1784
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

of the section. The soil is of good quality generally, on a papa and sandstone formation. The forest varies from very light to fairly heavy, comprising tawa, tawhero, rimu, rata, hinau, kahikatea, and dead birch on the north and west boundary ridges, with a very dense undergrowth of fern, supplejack, raurekau, karamu, and other shrubs, including an area of manuka. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 590 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level.

Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
19 | XIII | 207 0 0 | 630 0 0 | 15 15 0 | 12 12 0

Situated on the Harvey Road, about two miles and a quarter from Tatu Village. Access is from Town of Mangaroa, about six miles distant by dray-road. Access may also be obtained from Taumarunui, about twenty-six miles distant, partly by horse-track and partly dray-road; also from Whangamomona, about thirty-three miles distant—by dray-road, for about twenty miles, then horse-track for a few miles, and thence by dray-road again. The section comprises easy to steep slopes and spurs. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising tawa, tawhero, rata, rimu, hinau, pukatea, &c., with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, raurekau, fern, &c. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 650 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clifton County.—Pouatu Survey District.

9 | I | 1,090 0 0 | 1,090 0 0 | 27 5 0 | 21 16 0

Weighted with £44, valuation for improvements consisting of 20 acres felled and grassed.

Situated on the Moki Road. Access is from Uruti, which is about twelve miles distant, five miles being formed dray-road and the balance formed track. The section comprises some very fair grazing-country, though rough in parts. The forest is heavy, consisting of tawa, rata, rimu, hinau, rewarewa, &c., with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The soil is of fair quality, on a papa formation. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,350 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Southland 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and also that the land 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d
39/42 | XXIV | 237 3 5 | 270 0 0 | 6 15 0 | 5 8 0

Generally level land, with fair soil. All worked-out saw-mill areas, with some scattered pines and kamahi. The Seaward Bush Railway runs along the south boundary of the sections, which almost adjoin Timpanys Railway-siding.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

G. W. RUSSELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of July, 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 section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—LONGWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
142 | II | 112 0 38 | 90 0 0 | 1 16 0

The section is broken and inferior, covered with scrub and bush, and is more or less grassed. Portion of the land has been mined and sluiced away, and this is of no value. Situated about three miles from Orepuki, and accessible by fair summer road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Land in Taranaki 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 fifteenth day of July, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOMO COUNTY.—TOTORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
9 | IV | 175 0 0 | 310 0 0 | 6 4 0

Situated on the Kahuwera Road. Access is from Te Kuiti, about eighteen miles and a quarter distant by dray-road. The section comprises low ridges and easy slopes, with a considerable area of swamp, and no bush. The soil is inferior on spurs, but better near the swamps, and rests on a clay formation. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.