Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4253

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Kaiapoi.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 14th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Kaiapoi on the 6th day of January, 1911, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.
[Wellington, 1910-45.]

E. A. WELCH, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR PARTITIONS.

Sitting of the Native Appellate Court at Dunedin.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 9th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Appellate Court sitting at Dunedin, on the 20th day of December, 1910, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.
[Wellington, 1910-44.]

E. A. WELCH, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 208 OF THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1909, THAT NATIVE LAND MAY BE HELD AS EUROPEAN LAND.

Notice of Order of Adoption of certain Children.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 5th December, 1910.

IT is hereby notified that orders of adoption, particulars of which are set out in the Schedule hereunder, have been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909.

H. CARR,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Auction.—2,788 Acres 2 Roods 8 Perches.

Office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 5th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that the several lands named in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Tuesday, the 24th day of January, 1911, at 2 o’clock p.m.
Term of Lease: Twenty-three years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-three years.

SCHEDULE.

MARAETAUA NO. 2B NOS. 3 AND 4; MARAETAUA NOS. 9C AND 10.

Otanake and Totoro Survey Districts.

Soil only of medium quality, and mostly on rhyolite formation. Kahikatea bush in the extreme south-eastern portion; this portion is low-lying, and swampy in places. High hills on the north-east and east. The land along the southern boundary (Mangapehi Stream) is of a better quality, and is mostly covered with manuka scrub. Balance of the section is covered with fern and patches of scrub. Well watered. Distant from Te Kuiti about eight miles and three-quarters by a formed road, mostly metalled. The Mangapehi Road passes through this section. Second-class land.

Small patches of bush in places, mostly on the northern faces of the hills. High hills on the south-eastern portion and on part of the southern portion. Soil only of medium quality, and mostly on rhyolite formation. Along the northern boundary (Mokau River) the land is of a much better quality, and a considerable area in the western, northern, and north-eastern portions is undulating to flat, and easily ploughable. Covered with fern and scrub, and well watered. Distant from Te Kuiti about eight miles and a half by a formed road, mostly metalled. Road-access has been provided at the north side of the section to the Te Kuiti-Awakino Road, whence access is obtained to Te Kuiti (about seven miles and three-quarters distant) by metalled road. The Mangapehi Road passes through the western end of the section. Second-class land.

About 15 acres to the north-west and west contain heavy mixed bush. Balance of the land covered by fern and scrub. Fertile manuka flats near the Mokau River. Well watered; soil fair, and ploughable in parts. The Te Kuiti-Awakino Road runs through this section. Distant from Te Kuiti about eight miles by good metalled road. Second-class land.