Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 605

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITATAU BLOCK.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Patea County.—Nukumaru Survey District.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Patea County.—Nukumaru Survey District.

Patea County.—Momahaki Survey District.

ª Interest and sinking fund on improvements, comprising felling and grassing, valued at £360, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £32 16s. 9d. Total half-yearly payment: Occupation with right of purchase, £65 16s. 9d.; renewable lease, £59 4s. 9d.
ᵇ Interest and sinking fund on improvements, comprising felling and grassing, valued at £780, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £67 8s. 1d. Total half-yearly payment: Occupation with right of purchase, £107 18s. 1d.; renewable lease, £99 16s. 1d.
ᶜ Interest and sinking fund on improvements, comprising felling and grassing, valued at £563, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £48 13s. 1d. Total half-yearly payment: Occupation with right of purchase, £101 8s. 1d.; renewable lease, £90 17s. 1d.
ᵈ Interest and sinking fund on improvements, comprising felling and grassing, valued at £134, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £11 11s. 7d. Total half-yearly payment: Occupation with right of purchase, £134 1s. 7d.; renewable lease, £109 11s. 7d.
ᵉ Interest and sinking fund on improvements, comprising felling and grassing, valued at £990, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £85 11s. Total half-yearly payment: Occupation with right of purchase, £135 16s.; renewable lease, £125 15s.

DESCRIPTION.

Rangitatau Block is situate in the Waitotara Valley, within easy distance of Town of Waitotara and Railway-station.

There are at present three roads which give access to the block. The principal one is the Puao Road, which branches off the Valley Road near Ngutuwerā Creamery and Post-office. This road debouches into the Waitotara Valley opposite Section 14, Block II, Nukumaru District, about one mile south of the Puao Pa; the road then continues up the western side of the valley to a point about half a mile from Mr. Ritchie’s homestead; from the end of the road-formation a bridle-track continues up the valley beyond the northern boundary of Rangitatau.

A second route is by way of Coombe’s Road, through Block IX, Wairoa, which touches the south-western corner of Rangitatau.

A third route is by way of the Oamarunui Road, leading from Maxwelltown. Section 20, Block V, Nukumaru, has a frontage on this road.

In addition to the road-access before mentioned, a road has been surveyed from the Waitotara Village along the eastern side of the valley, and negotiations are in progress for the acquisition of the necessary land, and, in the event of satisfactory arrangements being made with the land-owners, this road will be opened up, and will provide the best approach to the block. There is, of course, no guarantee given here that this access will be provided.

The Waitotara River affords an additional means of access to the block, as it is navigable for canoes and launches of light draught generally throughout the year; and it will be noticed on reference to the map that, excepting Section 20, each section abuts on the river.

The land comprised in the block is generally of good quality, on a sandstone and papa foundation, with outcrops of shell rock in places.

The river-flats are of rich silt, and give good results when cultivated. Each of the sections offered has some clearing done on it, and has a suitable homestead-site.

The greater portion of the area is covered with mixed forest, consisting of tawa, hinau, rewarewa, tawai, rimu, pukatea, tawhero, kakikatea, rata, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mahoe, rangiora, houhou, kawakawa, and supplejack.

The subdivisional boundaries are located on carefully selected fencing-lines along the tops of ridges.

The altitude of the land ranges from about 50 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Nearly the whole of Sections 15, 18, and 24 on the western side of the river have been sown in grass. There are a few clumps of bush on the sections, as indicated on the map. There are also considerable areas sown in grass on Sections 16, 17, 19, and 20 of Block V, Nukumaru District, on the eastern side of the river. The extent of the clearings is shown on the map. There is also a small area on Section 14, Block I, Nukumaru, which has been felled and grassed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Land in Wellington Land District for Selection.

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 national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — PATEA COUNTY. — MOMAHAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Weighted with £100, valuation for improvements.

Comprises rough hilly land, intersected by deep gullies. There are good sunny faces and small flats near the road, sufficient for homestead-sites. Access is from Waitotara, which is about twenty miles distant by way of the Waitotara Valley and Mangawhio Roads, which are formed for wheel traffic to the section. The soil is from fair to good, on sandstone and papa. The forest is medium heavy, comprising tawa, rata, hinau, rimu, rewarewa, kahikatea, and birch on the ridges. Watered by small streams. There is a post and telegraph office opposite the land.

The improvements comprise about 145 acres felled and grassed (now grown up in fern, &c.), and a whare in bad repair.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection.

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 national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, 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.