4128
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

Situated five miles and a quarter by road from Otoko Railway-station. Hilly and undulating country. Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Has been all in grass, but a portion has gone back to second-growth manuka. Good soil, on papa-and-sandstone formation. Fairly well watered.

2 | VI | 1,726 0 0 | 2,590 0 0 | 64 15 0 | 51 16 0
Situated about eight miles from Rakauroa. Hilly broken country, with some good easy slopes. Altitude, 1,600 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. Heavy mixed bush, principally beech and rimu, with a mixed undergrowth. Soil fair, on papa-and-sandstone formation. Well watered.

3 | VI | 393 0 0 | 990 0 0 | 24 15 0 | 19 16 0
Situated 11½ miles by road from Rakauroa, and fourteen miles by road from Otoko. Hilly country with easy slopes. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Mixed bush of tawa and rimu, with undergrowth of supplejack and karamu. Soil good, on papa formation. Well watered.

5 | VI | 975 0 0 | 1,710 0 0 | 42 15 0 | 34 4 0
Hilly country, steep and precipitous in places to good easy slopes. Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level. Heavy mixed bush of tawa, tow hai, mahoe, karaka, tall manuka, and a little rimu, with a thick undergrowth of supplejack, karamu, &c. Soil is fair to good (slightly pumiceous in places), on sandstone formation. Well watered.

6 | VI | 1,894 0 0 | 2,610 0 0 | 65 5 0 | 52 4 0
Situated nine miles by road from Rakauroa. Hilly broken country, precipitous in places. Altitude, from 1,400 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. All in mixed bush of tawa, tow hai, with beech on the higher portions, and the usual undergrowth. Soil good, on sandstone formation. Well watered.

3 | VII | 938 0 0 | 1,530 0 0 | 38 5 0 | 30 12 0
Situated about eight miles by road from Otoko, and twelve miles by road from Rakauroa. High, broken country. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. All in bush of tawa, rimu, light manuka, with an undergrowth of supplejack and karamu. Soil fair to light, on papa-and-sandstone formation. Well watered.

4 | VII | 662 0 0 | 1,160 0 0 | 29 0 0 | 23 4 0
Situated 11½ miles by road from Rakauroa, and 12¼ miles by road from Otoko. Hilly, varies from steep to undulating country. Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. Covered with mixed bush of tawa, beech, and rimu, with undergrowth of supplejack and karamu. Soil fair to good, on papa-and-sandstone formation. Well watered.

6 | VII | 463 0 0 | 990 0 0 | 24 15 0 | 19 16 0
Situated 10¾ miles by road from Rakauroa and 12½ miles by road from Otoko. Hilly undulating country. Altitude, from 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Covered with mixed bush of tawa, rimu, with an undergrowth of supplejack and karamu. Soil fair to good, on papa-and-sandstone formation. Well watered.

1 | VIII | 517 0 0 | 1,230 0 0 | 30 15 0 | 24 12 0
Situated four miles and a quarter by road from Otoko. Hilly country, steep to fairly easy slopes. Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. Heavy mixed bush of tawa, tow hai, rimu, and big manuka, with an undergrowth of supplejack and karamu. Soil good, on sandstone formation. Fairly well watered.

General Description.

The land lies generally to the west of and adjacent to Otoko, the present railhead of the Gisborne-Rotorua line. The eastern portion consists principally of open grass land, with a little second-growth manuka, and the western portion of mixed bush, with the usual undergrowth of scrub. The surface varies from undulating to steep slopes on the main ridges. The altitude varies from 750 ft., at Otoko, to 3,000 ft. at the highest points. Access to the western end of the block may be had from Rakauroa, which is on the route of the railway-line, a distance of about six miles.

The present lessees, Messrs. M. and A. Hutchinson, have the right to remove fencing, buildings, and other movable improvements for three months from 1st March, 1911, and successful applicants may be able to arrange with Messrs. Hutchinson for purchase of same. Successful applicants are also liable for a proportionate amount of the value of boundary-fencing.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1911.

The areas are subject to slight alteration.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village Allotments in Otoko Village Settlement open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 29th November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village allotments are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office, and at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKOHU COUNTY.—WAIKOHU SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTOKO VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village Allotments.

Consisting of first-class land; good building-sites. Situated on a small flat, a little downstream from the Otoko Viaduct and Railway-station. The present railway camp is situated on these sections. Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1911.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Disposal under Section 140 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 25th October, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 3, Block VII, Nuhaka Survey District, Wairoa County, containing 1 acre 2 roods 17 perches, will be disposed of as a cheese-factory site, under section 140 of the Land Act, 1908, to the Nuhaka Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited), on or after Friday, the 27th day of January, 1911.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.