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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH WAIMARINO (RIARIAKI - MANGATITI) BLOCK.

This block is situated immediately to the north-east and west of the Ruatiti Block, which was disposed of in 1909. There are several road-lines leading to the block. The principal means of access at present is from the Town of Raetihi, by way of the Raetihi-Ohura Road. This road is open for dray traffic for a distance of thirteen miles and a half, of which about six miles is metalled. The road-formation stops at a point about a mile south of the crossing of the Manganui-a-te-ao River. From the end of the dray-road there is a bridle-track formed up the Ruatiti Valley for a distance of about six miles. About three miles up the Ruatiti Valley Road the Murimuri Road branches off to the westward, and is formed as a bridle-track to within one mile of the block.

The eastern portion of the block will eventually be approached by way of the Erua Road. This road has been surveyed, and is generally a very easy grade. At present, however, there is only a distance of about one mile and a half at the Erua end which has been formed. The eastern boundary of the block is within seven miles of the Erua Railway-station.

There is also a short length of bridle-track formed up the Makino Valley. There are several horse-tracks which have been used by the survey parties traversing the land. These tracks will be found very useful until the roads are formed, and it will be a condition under which the sections are taken up that these pack-tracks be kept open by the selectors until other road-access is provided.

The whole of the land is covered with fairly heavy forest, consisting principally of tawhero, tawa, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa, and maire, with a few matai and kahikatea trees scattered throughout the western portion of the block. The undergrowth is somewhat dense, and consists of karamu, mahoe, hangihangi, kotukutuku, horopito, patete, rangiora, supplejack, ferns, &c.

The land generally is hilly throughout, with small flats in the valleys and on some of the spurs. The soil is from fair to good, and rests on a papa and sandstone formation. The altitude ranges from about 1,100 ft. to 2,470 ft. at the highest point. The various sections are well watered by the Ruatiti, Mangatiti, and Makino Streams, and their numerous tributaries.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the Drill Hall, Wanganui, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 18th day of March, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE OF RAKETAPAUMA.

Village Land.

The sections are all flat land, felled and burned. They front on a dray-road, formed, but not metalled, and are eight miles distant from Waitangi, the nearest railway-station on the main trunk line.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Disposal in Otago Land District.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 20th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, and 34, Block XIV, Rimu Survey District, Otago Land District, will be disposed of on or after Monday, the 7th day of March, 1910.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District to be opened for Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 17th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that Section No. 89A, Rangitaiki Parish, will be subdivided and opened for selection on or after Wednesday, the 27th April, 1910.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 22nd January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 128 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 28th day of April, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 22A, Block VIII, Waipoua Survey District, containing 10 acres, or thereabouts.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 25th day of April, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN COUNTY.—RANGIRIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Unsurveyed Land.—National Endowment.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 27th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that, a surrender of the lease of the undermentioned land having been accepted by the Marlborough Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF SEDDON,

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.