1884
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Waitangi is situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, about seventy-four miles from Marton, and fourteen miles west of Waiouru, and eleven miles from Ohakune. The elevation is 2,282 ft. above sea-level. The sections are level and are covered with tussock, flax, and native grass. The soil is pumice grit with a fair vegetable coating.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Opening Town and Suburban Lands in Wellington Land District for 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, do hereby declare that the town and suburban lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday, the eleventh day of August, 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.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF KAKAHI.

Suburban Land.

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LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Kakahi is situated on a flat near the junction of the Upper Wanganui and Whakapapa Rivers, about 185 miles from Auckland, and ten miles south of Taumarunui, and is the centre of a splendid timber district.

Access is by the North Island Main Trunk Railway, which passes through the land, and also by main road from Taumarunui and Raurimu.

Several sawmills are at work in the vicinity, including the Government mill near the railway-station.

Most of the sections are open land, the remainder being covered with light manuka. The soil is light and pumiceous, on pumice subsoil.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the fourteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eleven; 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—OPAKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £451 3s. 6d., valuation for improvements consisting of 378 chains fencing, £319 10s. 6d.; plantations, £27 3s.; 225 chains tracks, £90; eleven gates, £11; three bridges, £3 10s.

Situated between the Kawaiti and Tarere Roads, but there is no access from the Tarere Road; access is from Ball Road Railway-station, which is about nine miles and a half distant by formed dray-road, part of which is metalled. The section comprises high ridges with steep spurs and sidlings. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. About 877 acres has been felled; the remaining forest is medium to heavy, and comprises tawa, rata, rimu, rewarewa, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is well watered.

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Weighted with £50 14s., valuation for improvements consisting of 40½ chains fencing, £35 14s.; three gates, £3; whare, £12.

To insure better fencing-lines than formerly existed it is the present intention that when feasible the boundaries be amended to accord with the dotted lines on plan, and this must be taken into consideration when the land is selected.

Situated on Te Maire Road. Access is from Ball Road Railway-station, which is about nine miles distant by formed dray-road, part of which is metalled. The section comprises a good flat of a few acres on the road-frontage, with steep spurs falling away into a gorgy stream. The soil is of a clayey loam, on a papa formation. Practically the whole of the section has been felled, a fringe of bush remaining along the back and southern boundary, but a portion of the clearing is more or less overgrown with scrub. The section is fairly well watered.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Marlborough 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 fourteenth day of August, 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