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Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under
Section 128 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326
of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 23, Block II,
Maungakaretu Survey District, Wellington Land District,
containing 25 acres, will be disposed of, under section 128
of the said Act, to the holder of adjoining land, on or
after Thursday, the 18th day of January, 1912.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under
Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 18th October, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326
of the Land Act, 1908, that part of Section 8,
Block VII, Waro Survey District, Taranaki Land District, containing about 7 acres 2 roods 21 perches, will be
disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 26th day
of January, 1912.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
lands are open for sale or selection under the
Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this
office and the Public Hall, Morrinsville, on Monday, the
19th day of February, 1912, up to 4 o’clock p.m.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the
Land Board for examination at the Public Hall, Morrinsville, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 22nd day of
February, 1912.

The ballot for the sections for which there is more
than one applicant, will be held at the conclusion of the
examination.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OHINEMURI COUNTY.—WAITOA
SURVEY DISTRICT.—PART OF HAURAKI PLAINS.

First-class Land.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The sections for selection lie between the Piako and Waitoa Rivers, and consist of partly drained swamp lands and
high, dry, flat ridges. The access is from Waitoa Railway-station by No. 1 Road, distant six miles and three-quarters
by formed cart-road, the last mile of which is about to be re-formed. Access is also obtained from Waitoa Station
by No. 7 Road, distant seven miles and three-quarters, of which one mile has yet to be formed. The distance from
Morrinsville Railway-station by formed cart-road is some eleven miles and a half to the permanent bridge-site over
the Piako River. A temporary bridge is now in position, but a permanent bridge will ere long be erected in its
place.

There is also a temporary foot-bridge across the Piako River near the western end of Whakahoro Road, but this
is merely a service bridge for convenience of workmen, and will later on be removed.

The land consists of good, dry, loamy soil ridges, hard swamp, and peaty swamp of varying depth, resting upon
a pumice formation. The land adjacent to Piako River is generally high, and is, with a few exceptions, well above
high-flood conditions, and is covered with heavy manuka, cabbage-trees, flax, light bush, fern, and light manuka.

The sections fronting West Road run from hard swamp country covered with flax, cabbage-trees, &c., to deep and
shallow peat covered with wiwi, &c., with some loamy, dry, flat ridges in places. Sections fronting Whakahoro Road
embrace land running from dry, loamy, flat ridges, hard swamp in flax, to shallow and deeper peat swamp in wiwi
and flax, with a good amount of rough feed and grass on same. The sections between the North and Paeroa–Tahuna
Roads and east of the West Road are generally of a peaty nature.

The land is of generally good quality throughout, especially where the loamy ridges and hard swamp bottoms obtain.
The general elevation of sections is about from 35 ft. to 60 ft. above sea-level. All necessary main drains and roads
to sections have either been formed or are in course of construction, and the same applies to the necessary culverts
and bridges. All main drains are upon roads, and the only subdivisional drain is that between Sections 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Block X, Waitoa Survey District. The sections are not permanently watered, with the exception of those adjacent
to the Piako and Waitoa Rivers, but selectors of these sections should note that there is a reservation along the
banks of both of these rivers. The Department is prepared to sink artesian bores at cost price where required
by settlers, upon satisfactory arrangements being made for payment thereof.

The land for selection consists in some localities of old buried forest country, and timber for fencing is available
on some sections.

H. M. SKEET,
Acting Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 29th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
is open for sale or selection under the Land Act, 1908;
and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock
p.m. on Monday, the 12th day of February, 1912.

The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held on Tuesday, the 13th day of February,
1912, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., at the District Lands Office,
Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—GLENOMARU
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £95, valuation for improvements consisting
of clearing and fencing.

Bush land, of fair quality. About half the area has a
westerly aspect. Ridgy land, but not very steep or broken.
Situated about a mile and a half from Owaka Railway-station. Sale plan 504.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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