JAN. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 347

Agricultural and pastoral land, comprising steep sunny hills and sheltered valleys. About 56 acres flat; all well grassed with native and English grasses. Good soil on clay and papa formation. Small patch of mixed bush. Well watered. Distant about nineteen miles from Gisborne by coach-road. The improvements that go with the land comprise 240 chains fencing, valued at £40.

| 1 | XV | 207 1 0 | 2,210 0 0 | 49 14 6 |

Agricultural and pastoral land, comprising steep and fairly easy slopes, with about 45 acres of flat. Well grassed with English and native grasses. About 30 acres light bush fronting on the Waikakariki Stream. Good soil, on clay and papa formation. Distant seventeen miles and a half from Gisborne by coach-road. The improvements that go with the land comprise 124 chains of fencing, valued at £59 10s.

| 2 | XV | 297 0 0 | 2,420 0 0 | 54 9 0 |

Agricultural and pastoral land, comprising fairly easy hills, partly ploughable, and about 38 acres flats; fairly well grassed with native and English grasses; a small portion coming away in light manuka and fern. Well watered. Fairly good soil, on clay and papa formation. Distant seventeen miles from Gisborne by coach-road, half a mile unformed. The improvements that go with the land comprise 148 chains of fencing, valued at £55 10s.

| 3 | XV | 97 2 0 | 1,740 0 0 | {39 3 0
| | | | | {13 13 0* |

Agricultural and pastoral land, comprising about 67 acres of good flats liable to flood; rest easy hills and downs; well grassed with English and native grasses; small patch of kahikatea bush and scattered trees. Well watered. Good soil, on clay and papa formation. Distant seventeen miles from Gisborne by coach-road. The improvements that go with the land comprise 60 chains of fencing and an orchard, valued at £30. The improvements which do not go with the land comprise manager’s dwelling of about seven rooms and wash-house—this is rather old and is only set down at £30; a five-stall and two loose-box stable, valued at £40; two sheds, valued at £20; men’s dwelling and cookhouse (seven rooms), valued at £75; woolshed of eighteen stands, valued at £170, and a brick dairy, valued at £15: total value, £350. Other buildings on the property, but which will be sold for removal, are men’s reading-room, store, shearers’ whare, and shearers’ cookhouses.

| 4 | XV | 92 2 0 | 1,650 0 0 | 37 2 6 |

Agricultural and pastoral land, comprising about 60 acres good flats, liable to flood; remainder easy downs, well grassed with English and native grasses. Small patch of kahikatea bush and scattered trees. Well watered. Good soil, on clay and papa formation. Distant sixteen miles and a half from Gisborne by coach-road. The improvements that go with the land comprise fencing, valued at £9.

| 6 | XV | 415 1 0 | 3,690 0 0 | 83 0 6 |

Agricultural and pastoral land, comprising easy downs and hills partly ploughable, and about 47 acres of flats; well grassed with English and native grasses. About 20 acres of light bush, with a few scattered pines and small manuka scrub in places. Permanent water in the Waikakariki Stream. Good soil, on subsoil of papa and clay. River-flat liable to flood. Distant fifteen miles and a half from Gisborne by coach-road. The improvements that go with the land comprise 91 chains of fencing, valued at £34 2s. 6d.

| 7 | XV | 524 1 0 | 4,130 0 0 | {92 18 6†
| | | | | {7 16 0 |

Pastoral land, comprising about 10 acres of good flat liable to flood, and fairly easy hills; well grassed in native and English grasses. About 70 acres of light mixed bush, with a few scattered pines. Permanent water in the Mangatoetoe Stream and water-hole near the Wharekopae Road. Good soil, on clay and papa formation. Distant about seventeen miles and a half from Gisborne by coach-road. The improvements that go with the land comprise 218 chains of fencing, valued at £93. Improvements which do not go with the land comprise cottage of five rooms, bath-room, and shed, valued at £200.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £350, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £13 13s. Total half-yearly payment, £52 16s.

†Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £200, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £7 16s. Total half-yearly payment, £100 14s. 6d.

Flat agricultural land. Good soil, on clay subsoil. Well grassed. Distant seventeen miles and a half from Gisborne by coach-road.

| 12 | XV | 5 0 0 | 100 0 0 | 2 5 0 |

Agricultural land, comprising flat and low downs. Good soil, on clay subsoil. Well grassed. Distant about seventeen miles and a half from Gisborne by coach-road.

General Description.

The south-east end of the settlement is seventeen miles distant by road from Gisborne. Most of this distance, with the exception of about two miles, is good metalled road. The Wharekopae and Totangi Roads leading through the estate are already formed with the exception of a few short deviations from the old lines. The Taumatapoupou and Ngatapa-Ormond Roads will shortly be formed as far as necessary to give access to the sections abutting thereon.

The settlement comprises some good flats and downs, but is chiefly hilly land at an elevation between 150 ft. and 1,200 ft. above sea-level. The steepest of the ridges are not difficult of access, and horses can be ridden over nearly the whole area. The climate is equable, and the estate fairly well watered throughout. In very dry summers water may be scarce on the higher parts. A portion of the flats are occasionally flooded during exceptionally heavy rainfalls.

The flats consist of good alluvial soil, the hills of friable marl with a slight admixture of pumice, resting generally on a rubbly papa subsoil. In places the proportion of pumice is greater and the subsoil somewhat stiff and a little cold. The land was originally covered with manuka scrub and light bush, most of which has been cleared, and the land sown with English grasses. The pasture is a mixture of the native danthonias and English grasses, the latter being more predominant where the land has been stocked with cattle. As an indication of what can be done with even the poorest of the estate, the paddock in front of the homestead can be taken as an example. This is said to have formerly looked the poorest of the whole estate.

Sites have been reserved for a creamery, school, stock-paddock, and other purposes.

The estate is within the Gisborne Harbour Board rating-area, but at present the Harbour Board does not levy any rates.

Until quite recently it has been farmed as part of a large run, and the paddocks are consequently large. With smaller holding better results may be expected, but even now it is said to winter about 9,500 sheep and 2,000 head of cattle, &c.

The estate is very free from noxious weeds. The buildings, with the exception of part of the old homestead and cookhouse, are in very good order, the greater part having only been erected about seven or eight years. The fences also have been kept in good condition.

The successful applicants can take immediate possession.

The present owner has, however, the right to graze stock till the 31st March, 1910, but probably will not exercise this privilege.

T. N. BRODRICK,
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.