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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

Elevation varies from 50 ft. to 180 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with short manuka. Soil of open clayey nature, inferior in quality. Distant one mile to one mile and a half from either Henderson or Waikumete Railway-stations by good metalled road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

West Taupo County.—Maungatautari Survey District.—Tautari Settlement.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
28 | XI | 275 0 28 | 680 0 0 | 15 6 0

Altitude, 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly fern land. Soil a light loam and clay, on clay subsoil; indifferently watered by small streams. Situated about twenty miles from Kihikihi by good formed cart-road. Improvements included in price of section consist of 51 chains fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—STOKE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

ASHLEY COUNTY.—MAIRAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 | VIII | 229 3 7 | 5,020 0 0 | 112 19 0
| | | | 23 8 0*
| | | | 16 5 0†
2 | " | 162 0 33 | 3,520 0 0 | 79 4 0
3 | " | 158 3 3 | 3,350 0 0 | 75 7 6

ASHLEY COUNTY.—RANGIORA SURVEY DISTRICT.

4 | V | 131 2 31 | 3,070 0 0 | 69 1 6
5 | " | 128 1 6 | 2,480 0 0 | 55 16 0
6 | " | 74 2 25 | 1,430 0 0 | 32 3 6
7 | " | 74 3 30 | 1,360 0 0 | 30 12 0

ASHLEY COUNTY.—MAIRAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

8 | VIII | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 11 3
9 | " | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 11 3
10 | " | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 11 3

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £600, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £23 8s.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £188, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £16 5s.

Total half-yearly payment on Section 1, Block VIII, Mairaki Survey District, £152 12s.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—PATETERE NORTH* AND PATETERE NORTH-EAST SURVEY DISTRICTS.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
75 | {IV*} | 2,000 0 0 | 3,300 0 0 | 74 5 0
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Weighted with £660, valuation for improvements, consisting of 100 acres grassing, 310 chains fencing, and well-built modern house, buggy-house, shed, stable and three small rooms; stock-yard. Of this amount, £590 may remain on mortgage, the balance, £70, to be paid immediately on approval of application.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eleven; and also that the land 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAROA COUNTY.—MATA-WHEROHIA PARISH.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
S.W. 8 | .. | 92 1 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 4 0

Altitude, from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Broken country; about 20 acres fern, with some grass through it; balance light mixed forest comprising puriri, taraire, kohe-kohe, and a small quantity of totara, rimu, and kahikatea, only sufficient for selector’s requirements; light undergrowth of nikau, supplejack, and bush ferns. Soil fair second-class