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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—TONGIO SETTLEMENT.
Second-class Land.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—PUKETAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
4 | IV | 782 2 0 | 5,100 0 0 | 114 15 0
Weighted with £5, valuation for hut, which sum must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful. Open pastoral land, from 350 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level, with patches of manuka and other scrub in gullies; fair soil; limestone formation; water in Rawiri Rokomuka Stream and Waipatiki Stream. Distant six miles from Tongio Post-office and school by unformed road. Fenced on south-east and south boundaries and near western boundary, and two subdivisional fences. The value of fencing is £96 19s. 6d., which is included in price of section.

5 | IV | 796 1 0 | 5,840 0 0 | 131 8 0
Open agricultural and pastoral land, from 50 ft. to 900 ft., with patches of scrub in gullies; about 45 acres is good alluvial flat, the balance being broken, hilly country; limestone formation. Water in Te Ngaru Stream and in small stream flowing by present woolshed (Kotomangengi Stream). The boundaries are fenced, except between the section and the scenic reserve; it is subdivided into six paddocks. The value of the fencing is £215 5s. Orchard and plantation are included in price of section. The other improvements consist of dwellinghouse with modern convenience, stable, cowshed, valued at £800, which have to be paid for separately by the tenant. Adjoins Tongio School and post-office.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—PUKETAPU* AND TONGIO† SURVEY DISTRICT.

6 | IV* | } 849 1 0 | 5,530 0 0 | 124 8 6
8 | I† | } | | 31 4 0ᵇ
Open agricultural and pastoral land, from 50 ft. to 1,000 ft., with patches of scrub in gullies; good soil; well watered; about 30 acres good alluvial flat, the balance being rough hilly country. Ring-fenced, with the exception of about half a mile, and subdivided into four paddocks. The value of fencing and stockyards is £201 14s. 6d., which is included in price of section. Other improvements consist of woolshed and yards, stable, and six other buildings, valued at £800, which have to be paid for separately by the tenant. Distant about three-quarters of a mile from Tongio School and post-office.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—TONGIO SURVEY DISTRICT.

3 | I | 983 3 0 | 7,210 0 0 | 162 4 6
Open pastoral land, from sea-level to 700 ft., with patches of scrub; undulating to rough hilly country; well watered by Kowhiro Stream and Waipatiki River; fair to good soil; limestone formation. With the exception of road frontages and river the section is fenced, and is divided into two paddocks. Value of fencing (£95 4s.) is included in price of section. Distant three miles from Tongio School and post-office by road to be formed.

| I | 761 0 0 | 5,580 0 0 | 125 11 0
Open agricultural and pastoral land, from sea-level to 650 ft., with patches of manuka and other scrub; good soil; well watered. There is a swamp containing about 28 acres of very good land, which could be easily drained. The northern boundary is the only one fenced, and there are two subdivisional fences, valued at £73 12s., which is included in price of section. Distant about two miles from Tongio School and post-office by road to be formed.

5 | I | 520 2 0 | 3,680 0 0 | 82 16 0
Open pastoral country, from 20 ft. to 400 ft., with patches of manuka and other scrub in gullies; rough hilly country; well watered; fair soil. About 20 acres of the Punakurua Swamp is included in this section. South-eastern and south-western boundaries fenced, and there is a fence near the road frontage, valued at £70 5s., which is included in price of section. Distant one mile from Tongio School and post-office by good road.

6 | I | 370 0 0 | 2,720 0 0 | 61 4 0
Open agricultural and pastoral country, from sea-level to 300 ft., with patches of scrub in gullies; about 36 acres of

flat is capable of being cropped, the remaining 27 being swamp, under water when lagoon is full; the balance is fair hilly land. Permanent water in Te Ngaru Stream. Situated on main Napier-Wairoa Road, one mile from Tongio School and post-office. The fencing comprises north-west boundary and part of north-east boundary, main road frontages, and fence round old bed of Te Ngaru Stream. Value of fencing, £78 4s., is included in price of section.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
7 | I | 287 2 0 | 2,310 0 0 | 51 19 6
Agricultural and pastoral country, from 20 ft. to 400 ft.; mostly hilly, open country; fair soil; watered by Kotomangengi and Te Ngaru Streams; about 18 acres good alluvial flat. Situated on Napier-Wairoa Road, about half a mile from Tongio School and post-office. The fencing consists of boundary on north and east road frontages, and subdivisional fences, dividing section into four paddocks. Valued at £85 5s., and dip and yards valued at £30, all of which are included in the price of the section.

9 | I | 867 2 0 | 5,420 0 0 | 121 19 0
Rough, hilly, pastoral land, from 80 ft. to 1,000 ft.; well watered; fair soil; limestone formation; open, with patches of manuka and other scrub. Distant about one mile and a half from Tongio School and post-office. Fencing consists of part western boundary and fence near road on the northern boundary, valued at £55 2s., which is included in price of section.

10 | I | 742 1 0 | 4,440 0 0 | 99 18 0
Rough pastoral land, from 150 ft. to 1,000 ft.; watered by Waipatiki River; fair soil; mostly covered with small manuka scrub. Distant about four miles from Tongio School and post-office by unformed road. Fencing on eastern boundary is valued at £13 12s., which is included in price of section.

11 | I | 967 0 0 | 6,430 0 0 | 144 13 6
Hilly to rough pastoral land, from 70 ft. to 800 ft.; well watered; fair soil; mostly covered with small manuka scrub. Distant about three miles from Tongio Post-office and school. Fencing on western boundary, south-western road frontage, and part of south-eastern boundary is valued at £36 18s., which is included in price of the section.

12 | I | 484 1 0 | 3,950 0 0 | 88 17 6
Hilly agricultural and pastoral land, from sea-level to 350 ft.; well watered; good soil; about half the section is ploughable. About 40 acres of the Punakurua Swamp is included. Fenced on south-western and north-western boundaries, and Punakurua Swamp is also cut off by a fence. The value of fencing is £42 4s., which is included in price of section.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tongio Settlement is situated near the southern end of Wairoa County on the main coach-road from Napier to Wairoa, the nearest portion being eleven miles from Port Ahuriri and thirteen miles from Napier. A road is to be formed through the block, leaving the main road at the Te Ngaru Ford and joining it again near The Elbow. A bridle-track is also to be made from this road to the Waipatiki River to meet the present track to Mohaka. The right to use the present formed horse-track is reserved to the public until such time as the new roads are formed and opened.

The estate generally consists of good limestone country, intersected by deep gullies carrying good water. Section No. 5, Block IV, Puketapu Survey District, and Sections Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Block I, Tongio Survey District, also have small alluvial flats of good quality. Sections Nos. 4, 5, and 12, Block I, Tongio Survey District, contain the Punakurua Swamp, which could easily be drained. There is no timber suitable for fencing purposes, the only growth being manuka, ngaio, and other kinds of scrub. Blackberries have spread on to some of the sections, chiefly on the hillsides facing Te Ngaru and Kotomangengi Streams. Many of the sections are, however, almost free from them. All have been cut within the last two years, and with the help of the Angora goats are now well under control.

The sections as a whole are covered with a good sole of grass, but places have gone back to native pasture, and required to be resown. Rat-tail is found on all the sections, but principally near the coast. Immediate possession will be given.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands

ᵃ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £800, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £31 4s. Total half-yearly payment, £162 12s.
ᵇ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £800, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £31 4s. Total half-yearly payment, £155 12s. 6d.