1498
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

RODNEY COUNTY.—TE ARAI PARISH.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1, 2 | .. | 93 0 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0
Weighted with £15, valuation for 2 acres felled and grassed, 5 acres scrub burnt and sown with danthonia, and 50 chains fencing.

Altitude, from 50 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating land; 10 acres swamp; 4 acres good level land along stream; about 1 acre mixed forest—manuka, puriri, birch, taraire, and tawa; light undergrowth of kiekie and toetoe; balance fern and scrub; soil, clay loam and sand, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Mangawai—nine miles formed road and one mile bridle-track.

N.M.18 | .. | 25 1 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0
Altitude, 400 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Level and undulating land, covered with manuka (except 5 acres mixed forest, comprising birch, towai, taraire, and manuka), with undergrowth of kiekie and toetoe; soil, loam and clay; good grass land, on sandstone formation; watered by stream. Situated eight miles from Mangawai Township by formed road.

N.W.72 | .. | 80 3 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0
Altitude, 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating land, covered with fern and scrub; soil, loam and clay from fair to inferior in quality, on sandstone formation; watered by small stream. Situated about nine miles from Mangawai and the same distance from Wayby Railway-station by formed road.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.—KAWAKA PARISH.

149A | .. | 120 2 36 | 90 0 0 | 2 5 0 | 1 16 0
Altitude, 250 ft. to 380 ft. above sea-level. Level to gentle slopes, covered with fern, rushes, and scrub; soil, loam and clay from fair to inferior in quality, on sandstone formation; watered by springs. Situated about one mile from Hakaru and about five miles from Mangawai by formed road.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.—TOKATOKA PARISH.

38 and S.E.37 | .. | 106 0 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with scrub and rushes; soil, loam and clay, fair to inferior in quality, on sandstone formation; watered by swamp; other water obtained by sinking. Situated about six miles from Tokatoka by the Tokatoka—Mangapai Main Road.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PUKEATUA PARISH.

67 | .. | 55 2 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0
Altitude, 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with small manuka; soil of a brown loamy nature of medium quality, on clay subsoil; well watered. Fronts main road from Kaukapakapa Railway-station to Wade, about eight miles from either place.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—MATATA PARISH.

116 | .. | 176 1 12 | 180 0 0 | 4 10 0 | 3 12 0
Altitude, from 20 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern land; soil of fair quality, on volcanic formation; well watered by spring. Distant one mile from Te Teko Post-office by formed road.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—WAIMANA PARISH.

314 | .. | 284 3 36 | 285 0 0 | 7 2 6 | 5 14 0
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Steep and broken country, covered with fern and scrub, except 27 acres light forest, mostly tawa, with thick undergrowth of scrub; soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by springs. Fronts Opotiki—Whakatane main coach-road, about five miles from Kutarere Post-office.

OPOTIKI COUNTY.—WAIOTahi PARISH.

271 | .. | 49 1 8 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 0 16 0
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 410 ft. above sea-level. Fairly flat and covered with fern; soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; watered by spring. Situated about five miles rom Waimana Post-office—four miles by Waimana—Nukuhou ray-road; balance by rough track.

427, 463, and 464 | .. | 145 3 4 | 75 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 1 10 0

Altitude, from 40 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Broken fern land; soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Access by formed road from Kutarere School and post-office, distant about three miles.

OPOTIKI COUNTY.—WAIOEKA PARISH.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
365A | .. | 304 0 0 | 380 0 0 | 9 10 0 | 7 12 0
Altitude, from 500 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Broken country; about 80 acres fern land; balance forest, mostly birch, with thick undergrowth of scrub; soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about six miles from Opotiki by Opotiki—Waioeka dray-road.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Nelson 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the eleventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine; 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

WAIMEA COUNTY.—MOTUPIKO SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
9 | XIV | 600 0 0 | 300 0 0 | 7 10 0 | 6 0 0
All forest land, covered with brown and black birch and some cedar. Good proportion nearly flat; fair land, suitable for cattle- and sheep-grazing when cleared. Well watered. Slate formation. Frontage to main cart-road, Tophouse to Wairau Valley, and distant half a mile from Tophouse Accommodation-house.

WAIMEA COUNTY.—TADMOR SURVEY DISTRICT.

2 | XV | 308 0 0 | 155 0 0 | 3 17 6 | 3 2 0
3 | " | 495 0 0 | 250 0 0 | 6 5 0 | 5 0 0
Chiefly hills, covered with birch forest, a large quantity of which has been swept by bush fires. Small flats along streams. Formation, clay gravels. Well watered. Accessible by main Buller coach-road, thirteen miles and a quarter from Kohatu Railway-station.

18 | XVI | 306 0 0 | 155 0 0 | 3 17 6 | 3 2 0
Hilly country, covered principally with burnt bush, fern, and grass. There are about 60 acres of green bush, chiefly brown and red birch. The formation is sandstone gravels. Altitude, from 1,200 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Accessible by main Buller coach-road, twelve miles and a half from Kohatu Railway-station.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.