SEPT. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1726-7 links from its north-western corner, on a bearing of
134° 11' and distance 4992-1 links to a point on the eastern
boundary of the said Section No. 6, distant 2294-3 links
from its south-eastern corner: be all the aforesaid linkages
more or less: as the same is delineated and marked. C.D.
on the plan marked L. 7206/6, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured
blue.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Warden appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of August, 1909.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE GEORGE FOWLDS PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section nine of “The Mining Act,
1908,” it is enacted that the Governor may from
time to time, by Order in Council, appoint fit persons to be
Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor’s
pleasure:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred by the said section nine
of “The Mining Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, doth hereby appoint

ALFRED CROOKE, Esq.,
to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such
office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act
during pleasure, on and from the first day of September,
one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opening Land in Auckland 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-
S-cretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hun-
dred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that
the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open
for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day
of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine; and also
that the land 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 renew-
able lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the
said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in
the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land
shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the
provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAREI COUNTY.—OPUA-
WHANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

|Section.|Block.|Area.|Cash Purchase: Total Price.|Occupation with Right of Purchase: Half-yearly Rent.|Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent.|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|A.|R.P.|£s.d.|£s.d.|£s.d.|£s.d.|£s.d.|
|10|XIII|266 0 0|200 0 0|5 0 0|4 0 0|

Altitude, from 500 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
land, level on ridges; mostly open land overrun by bush-
fires some years ago; sufficient dry kauri and totara for
building and fencing; soil loam and clay from fair to inferior
in quality, on sandstone formation; watered by streams. Situated about ten miles from Hikurangi Railway-
station by formed road and three miles from Sandy Bay.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Opening Lands in Auckland 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 hun-
dred 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 Monday, the eleventh day of
October, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN COUNTY.—WHAIINGA-
ROA SURVEY DISTRICT.—TE AKAU BLOCK (PART OF).

First-class Land.

Altitude, 20 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Soil of good
quality, on limestone formation; comprises undulating to
broken country, very largely in grass, balance including a
little bush and scrub; well watered by Mangati Stream.

|6|VI|209 2 0|1,610 0 0|40 5 0|32 4 0|

Altitude, from about 50 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Soil
of very good quality, on limestone formation; comprises
undulating to slightly broken land, practically all in good
grass, and contains very old building; well watered by
Mangati Stream. General quality of section very good.

|7|VI|417 0 0|3,380 0 0|84 10 0|67 12 0|

Altitude, from about 50 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Com-
prises undulating country, practically all in good grass ; con-
tains about 40 chains of fencing ; soil of very good quality,
on limestone formation ; well watered by Mangati Stream.

|8|VI|336 0 0|2,630 0 0|65 15 0|52 12 0|

Altitude, from 50 ft. to 375 ft. above sea-level. Soil of
very good quality, on limestone formation; undulating
country, very largely in good grass; about 80 chains of poor
fencing and about 40 chains of drains; well watered by
Mangati Stream.

|9|VI|335 2 35|2,440 0 0|61 0 0|48 16 0|

Altitude, from about 100 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level.
Comprises undulating to slightly broken country, very
largely in grass; about 70 chains of fencing on section ; soil
of very good quality, on limestone formation; well watered.
The general quality of the soil is very good.

|11|VI|445 1 20|2,660 0 0|66 10 0|53 4 0|

Altitude, from about 100 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Soil
of good quality, on limestone formation; principally un-
dulating country; very largely in good grass; about
175 chains of fencing on boundaries of section; fairly well
watered by springs and swamps.

|1|VII|350 0 0|2,490 0 0|62 5 0|49 16 0|

Altitude, from about 100 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level.
Undulating to slightly broken country; very largely in
grass, balance in light bush and scrub; soil of good quality,
on limestone formation; well watered by Mangati Stream.

|2|VII|361 0 0|2,350 0 0|58 15 0|47 0 0|

Altitude, from about 125 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. Soil
of good quality, on limestone formation; undulating to
slightly broken country; about 200 acres in grass, balance
light bush, fern, manuka scrub, and rough feed ; well
watered by Mangati Stream.

|3|VII|400 0 0|1,920 0 0|48 0 0|38 8 0|

Altitude, from about 125 ft. to 425 ft. above sea-level.
Undulating country; about 180 acres of good mixed bush,
about 50 acres grass land, balance in manuka scrub; soil
of good quality, on limestone formation; well watered.