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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by Part III of the Land Act, 1908, and by the Fruit-farms Settlement Act, 1910, 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 first-named Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto, having been set apart for the purpose of leasing or otherwise disposing of the same for fruit-growing or other agricultural purposes, shall be open for sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-eighth day of July, 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, and the Fruit-farms Settlement Act, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—MARAMARUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Undulating land, 50 ft. to 75 ft. above sea-level; adjoining Te Kauwhata (Wairangi) Railway-station, and fronting a metalled dray-road. Contains 25 acres of peach, pear, and apple orchard planted in 1904; 1½ acres young vineyard; 5 acres grass; balance consists of 7 acres partly drained swamp, shelter-belts, and scrub. There is a wire fence and hedge on road frontage, and 10 chains of fence along railway. Trees are starting to bear freely. There are several springs in the area.

2 | XV | 38 0 19 | 800 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 16 0 0 |

Undulating land, 50 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Fronting metalled road, and unmetalled side road. Contains 18 acres pear, peach, and apple orchard planted 1905, and now starting to bear well; 2¼ acres young vineyard; 4 acres grass; balance partly drained tea-tree and rush swamp, shelter-belt, and scrub. There is a wire fence and hedge on main road, and 10 chains fenced on side road. There are several springs in the area.

3 | XV | 30 0 16 | 710 0 0 | 17 15 0 | 14 4 0 |

Undulating land, 75 ft. to 125 ft. above sea-level. Fronting unmetalled road. Half-mile to railway-station. Contains 16¾ acres of mostly peach, apple, and pear orchard planted out in 1906, and starting to bear freely; 6 acres grass; balance scrub, wattle, and shelter-belt. Fenced on all boundaries except the northern, and one subdivision fence has also been erected. There are springs in the area.

4 | XV | 47 1 23 | 820 0 0 | 20 10 0 | 16 8 0 |

Undulating land, 50 ft. to 125 ft. above sea-level. Fronting subdivisional unmetalled cart-road. About half a mile to railway-station. Contains 21¼ acres apple, peach, pear, and plum orchard just starting to bear, planted out in 1906 and 1909; 2 acres young vineyard; 14 acres grass; balance partly drained swamp and shelter-belt. The north-east, east, and south-west boundaries are fenced, while a drain bounds the section on the north-west.

5A | XV | 28 3 12 | 380 0 0 | 9 10 0 | 7 12 0 |

Undulating land; altitude, 75 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Fronts Great South Road (unmetalled). One mile from railway-station. Contains 10 acres orchard planted out in 1909, 3 acres young vineyard, 11 acres grass, 2 acres ploughed, and balance tea-tree and rush swamp. All boundaries fenced except on north-west. One subdivisional fence also erected.

Undulating land; altitude, from 75 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Contains 15 acres orchard planted in 1909, 8 acres grass, 1¼ acres ploughed, 4½ acres swamp, and 2½ acres shelter-belt, &c. Road frontage on south-west and greater portion of north-east boundary fenced. One subdivisional fence partly erected.

6 | XV | 31 0 17 | 530 0 0 | 13 5 0 | 10 12 0 |

Undulating land, 75 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Fronting Great South Road (unmetalled). One mile and a quarter to railway-station. Contains 19¾ acres orchard of apple, pear, peach, and a few plums, planted mostly in 1909; 7 acres grass, 4 acres swamp. Road frontage and 8 chains of northern boundary are fenced, and 16 chains subdivisional fence has been erected.

7 | XV | 44 1 9 | 570 0 0 | 14 5 0 | 11 8 0 |

Undulating land, 75 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Fronting on Great South Road and subdivisional road. About one mile and a quarter to railway-station. Contains 14¼ acres orchard of apple, pear, peach, and a few plums, planted mostly in 1909; 18 acres grassed, 4 acres ploughed; balance swamp and shelter-belt. Eight chains of south and greater portion of north-east boundary fenced, and one subdivisional fence erected.

8 | XV | 41 3 14 | 590 0 0 | 14 15 0 | 11 16 0 |

Undulating land, 50 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Fronts two subdivisional (unmetalled) roads. Three-quarters of a mile to railway-station. Contains 21¼ acres of apple, pear, and peach orchard, mostly planted in 1909; 8 acres grass; 10 acres partly drained swamp; balance shelter-belt, &c. Fenced on north-west, north-east, and most of south-west boundary; one subdivisional fence also erected. A drain bounds the section on the south-east.

9 | XV | 48 0 37 | 500 0 0 | 12 10 0 | 10 0 0 |

Undulating land, between 50 ft. and 150 ft. above sea-level. Fronting two roads. About three-quarters of a mile to railway. 18¾ acres of apple, pear, and peach orchard, planted out in 1910; 8 acres young grass; 19 acres partly drained swamp; balance shelter-belt, &c. Six chains on western boundary fenced. A drain bounds the section on the eastern side.

10 | XV | 21 3 34 | 250 0 0 | 6 10 0 | 5 4 0 |

Undulating land, between 50 ft. and 150 ft. above sea-level. Fronts subdivisional road. About one mile to railway-station. Contains 14¼ acres of apple, peach, and pear orchard, planted out in 1910; 4 acres young grass; balance shelter-belt, and wattle, scrub, &c.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The above sections are situated adjacent to Te Kauwhata (late Wairangi) Railway-station, fifty-four miles south of Auckland, on the Main Trunk Auckland-Wellington Railway, and are accessible by cart-road. Altitude of sections vary from 50 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. The orchards are of varying ages, having been planted out from one to seven years, and are protected more or less by shelter-belts. The area is intersected by small tea-tree and rush swamps, in which water is procurable during the greater part of the year, failing which it can be obtained by either sinking or boring. The soil is of a clayey nature, with a stiff subsoil. The climate is of an equable nature, and the winter is not severe, the lowest average winter temperature “at night” being 27° Fahr., and “in day” 55° Fahr; whilst only nineteen frosts were experienced during 1910, and no late frosts have affected the fruit-trees during the last ten years. Holders of Sections 1, 9, and 10 will arrange with the Railway Department for a lease of the land already planted in orchard on the railway reserve adjoining these sections if they wish to occupy the land so planted.

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

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.