Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 449

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—MATATA PARISH.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
117 | .. | 221 0 23 | 110 0 0 | 2 15 0 | 2 4 0
Altitude, 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Open fern land, undulating to hilly country; soil of inferior quality, on pumice formation; well watered. Situated about two miles miles from Te Teko by coach-road.

OPOTIKI COUNTY.—WAIOТАHI PARISH.

193 | .. | 28 3 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0
Altitude, 10 ft. to 50 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken fern land; soil of fair quality of a sandy nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by springs. Distant one mile and a half from Kutarere Post-office. There is a coach-road to within 10 chains of the land.

5 | III | 50 3 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0
Weighted with £9, valuation for fencing and grassing.
Altitude, 200 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Mostly broken land, with 7 acres flat on river-bank; all covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, tawa, rata, with thick undergrowth of scrub; soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated nine miles from Opotiki by formed dray-road (Waioeka River Road).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

*NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—MARUIA AND BURNETT† SURVEY DISTRICTS.**

Second-class Unsurveyed Land.

This land consists of 130 acres flats, and the balance undulating and broken ground and low spurs, covered with birch and a few pines, and a large number of rimus, mountain-totara, underscrub, broadleaf, fivefingers, pepper-tree, fuchsia, &c.; soil fair to good; formation granite and limestone; well watered. Portion of the Mid-Maruia Block, which is situated in the Maruia Valley, adjoining the Maruia North Block, and is distant about twenty-one miles from the Township of Murchison. Sixteen miles and a half of dray-road has been formed from Murchison to Big Hill, three miles by bridle-track, and the balance by an unformed road.

Exempt from rent for four years.

XV*, III† | 4,920 0 0 | 4·8

This land consists of undulating spurs and steep sloping faces, covered with forest, principally red and brown birch, and a few pines, and a large number of rimu and mountain-totara. Good underscrub of broadleaf, fivefingers, pepper-tree, fuchsia, &c.; good soil on flats and along creeks, and fair on spurs; formation sandstone, granite, and limestone; well watered. This area is portion of the Mid-Maruia Block, which is situated in the Maruia Valley, adjoining the Maruia North Block, and is distant about twenty-one miles from the Township of Murchison. Sixteen miles and a half of dray-

road has been formed from Murchison to Big Hill, three miles of bridle-track, and the balance by an unformed road.

Exempt from rent for four years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the nineteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—WAIHO SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
651 | I | 208 0 0 | 110 0. 0 | 2 4 0
Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements, consisting of 7 acres cleared and grassed, but now somewhat overgrown.
Altitude, from 20 ft. to 210 ft. above sea-level. About 180 acres is gradually rising land, rather wet in places, covered with heavy bush of rimu, miro, and kamahi; 20 acres somewhat swampy, and covered with white-pine. Situated at the mouth of the Omoeroa River. Accessible by beach and bridle-track, about eleven miles from Port of Okarito, and three miles and a half from Waikukupa Post-office.

Exempt from rent for three years.

2791 | I | 321 0 0 | 170 0 0 | 3 8 0
Altitude, about 40 ft. above sea-level. Comprises flat land, somewhat wet, the soil being of a sandy nature, on gravel subsoil. About 240 acres is covered with white-pine, and the remainder carries mixed bush of rimu, kamahi, and white-pine. Well watered pastoral land. Distant eight miles and three-quarters from Waiho Post and Telephone Office.

Exempt from rent for three years.

2792 | I | 398 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 4 0 0
Altitude, about 60 ft. above sea-level. Comprises flat land, covered with heavy mixed bush of white and red pine and kamahi. About 20 acres fairly open, and somewhat swampy, the remainder being wet land. Soil of a sandy nature. Pastoral land; well watered by creeks. Distant eight miles from Waiho Post and Telephone Office.

Exempt from rent for three years.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—GILLESPIE’S SURVEY DISTRICT.

2803 | VIII | 330 0 0 | 170 0 0 | 3 8 0
Altitude, from 5 ft. to 80 ft. above sea-level. About 190 acres gradually rising land, rather inferior; the remainder flat land, somewhat wet in places. Wholly covered with heavy bush of rimu, miro, and kamahi. Pastoral land; well watered. Distant half a mile from Waikukupa Post-office, and thirteen miles and a half from Port of Okarito.

Exempt from rent for three years.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—WAIHO SURVEY DISTRICT.

2804 | I | 572 0 0 | 290 0 0 | 5 16 0
Altitude, from 30 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. About 70 acres flat land, 40 acres of which is of a swampy nature, and covered with heavy bush of white-pine, and 30 acres open scrub swamp; about 250 acres undulating land, heavily timbered with rimu, miro, rata, and kamahi; the remainder gradually rising land, rather wet, and carrying heavy mixed bush. Pastoral land; well watered. Distant about eleven miles and a half from Port of Okarito, and three miles and a half from Waikukupa Post-office.

Exempt from rent for three years.

2805 | I | 398 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 4 0 0
Altitude, from 5 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. About 40 acres steep country, covered with heavy bush of rimu,