2286
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Maori Lands for Sale and Lease by Public Tender.—
31,699 Acres and 24 Perches.

Office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 23rd June, 1911.

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 Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 14th August, 1911, for the purchase of the several lands named in the First Schedule hereto; and that written tenders will also be received at the same time and place for leases of the several lands named in the Second Schedule hereto for a term of twenty-three years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-three years.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.—LANDS FOR SALE.

RANGITOTO-TUHUA NO. 75B (HAUPEEHI).—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
1 | III | Mapara .. | 610 0 0 | 2 0 0
Northern portion easy rolling country and raupo swamps; mostly under manuka. Land slopes considerably towards south and east. Slopes covered with fern and scrub. Well watered; not much standing bush.

2 | III | Mapara .. | 454 0 0 | 2 0 0
From the Mangapeehi Stream land rises gently towards Paparata on the one side and towards the main range on the other. Considerable portion swamp, but drainable; most of section under fern; strip of manuka along south bank of Mangapeehi Stream; narrow strip of bush on western and southern boundaries. Well watered.

Third-class Land.

3 | III | Mapara .. | 820 0 0 | 1 10 0
A rougher and more heavily timbered section. About 10 acres of grassed clearing; fern, scrub, and manuka cover the more open portions of the section. Well watered.

1 | IV | Mapara .. | 692 0 0 | 1 0 0
Manuka flats with open spaces in the vicinity of the Paritikona Stream. The gentle slopes towards the Paritikona Road are fern-covered; strip of standing bush along southern boundary; considerable portion ploughable. Plenty of water.

2 | IV | Mapara .. | 415 0 0 | 1 10 0
An elevated plateau falling to the north and east to the Pukerimu. Mostly under standing bush.

Second-class Land.

3 | IV | Mapara .. | 346 0 0 | 2 0 0
Section rises at first gently from the Mangapeehi Stream, then more rapidly to the main range. Manuka along stream; some bush; balance fern and scrub. Fairly well watered.

Third-class Land.

4 | IV | Mapara .. | 754 0 0 | 1 0 0
Comparatively poor and fern-covered north of Paritikona Road. Portion enclosed by Paritikona and Pukerimu Roads contains a better quality of land, mostly under standing bush; southern portion rolling fern-covered hills and large drainable swamp. Plenty of water.

5 | IV | Mapara .. | 966 0 0 | 1 10 0
High rolling country to the north, steep descents to the Mapara Stream to the south; rough in parts. Bush-covered on north-west and south-east; balance under fern and scrub. Well watered.

Second-class Land.

1 | VIII | Mapara .. | 478 0 0 | 2 10 0
Probably the best section in the block. Good ploughable flats along Mapara and Puputaha Streams; no rough country. Considerable portion under heavy mixed bush; balance manuka, fern, and scrub. Plenty of water.

2 | VIII | Mapara .. | 434 1 35 | 2 0 0
Entirely under heavy bush. High country in centre of section, falling away to the Mapara and Puputaha Streams, along which there are some good flats. Not much water.

Streams, along which there are some good flats. Not much water.

MARAETAUA NO. 10.—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Third-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
.. | AA | Totoro .. | 439 0 0 | 1 5 0
Soil medium quality, and mostly on rhyolite formation. Kahikatea bush in the extreme south-eastern portion; this portion is low-lying, and swampy in places. High hills on the north-east and east. The land along the southern boundary (Mangapeehi Stream) is of a better quality, and is mostly covered with manuka scrub. Balance of the section is covered with fern and patches of scrub. Well watered. Distant from Te Kuiti about eight miles and three-quarters by a formed road, mostly metalled. The Mangapeehi Road passes through this section.

.. | BB | Totoro .. | 565 2 0 | 1 10 0
Small patches of bush in places, mostly on the northern faces of the hills. High hills on the south-eastern portion and on part of the southern portion. Soil only of medium quality, and mostly on rhyolite formation. Along the northern boundary (Mokau River) the land is of a much better quality, and a considerable area in the western, northern, and north-eastern portions is undulating to flat, and easily ploughable. Covered with fern and scrub, and well watered. Distant from Te Kuiti about eight miles and a half by a formed road, mostly metalled. Road access has been provided at the north side of the section to the Te Kuiti-Awakino Road, whence access is obtained to Te Kuiti (about seven miles and three-quarters distant) by metalled road. The Mangapeehi Road passes through the western end of the section.

RANGITOTO-TUHUA NO. 60B (PART).—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

5 | IX | Tangitu .. | 30 0 0 | 2 0 0
Valley; manuka and scrub; well watered. Loaded with £16 for improvements.

WHAREPUHUNGA NO. 14B.—MAUNGATAUTARI, WHAREPUHUNGA, AND PUNIU SURVEY DISTRICTS, AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Third-class Land.

1 | .. | .. | 1,231 0 0 | 0 15 0
Hilly country; fern and manuka scrub; small portion of swamp land. Fairly well watered. North-eastern end of poor quality.

7 | .. | .. | 707 0 0 | 0 15 0
Hilly fern and manuka scrub country; good soil in gullies, light soil on ridges. Fronting formed wagon-track and surveyed road.

9 | .. | .. | 1,020 0 0 | 0 15 0
Mostly hilly broken land; fern and manuka. Small rich gullies and flats along Puniu River. Well watered. Formed wagon-track through section.

RANGITOTO-TUHUA NO. 52F.—TUHUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

1 | .. | Tuhua .. | 1,299 3 26 | 1 0 0
2 | .. | " .. | 1,186 2 37 | 1 0 0
3 | .. | " .. | 1,429 0 0 | 1 0 0
Rough, second-class country, heavily timbered in parts with rimu and matai, and containing broken fern ridges sloping to the Ongarue River, with frontage to that stream and the Main Trunk Railway and the road between Ongarue and Taumarunui.

SECOND SCHEDULE.—LANDS FOR LEASE.

RANGITOTO-TUHUA NO. 77A NO. 2B (TANGITU) AND RANGITOTO-TUHUA NOS. 60B, 60C NO. 2, 60F NO. 2, AND 60G (PUKEPOTO).—TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
9 | II | Tangitu .. | 377 0 0 | 0 2 3
10 | " | " .. | 260 2 0 | 0 2 0
All bush—tawa, matai, rimu, and rata. Valley and spurs. Soil good; well watered.