JAN. 11.]

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAREI COUNTY.—OPUA-WHANGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 400 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Broken pastoral land; about 200 acres mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, rewarewa, tawa, taraire, hinau, a little totara, and a small clump of kauri rickers; balance fern, manuka, and old kauri-workings. Soil heavy clay, resting on sandstone formation, with a little limestone; well watered by good streams. Situated four miles from Hikurangi Railway-station, of which three miles and a half is dray-road formed and partly metalled, balance partly formed road.

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Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Half broken and half undulating and ploughable land; about 100 acres mixed forest comprising rata, rimu, rewarewa, tawa, taraire, hinau, and a little totara; balance fern and manuka country. Soil yellow clay, pipeclay in places, on sandstone formation, with a little limestone; well watered by small streams. Situated four miles from Hikurangi Railway-station by dray-road.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Land in Auckland 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—PATETERE NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 150 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and manuka. Soil of fair quality, of a sandy nature, on pumice formation; well wattred by Waipa Stream. Situated six miles from Putaruru Railway-station by good formed road.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Auckland 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

Monday, the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—MAUNGA-TAUTARI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 450 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating and level country, covered with fern, manuka scrub, and tutu. Soil of a light nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by small stream. Situated nine miles to nine miles and a half from Putaruru Railway-station—eight miles formed road, balance unformed.

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

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Land in Nelson 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—KARAMEA MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Unsurveyed Land.

The western end of the block (Section 19) has frontage to the Tauranga Road (which is formed and metalled), and is distant about half a mile from the Westport-Cape Foulwind Railway and the Village of Omau. The northern end of the block (Section 20) is distant about three-quarters of a mile from the said railway-line, and has access by McKay's Road, which at present is unformed. The rest of the block has access by Wilson's Lead Road, which is formed and metalled from its junction with the Tauranga Road to within about 12 chains of the southernmost corner of Section 16; the remainder of the road is at present unformed. The land is all flat and easy rolling country. The soil is inferior to fair, on a sand and sandstone formation, generally with an iron pan or cement layer on top of the same. This country has been covered with dense forest, the chief timbers of which were rimu, yellow and silver pine. All the forest has been worked out by sawmillers, sleeper-cutters, &c. The land is now in a state of fern, dead timber, scrub, and small patches of dying bush. There are many tracks and old tram-lines throughout the block, and it is possible to ride through all the sections.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.