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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 1

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 26th day of January, 1910.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOBSON COUNTY.—MANGAKAHIA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

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, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," 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.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.—TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Domain in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th December, 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Friday, the 28th day of January, 1910, for a lease of the undermentioned domain, for a term of seven years, under the provisions of "The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF HUNUA.—HUNUA DOMAIN.
SECTION 89, containing 37 acres 1 rood 18 perches, situated about eight miles from Hunua.

Term of Lease.—Seven years, without right of renewal. Rental payable half-yearly in advance; the first half-year's rent at the rate tendered, together with lease fee (£1 1s.), to be deposited with the tender. No right to underlet or part with possession of the land leased, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that shall become due and payable.

No compensation for improvements at any time.

The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable dispatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

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.

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.

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 and semi-volcanic soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Section 6: Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Fairly easy country along frontage, broken at back; covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, tawa, and towai; clay soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Section 7 consists mostly of plateau land, lying at an elevation of about 1,900 ft. above sea-level; covered with forest, comprising rimu, rata, and towai; the forest on the plateau is mostly towai, with thick undergrowth of toetoe and ferns; wet moss country; clay soil, on sandstone formation. Section 8: Altitude, from 1,700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Moderately broken land to easy country at back; covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, towai, and tawa; clay soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Sections are situated from nine to about twelve miles from Kaihu Railway-station—two miles by dray-road, balance partly formed and in course of construction.

Altitude, from 700 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Section 1, undulating to broken. Section 2, rough, broken land. About 3 acres of Section 1 in grass, and 3 acres partly grassed; balance of sections covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, kahikatea, taraire, tawa, towai, birch, rata, and kohekohe, with dense undergrowth of supplejack, toetoe, nikau, and kiekie. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant two to three miles from Kaihu Railway-station by road in course of construction.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.