Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 735

are either formed or in course of construction. All sub-divisional drains are to be maintained by the successful applicants.

The sections are not permanently watered, but the Department will sink artesian bores for settlers at cost price upon satisfactory arrangements with regard to payment being made with the Land Drainage Engineer, Thames. All artesian water obtained so far is mineralized, but is particularly good for all classes of stock.

The areas of all sections are subject to slight alteration.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 13th February, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 25th day of March, 1912.

The ballot for the sections for which there is more than one applicant will be held on Thursday, the 28th day of March, 1912, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., at the District Lands Office, Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rata, tawa, tawhero, rewarewa, and some scattered rimu and matai; thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau; well watered by streams. Fronts Wharepuhanga and Waipari Roads. Distant about twenty-eight miles from Otorohanga or Kawa Railway-stations—twenty-one miles by dray-road, and balance by pack-track.

| 12 | X | 940 0 0 | 1,370 0 0 | 34 5 0 | 27 8 0 |

Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; about 300 acres mixed forest, comprising tawhero, tawa, rewarewa, with thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau; balance open fern land, with light manuka scrub. Soil a light volcanic loam, on volcanic formation; well watered by streams. Fronts Wharepuhunga Road. About twenty-five miles from Kawa or Otorohanga Railway-stations—about twenty-one miles dray-road, balance pack-track; or about thirty miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station.

| 13 | X | 564 0 0 | 960 0 0 | 24 0 0 | 19 4 0 |
| 14 | " | 620 0 0 | 1,060 0 0 | 26 10 0 | 21 4 0 |
| 15 | " | 657 0 0 | 1,120 0 0 | 28 0 0 | 22 8 0 |
| 16 | " | 642 0 0 | 1,100 0 0 | 27 10 0 | 22 0 0 |

Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land. About 50 acres of Section 13 fern land, 70 acres of Section 14 light scrub and fern, about 200 acres of Section 15 manuka scrub; balance of sections heavy mixed forest comprising rata, tawa, tawhero, and scattered rimu and matai, with very thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau. Soil volcanic loam, on volcanic formation; well watered. Fronts Wharepapa Road. About twenty-five miles from Otorohanga or Kawa Railway-stations—about twenty-one miles dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 1 | XI | 684 0 0 | 910 0 0 | 22 15 0 | 18 4 0 |

Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; about 200 acres fern land, balance heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, rewarewa, tawhero, scattered rimu and matai, and an occasional totara; thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau. Soil a light volcanic loam, on volcanic formation; well watered. Situated on Aotearoa Road, about thirty-three miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station—about twenty-five miles being dray-road, balance pack-track.

Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with mixed forest comprising rata, tawa, rewarewa, tawhero, scattered rimu and matai, and an occasional totara, with thick undergrowth of supplejack, raurekau, and whauwhau. Soil volcanic loam, on volcanic formation; well watered by streams. Fronting Waipari and Aotearoa Roads. About thirty-three miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station—about twenty-five miles dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 7 | XI | 435 0 0 | 740 0 0 | 18 10 0 | 14 16 0 |
| 8 | " | 461 0 0 | 790 0 0 | 19 15 0 | 15 16 0 |
| 9 | " | 438 0 0 | 750 0 0 | 18 15 0 | 15 0 0 |

Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, tawhero, rewarewa, and scattered rimu, matai, and totara; thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau. Soil volcanic loam, on volcanic formation; well watered. Fronting Aotearoa Road. About thirty miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station—about twenty-five miles being dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 1 | XIV | 318 0 0 | 460 0 0 | 11 10 0 | 9 4 0 |
| 2 | " | 306 0 0 | 450 0 0 | 11 5 0 | 9 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 354 0 0 | 520 0 0 | 13 0 0 | 10 8 0 |
| 4 | " | 314 0 0 | 380 0 0 | 9 10 0 | 7 12 0 |

Altitude, 1,600 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 100 acres of Section 2 and about 50 acres of each of the other sections is light mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, with thick undergrowth of raurekau, whauwhau; balance of land covered with scrub. Soil a light volcanic loam, on volcanic formation; well watered by streams. Fronting Wharepuhunga and Mangawheo Roads. About twenty-seven miles from Otorohanga or Kawa Railway-stations—about twenty-one miles being dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 6 | XIV | 674 0 0 | 1,150 0 0 | 28 15 0 | 23 0 0 |
| 7 | " | 715 0 0 | 1,220 0 0 | 30 10 0 | 24 8 0 |
| 8 | " | 694 0 0 | 1,180 0 0 | 29 10 0 | 23 12 0 |
| 9 | " | 590 0 0 | 1,010 0 0 | 25 5 0 | 20 4 0 |
| 10 | " | 542 0 0 | 930 0 0 | 23 5 0 | 18 12 0 |

Altitude, 1,700 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; about 150 acres each on Sections 7 and 8 light bush and manuka; balance heavy mixed forest comprising rata, tawa, tawhero, and a few rimu, matai, and totara trees; thick undergrowth of raurekau and supplejack. Soil volcanic loam, of good quality, on volcanic formation; well watered. Fronting Wharepuhunga Road. About twenty-seven miles from Otorohanga or Kawa Railway-stations, about twenty-one miles being dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 1 | XV | 715 0 0 | 950 0 0 | 23 15 0 | 19 0 0 |
| 8 | " | 509 0 0 | 680 0 0 | 17 0 0 | 13 12 0 |

Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken country; about half fern, half mixed forest of tawhero, tawa, rata, and a little rimu; thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau. Soil a light volcanic loam, of inferior quality, on volcanic formation; well watered. Fronting Mangawheo and Wairakei Roads. About thirty-five miles from Te Awamutu, about twenty-five miles being dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 2 | XV | 261 0 0 | 380 0 0 | 9 10 0 | 7 12 0 |
| 3 | " | 295 0 0 | 430 0 0 | 10 15 0 | 8 12 0 |
| 4 | " | 249 0 0 | 370 0 0 | 9 5 0 | 7 8 0 |
| 5 | " | 272 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| 6 | " | 274 0 0 | 400 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| 7 | " | 186 0 0 | 270 0 0 | 6 15 0 | 5 8 0 |

Altitude, 1,600 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken; Section 3, about 50 acres of Section 7, and half each of Sections 2, 4, 5, and 6 covered with mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, rata, rewarewa, and a little rimu, with thick undergrowth of supplejack and raurekau; balance tall manuka. Soil a light volcanic loam, of fair quality, on volcanic formation; well watered by streams. Fronting Wairakei and Mangawhero Roads. About thirty-five miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station—about twenty-five miles dray-road, balance pack-track.

| 9 | XV | 420 0 0 | 610 0 0 | 15 5 0 | 12 4 0 |
| 10 | " | 217 0 0 | 320 0 0 | 8 0 0 | 6 8 0 |
| 11 | " | 220 0 0 | 320 0 0 | 8 0 0 | 6 8 0 |
| 12 | " | 430 0 0 | 620 0 0 | 15 10 0 | 12 8 0 |
| 13 | " | 405 0 0 | 690 0 0 | 17 5 0 | 13 16 0 |