MAY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1585

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

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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, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—PATE-TERE NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and manuka; fair soil of a sandy nature on volcanic cement formation; well watered by Pokaiwhenua Stream. Situated five miles from Putaruru Railway-station by good formed road.

| 6 | IX | 189 0 30 | 190 0 0 | 3 16 0 |
Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and manuka; fair soil of a sandy nature on volcanic cement; well watered by Pokai-whenua Stream. Situated on Waotu dray-road, about four miles and a half from Putaruru Railway-station.

| 15 | IX | 308 0 20 | 310 0 0 | 6 4 0 |
Altitude, 700 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken fern and manuka land; fair soil of a sandy nature on volcanic cement; well watered by Pokaiwhenua Stream. Situated three miles and a half from Putaruru Railway-station by dray-road.

| 12 | IX | 188 2 5 | 150 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to steep land, covered with fern and manuka; soil of fair quality, but of a sandy nature, on volcanic cement formation; indifferently watered by the head of a swamp. Situated about six miles from Waotu Railway-station by formed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Opening National Endowment Land in Auckland Land District for Selection.

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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, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.—APATA PARISH.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 20 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Fern and manuka country; about 4 acres flat, balance undulating to broken. Soil of fair quality, on pipe-clay subsoil; well watered by springs and a small stream. Situated eight miles and a half from Katikati—six miles coach-road, remainder rough bullock-dray road, unformed.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Opening National Endowment Land in Wellington Land District for Selection.

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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, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of June, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—MONAHAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £50, valuation for improvements.
Rough hilly land, intersected by deep gullies. There are good sunny faces and small flats near the road, sufficient for homestead-sites. Access is from Waitotara, which is about twenty miles distant by the Waitotara Valley and Mangawhio Roads, which are formed for wheel traffic to the section. The soil is from fair to good, on sandstone and papa. The forest is medium, heavy, comprising tawa, rata, hinau, rimu, rewarewa, kahikatea, and birch on the ridges. Watered by small streams. There is a post and telegraph office opposite the land.
The improvements comprise about 145 acres felled and grassed (now grown up in fern, &c.), and a whare in bad repair.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Opening Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

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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 Wednesday, the thirty-first day of May, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMAIRI COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—BUDDO SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £16 5s., valuation for improvements.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.