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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 67

Situated on the Ararimu East Road, about seventeen miles and a quarter from Ongarue Railway-station, or about thirteen miles and a quarter from Matiere Township. From Ongarue the access is by good coach-road for eleven miles, by formed dray-road for three-quarters of a mile, and by unformed road for remaining distance. From Matiere the access is by good coach-road for seven miles, by formed dray-road for three-quarters of a mile, and remaining distance by unformed road. The section comprises easy to steep slopes. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is covered with good heavy mixed bush of tawa, tawhero, hinau, mahoe, rimu, &c., with heavy undergrowth; well watered. Elevation ranges from 800 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

10 | VII | 553 0 0 | 1,390 0 0 | 34 15 0 | 27 16 0

Situated on Aramahoe Road. Access is from Taringamutu Railway-station, about nine miles and a half distant—by horse-track for about five miles, and unformed road for remaining distance. Access also from Taumarunui, fifteen miles and a half distant by horse-track. The section comprises easy to steep slopes. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is covered with heavy bush of tawa, tawhero, hinau, mahoe, rimu, &c., with a good undergrowth; well watered. Elevation ranges from 1,200 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

11 | VIII | 317 0 0 | 880 0 0 | 22 0 0 | 17 12 0

Situated at the junction of the Ararimu and Aramahoe Roads. Access is from Taumarunui, about fifteen miles distant by horse-track. Access is also from Ongarue, about eighteen miles and a half distant—by good coach-road for eleven miles, dray-road three-quarters of a mile, and unformed road the remaining distance. The section comprises flat, easy, and steep country. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is covered with good bush of tawa, hinau, rimu, kahikatea, tawhero, &c., with a good undergrowth; well watered. Elevation ranges from 800 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

12 | VIII | 485 0 0 | 1,340 0 0 | 33 10 0 | 26 16 0

Situated at the junction of the Ararimu and Ararimu East Roads, about sixteen miles from Taumarunui—by horse-track for fifteen miles, and unformed road for one mile. Access also from Ongarue and Matiere, distant about nineteen miles and a quarter and fifteen miles and a quarter respectively. The section comprises easy to steep slopes. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The section is covered with heavy mixed bush of tawa, rimu, rata, mahoe, tawhero, &c., with a heavy undergrowth; well watered. Elevation ranges from 900 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

13 | VIII | 257 0 0 | 740 0 0 | 18 10 0 | 14 16 0

14 | " | 490 0 0 | 1,350 0 0 | 33 15 0 | 27 0 0

Situated on the Ararimu East Road, from seventeen miles and three-quarters to eighteen miles and a half from Ongarue Railway-station—by good coach-road for eleven miles, formed dray-road for three-quarters of a mile, and unformed road remaining distance. Access is also from Matiere, about thirteen miles and three-quarters to fourteen miles and a half distant. The sections comprise easy to steep slopes. The soil is of good quality, on a papa formation. The sections are covered with heavy mixed bush of tawa, rimu, rata, mahoe, tawhero, &c., with a heavy undergrowth; well watered. Elevation ranges from 1,080 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This block is situated between the Ohura and Ongarue Rivers, the southern end being about one mile and a half from Taringamutu Railway-station, the northern end about five miles and a half from Matiere Township on the Ohura Road, and the eastern side about seven miles and a half from Ongarue Railway-station. The access from Taringamutu is by formed dray-road for a mile, and the remaining distance walking-track. Access from Ongarue and Matiere is by a good formed coach-road. The land varies from easy slopes and good undulating slopes to steep slopes and spurs with occasional flats, and is partly covered with fern and scrub and partly good mixed bush of tawa, rimu, tawhero, mahoe, hinau, kahikatea, manuka, matai, and light to heavy undergrowth. There are also small portions of open country. The soil is light on flats and scrub country, but good on forest land, the formation being mostly papa, and there are occasional patches of pumice.

All the sections are well watered. The land is well adapted for cattle and sheep farming. There are several horse-tracks which have been cut by the survey parties traversing the block. These tracks will be found very useful until the roads are formed, and it will be a condition under which the sections are taken up that these pack-tracks be kept open by the selectors until other road access is provided. The section subdivision-lines are generally along ridges or other carefully selected lines. Areas are subject to slight alteration.

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 Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

I N 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 Wednesday, the twenty-fifth 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

WAIMARINO COUNTY.—WHIRINAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—PART OF RUATITI BLOCK.

Weighted with £37 10s., valuation for improvements. The section is situated on the western side of the Ruatiti Stream, and on both sides of the Murumuru Road, and about half a mile up from the junction of the Murumuru and Raetihi-Ohura Roads. The access is from Raetihi, which is about eighteen miles distant, by the Murumuru, Raetihi-Ohura, and Makotuku Valley Roads. The Makotuku Valley Road is a metalled dray-road, as is also the Raetihi-Ohura Road for about six miles. The rest is formed dray-road, with the exception of about two miles of 6 ft. track nearest the section. The section comprises broken sheep-country, with, however, sufficient easy country for growing a little winter feed and to permit of keeping a few cows and horses. The soil is of light clayey nature, but of good quality, resting on papa and sandstone formation. The forest is medium to heavy, but of good felling and burning quality, comprising tawa, rimu, matai, tawhero, rata, hinau, maire, mahoe, kotukutuku, &c., with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, karamu, rangiora, &c. The section is well watered by good permanent streams. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 2,100 ft. above sea-level.

WAIMARINO COUNTY.—WHIRINAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—PART OF MANGATITI BLOCK.

7 | VIII | 1,224 0 0 | 2,230 0 0 | 55 15 0 | 44 12 0

The section is situated in the Mangatiti Block, on the south side of the watershed between Retaruke and Maunganui-a-te-ao Rivers. Access is from Raetihi, twenty-six miles distant, by a formed and partly metalled dray-road for about sixteen miles; the balance is bridle-track only. The section comprises hilly and rough land, with occasional patches of flat or easy country. The soil is of