2666
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

balance fern land. Soil of good quality on flats, fair on hills, on sandstone formation; well watered by Waipa River and streams. Situated nine miles from Otorohanga by formed road and Native wagon-track.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
12 | X | 540 0 0 | 1,290 0 0 | 32 5 0 | 25 16 0
Altitude, 150 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. About 70 acres rich flat and kahikatea forest; balance mainly fern slopes, with patches of light mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, &c., with medium undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, and ferns. Soil rich to fair in quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by Waipa River and small streams. Situated nine miles from Otorohanga by formed road and Native wagon-track.

13 | X | 768 0 0 | 1,710 0 0 | 42 15 0 | 34 4 0
Altitude, 150 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. About 400 acres mixed fern and light-bush spurs, 60 acres undulating good fern land, and 300 acres good forest land; forest comprises tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, a few matai, and kahikatea, &c., with medium undergrowth of supplejack, wharangi, and kiekie. Soil good to fair, on sandstone formation; well watered by Waipa River and small streams. Situated 10½ miles from Otorohanga by formed road and Native wagon-track.

6 | XIV | 847 0 0 | 1,700 0 0 | 42 10 0 | 34 0 0
Altitude, 150 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. About 60 acres steep land near Waipa River, covered with fern and scrubby bush; balance generally fair to good forest land; forest comprises tawa, tawhero, rewarewa, pukatea, &c., with medium undergrowth of supplejack, kiekie, and shrubs. Soil fair to good in quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by Waipa River and small streams. Situated thirteen miles from Otorohanga by formed road, Native wagon-track, and pack-track.

4 | XV | 183 2 0 | 410 0 0 | 10 5 0 | 8 4 0
Altitude, 150 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. About 100 acres good easy fern land, balance steep slopes, with patches of mixed forest containing some kahikatea and matai sufficient for building and fencing. Soil good to fair, on sandstone formation; well watered by Waipa River, a stream, and springs. Situated twelve miles from Otorohanga by formed road, Native wagon-track, and pack-track.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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 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 Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of October, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—OTAU PARISH.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
W. 75 | .. | 500 0 0 | 500 0 0 | 12 10 0 | 10 0 0
Weighted with £140, valuation for felling, grassing, and fencing.

Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating, broken, and hilly land; about 100 acres grassed, balance covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, totara, miro, tawa, and kohekohe. Soil sandy loam of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about ten miles from Clevedon—six miles good metalled road, four miles rough cart-road, and about 20 chains not opened.

HOBSON COUNTY.—KAI IWI SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
3 | I | 45 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0 0
Weighted with £4 10s., valuation for paling whare and 8 chains fencing.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. About 4 acres flat fern land, balance broken country covered with mixed forest comprising kohekohe, puriri, taraire, and eight green kauri-trees of small value, with light undergrowth of nikau, kawakawa, ferns, &c. Black alluvial soil of fair quality, but stony; well watered. Situated eight miles from Kaihu by cart-road.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PAREMOREMO PARISH.

228 | .. | 162 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 3 15 0 | 3 0 0
Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. A small portion undulating, balance broken, covered with fern and manuka. Inferior clay soil, on sandstone formation; fairly well watered by stream and swampy springs. Situated three miles and a half from Albany—one mile formed cart-road, balance unformed but can be used for wheeled traffic.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Westland 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 national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of November, 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.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—WAITANGI-TAONA SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2814} | I | 726 0 0 | 370 0 0 | 7 8 0
2815}
Gently sloping land, comprising 140 acres light bush and 586 acres heavy mixed bush, principally kamahi. Soil generally good, on gravel subsoil; well watered. Altitude, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Situated on the Waitangi-taona River, two miles and a half from Matainui Post-office by good metalled dray-road for two miles, and balance by river-bed.

GREY COUNTY.—PUNAKAIKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

2592 | I | 350 0 0 | 180 0 0 | 3 12 0
Altitude, from 20 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Comprises broken limestone hills, covered with bush of birch, rata, and red-pine. Well watered. Fronts Inland Road, which is a formed pack-track. Distant from Greymouth twenty-eight miles, and from Barrytown eleven miles.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.