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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

erns. Soil, fair quality—bush loam; well watered. Situated
about fourteen miles from Ohinewai Railway-station—nine
miles formed road, balance unformed.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
505 | .. | 517 0 0 | 335 0 0 | 8 7 6 | 6 14 0
Altitude from 200 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea level. Undu-
lating to broken land; one-third mixed forest land, com-
prising rata, tawa, kohekohe, with undergrowth of supplejack
and nikau; balance fern and manuka. Soil, clay and loam,
inferior on ridges; well watered by small streams. Situated
about thirteen miles from Ohinewai Railway-station—nine
miles formed road, balance as yet unformed.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 16th November, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease, and appli-
cations will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m.
on Monday, the 20th day of December, 1909, under the
provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Capital Value. | Half-yearly
Rental.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—HOKIANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
*15 | VI | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Level and
undulating country, covered with manuka; suitable for
fruit-growing. Soil, mostly pipeclay, on sandstone forma-
tion; watered by several springs. Access by road and river,
about a mile from Koutu.

*16 | VI | 144 1 0 | 190 0 0 | 3 16 0
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Broken
country, suited for pastoral purposes; about 100 acres mixed
forest, containing kahikatea, rata, taraire, kohekohe, tawa,
mahoe, towai, mapau, manuka, and cabbage-trees, with
undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, nikau, and punga;
balance fern and manuka scrub. Soil of medium quality, on
sandstone formation; fairly well watered. Fronts road
along Hokianga River, about two miles from Opononi.

*17 | VI | 157 1 0 | 210 0 0 | 4 4 0
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Broken
country, suitable for pastoral purposes; about 120 acres
mixed forest, comprising kahikatea, rata, taraire, kohekohe,
towai, mahoe, mapau, manuka, and cabbage-trees; under-
growth of supplejack, rangiora, punga, and nikau. Soil,
mostly very fair, rather inferior along ridges, on sandstone
formation; fairly well watered. Fronts Whirinaki-Pakanae
Road, about two miles from Opononi.

*18 | VI | 146 0 0 | 145 0 0 | 2 18 0
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Broken
country, suitable for pastoral purposes or fruit-growing;
about 300 acres mixed forest, comprising kahikatea, rata,
taraire, kohekohe, tawa, mahoe, towai, mapau, manuka, and
cabbage-trees, with undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora,
punga, and nikau; balance fern and manuka scrub; chiefly
worked-out gum land, except portion under forest; in-
differently watered. Fronts Kouto-Whirinaki Road, about
one mile from Kouto.

*19 | VI | 142 0 0 | 190 0 0 | 3 16 0
Altitude, from 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
and broken country, suited for pastoral purposes; about
60 acres mixed forest, comprising kahikatea, rata, taraire,
kohekohe, tawa, mahoe, towai, mapau, manuka, and
cabbage-trees; undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, punga,
and nikau; balance fern and manuka scrub. Soil, fair to
good, on sandstone formation; well watered. Fronting
Whirinaki-Kouto Road, about one mile from Kouto.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Capital Value. | Half-yearly
Rental.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
*3 | V | 183 3 0 | 365 0 0 | 7 6 0
Weighted with £128 16s., valuation for milling-timbers.
Altitude, 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating
country, suited for pastoral purposes; covered with mixed
forest, comprising kahikatea, kauri, rata, taraire, tawa,
mahoe, mapau, manuka, and cabbage-trees; undergrowth of
supplejack, rangiora, punga, and nikau. Soil of good quality
throughout, on sandstone formation; fairly well watered,
except in very dry seasons. Fronting Whirinaki-Koutu
Road, about two miles from Koutu.

AWAKINO COUNTY.—WHAREORINO SURVEY DISTRICT.

4 | XI | 610 0 0 | 610 0 0 | 12 4 0
5 | " | 630 0 0 | 630 0 0 | 12 12 0
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Broken
country, covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising tawa,
kohekohe, towai, and a few rata and rimu; dense under-
growth of supplejack, makomako, kotukutuku, and punga.
Soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation; well
watered. Fronts Waikawau Valley Road. Distant about
twenty-three miles from Awakino by formed bridle-track.

TAURANGA COUNTY—TE TUMU SURVEY DISTRICT.

6 | V | 217 1 0 | 165 0 0 | 3 6 0
Weighted with £75, valuation for grassing.
Altitude, 5 ft. to 6 ft. above sea-level. Level land, covered
with fern and manuka scrub, with patches of rough grass.
Soil is of sandy nature, but of fair quality, on volcanic
cement; indifferently watered. Fronts the Bay of Plenty,
about nineteen miles from Tauranga by the Tauranga-
Maketu Beach Road, or fifteen miles from Te Puke by the
Te Puke - Papamoa Beach Road.

• National endowment.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 17th November, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or selection, and applications will be
received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the
21st day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The
Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.—TUTAMOE
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.
9 | IX | 917 3 28 | 850 0 0 | 21 5 0 | 17 0 0
12 | " | 694 2 18 | 640 0 0 | 16 0 0 | 12 16 0
Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level. Easy
country along road frontage of Section 9; balance of sections
broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu,
rata, towai, and a small quantity of totara, with a few kauri-
trees on Section 9. Clay soil, on sandstone formation; well
watered. Situated about eight miles from Kaihu, two miles
of which is by dray-road, balance partly formed and in course
of construction.

1 | X | 623 3 18 | 575 0 0 | 14 7 6 | 11 10 0
2 | " | 676 1 8 | 625 0 0 | 15 12 6 | 12 10 0
3 | " | 729 0 0 | 675 0 0 | 16 17 6 | 13 10 0
4 | " | 668 2 3 | 620 0 0 | 15 10 0 | 12 8 0
5 | " | 424 0 0 | 390 0 0 | 9 15 0 | 7 16 0
6 | " | 458 0 0 | 425 0 0 | 10 12 6 | 8 10 0
7 | " | 1,088 2 0 | 845 0 0 | 21 2 6 | 16 18 0
8 | " | 868 1 32 | 800 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 16 0 0
Sections 1 to 4: Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 2,200 ft. above
sea-level. Moderately broken country, comprising rimu,
rata, tawa, towai, and totara on spurs; clay soil, with patches of semi-volcanic soil on Section 4, on
sandstone formation; well watered. Section 5: Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Half undulating country, balance broken land, covered with mixed
forest, comprising rimu, rata, towai, and taraire; clay