APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1151

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or 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, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

KAWHIA COUNTY.—KAWHIA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
8 | VI | 33 3 16 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0
Altitude, 40 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Hilly country; about 3 acres scrubby bush, balance fern and manuka; soil of a shallow nature, on papa formation. Distant three miles from Kawhia by formed road (Kawhia—Aotea).

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—WAIPU PARISH.

252A | .. | 74 0 0 | 70 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 1 8 0
Altitude, 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to level land; about 20 acres mixed forest, comprising birch, taraire, rata, manuka, tawa, and a few small rimu-trees; undergrowth of ferns and scrub; balance scrub land, with a patch of tall manuka; soil, loam and clay, with patches of pipeclay, on sandstone formation; watered by small stream. Situated about five miles from Waipu by formed road.

WHANGAROA COUNTY.—TOTARA PARISH.

27 | .. | 628 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 8 0 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Very broken land; about 200 acres light mixed forest, comprising taraire, tawa, towai, with undergrowth of nikau and toetoe; balance fern land; soil of second-class quality; well watered by streams. Situated about one mile and a half from Tame-tame Landing on Whangaroa Harbour by partly formed bridle-track, very steep in places.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—KAWAKAWA PARISH.

182 | .. | 113 0 0 | 100 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 2 0 0
Altitude, 50 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, mostly fern, with some clumps of light bush in gullies; soil of second-class quality, on sandstone formation. Situated one mile from Taumarere Railway-station by fair track.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or 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, having received the report of the Under-

Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2 | XII | 195 1 0 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 4 0 0
Weighted with £105, valuation for 70 acres grassed.
Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 100 acres heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, towai, taraire, with dense undergrowth or kiekie, bush-ferns, and shrubs; balance of section grass and fern. Soil of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated about eleven miles from Waimamaku—six miles fair road, and five miles formed track.

7 | XII | 203 0 29 | 180 0 0 | 4 10 0 | 3 12 0
Altitude, from 700 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. High undulating tableland; about 50 acres cleared and grassed, but now overgrown; balance covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, towai, and rata, with dense undergrowth of kiekie and toi-grass; soil rests on sandstone formation. Fronts main coach-road from Taheke to Opanake, about twelve miles from Taheke.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—PUNAKITERE SURVEY DISTRICT.

3 | XIII | 790 2 0 | 800 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 16 0 0
Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Part broken, part undulating to level land; all covered with mixed forest, comprising taraire, rimu, rata, and tawa, with dense undergrowth; 100 acres burnt some years ago, but now in second growth. Soil of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated twenty-two miles from Taheke—twenty miles formed dray-road, and two miles pack-track.

5 | XIII | 506 2 0 | 500 0 0 | 12 10 0 | 10 0 0
Altitude, 600 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising taraire, rimu, rata, and towai; dense undergrowth of nikau, kiekie, and shrubs. Soil of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated about twenty miles from Taheke, and the same distance from Kaihu Railway-station, by good formed road.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

2 | XV | 200 1 8 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 4 0 0
Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, stony; about 20 acres fern, with grass through it; balance dense forest, comprising rimu, rata, taraire, and kohokohе; some scattered kahikatea and totara, not marketable; thick undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, toetoe, shrubs, and ferns. Soil of good second-class quality, on sandstone formation; fairly watered by small streams. Situated eight miles from Waimamaku—four miles by dray-road, and four miles fair horse-road.

4 | XVI | 200 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 4 0 0
Altitude, 500 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, covered with heavy mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, kahikatea, with dense undergrowth of nikau, kiekie, and shrubs. Soil of fair second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Situated about sixteen miles from Taheke by fair coach-road.

5 | XVI | 200 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 4 0 0
7 | „ | 200 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 4 0 0
Altitude, 500 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest—rimu, rata,