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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Notifying Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF MATIERE.

Sections 7, 8, and 9, Block III, are flat sections, covered with small bush easily cleared. Sections 1 and 2, Block IV, front the main Ohura–Mokau Road, and are covered with light bush easily cleared. Sections 6 to 16, Block IV, are all flat, covered with light bush easily cleared.

Some of the sections are a little damp, but not difficult to drain. The Stratford–Te Koura Railway line will pass through the Town of Matiere

Suburban Land.—Aria Survey District.

| 19 | XV | 3 1 4 | 55 0 0 |
| 35 | " | 2 0 0 | 40 0 0 |
| 36 | " | 3 1 27| 45 0 0 |

The sections are covered with heavy bush. Section 35 is level land. Sections 19 and 36 vary from level to fairly steep.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
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 September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; 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.—HOBSON COUNTY.—KAIHU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. All bush land, hilly to undulating. Good soil, loam, on sandstone; well watered. Bush light to medium, comprising taraire, kohekohe, rata, puriri. Access by road; about four miles from Taita Railway-station, of which three miles and a half are formed.

16 | III | 303 2 0 | 880 0 0 | 22 0 0 | 17 12 0

Altitude, 150 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. All bush, comprising taraire, kohekohe, rata, puriri; about 250 acres undulating, remainder more or less broken; about 250 acres good soil; well watered. Access about four miles by road from Taita Railway-station.

18 | III | 257 0 0 | 330 0 0 | 8 5 0 | 6 12 0

Altitude, to about 600 ft. All bush land; a little broken country, but mostly hilly to undulating. Bush comprises taraire, kohekohe, rata, rimu, with occasional totara. Well watered. Fair soil. Situated about five miles by road from Taita Railway-station.

*4 | IV | 385 0 0 | 630 0 0 | 15 15 0 | 12 12 0

About 30 acres rich bush flats, by the Awakino Stream; about 40 acres flat, with scrub, fern, and grass; balance from inferior scrub undulating land to fair bush sheep-country. There is a good bush shanty and some good grass among the old kauri-workings. Well watered. Access by road about seven miles from Taita Railway-station.

• The kahikatea timber on north corner of section specially excluded.

13 | IV | 291 2 0 | 590 0 0 | 14 15 0 | 11 16 0

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. About 20 acres good flat land in grass, about 50 acres fair fern tableland; balance hilly to broken bush land. Soil medium to fair. Access about thirteen miles from Dargaville, and about four miles from Avoca.

Second-class Land.

17 | III | 418 0 0 | 410 0 0 | 10 5 0 | 8 4 0

All bush land, mostly broken. Fair soil near Awakino Stream. Bush comprises taraire, kohekohe, rata, rimu, and a few totara; undergrowth fairly dense with supplejack. Access about five miles by road from Maropiu Railway-station.

3 | IV | 513 0 0 | 450 0 0 | 11 5 0 | 9 0 0

Altitude, 200 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-level. Hilly to mountainous bush land, comprising taraire, kohekohe, rimu, rata, with occasional puriri, totara, and kauri. About 30 acres good easy land next road; steep and stony in one or two gullies; well watered. Situated about four miles from Taita Railway-station.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Taranaki 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 September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; 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