Feb. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

Lands in Rangitatau Block, Wellington Land District, open for Sale or Selection.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 14th day of March, 1910, also at the Survey Office, Wanganui, on Saturday, the 12th day of March, and Monday, the 14th day of March, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITATAU BLOCK.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Patea County.—Nukumaru Survey District.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Patea County.—Nukumaru Survey District.

| 14 | I | 1,847 0 0 | 4,900 0 0 | {122 10 0 | 98 0 0 |
| | | | | { 11 11 7 | 11 11 7ᵈ |
| 16 | V | 800 0 0 | 2,010 0 0 | { 50 5 0 | 40 4 0 |
| | | | | { 85 11 0 | 85 11 0ᵉ |

Patea County.—Momahaki Survey District.

| 10 | XIV | 738 0 0 | 2,140 0 0 | 53 10 0 | 42 16 0 |
| 11 | „ | 1,603 0 0 | 3,890 0 0 | 97 5 0 | 77 16 0 |
| 12 | „ | 1,032 0 0 | 2,600 0 0 | 65 0 0 | 52 0 0 |

ªInterest and sinking fund on improvements, comprising felling and grassing, valued at £380, 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.

ᵇInterest 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.

ᶜInterest 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.

ᵈInterest 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.

ᵉInterest 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 Ngutuwerä 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
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.

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.