Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3643

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.—10,914 Acres.

Office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 14th September, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 12 o’clock noon on Monday, the 17th October, 1910, for leases of the several lands named in the Schedule hereto for a term of twenty-three years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-three years.

TE KARAE BLOCK.—MANGAMUKA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Heavy-forest land, containing sufficient useful timber for fencing and building purposes. Situated three miles and a half from Kohukohu, and accessible by main road.

| 22 | 298 0 0 | 22 10 0 |
Ordinary mixed-bush land; fair soil on sandstone formation; sufficient timber for building and fencing purposes.

| 23 | 292 0 0 | 23 10 0 |
Heavy-forest land, and soil of good quality; one-half undulating.

| 25 | 300 0 0 | 24 15 0 |
One hundred acres open fern land, balance mixed bush; soil of fair quality. This section is loaded with the sum of £16 for improvements.

| 26 | 320 0 0 | 26 10 0 |
Sixty to 70 acres mixed-bush and fern land, balance heavy bush. A fair depth of good loam, on strong clay subsoil. Sufficient timber for building and fencing purposes.

| 31 | 302 0 0 | 21 5 0 |
Ordinary mixed-forest land; strong clayey soil of fair quality.

| 32 | 305 0 0 | 20 15 0 |
Ordinary mixed-forest land; soil of fair quality; well watered. Situated about six miles and a half from Kohukohu and two miles and a half from navigable water at high tides.

| 33 | 307 0 0 | 17 0 0 |
Mixed-bush land; medium soil; well watered. Distant about eleven miles from Kohukohu.

| 34 | 285 0 0 | 15 15 0 |
Sixty acres open scrub land, balance mixed bush; well watered. Situated about eleven miles from Kohukohu.

| 35 | 292 0 0 | 33 5 0 |
Heavy-forest land, containing mixed timbers sufficient for fencing and building. This section is estimated to contain 1,652,300 sup. feet of milling-timber.

| 36 | 283 0 0 | 18 10 0 |
Heavy-forest land; fair soil; well watered; sufficient timber for fencing and building purposes. Distant about twelve miles from Kohukohu.

| 37 | 299 0 0 | 36 2 6 |
Heavy mixed-forest land; fair depth of good loam on strong clay subsoil. This section is estimated to contain 2,127,950 sup. feet of milling-timber.

| 38 | 420 2 0 | 29 10 0 |
Thirty acres open fern land, balance ordinary mixed bush; fair soil on sandstone formation. Distant about twelve miles from Kohukohu. This section is loaded with the sum of £18 for improvements.

| 39 | 305 0 0 | 36 17 6 |
Heavy mixed-forest land; mixed timbers sufficient for fencing and building purposes; two-thirds undulating. This section is estimated to contain 1,938,200 sup. feet of milling-timber.

| 40 | 268 0 0 | 32 10 0 |
Heavy-forest land, containing mixed timbers sufficient for fencing and building purposes; two-thirds undulating; well watered; dark loam on strong clay subsoil. Situated about ten miles from Kohukohu and four miles from tidal water. This section is estimated to contain 1,890,156 sup. feet of milling-timber.

| 42 | 286 0 0 | 18 0 0 |
Forty acres open fern land, balance mixed bush; fair soil of a sandstone formation; well watered.

Twenty acres open fern land, balance mixed bush; soil of a sandstone formation of a fair quality; well watered.

| 49 | 532 0 0 | 29 5 0 |
Heavy mixed-forest land; fair soil; well watered. Situated about eleven miles from Kohukohu and four miles and a half from tidal water.

| 50 | 864 0 0 | 49 15 0 |
Heavy mixed-forest land; one-third undulating; good rubbly soil; well watered. Situated about thirteen miles from Kohukohu and five miles from tidal water.

| 51 | 866 0 0 | 49 15 0 |
Heavy mixed-forest land; one-third undulating; good soil on sandstone formation, and well watered. Situated about fourteen miles from Kohukohu and six miles from tidal water.

| 57 | 124 2 0 | 10 5 0 |
Mixed bush; mostly undulating; fair depth of loam on clay subsoil. This section is loaded with the sum of £8 for improvements.

| 60 | 141 2 0 | 10 15 0 |
Generally bush country; fair soil of a sandstone formation. Situated about six miles from Kohukohu, and touched by tidal water.

| 61 | 324 0 0 | 26 15 0 |
Mixed-forest land; all undulating; fair depth of good loam on strong clay subsoil; well watered. Situated about six miles from Kohukohu and partly bounded by the Hokianga River.

| 63 | 220 0 0 | 16 10 0 |
Fifteen acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush.

| 64 | 381 0 0 | 29 10 0 |
One hundred acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; good soil; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

| 65 | 378 0 0 | 41 15 0 |
Eighty acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; soil of good quality; well watered. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water. This section is estimated to contain 1,749,060 sup. feet of milling-timber.

| 68 | 343 0 0 | 33 5 0 |
One hundred acres open fern land, remainder mixed bush; fair soil of sandstone formation. Situated about nine miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water. This section is estimated to contain 1,304,875 sup. feet of milling-timber.

| 69 | 395 0 0 | 31 15 0 |
Forty acres mixed fern and bush, balance all heavy bush; good soil of a sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Kohukohu and one mile from tidal water.

| 71 | 324 0 0 | 22 15 0 |
All heavy-forest land; good limestone land; fine sheep-country.

| 73 | 432 0 0 | 37 0 |
Fifty acres partly open, balance mixed bush; all undulating; strong limestone land; well watered. Very suitable for dairying. Situated about twelve miles from Kohukohu.

| 74 | 430 0 0 | 26 15 0 |
Heavy mixed-forest land; fair limestone land; good sheep-country; well watered. Situated about thirteen miles from Kohukohu.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.
Te Karae Block.

This block is bounded by the Mangamuka River, which is navigable by vessels drawing up to, say, 7 ft., giving an extensive frontage (apart from several tidal creeks which intersect the block) for easy delivery and receipt of settlers’ products or exports.

The communication from Auckland is by steamer from Onehunga direct to Kohukohu, or by steamer from Auckland to Russell, thence overland from Opua to Horeke, where a steamer meets the coach. The settlers get their supplies via Onehunga.

There is a fairly good road from Kohukohu (the steamer terminus) to Broadwood, which road bounds the upper portion of the block and gives a main-road access.

The land is generally of good quality, having a north-eastern aspect and undulating from the Kohukohu-Broad-