Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2589

SCHEDULE.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 Monday, the twentieth day of December, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ohira County.—Ohura Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
16 | III | 130 1 4 | 330 0 0 | 8 5 0 | 6 12 0
Situated on the Waitangata Road. Access from Matire Village, about three miles and a half distant. The land comprises easy slopes and flats, rising to fairly steep fern-covered hills, covered with light and heavy manuka and rough feed. A small portion is covered with light bush. The soil is of fair quality, on a papa formation; well watered.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

7 | XIII | 600 0 0 | 375 0 0 | 9 7 6 | 7 10 0
Situated on Mangapito Road, about one mile and a half from its junction with Piko Road. Access from Urenui, about sixteen miles distant, twelve miles being dray-road, one mile and a half 6ft. track, and the remainder surveyed road only. Steep precipitous country, with some fair land in centre. Fair quality soil, on papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising tawa, tawhero, birch, rata, rimu, hinau, &c., with a dense undergrowth; well watered.

7 | XII | 565 0 0 | 990 0 0 | 24 15 0 | 19 16 0
Situated on the Matirangi Road. Access from Whangamomona, about eight miles and a half distant, three miles being dray-road and the balance pack-track now being formed

past section. Fairly easy spurs and ridges on road frontage, with steeper country at back. There is a fair site for a homestead. Loamy soil, on a papa formation. The forest is medium to heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, kahikatea, rata, and tawhero, with a heavy undergrowth; well watered.

Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
4 | VII | 463 0 0 | 465 0 0 | 11 12 6 | 9 6 0
Situated on the Okara Road. Access from Whangamomona, about fourteen miles distant, by the Whangamomona Road, four miles being dray-road and the remainder 6 ft. track, thence by the Tahunaroa Road, also 6 ft. track to its junction with Okara Road, which is unformed. Fairly easy to steep spurs of papa soil. The forest is heavy, and comprises tawa, rimu, kahikatea, rata, tow hai, &c., with dense undergrowth; well watered.

Clifton County.—Pouatu Survey District.

4 | V | 191 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 2 8 0
Situated at junction of Makino North and Maikai Roads. Access from Whangamomona, about nineteen miles and a half distant, via the Ohura, Moki, Rimuputa, and Maikai Roads, about sixteen miles of which is dray-road and the balance 6 ft. track. Steep hillsides, with a small flat on the Maikaikatoa Stream; and soil of fair quality, on papa formation. The forest is heavy, comprising rimu, tawa, kahikatea, rata, and tow hai, with a dense undergrowth; well watered.

Clifton County.—Mimi Survey District.

22 | IX | 736 0 19 | 465 0 0 | 11 12 6 | 9 6 0
23 | |
Situated on the Okau Road, now formed into a dray-road past section. Access from Tongaporutu, about twelve miles distant, by dray-road, also from Waitara, about thirty-eight miles distant, by dray-road. Section 22 comprises very steep, broken country, and Section 23 almost all level land of good quality. The soil varies from fair to good in a few places, on a papa and sandstone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising rata, rimu, black-birch, tawa, tawhero, mahoe, kotukutuku, &c., with a dense undergrowth; well watered.

Patea County.—Kapara Survey District.

11 | IX | 1,268 0 0 | 635 0 0 | 15 17 6 | 12 14 0
12 | |
13 | |
Situated on the Weraweraonga Road, distant about seventeen miles from Waverley. Access from Waitotara by the Waitotara Valley and Weraweraonga Roads. The sections comprise some fairly easy land on the road frontage, but are broken up by a gorgy creek which flows through the middle of them. The soil is of papa formation. The forest is heavy, comprising rata, rimu, tawa, and tow hai, with birch on high spurs, and a thick undergrowth; well watered.

Clifton County.—Waro Survey District.

9 | XIII | 1,200 0 0 | 1,200 0 0 | 30 0 0 | 24 0 0
Situated on Rerekapa Road. Access from Waitara, about forty miles distant, twenty-four miles being dray-road and the remainder 6 ft. track; also within ten miles of the Stratford Main Trunk Railway route by 6 ft. track. Steep broken country for the most part, with some fairly easy country in the south-east corner. The soil is of fair to good quality, on a papa and sandstone formation. The forest is fairly heavy, being principally tawa, with tawhero, hinau, rewarewa, mahoe, kotukutuku, rata, rimu, &c., and a fairly dense undergrowth; well watered.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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-