale plan 137.
Tainui .. | V | }
Hope .. | III | } 1,203 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for four years.
Situated at the head-waters of the River Hope, at an altitude varying from 1,000 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Land is of inferior quality, being nearly all low hills and gullies covered with birch forest; formation, granite and clay gravels. Accessible by the formed road to the Buller by way of Tadmor Valley. Distant about fifteen miles from the Tadmor Railway-station. Sale plan 138.
TAKAKA AND WAIMEA COUNTIES.
Takaka .. | XI, XII | }
Kaiteriteri | XIV | } 895 | 4·8
" | VII, XIV, XV | 1,147 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rough broken hilly country of limestone formation; good soil in gullies; about 350 acres burnt bush, grown up with blackberries, fern, &c.; remainder covered with bush, principally brown and red birch, with some rimu, totara, matai, and mountain-rata. The main road from Riwaka to Takaka touches both areas, which are distant respectively about 14½ miles and 11½ miles from Riwaka Post-office. Sale plan 141.
COLLINGWOOD COUNTY.
Waitapu | II, IV | 2,800 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Hilly land, covered with forest, comprising chiefly brown-birch and red-birch, with rimu and pukatea in gullies; thick under-scrub; limestone- and-slate formation. Access by branch roads from the Collingwood-Takaka Inland Road. Distant eight miles from the Town of Collingwood and nine miles from the Port of Waitapu. Sale plan 138.
Aorere .. | II, VI | 1,540 | 4·8
Exempt from rent for five years.
Rather steep hills, thickly timbered with birch, rimu, and rata. Access by surveyed roads up Bonnie Doon Valley and Silverstream. Sale plan 138.
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NZ Gazette 1909, No 43